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DEPARTMENT OF , AND Department of Finance, Accounting and Management : Dr. Ruth Hughes Faculty : Rexer, Taylor Associate Professors: Chisarick, Frear, Hughes, Matus, Wang Assistant Professors:Bui, Kim, Muszynski Faculty of Practice: Ghai, Pyke

Faculty Emeriti: Raspen, Liuzzo

Director of Graduate Programs: Dr. Marianne Rexer Director of Personal & Programming: Bridget Turel

• Accounting • Financial Investments • • Management • Analytics Minor • Management Minor

1 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 Development. These courses are intended to prepare ACCOUNTING students to recognize and use their unique strengths and skills while allowing them to reflect and prepare for a meaningful life Accounting Major and career. Coordinator: Prof. Cynthia Chisarick A seventh tier, a five-and-a-half-year BS/M.B.A. program, Total minimum number of required for a major in is available for students who wish to meet the needs of a Accounting leading to the B.S. degree — 122. professional in the 21st century. This program offered by The Total minimum number of credits required for a minor in Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership has been Accounting — 18. developed to encompass each of the above-mentioned levels, along with an additional year and a half of graduate course The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership work. Upon successful completion, the student will have offers a major in Accounting, providing the necessary earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Accounting and background for an entry-level professional in public, a Administration (M.B.A.) degree with 161 private, or . Students receive the hours of course work. necessary educational background to compete successfully for placement in graduate and professional schools and Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete for licensure as certified public and certified all required ACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC management accountants. Those choosing a career in 161 and ACC 162 which may be transferred from accredited administration receive the managerial training necessary for institutions if they are determined to be the academic success in a full range of leadership roles. equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Any other course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC The Accounting curriculum comprises seven tiers. The first course would only be eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC tier begins with a comprehensive study of the arts, sciences, 298 or ACC 398, depending on the rigor of the course. mathematics, , and humanities. This liberal arts core is a common experience to all majors and provides Accounting alumni can be found in public accounting firms the basis for a broadly educated individual. To become ranging in size from those of individual practitioners to competitive, effective organizational leaders and self-fulfilled international . Many of our graduates who began individuals, Accounting graduates are expected to possess the their careers in public accounting have since moved into skills and knowledge acquired through this liberating exposure leadership positions with government or private industry. to the arts, sciences, mathematics, and the humanities. The Accounting major in The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business The second tier of the curriculum is the Sidhu School and Leadership at Wilkes University will provide an individual Foundation courses, which transmit a common educational with the combined educational skills to be a future success as experience to all Majors within the Sidhu School by a leader in the accounting , industry, or government. addressing topics that are recognized to be basic and necessary to all practicing professionals. The Accounting major requires an additional 30 credits, including: The third tier of educational experience provides a general background in statistical, financial, and managerial Requirements for the Accounting Major techniques. (30 credits total) Credits The fourth tier of basic educational skills relates to the field [[ACC-201]] – Intermediate 3 of financial and managerial accounting. A rigorous thirty-six Accounting I credit hours are devoted to current accounting and applications through the use of texts, computer applications, [[ACC-202]] – Intermediate 3 cases, and practical experience. The sequence begins Accounting II with introductory level accounting and progresses through [[ACC-301]] – Advanced 3 intermediate, , , auditing, and accounting information systems. [[ACC-311]] – Advanced 3 Managerial Accounting A fifth tier utilizes an accounting to bond classroom knowledge with practical experience. Most students are [[ACC-321]] – 3 placed with public accounting firms where it is possible to [[ACC-322]] – Advanced 3 experience many areas of accounting as well as a broad Taxes range of business problems in a time span. Additionally, [[ACC-331]] – Auditing 3 for students with a more specialized , accounting [[ACC-341]] – Accounting 3 are also available in , in private industry, and Information Systems with the government. The Wilkes internship program is the oldest in Northeast Pennsylvania, and most successful interns [[BA-336]] – Advanced 3 have been placed in positions of their choice, including the Topics in Business Law large international accounting firms. [[MGT-352]] – Productions & 3 The sixth tier requires completion of at least 4 credits geared toward the undergraduate student's Personal & Professional

