Course Catalogs

Business Administration (BUA)

BUA 100  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
BUA 180  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Management  
International Course
Repeatable 91 times for 999.99 credits maximum  
BUA 200  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
BUA 201  Business Essentials I  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Business fundamentals taught through the operation of a fictional company. Multiple professors teach how the principles of accounting, finance, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply chain, retail and law work together within the business.
BUA 202  Business Essentials II  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Advanced business fundamentals taught through the operation of a fictional company. Multiple professors teach how accounting, finance, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply chain, retail and law work together for a deeper understanding of the business.
Prereq: BUA 201  
BUA 270  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable  
BUA 275  Infrastructure and Society  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with CEE 275  
Interdisciplinary view of urban infrastructure. Resilience, sustainability, economic and community impacts, finance, infrastructure development in the global economy, and smart cities.
BUA 280  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Management  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
BUA 290  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
BUA 300  Selected Topics in Business Administration  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
BUA 345  Business Analytics for Management Decisions  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Introduction to business analytics and statistical techniques used by managers to make decisions. Topics include defining business problems, identifying data needs to solve defined problems, and using information technologies to collect, analyze, and communicate findings.
Prereq: MAS 261 or MAT 221  
BUA 361  Evolution of an Infrastructure Project  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with CEE 361  
Lifecycle stages of infrastructure projects. Needs assessment, feasibility analysis, project delivery, public budgeting, project financing, risk allocation, urban design, permitting and zoning, sustainability criteria, project detailed design, construction management and troubleshooting, asset management, and disaster-response infrastructure.
Prereq: BUA 275 or CEE 275  
BUA 362  Infrastructure Design Capstone  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with CEE 362  
Review and integration of fundamental principles of infrastructure systems including smart city applications. Hands-on infrastructure design projects allow student teams to demonstrate competency in applying concepts and tools introduced in prerequisite courses.
Prereq: (BUA 361 and BUA 275) OR (CEE 361 and CEE 275)  
BUA 380  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Management  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
BUA 400  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
BUA 451  Advanced Business Analytics  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Introduces students to advance concepts in business analytics. Students will utilize the concepts they learn in class in a semester long individual project where they work with a large dataset (100k+ rows) to explore, prepare, form hypotheses that have managerial implications, statistically test them, and interpret results.
Prereq: BUA 345  
BUA 454  Business Network Models  (3 Credits)  
Management  
This course will provide insights into how to understand networks both graphically and analytically; how to model network data and glean useful information from networks to further business goals. Students will be using R and Python along with additional data visualization platforms.
Prereq: BUA 455  
BUA 455  Data Management for Business  (3 Credits)  
Management  
This course will provide a fundamental knowledge of data management including how to visualize, store, and present data and how to use software scripts so that tasks can be done efficiently and reproduced with consistency. Students will be using statistics, data management, and coding software.
Prereq: MAS 261 or MAT 221 Co-req: BUA 345  
BUA 466  Data Mining for Business  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with MAS 466  
The course will examine how data mining methods and data-driven predictive models can help improve business decision-making. Data mining techniques covered: classification, clustering, association analysis, and optimization.
Prereq: BUA 345, BUA 455  
BUA 470  Experience Credit  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable  
BUA 474  Project-based Learning in Business  (1-3 Credits)  
Management  
Double-numbered with BUA 674  
Experiential learning opportunity that will apply knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to external business projects, working directly with an external client. Students must apply and be accepted before registering.
Prereq: MAR 255 and FIN 256 and SCM 265  
BUA 477  Visual Analytics for Business  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Learn to connect, clean, transform, and analyze data for reporting and visualization. Using R, Tableau Desktop, and Power BI, explore visual design principles and best practices to build compelling data visualizations that tell a story through hands-on projects.
Advisory recommendation Prereq: BUA 345  
BUA 480  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
Management  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
BUA 488  Predictive Learning for Business  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Machine learning techniques used in managerial decision-making. Topics include quantile regression, artificial neural network models, convolutional neural network models for pattern recognition with current software, Naïve Bayes classifier for applications such as spam detection.
Prereq: BUA 345, BUA 455  
BUA 490  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
Management  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
BUA 499  Honors Capstone Project  (1-3 Credits)  
Management  
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable 3 times for 3 credits maximum  
BUA 555  World Business Systems: Trade and Investments  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with INB 654  
International business environment. Pattern and distribution of trade, exchange rates, International Monetary System, new international economic order, impact of the multinational firm on the world economy.
BUA 556  International Human Resource Management  (3 Credits)  
Management  
Cross-listed with INB 656  
Cross-national comparison of personnel- and industrial- relations practices and selection, training, and compensation theory and practice associated with managing expatriate employees.