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Courses to apply for General Business Majors

Another option for a major is to apply for General Business Major in which case the student can choose any 5 courses within the 3 majors (Finance, Global Business or Marketing) that we just described.

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DE	NAME	CREDITS	DESCRIPTION
ACG 2021	Principles of Accounting I	3	Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Introduction to financial accounting concepts. Emphasis is placed on the accounting cycle.
ACG 2071	Principles of Accounting II	3	Prerequisite: ACG 20021 Introduction to managerial accounting concepts. Emphasis is placed on use of accounting information in decision making.
ADV 3000	Principles of Advertising	3	Broad survey of basic advertising in marketing contexs. Includes advertising management, social & buyer issues, creative & media strategy, agency, and domestic and global aspects.
ARH 2000	Art Appreciation	3	Students are introduced to the fundamental elements of art. Sources of study include selective readings, slide lectures and discussion. The class explores the principles of design and the visual characteristics of art in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional format. The class learns to look at objects of art and, through an informed perspective, to appreciate the value such objects hold in society. The most important purpose of this course is for the student to further enhance an interest, appreciation, and understanding of the fundamental elements of style and aesthetic development in the visual arts. There is a great deal of required reading and at least one field trip to an area museum
BSC 1010	Biological Principles	3	A comprehensive treatment of biological principles, including the scientific methods, evolution and natural selection, cell biology, energy transformation, development, genetics and molecular biology.
BUL 4421	Business Law	3	Contracts, agency matter applies to all business fields of study.
CHM 2045	General Chemistry	3	A lucid, elementary exposition of the multifaceted contribution of chemistry to modern culture, illustrated by demonstration. Course does not require previous experience in chemistry in secondary school or college. Recommended for non-science, mathematics and psychology majors. A development of the fundamental principles of chemistry and their applications. Chemical nomenclature, atomic structure, bonding theories, thermo-chemistry, periodic properties, solution calculations, gas laws and the properties of solids and liquids are among the topics discussed.
CPO 3310	International Relations	3	Definition of public international law and characteristics. The definition of international legal system and its relationship to national legal systems. Study of the state under the international legal system with the consequence that issues such as borders and international recognition of States and Governments and international responsibilities and international revolutions. The definition and regulation of international origin and curricula different in the study with a focus on the study of the United Nations in terms of its inception, its structures and its role in the study of global issues. Study of some regional organizations and its effectiveness in the accomplishment of their goals and objectives.
CPO 4303	Latin American Politics	3	The role of the Institutions in the society and civilian rule in the region, but also examining themes such as urbanization and popular protest, and corruption, and attempt to identify the forces, both internal and external, which shape these political issues. Ecuador and Mexico will be the countries examined most thoroughly in the readings; however, most of the other Latin American nations will be examined
ECO 2002	Contemporary Economic Issues	3	Introduction to economists' approaches to some of the most pressing, current political and economic issues. Topics will include the sources of economic development and growth, what constitutes a desirable standard of living and quality of life, analyses of poverty and inequality, economic pressures on the family, and strategies for environmental sustainability. There will be an analytical approach to some regional cases, such as the growth of Peru, Chile and Colombia, the regional leadership of Brazil and the leftist orientation of Venezuela´s president. The regional trade agreements and their impact on economies and employment.
ECO 2013	Macro Economics	3	Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Introduction to the modern theory of income determination, with emphasis on monetary and fiscal policies to achieve full employment and economic growth.
ECO 2023	Micro Economics	3	Prerequisite: Sophomore standing Introduction to the determination of prices in a market economy and to the concepts of scarcity and the role of prices in distributing incomes.
ECO 3402	Economics And Society	3	Study of the dominant trends of economic change and its impact on society. Globalization of economic activities and transformation of industrial societies into post-industrial ones. Corporate re-structuring and the impact on employment and society in general because of income re-ditribution. The changing trend of gender distribution at workplaces. The impact of globalization in emerging industrial societies: (BRIC) Brazil, Russia, India, China and the situation of the raw material producing and agricultural societies.
ECO 4223	Money and Banking	3	Prerequisites: ECO 2013 and ECO 2023, or ECO 3003, or equivalent. An examination of the roles of money and credits our economy, emphasizing the impact of monetary factors on income and prices.
