1973-1974 Academic Catalog

Business Administration 57 B. GENERAL BUSINESS 111 Introduction to Data Processing - W 3 hours Basic principles and procedures of manual, mechanical, and electronic data processing systems. Prerequisite: Science 120 Introduction to Computer Programming 211 Business Statistics - A 5 hours An introduction to statistical methods as applied to the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data relevant to business operations. 216 Business Communications - Sp 3 hours A preparation for the skill of originating all types of business letters, reports, memoranda, and other media of communication. 311 Business law 5 hours A study of contracts, sales, bailments, negotiable instruments, agency, employer-employee relationships, partnerships, corporations, insurance, and property. 314 Business Finance - Sp 4 hours A survey of the financial aspects of private, profit-seeking corporation. Consideration is given to the problems of promotion, normal operation, and reorganization. Prerequisite: Accounting 102 C. ECONOMICS 131 Consumer Economics - Sp 4 hours The position of the consumer in the marketplace; practices in consumer efficiency in plan– ning, buying, using schedules, budgeting, bank accounts, charge accounts, installment buying, borrowing, saving, insurance, income tax preparation and maintenance and conservation of consumer goods will be emphasized. Special attention is given to housing, the automobile, medical and legal services, leisure pursuits, government services, and other major consumer purchases. 231, 232 Principles of Economics - W, Sp, Su 5 hours each quarter A study of fundamental economic principles as an aid in understanding our free enterprise system. An emphasis on such economic concepts as production, consumption, exchange, and price distribution. 331 Money and Banking - Sp 5 hours each quarter A study of the principles of money, credit, and banking; and the operation of the banking system. Prerequisite: Economics 232 334 History of Economic Thought - A 4 hours Principal figures in the development of economic ideas and the contribution of each period of economic thought from the mercantilist to the present. Prerequisite: Economics 232 335 Comparative Economics Systems - W 4 hours A survey and comparative analysis of the economic institutions of Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism, and Communism with individual research into the economic system of one country. Prerequisite: Economics 232 - D. MANAGEMENT 251 Principles of Organization and Management - A 4 hours An examination of the policies, principles, practices, and problems involved in the manage– ment and organization of business concerns.