Global Economy, Business, and Society

UNDERGRADUATE

FLEX FUNDAMENTALS

GLOBAL ECONOMY, BUSINESS, AND SOCIETY

1 required CU

Courses in this category reflect the varied ways in which the global nature of the business landscape affects business practices. These courses have a strong international focus, with an emphasis on analyzing and understanding the impact of national and international organizations, economic policies, politics, and culture on business practices, societal concerns, and stakeholder relationships across countries. Through these courses, students gain insight into the interconnectedness of the world as well as its local and regional variation.

Global Economy, Business, and Society courses may not be counted toward any other requirement and must be taken for a letter grade, not pass/fail.

Approved courses:*

•BEPP 203: Business in the Global Political Environment

•BEPP 233: Consumers, Firms & Markets in Developing Countries

•FNCE 208: International Corporate Finance

•FNCE 219: International Financial Markets

•HCMG 204: Comparative Health Care Systems

•LGST 219: Law and Policy In International Business

•LGST 220: International Business Ethics

•MGMT 111: Multinational Management

•MGMT 206X:Stakeholder Management in Emerging Markets (0.5 CU)

•REAL 236: International Housing Comparisons

TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND ANALYTICS

1 required CU

Courses in this category reflect the varied ways in which technological advances have changed business practices. These courses focus on one or more of the following activities associated with technology:

•Innovation in products and services

•Innovation in processes or mechanisms to deliver products and services

•Management of the market and policy environments of new products and technologies

•Applications and implications of new techniques for collecting, analyzing, and using data

Technology, Innovation, and Analytics courses may not be counted toward any other requirement and must be taken for a letter grade, not pass/fail.

Approved courses:*

•ACCT 242: Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting Incentives

•BEPP 280: Applied Data Analysis

•BEPP 284: Game Theory for Business and Life

•HCMG 391: Health Care Entrepreneurship

•LGST 222: Internet Law

•MGMT 214: Technology Innovation and Strategy

•MGMT 243X: Work and Technology (0.5 CU)

•MGMT 267X: Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation (0.5 CU)

•MKTG 270: Digital Social and E-commerce Marketing

•MKTG 476: Applied Probability Models in marketing

•OIDD 215X: Analytics and the Digital Economy (Intro) (0.5 CU)

•OIDD 201X: Technology, Online Business Models and Valuation (0.5 CU)

•STAT 405: Introduction to Programming in R (0.5 CU)

•STAT 422: Predictive Analytics (0.5 CU)

*Additional courses will be added as they are approved by the Curriculum Innovation and Review Committee.

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