Academic programs in the Charles Albert Reid School of Business are designed to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities for responsible citizenship and leadership roles in ever-changing business and society. Performance expectations are high for both students in the programs and for graduates in their careers.
Students can earn a more generalized Business degree or they may choose an emphasis in Finance and Economics, Human Resource Management, or Management.
Business with an Emphasis in Finance and Economics
An introduction to financial accounting that explains the accounting principles and procedures used to record and report economic events of a business entity. Financial accounting focuses on the preparation of accounting information for users outside the business entity.
A continuation of the introduction to financial accounting principles and an introduction to managerial accounting. Managerial accounting focuses on the preparation and use of accounting information by management.
Survey of the Windows operating system and business software applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software. Fulfills computer competency for Business or Accounting majors.
A basic course dealing with the history and operation of the law, the law of contracts, and some description of other important segments of law useful to business students.
Fundamental concepts and methods of statistics covering frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, statistical quality control, quantitative decision making, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and non-parametric statistics.
Examination of information needs of a business and how to plan, design, and implement a system to meet those needs.
A capstone case course with an emphasis on integrating the various functional areas of business. As cases are discussed, consideration is given to topics such as decision making, strategic planning, and organization theory.
An introduction to the functions of an economic system with an emphasis on decision-making by individuals and firms in a market economy.
An introduction to the basic principles, concepts, and analytical techniques of finance. Major topics include financial analysis and planning, working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and sources of capital.
The study of principles of management focused around a central core of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and staffing.
The study of the principles of marketing around the themes of product, price, place, and promotion.
Sandra Obilade
Associate Professor of Management
Tawfiq Tahtamoni
Assistant Professor of Business
Nikie Walker
Associate Professor of Business - Chair of the Charles Albert Reid School of Business