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Accounting Major- Required Courses MKT 221 Marketing 3 and Recommended Course Sequence [[FIN-240]] Introduction to 3 Finance First Semester Credits Social Science Distribution 3 [[ACC-151]] Integrated 3 Area Requirement (Area III) Management Experience I Free Elective (Science 3 [[CS-115]] Computers and 3 Distribution Requirement) Applications 15 [[ENG-101]] Composition 4 Fifth Semester [[FYF-101]] First-Year 3 Foundations [[ACC-201]] Intermediate 3 [[EC-101]] Principles of 3 Accounting I [[ACC-321]] Taxes 3 [[PPD-101]] Personal and 1 [[BA-335]] Law and Business 3 Professional Development I [[BA-319]] Business 3 17 Humanities Distribution 3 Requirement (Area I) Second Semester [[PPD-301]] Personal and 1 [[ACC-152]] Integrated3 Professional Development V Management 16 Experience II [[COM-101]] Fundamentals3 Sixth Semester of Public Speaking [[ACC-202]] Intermediate 3 [[MTH-101]] Solving 3 Accounting II Problems Using Math [[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3 [[EC-102]] 3 [[BA-336]] Adv. Topics in 3 Principles of Business Law Economics II [[MGT-352]] Production and 3 [[ENG-120]] 3 Operations Management Reading Classical [[MGT-354]] Organizational 3 Traditions Behavior 15 15

Third Semester Seventh Semester [[ACC-161]] Financial 3 [[ACC-301]] Advanced 3 Accounting & Decision Financial Accounting Making [[ACC-331]] Auditing 3 MGT 251 Management of 3 Free Elective 3 Organizations & People [[MGT-358]] International 3 [[HST-101]] Historical 3 Business Foundations of the Modern [[BA-461]] Business Strategy 3 World and Decision Making Arts Distribution Requirement 3 [[PPD-401]] Personal and 1 (Area IV) Professional Development Science Distribution 3 VII Requirement (Area II) 16 [[PPD-201]] Personal and 1 Professional Development III Eighth Semester 16 [[ACC-311]] Advanced 3 Managerial Accounting Fourth Semester [[ACC-341]] Accounting 3 [[ACC-162]] Managerial 3 Information Systems Accounting & Decision [[ACC-462]] Accounting 3 Making Internship

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Free Elective 3 12

*[[ACC-462]] may be taken for 6 credits in place of the Free Elective in semester 8.

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4 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 ACCOUNTING MINOR Accounting Minor Coordinator: Prof. Cynthia Chisarick

Total number of credits required for a minor in Accounting - 18

For majors in other disciplines, The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers an 18-credit minor in Accounting. Courses required to complete the Accounting Minor are:

Requirements for the Accounting Minor Credits

[[ACC-161]] – Financial 3 Accounting and Decision Making [[ACC-162]] – Managerial 3 Accounting and Decision Making [[ACC-201]] – Intermediate 3 Accounting I [[ACC-202]] – Intermediate 3 Accounting II plus 6 credits of ACC 6 courses

Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete all required ACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC 161 and ACC 162 which may be transferred from accredited institutions if they are determined to be the academic equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Any other course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC course would only be eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC 298 or ACC 398, depending on the rigor of the course. Accounting...... 17

5 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 MINOR Business Administration Minor Cooordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Business Administration – 18

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a 18-credit minor in Business Administration to students not majoring in one of the Business majors offered by the Sidhu School . NOTE: This minor is not available for current business majors. The following 18 credits are required of all students taking the Business Administration minor: [[ACC-161]] Financial 3 Accounting and Decision Making [[BA-153]] Management 3 Foundations [[BA-335]] Law & Business 3 [[FIN-240]] Introduction to 3 Finance [[MGT-251]] Management of 3 Organizations and People [[MKT-221]] Marketing 3

Business Administration...... 18

6 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 BUSINESS ANALYTICS MINOR Business Administration...... 18 Requirements Accounting...... 17 Business Analytics Minor Management...... 21 Finance...... 20 Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Business Analytics – 16

With a minor in Business Analytics, students will achieve the following collective outcomes: demonstrate knowledge of statistical data analysis techniques utilized in business decision-making; demonstrate use of teamwork, leadership skills, decision-making and theory; integrate information with data science methods to extract value from data sets; apply quantitative modeling and data analysis techniques to the solution of real world business problems, communicate findings, and effectively present using data visualization techniques; and think critically about the business implications, meaningfulness and applicability of observed data patterns and analytical inferences.

