Curriculum Map for Operations Management Degree

Introduction to the history of management. Emphasis on the management functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling; existing and emerging management theories, social responsibilities and business ethics. (Cannot be taken for graduation credit by students who have taken BUS 304 or BUS 317.)
Prerequisite: None

Introduction to the principles and applications of psychology. Topics include scientific methodology, learning, memory and cognitive processes.
Prerequisite: None

Introduces critical reasoning and analysis. Explores connections between thesis, structure, tone and purpose; includes writing process, rhetorical strategies applications Focuses on academic reading, writing and research skills.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: writing ability as demonstrated by SAT/ACT score and/or writing sample.

Study of functions including graphs, operations and inverses. Includes polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic functions and their applications, and systems of equations.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: MATH 100 with grade "C" or better or equivalent.

Spreadsheet lab using Microsoft Excel software. Includes creating worksheets, charts, formulas, functions, what-if analysis, sorting, multiple worksheets, workbooks, templates, pivot tables and importing of data.
Prerequisite: None

Public speaking with emphasis on content, organization, and speaker adjustments to various situations; dynamics of the speaker/listener interaction; and appropriate language usage. Includes informative, demonstrative, and persuasive speeches.
Prerequisite: None

Designed to develop skills in ethical argument, research, and critical thinking. Multi-page papers, including argumentative research paper, required. Focuses on writing process with attention to audience, effective style, and overall rhetorical effect.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: WRI 121 with grade "C" or better.

Principles that drive the integration of the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion) to meet the needs and wants of consumer and business markets. Function of market research and the study of market opportunities to grow and sustain organizations.
Prerequisite: None

Topics include scarcity, consumer choice, supply and demand, elasticity, cost and pricing theory, theory of market structures (competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly).
Prerequisite: Pre- or corequisite: MATH 111.

Introduction to key components in information systems. Identification of major hardware components and primary categories of software applications. Data resource mangement concepts; elements of how information systems work to support problem solving and business opportunities. Ethics of information systems usage.
Prerequisite: None

Focuses on techniques of gathering, organizing, and presenting technical information and graphics. Requires technical reports derived from realistic situations in the student's major.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: WRI 122. Pre- or corequisite: SPE 111.