ECO 4713	International Monetary Economics	3	Prerequisites: ECO 2013 and ECO 2023, or ECO 3003, or equivalent. The international monetary system with special emphasis on the balance of international payments, exchange rates and adjustment problems, and the world’s debt problem.
ENC 1101	College Writing I	3	Reading examples of effective expository prose and writing essays practicing the forms of rhetoric. The course is designed to help students improve their writing processes, to improve students’ critical thinking skills, to increase the organizational effectiveness of students’ writing, and to develop students’ awareness of the importance of context in writing.
ENC 1102	College Writing II	3	A continuation of College Writing I. College Writing II is an intermediate composition course that requires weekly writing and reading assignments. The class is divided into Writing Workshops and Reading and Analyzing sessions. Class activities include Journal writing, writing and grammar exercises, editing, proofreading, cooperative group activities, and class discussions. Class participation and fulfillment of reading and writing assignments are key to the student success in this class.
ENC 3213	Writing for Management	3	Prerequisite: ENC 1102 Prepares the student to write professionally in support of management objectives for audiences within and outside a corporation or nonprofit enterprise. Some projects designed in consultation with departments of the Business School. Proofreading skills stressed
ENC 3310	Advanced Exposition	3	Prerequisite: ENC 1102 A study of rhetorical techniques, including principles of classical rhetoric.
FIN 2011	Introduction to Finance	3	This course provides a survey of financial theory and practice as it relates to the management and valuation of firms. Topics include: organizational forms, the role of capital markets, the determination of interest rates, financial statement analysis, the time value of money, stock and bond valuation, risk and return, and capital budgeting. This course is a prerequisite for all 2000 level finance courses and is required for all business students.
FIN 3403	Principles of Financial Management	3	Prerequisites: ACG 2021, ACG 2071,.Survey of Financial Management, including capital budgeting, cost of capital and financial analysis.
FIN 4303	Financial Institutions	3	Prerequisites: FIN 3403 An examination of commercial banks and other financial intermediaries, in their relationship to the money and capital markets and to their interaction in the channeling of saving into investment.
FIN 4424	Advanced Managerial Finance	3	Prerequisite: FIN 3403 Advanced techniques of financial analysis for dealing with the problems of a business, including budgeting of financial resources, cost of funds, capital structure, mergers, consolidations liquidation, risk analysis, and other aspects of financial planning and control. Integrating cases are used.
FIN 4624	International Finance	3	Prerequisites: FIN 3403 A study of financing international trade. The transfer of international payments, trades and payments, trade and payment restrictions, foreign exchange rates and investment. A survey of the European Economics Community and developing nations with particular attention to the Caribbean and South America.
HIS 2100	History of world´s Civilizations Since 1500	3	This class will survey the history of the world from the Reformation and voyages of discovery and imperialism to the present day. It will explore the major social, cultural, political, and economic themes. Rather than focus on dates, facts, and figures, this class will focus on change over time, the cause and effects of those changes, and specifically why those changes took place, and shaped the contemporary world.
ISM 2000	Information Systems Fundamentals	3	Prerequisite: College Algebra Introduction to data processing concepts and beginning use of representative microcomputer software packages.
ISM 3011	Management Information Systems	3	Prerequisites: ISM 2000 or equivalent Essentials and management of information systems resources; information system in the organization: social implications: use and evaluation of common microcomputer software packages.
LAH 3200	Modern Latin American History	3	Studies the Latin American republics from the wars of independence to the present. Major problems facing the region studied in their historical context.
LAS 2000	Introduction to Latin American Studies	3	Beginning course for Latin American Studies curriculum. Serves as an introduction to the methodologies of the field and describes life in Latin America. Required for Latin American Studies students.
MAC 1105	College Algebra	3	Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra Linear and quadratic functions, systems of equations and inequalities, polynomial function and equations, complex numbers rational exponents and radicals, matrices and determinants, exponential and logarithmic functions.
MAC 2233	Methods of Calculus	3	Prerequisite: College Algebra A descriptive and intuitive introduction to the methods and applications of differentiation and integration. Primarily for social science and business administration majors
MAC 2242	Life Science Calculus II	3	Gordon Rule, computational Prerequisite: Life science Calculus I or Methods of Calculus Continuation of the topics listed under Life Science Calculus I, examples and other topics of interest to Biology and Psychology students.