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a 16-credit minor in Business Analytics.

The following 7 credits are required of all students taking the Business Analytics minor:

[[BA-119]] Data Analysis in 1 Excel [[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3 either [[ACC-341]] 3 Accounting Information Systems or [[MGT-257]] Management Information Systems

Plus 9 credits from the following elective course list:

[[ACC-219]] Financial 3 Statement Analysis [[BA-419]] Quantitative 3 Decision Making [[FIN-219]] 3 [[FIN-319]] Financial 3 Derivatives [[MGT-357]] Business 3 Transformations in the Digital Economy

7 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 CORPORATE FINANCE Corporate Finance Major- Required Corporate Finance Major Courses and Recommended Course Sequence Coordinator: Dr. Shaokang (Ken) Wang First Semester Credits Total minimum number of credits required for a Major in Corporate Finance leading to the Bachelor of Science degree [[BA-151]] Integrated 3 — 123. Management Experience I There is no minor in Corporate Finance. [[CS-115]] Computers and 3 Applications The Corporate Finance Major at Wilkes is constructed upon [[ENG-101]] Composition 4 the Sidhu School's common foundation courses and the General Education requirements of the University. Corporate [[FYF-101]] First-Year 3 Finance Majors begin their studies with FIN 240. Subsequent Foundations courses cover other topics such as financial analysis, - [[HST-101]] Introduction of 3 term strategic financial planning, and the Modern World , and and banking. [[PPD-101]] Personal and 1 Professional Development I Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete all required ACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC 17 161 and ACC 162 which may be transferred from accredited institutions if they are determined to be the academic Second Semester equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Any [[BA-152]] Integrated3 other course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC Management course would only be eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC Experience II 298 or ACC 398 depending on the rigor of the course. [[COM-101]] Fundamentals3 Common career paths for graduates in this major are in the of Public Speaking fields of , financial analysis, financial [[MTH-100]] Pre- 3 examiners, as well as those that function in either accounting Calculus or finance in . For those considering an academic [[BA-119]] Data 3 career, the major may lead to an MBA and/or doctoral Analysis in Excel program [[ENG-120]] 3 Requirements (27 credits Reading Classical Traditions total) 15

Each student with a major in Corporate Third Semester Finance must complete the following [[ACC-161]] Financial 3 27 credits: Accounting & Decision Making [[FIN-219]] Financial 3 Analysis [[MGT-251]] Management of 3 Organizations & People [[FIN-230]] Money and 3 Banking [[FIN-240]] Introduction to 3 Finance [[FIN-341]] Managerial 3 Finance [[EC-101]] Principles of 3 Economics [[FIN-342]] Property and Life 3 Insurance [[MTH-111]] Calculus I 3 [[FIN-345]] Long Range 3 [[PPD-201]] Personal and 1 Financial Planning Professional Development III [[ACC-201]] Intermediate 3 16 Accounting I [[ACC-202]] Intermediate 3 Fourth Semester Accounting II [[ACC-162]] Managerial 3 [[ACC-321]] Taxes 3 Accounting & Decision Making [[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3 [[EC-102]] Principles of 3 Economics II

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[[FIN-230]] Money and 3 [[ACC-341]] Accounting 3 Banking Information Systems [[MKT-221]] Marketing 3 Arts Distribution Requirement 3 [[FIN-341]] Managerial 3 (Area IV) Finance 12 15

Fifth Semester [[ACC-201]] Intermediate 3 Finance...... 20 Accounting I Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area II) [[BA-335]] Law and Business 3 [[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3 [[FIN-219]] Financial 3 Analysis [[PPD-301]] Personal and 1 Professional Development V 16

Sixth Semester [[BA-336]] Advanced Topics 3 in Business Law

[[FIN-342]] Property and Life 3 Insurance [[ACC-202]] Intermediate 3 Accounting II Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area II) Humanities Distribution 3 Requirement (Area I) Free Elective 3 18

