Business Administration (BBA) Concentration in Procurement and Contract Management Curriculum

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Program Core Credits:

General Education Core Credits:

Concentration Credits:

Open Elective Credits:

Total Credit Hours:

120

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DEAC

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Procurement and Contract Management

Intro Federal Acq & Con Mgmt

BUS310

3 Credits›

This introductory course teaches review of the full acquisition life cycle from planning and requirements development to administration and closeout, including managing contracts. Students will gain a better understanding of the acquisition life cycle, roles of key players within the acquisition team, and the management of contracts and negotiations.

Intro to Public Procurement

BUS320

3 Credits›

This course is an introduction to the fundamental principles of Government acquisition and contracting. In the course, students are presented with the fundamentals of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the federal acquisition and contracting processes of the five phase acquisition life-cycle procurement planning, requirements determinations, acquisition strategies, government contract law, contract types and methods, and acquisition management techniques and closeout requirements.

Business Law II

LAW265

3 Credits›

This course provides students with an understanding of the law affecting business operations, including the topics of debtor-creditor relationships, business organizations, government regulation, property and its protection, and the international legal environment. New developments on those topics are presented from three sources of law: statutes, regulations and case law.

Contract Administration

LAW210

3 Credits›

This course will provide learning opportunities for negotiation and administration of supply contracts. (This course is analogous to the Defense Acquisition University's Contracting 290). Course theory will focus on the interpretation and implementation of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and will cover all phases of the acquisition life cycle starting with acquisition strategy planning and market research to ending with contract closeout. The phases to be particularly examined will be those that encompass negotiation between the government and the contractor such as negotiating a contract modification, resolving protests, and settling a contract termination. Students will work on case studies to simulate negotiating and administering contracts in a supply environment. Research, analysis, communication, and critical thinking skills will be utilized by the student to solve complex contracting problems. The breadth of material may permit students to also apply the course concepts to commercial contracting.

Procurement Pricing Analysis

FIN310

3 Credits›

This is a comprehensive course designed to convey a thorough understanding of the price evaluation process. The topics range from understanding the cost and price environment to documenting the award decision. The student will gain knowledge in the competitive and financial environment related to price proposals by learning the techniques of cost and price analysis, life-cycle costing, return on investment and cost-benefit analysis.

Procurement and Contract Capstone

BUS491

3 Credits›

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the value and importance of leadership development in successful contracting (buying/selling) and acquisition organizations. Through realistic scenario-based learning, students will discuss and practice the development of sound business solutions as a valued strategic and expert business advisor. Students will learn to analyze complex contracting situations with emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, research, and risk reduction. Exercises and a case study are designed to contribute real solutions on real contracting and acquisition problems.

Program Core

Management Information Systems

IS242

3 Credits›

This course covers the principles of managing information systems in the context of an enterprise. Topics include coverage of information technology in management, information systems in decision-making, planning of information systems, systems development, controls and security measures, and electronic commerce.

Principles of Business Management

MGT150

3 Credits›

This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts and techniques they will need as managers in today's new organizations. The sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Throughout the course, the manager's role in leading and accommodating change is emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered extensively.

Foundations of Marketing

MKG131

3 Credits›

This course on the principles of marketing provides an introduction to the nature and fundamentals of the marketing activity in modern businesses. The broad view of marketing that is presented builds on the integration of marketing with the entire enterprise, reinforced by theories and concepts as well as practices and applications. Topics include an analysis of the economic factors influencing buyer behavior, marketing research, market segmentation, development of marketing programs (new product, price, advertising and distribution decisions), and international marketing. The course also covers new marketing technologies that are revolutionizing the way companies bring value to their customers.

Microeconomics

ECN201

3 Credits›

This course provides the student with a sound foundation in economic thinking that is central to business. Topics that are covered include: supply and demand, opportunity costs, elasticities, utility theory, the economic concept of the firm, the relationship between costs and capital in the short-run, and in the long-run, competition, monopoly, anti-trust laws, and public and private goods.

Macroeconomics

ECN206

3 Credits›

This introductory course provides an overview of current and traditional concerns and methods of macroeconomics. Topics that are covered include: economic growth, unemployment inflation, government deficits, monetary policy, investment and capital, the role and methods of the Federal Reserve, Keynesian and monetarist theories and comparative advantage.

Financial Accounting

ACC220

3 Credits›

This introductory financial accounting course introduces the student to the important role of financial accounting in modern business. The key role of financial accounting is to provide useful information to external users in order that a wide variety of economic decisions can be made. The course covers the theory and practice of accounting applicable to the recording, summarizing and reporting of business transactions. Topics include the different types of financial statements and accounts, asset valuation, revenue and expense recognition and appropriate accounting for asset, liability and capital accounts.