MAT 2952	Business Matemathics	3	This course is designed to provide students participating an introduction to the fundamentals of the business practices and the basic math necessary to perform day to day operations .In this course students will develop the ability to solve problems from the managerial point of view.
MAN 2021	Introduction to Business	3	The fundamental concepts of business and economics will be introduced. The course provides an overview of U.S. and international business topics as well as ethical issues related to business. Students focus on the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of business ownership, as well as explore business organization and the nature of management. Students will discuss the functional activities of a business. Topics related to management information systems, production/operations management, and management of human resources will be covered. Students will also discuss topics related to marketing and financial management.
MAN 3025	Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior	3	An introduction to managerial principles including planning, organizing, staffing, leadership and control techniques. A behavioral science foundation of individual needs, motivation and group processes will be utilized.

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MAN 3506	Operations Management (Production)	3	Prerequisites: MAN 3025 and QMB 3600 A descriptive and introductory course in the fundamentals of operations management. Students will be introduced to the basic concepts and techniques of managing operations both in manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. Includes product and process design, demand forecasting, facilities layout and location, materials management, inventory management, production planning and quality assurance. The international aspects of operations are highlighted wherever appropriate, as is the role of management information systems in operation management.
MAN 4301	Personnel Administration	3	Prerequisites: MAN 3025 Covers all aspects modern personnel administration including selection, training, appraisal, compensation, incentives and discipline. Will be taught from the viewpoint of management generalist as well as those planning a career in personnel.
MAN 4600	International Business	3	International dimensions of American enterprise. Examination of businesses, overseas organizations, operation, and problems of conducting international business..
MAR 2011	Introduction to Marketing	3	An introductory course which will expose students to the fundamental concepts of marketing. Students will be introduced to a wide range of Marketing Education courses related to the Marketing Pathway, Marketing Careers. Students will evaluate interpersonal communication concepts and skills. This course will clearly define the marketing concept and lead students into a marketing education career pathway. Students will have the opportunity to participate and compete in class competitions and activities.
MAR 3023	Marketing Management	3	Prerequisites: junior standing, microeconomics and macroeconomics . Channels of distribution, price policies, promotion, consumer demand, product planning, the role of government in marketing, and the social evaluation of marketing.
MAR 4242	International Marketing Management	3	Prerequisite: MAR 3023 An introductory course designed for designed for non-International Business majors that examines the international business and marketing environment and international marketing management.
MAT 3102	Research Methods	3	The aim of this course is to introduce students to methods of research. The course has been designed to ensure that students acquire some practical research skills, to provide the basic concepts so that they understand the principles of research; and to enable students to link the research process with theories of their specialist areas. By becoming familiar with the research process in practice, students should be more confident and competent in evaluating and using research results in their specialist areas. The proposed research course has two separate but closely related components - research principles and research skills applications.
MET 2001	Weather and Climate	3	This course aims, first of all, at providing a basic understanding of all kind of problems that we have in our world´s environments caused by humans. Since the start of agriculture we changed ecosystems to cultivate our food demand, after the middle ages by exploring the world the Europeans changed also other parts of the world with their global trade of goods. The industrial and later the agriculture Revolutions . The change of earth completely by using all its natural resources with a still growing demand and touching the end of the earth´s capacity. All environment issues constitute a subject matter of considerable complexity and a double sense. Defining some key issues to serve as guidelines passing through using also different levels, local (Guayaquil and the province of Guayas) national ( Ecuador) and Global (worldwide).
MMC 3601	Minorities and media	3	This course examines media inequities on the basis of race, gender, and ethnicity. This means not only representation in media content, but also representation in the media workforce.
PAD 2858	Business And Social Rsponsibility	3	Business and Social Responsibility is a course designed to provide students with the background knowledge, skills, and insight necessary to analyze how organizations achieve both social and financial performance benefits through social responsibility. This course will allow students to apply social responsibility principles to a variety of situations and organizations.
PHI 1012	Reason and Value	3	Prerequisites: College Writing I with grade of “C” or better. Introduction to principles of philosophical thinking through examination of fundamental issues in philosophy, with emphasis on strengthening student’s writing skills.