Seventh Semester [[MGT-358]] International 3 Business [[ACC-321]] Taxes 3 [[FIN-345]] Long Range 3 Financial Planning Social Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area III) [[PPD-401]] Personal and 1 Professional Development VII 13

Eighth Semester [[BA-461]] Business Strategy 3 and Decision Making [[FIN-462]] Professional 3 Business Experience [[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3

Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 9 FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS [[FYF-101]] First-Year 3 Foundations Financial Investments Major [[HST-101]] Introduction of 3 the Modern World Coordinator: Dr. Dean Frear [[PPD-101]] Personal and 1 Total minimum number of credits required for a Major in Professional Development I Financial Investments leading to the Bachelor of Science 17 degree — 123. Second Semester The Financial Investments Major at Wilkes is constructed upon the Sidhu School's common foundation courses and the [[BA-152]] Integrated3 General Education requirements of the University. Financial Management Investment Majors begin their studies with [[FIN-240]]. Experience II Subsequent courses cover other topics such as investment [[COM-101]] Fundamentals3 management, long-term strategic financial planning, risk of Public Speaking management and insurance, money and banking and [[MTH-100]] Pre- 3 Calculus Common career paths for graduates in this major are in the [[BA-119]] Data 3 fields of financial management, financial analysis, securities, Analysis in Excel , agents and personal [[ENG-120]] 3 financial advisors. For those considering an academic career, Reading Classical the major may lead to an MBA and/or doctoral program. Traditions Requirements for the Financial Investments Major (30 credits 15 total) Credits Third Semester Requirements (30 credits) [[ACC-161]] Financial 3 [[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3 Accounting & Decision Making [[FIN-219]] Financial 3 Analysis [[MGT-251]] Management of 3 Organizations & People [[FIN-230]] Money and 3 Banking [[FIN-240]] Introduction to 3 Finance [[FIN-319]] Financial 3 Deriviatives [[EC-101]] Principles of 3 Economics [[FIN-341]] Managerial 3 Finance [[MTH-111]] Calculus I 3 [[FIN-342]] Property and Life 3 [[PPD-201]] Personal and 1 Insurance Professional Development III [[FIN-343]] Investments and 3 16 Portfolio Management [[FIN-345]] Long-Range 3 Fourth Semester Financial Planning [[ACC-162]] Managerial 3 [[FIN-358]] International 3 Accounting & Decision Finance Making [[BA-419]] Quantitative 3 [[EC-102]] Principles of 3 Decision Making Economics II [[FIN-230]] Money and 3 Financial Investments Major- Required Banking Courses and Recommended Course [[MKT-221]] Marketing 3 [[FIN-341]] Managerial 3 Sequence Finance First Semester Credits 15 [[BA-151]] Integrated 3 Management Experience I Fifth Semester [[CS-115]] Computers and 3 [[FIN-343]] Investments and 3 Applications Portfolio Management [[ENG-101]] Composition 4

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Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area II) Finance...... 20 [[BA-335]] Law and Business 3 [[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3 [[FIN-219]] Financial 3 Analysis [[PPD-301]] Personal and 1 Professional Development V 16

Sixth Semester [[BA-336]] Advanced Topics 3 in Business Law

[[FIN-342]] Property and Life 3 Insurance [[FIN-319]] Financial 3 Derivatives [[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3 Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area II) Humanities Distribution 3 Requirement (Area I) 18

Seventh Semester [[MGT-358]] International 3 Business [BA-419]] Quantitative 3 Decision Making [[FIN-345]] Long Range 3 Financial Planning Social Science Distribution 3 Requirement (Area III) [[PPD-401]] Personal and 1 Professional Development VII 13

Eighth Semester [[BA-461]] Business Strategy 3 and Decision Making [[FIN-462]] Professional 3 Business Experience [[FIN-358]] International 3 Finance Arts Distribution Requirement 3 (Area IV)

[[BA-419]] Quantitative Decision Making 15

Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 11 FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS MINOR Financial Investments Minor Coordinator: Dr. Dean Frear

Total number of credits required for a minor in Finance - 21

For majors in other disciplines, The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers an 18 credit minor in Finance. Courses required to complete the Finance minor are: Requirements [[FIN-240]] Introduction to 3 Finance [[FIN-341]] Managerial 3 Finance [[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3 [[FIN-230]] Money and 3 Banking [[FIN-343]] Investments and 3 Portfolio Management [[FIN-319]] Financial 3 Derivatives [[MTH-111]] Calculus 3