Managerial Accounting

ACC226

3 Credits›

This course is a continuation of Financial Accounting, shifting the focus from external reporting to internal needs of managers. Managerial accounting information helps managers accomplish three essential functions: planning, controlling and decision making. The course provides students with an understanding of managerial accounting information to enable them to evaluate the usefulness of managerial accounting techniques in the real world. Topics include: managerial accounting terminology, budgeting, costing, break even analysis and cost-volume-profitability analysis. The methods of identifying and extracting relevant information from managerial accounting systems as an input to decision making and performance evaluation are stressed throughout the course.

Business Law I

LAW220

3 Credits›

This course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the law that affects business operations including the topics of torts, contracts, commercial paper, and sales. New developments that affect the legal environment of business are presented from all three sources of law: statutes, regulations, and case law. The student will gain a thorough understanding of law that governs business and will gain an understanding of how new developments in technology affect business law.

Business and Society

ETH301

3 Credits›

This intermediate course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of business and how it relates to society as a whole. The major topics include the corporation in society, the business and the social environment, business and the ethical environment, business and government in a global society, the corporation and the natural environment, business and technological change. A systems-thinking approach is central to the course, wherein business, government and society are so closely intertwined that an action that affects one will inevitably affect the others. The corporation's responsibilities to primary and secondary stakeholders, both economic and ethical, are studied in light of various social issues.

Human Resource Management

HRM340

3 Credits›

This course provides students with a comprehensive review of the concepts and techniques associated with strategic human resource management (HRM) in an emerging global context. Key issues examined are the legal, ethical, and regulatory nature of the business environment. Also studied are the specific technical areas of job evaluation, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and development, performance appraisal and employee relations. Of particular importance is the examination of such areas as technology, international staffing, and global competition.

Principles of Finance I

FIN307

3 Credits›

This intermediate course examines the role of the financial manager in the overall management and control of a firm. Stress is placed on the use of analytical models for improving the decision-making process. Both the short-term management of working capital and the long-term planning of capital structure and investment strategy are covered. Topics include financial ratio analysis, the time value of money, valuation of stocks and bonds, free cash flows, capital budgeting and the cost of capital.

Organizational Behavior

MGT468

3 Credits›

This course introduces students to concepts and principles of organizational behavior. Students investigate the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization's effectiveness. Topics addressed include motivation, leadership, communications, group structure and process, attitude and values, and the change process.

Business Policy and Strategy

BUS499

3 Credits›

This is a capstone course for the Bachelor of Business Administration program and is designed to provide students with a comprehensive review of management and the total business enterprise. Students learn how to formulate and implement a strategy and evaluate concepts and techniques through an applied project. Students integrate this new knowledge, coupled with knowledge acquired from other courses in management, marketing, finance, accounting, operations, and human resource management, to chart the future direction of different types of organizations. The capstone builds on previous courses to offer insights and analytic tools which a general manager needs to plan and implement successful business policies and strategies. The course emphasizes the practical application of business theory to business problems through a course project and the choice of an exam opportunity.

General Education

English Composition (EN100 or above)

Math

College Algebra

MA105

3 Credits›

This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics include equations, polynomial and rational functions and graphing and exponential and logarithmic functions. A new textbook may be required in order to ensure needed electronic codes are valid.

Business Statistics

BMA215

3 Credits›

This course applies descriptive and inferential statistics to solve business problems. Student perform statistical analysis of samples, compute the measures of location and dispersion, and perform linear and multiple regression and correlation analysis. Other topics include constructing a hypothesis, performing one-way and two-way analysis of variance, and making decisions under risk and uncertainty. NOTE: Credit may not be awarded for both MA215 and MA230

Natural/Physical Science

Computer Science

Computer Applications for Business

CS155

3 Credits›

This course explores applications within the Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on the tools needed in a business context. While covering Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, focus is placed on the use of Excel for analyzing and presenting data. Techniques for the creation of professional documents are addressed.

Communication

Humanities and Fine Arts

Strategies for Decision Making

HU260

3 Credits›

This course examines critical thinking and the analysis of arguments in terms of premises, reasons, and conclusions. Course topics include obstacles to critical thinking, diagramming arguments, belief and doubt, logical fallacies, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, inferences, and judging scientific theories.

Social Sciences / Behavioral Sciences

General Education Elective