PHI 2100	Critical Thinking	3	(6,000 words of writing) Introduction to the principles and practice of critical thinking as it occurs in a variety of social settings. Emphasis is placed on sound methods of fixing belief and determining values.
PHI 4661	Ethics	3	Analysis of moral judgment and moral reasoning. Evaluation of ethical theories, with particular attention to utilitarian, Kantian and 20th century theories. Study of the application of various ethical approaches to contemporary social problems.
PHY 2037	Physics For Engineers I	3	Prerequisite: MAC 2311 For engineering majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of mechanics, fluids, and heat. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.
PHY 2048	General Physics I	4	Prerequisite: MAC 2311 For science majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of mechanics, fluids, heat, wave motion and sound. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.
PHY 2049	General Physics II	4	Prerequisite: PHY 2048 and MAC 2312 For science majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of electricity and magnetism, optics, modern physics. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.
PSY 1012	General Psychology	3	An appraisal of the antecedents and determinants of human behavior with special reference to individual differences, perception, learning and personality formation.
QMB 3600	Quantitative Methods in Administration	3	Prerequisites: MAC 2233, STA 2023. Introduction to basic mathematical and statistical methods and model for administrative problem solving and decision making , Includes such topics as decision making under conditions of risk, inventory theory, linear programming, networks and queuing.
SPC 2300	Interpersonal Communications	3	This course explores the dynamics of interpersonal communication, the communication between two people. Students first build a foundation for study by looking at the principal tools and skills of interpersonal communication. The second half of the course focuses on the core of interpersonal communication, namely, self and others. They will explore more complex dynamics of interpersonal communication such as intimacy, communication climates, and interpersonal conflict.
SPC 2601	Public Speaking	3	Theory and practice in the common forms of public address. Six presentations are required.
SPC 3710	Intercultural Communication	3	This course will lay out a number of issues to think about regarding intercultural communication. By reflecting upon these issues in your own interaction, and by talking with others about these issues, you will be well on your way to becoming both a better intercultural communicator and a better analyst of intercultural interactions. There is no endpoint from which we can say that we have learned all there is to know about intercultural communication. Learning about communication is a lifelong process that involves both experience and analysis.
SPN 1120	Beginning Spanish Language and Culture I	4	Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.
SPN 2203	Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I	4	Prerequisite: SPN 1120 or equivalent
SPN 2204	Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture II	4	Prerequisite: SPN 2203 or equivalent Continuation of emphasis on communication skills, with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or equivalent (who may substitute SPN 2342).
SPN 2240	Intermediate Spanish Conversation	4	Prerequisite: SPN 1121 or equivalent Emphasis on aural comprehension and speaking facility, practice using topical materials. Not open to native speakers or equivalent
SPN 2342	Spanish for Bilinguals I	3	Open only to bilingual Hispanic background students raised and educated in the U.S. and whose knowledge of written and formal Spanish is lacking or incomplete. Development of reading and writing skills, vocabulary, and awareness of style ,with a focus on the formal standard language for general and professional use.
STA 2023	Introductory Statistics	3	Prerequisite: MAC 1105 An introductory course covering descriptive statistics, probability, binomial and normal distributions, sampling distributions and hypothesis test, and sampling procedures. Laboratory required.
STA 3163	Intermediate Statistics	3	Gordon Rule, computational Prerequisite: STA 2023. An introduction to large-sample estimation and test of hypotheses; t-test; chi-square tests; one-way ANOVA; linear and multiple regression; experimental designs, Laboratory required.
SYG 1000	Introductory Sociology	3	An introduction to the major principles, concepts, theories and methods of sociology
PHI 2010	Introduction to Philosophy	3	This course serves as an introduction to philosophy. It has two aims. First, it will introduce the student to a number of topics: the existence of God, skepticism, and free will that have attracted serious attention from great philosophers. Familiarity with these topics will serve as an excellent introduction to the questions that philosophers worry about. The second goal of the course is to teach the student how to do philosophy. The questions we will consider will be difficult ones. They are not only hard to answer, but in many cases hard to formulate properly. Philosophers thus place a premium on clear and precise thinking. Learning how to write philosophically will develop skills useful in any academic context. The best way to learn these skills is to engage with well-written philosophical texts and being able to discuss the principles behind them.