Finance...... 20

12 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 MANAGEMENT [[SCM-352]] Quality 3 Management Management Major Leadership [[ENT-252]] The 3 Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes Entrepreneurial Leader Total minimum number of credits required for a Major [[LDR-202]] - Advanced 3 in Management leading to the Leadership Theory and Administration degree — 122. Practice Sidhu students who major in Management develop the skills [[LDR-301]] – Group 3 and competencies to make a difference in organizations, Dynamics teams, and communities. The Management courses equip [[LDR-198]] / [[LDR-298]] / 3 students with essential knowledge and capabilities to excel [[LDR-398]] Topics in as leaders in many areas including operations management, Leadership , sustainability management, and more. Emerging Management Course experiences help our students to develop their [[BA-119]] Data Analysis in 1 critical thinking, persuasive , teamwork, and Excel leadership skills. Sidhu management students are prepared to excel in executive and managerial careers in business, industry, and governmental organizations. [[BA-336] Advanced Topics in 3 Business Law Requirements (27 credits [[BA-338]] International 3 Business Law total) [BA-463]] The Business Field 3 Each student with a major in and Experience [[BA-464]] International 3 Management must complete the Business Experience following 18 credits: [[ENT-203]] Opportunity 3 [[LDR-201]] – Introduction to 3 Identification: Innovation and Leadership Creativity [[MGT-209]] – Business 3 [[SCM-201]] Introduction to 3 Correspondence and Reports [[MGT-257]] – Management 3 Information Systems Required Courses and [[MGT-352]] – Production 3 and Operations Management Recommended Course [[MGT-353]] – Human 3 Sequence Resources [[MGT-356]] – The Social 3 Responsibility of Business First Credits Fifth Credits Each student with a major in Semester Semester Management must complete 9 of the [[BA-151]] – 3 [[BA-319]] – 3 Integrated Business following credits with 3 credits from Management Statistics each of the following categories: Experience I Advanced Management [[CS-115]] – 3 [[BA-335]] – 3 [[ENT-384]] 3 Computers Law & Consultancy and Business Applications [[MGT-301]] Project 3 Management [[ENG-101]] – 4 [[MGT-353]] – 3 Composition Human [[MGT-198]] / [[MGT-298]] / 3 Resource [[MGT-398]] – Topics in Management Management [[FYF-101]] – 3 [[HST-101]] – 3 [[MKT-357]] Global 3 First-Year Historical eBusiness Foundations Foundations

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of the Science 3 Science 3 Modern Distribution Distribution World Requirement Requirement [[EC-101]] – 3 Free Elective 3 (Area II) (Area II) Principles of [[PPD-201]] – 1 [[PPD-401]] – 1 Economics Personal & Personal & [[PPD-101]] – 1 [[PPD-301]] – 1 Professional Professional Personal & Personal & Development Development Professional Professional III VII Development Development Total Credits 16 Total Credits 16 I V

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 16 Fourth Eighth Semester Semester Second Sixth [[ACC-162]] – 3 [[BA-461]] – 3 Semester Semester Managerial Business [[EC-102]] 3 [[LDR-201]] – 3 Acctg & Strategy and Principles of Introduction Decision Decision Economics II to Leadership Making Making [[BA-152]] – 3 [[MGT-352]] – 3 [[MGT-257]] – 3 [[BA-462]] – 3 Integrated Production & Management Professional Management Operations Information Business Exp. II Management Systems Experience (or 463 or [[MTH-101]] – 3 [[MGT-354]] - 3 464) Solving Organizational Problems Behavior [[FIN-240]] 3 Major 3 Using Introduction Elective Mathematics to Finance [[ENG-120]] 3 Free Elective 3 [[MGT-209]] – 3 Free Elective 3 Reading Business Classical Correspondence Traditions and Reports Social 3 Humanities 3 [[COM-101]] 3 Total Credits 12 Science Distribution Fundamentals Distribution Requirement of Public Requirement (Area I) Speaking (Area III) Total Credits 15 Total Credits 15 Total Credits 15 Management...... 21

Third Seventh Semester Semester [[ACC-161]] – 3 [[MGT-358]] – 3 Financial International Acctg & Business Decision Making [[MGT-251]] – 3 Major 3 Management Elective of Organizations & People [[MKT-221]] – 3 Major 3 Marketing Elective Arts 3 [[MGT-356]] – 3 Distribution Social Requirement Responsibility (Area IV) of Business

14 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 MANAGEMENT MINOR Management Minor Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Management - 18

For majors in The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership an 18-credit minor in Management is available.

The following Minor requirements are only available to students with majors inside the Sidhu School:

Students intending to minor in MANAGEMENT should take the following three courses... • BA 152 or BA 153 • MGT 251. Management of Organizations and People or ENT 201. The Nature and Essence of Entrepreneurship (ENT majors only) • MGT 354. ...and three additional courses from the following: (1) two Management courses from the list below, and (2) one Leadership course Requirements for the Management Minor (18 credits total) Credits (12 additional credits total) [[ENT-384]] Small Business 3 Consultancy [[MGT-209]] Technical 3 Business Reports [[MGT-251]] Management of 3 Organizations and People [[ENT-201]] The Nature and 3 Essence of Entrepreneurship [[MGT-257]] Management 3 Information Systems [[MGT-301]] Project 3 Management [[MGT-352]] Production and 3 Operations Management [[MGT-353]] Human 3 Resources [[MGT-354]] Organizational 3 Behavior [[MGT-356]] Social 3 Responsibility of Business

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15 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MINOR Supply Chain Management Minor Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a 19-credit minor in Supply Chain Management. Requirements for the Supply Chain Management Minor Credits Students will need to complete the following courses: [[BA-119]] Data Analysis in 3 Excel [[SCM-201]] Intro. to Supply 3 Chain Management [[MGT-352]] Operations 3 Management Students will also need to complete four of the following courses in advanced Supply Chain Management: [[MGT-301]] Project 3 Management [[MKT-357]] Global 3 eBusiness [[SCM-251]] Logistics & 3 Transportation Management [[SCM-257]] Supply Chain 3 Info. Systems [[SCM-351]] 3 Management & Control [[SCM-352]] Quality 3 Management [[SCM-358]] Global Supply 3 Chain Management [[SCM-463]] Research in 3 Supply Chain [[SCM-198]] / [[SCM-298]] / 3 [[SCM-398]] Topics

Business Administration...... 18 Management...... 21

16 Wilkes University Undergraduate Bulletin 2021 - 2022 ACC. ACCOUNTING ACC-201. INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING Credits: 3 Fall ACC-151. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE I Terms Offered: Credits: 3 A study of the accounting and the Terms Offered: Fall accounting standards applicable to corporate balance Integrated Management Experience is a two-semester sheet accounts and their related counterparts that in sequence that takes you through the entrepreneurial process and recognition on the from creating a business concept to planning the venture to and statement of . Course topics include launching and operating the business to harvest and closure the financial accounting standards, of the firm. You learn how plan and operate preparation, and receivables, and cost of through the study of functional areas such as marketing, goods sold, and plant and . management, human resources, accounting and finance, and Pre-Requisites operations. Most importantly, you will learn and experience [[ACC-161]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 how the pieces fit together through integrating the functional areas tracking information and performance using financial ACC-202. INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II accounting principles. Cross listed with [[ACC-151]] and Credits: 3 [[ENT-151]]. Terms Offered: Spring ACC-152. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE II This course is a study of the accounting standards applicable Credits: 3 to intangible , liabilities, and stockholders’ . Also, Terms Offered: Spring it focuses on the application of generally accepted accounting principles that relate to various technical reporting areas Integrated Management Experience is a two-semester within financial statements. Emphasis is placed on technical sequence that takes you through the entrepreneurial process standards and the necessary disclosure requirements for from creating a business concept to planning the venture to these reporting areas. Course topics include earnings per launching and operating the business to harvest and closure share, securities that can dilute , corporate of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate investments, and accounting for corporate income taxes and through the study of functional areas such as marketing, pensions. management, human resources, accounting and finance, and operations. You develop a clear understanding of the Pre-Requisites importance of accounting cycles and how financial accounting [[ACC-201]] with a minimum grade of 2.0. principles provide not only information but an integrating thread for all types of organizations. Cross listed with ACC-219. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS [[BA-152]] and [[ENT-152]]. Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites This course will focus on corporate financial reporting, evaluation, financial planning, accounting policies and [[ACC-151]] / [[BA-151]] / [[ENT-151]] with a minimum grade of practices, and other current issues. The interplay between 2.0 accounting and corporate finance will be emphasized. The ACC-161. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION- course will teach you how to use financial statement MAKING information for firm and other economic decisions. Credits: 3 The course will also help you understand and analyze the issues that corporate managers face as they design and This is a study of the nature, function, and environment of implement financial reporting strategies, increasing your ability accounting, including the accounting information system, to assess accounting quality. This course will provide you with analysis, and decision-making. The course provides tools to analyze and exploit information in corporate financial an understanding of accounting issues and objectives for statements. proper interpretation and analysis of financial accounting information. Pre-Requisites ACC-162. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION- [[ACC-162]], [[FIN-240]] both with a minimum grade of 2.0 MAKING ACC-301. ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Credits: 3 Credits: 3 Managerial accounting is an internal tool used to generate A comprehensive review and analysis for various accounting information for managerial planning and control. Students will issues relating to corporate consolidations, , develop an understanding of operating and capital , governmental units, non- organizations, estates, trusts, standard , incremental concepts, relevant costs, transfer and . Extensive computerized applications are an pricing, and responsibility and profit center reports as a means integral part of this course. of analysis as well as techniques of measurement. Pre-Requisites Pre-Requisites [[ACC-202]] with a minimum grade of 2.0. [[ACC-161]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Course Descriptions

ACC-311. ADVANCED MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ACC-362. ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP Credits: 3 Credits: three or six Terms Offered: Fall Pre-Requisites Advanced treatment of managerial accounting topics [[ACC-202]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 with emphasis on generation, communication, and use of information to assist management in performance of the ACC-397. SEMINAR planning and control function. Information systems design, Credits: 1-3 budgeting, variance analysis, and direct costing concepts are One to three credits covered.

Pre-Requisites [[ACC-162]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 BA. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ACC-321. TAXES Credits: 3 BA-119. DATA ANALYSIS IN EXCEL Terms Offered: Fall Credits: 1 Introduction to the Internal Revenue Code for individuals and This course is designed to teach the basic and advanced sole-proprietorships. Preparation of individual tax returns features and functions of Excel, including summative, based on the current tax law, , and revenue ruling descriptive and reporting techniques. Students will also gain letters. Introduction to tax research using various traditional the knowledge of data manipulation and visual reporting. This and electronic reference services. one-credit class will meet multiple times each week, and will Pre-Requisites run for 5 consecutive weeks. [[ACC-161]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 BA-151. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE I Credits: 3 ACC-322. ADVANCED TAXES Terms Offered: Fall Credits: 3 Terms Offered: Spring Integrated Management Experience is a two-semester sequence that takes you through the entrepreneurial process Introduction to certain tax laws as they apply to Corporations, from creating a business concept to planning the venture to S Corporations, and Partnerships. This involves developing a launching and operating the business to harvest and closure thorough understanding of tax research and how tax planning of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate may help the financial entity to minimize tax liability. through the study of functional areas such as marketing, Pre-Requisites management, human resources, accounting and finance, and operations. Most importantly, you will learn and experience [[ACC-321]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 how the pieces fit together through integrating the functional ACC-331. AUDITING areas tracking information and performance using financial Credits: 3 accounting principles. Cross listed with [[ACC-151]] and Terms Offered: Fall [[ENT-151]]. To understand the most important concepts in auditing and BA-152. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE II how they are used in decision making, evidence accumulation Credits: 3 and reporting. This entails understanding the concepts, Terms Offered: Spring methods, and processes of control that provide for the Integrated Management Experience is a two-semester and integrity of financial data and the safeguarding sequence that takes you through the entrepreneurial process of business assets, along with understanding the nature of from creating a business concept to planning the venture to attest services and the conceptual and procedural bases for launching and operating the business to harvest and closure performing them. of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate Pre-Requisites through the study of functional areas such as marketing, [[ACC-202]] with a minimum grade of 2.0. management, human resources, accounting and finance, and operations. You develop a clear understanding of the ACC-341. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS importance of accounting cycles and how financial accounting Credits: 3 principles provide not only information but an integrating Terms Offered: Spring thread for all types of organizations. Cross listed with To develop a solid understanding of and appreciation for the [[ACC-152]] and [[ENT-152]]. use of accounting information employed to process and sort Pre-Requisites business events so as to provide information for the functions of financial reporting, internal responsibility accounting, and [[ACC-151]] / [[BA-151]] / [[ENT-151]] with a minimum grade of decision support. This understanding includes applications via 2.0 spreadsheets, databases, general , and the internet.

Pre-Requisites [[ACC-162]] and [[MGT-251]] Course Descriptions

BA-153. MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS BA-338. LAW Credits: 3 Credits: 3 Management Foundations provides the framework for Terms Offered: On Demand,Spring further study in accounting, business administration, and The course will focus on international business law applicable entrepreneurship programs. Functional areas of management to international business transactions. Topics covered will are examined. This class is closed to freshmen and to any include comparable legal systems in the world and the student who completed ACC/BA/ENT 151 and ACC/BA/ENT law relative to 1) international sales, transport, credit and 152. commercial agreements; 2) law including imports, customs, tariff regulations/agreements, regional free trade BA-319. BUSINESS STATISTICS areas; 3) of the marketplace including licensing, Credits: 3 patent, advertising, sales representation, foreign investment Terms Offered: Fall and business formation, currency risk, anti-trust, employment An introduction to the primary tools of research in business and environmental law. This course is offered every other fall – and economics; the collection, summarization, analysis, odd years. and interpretation of statistical findings relevant to business decisions. Two hours of lecture and one hour of individualized Pre-Requisites laboratory. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, [[BA-335]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 descriptive statistics, probability, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and regression and correlation analysis. Cross-listed BA-419. QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKING with [[EC-319]] Credits: 3 This course is designed to build on the basics of introductory Pre-Requisites statistics so that the students understand how a variety of [[MTH-101]] or higher advanced statistical tools are used to support decision-making using business data. Students develop necessary skills to BA-335. LAW AND BUSINESS build models that conform the assumptions of the procedures. Credits: 3 The course aims to provide more hands on experience. The This course provides a foundation for understanding how the topics that will be introduced include descriptive statistics, law functions; the laws protecting consumers and employees; t-tests, ANOVA, simple linear regression, multiple linear and the law of , sales, and business organizations. regression, logistic regression and their applications on business data. BA-336. ADVANCED TOPICS IN BUSINESS LAW Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites Terms Offered: Spring [[BA-319]] or [[MTH-150]] This course provides students with an understanding of select advanced topics in law, specifically those that have the BA-461. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DECISION-MAKING greatest impact on business and accounting. Credits: 3 The first of a two-semester capstone experience. This Pre-Requisites course integrates the functional areas of business from the [[BA-335]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 perspective of top management. Emphasis is on the role of management in the formation of strategic and long-range BA-337. LEGAL ASPECTS OF SPORT AND EVENT plans. MANAGEMENT Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites Introduces legal issues that confront contemporary organized [[MKT-221]], [[EC-101]], [[EC-102]], [[FIN-240]], and athletics and sports management. Specific topics which [[MGT-251]] all with a minimum grade of 2.0 are highlighted include impact of antitrust laws; personal services contracts; labor law; injury and liability; franchise and BA-462. PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE transfer rules; and tax aspects. Examines the role of legal Credits: 3 services within sports organizations and in individual athlete Pre-Requisites representation. [[MKT-221]], [[FIN-240]], and [[MGT-251]] all with a minimum Pre-Requisites grade of 2.0 [[BA-335]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Course Descriptions

BA-463. THE BUSINESS FIELD AND RESEARCH FIN-219. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE Credits: 3 Credits: 3 This course is an introductory course on the fundamentals of This course allows the student to choose from a variety financial analysis techniques. It aims to help students develop of professional opportunities. The student could perform analytical skills for making investment decisions. Furthermore, research and in his or her major area. Such research it focuses on less well-established techniques and knowledge must be approved by the instructor in advance. (The that is alien to and ignored by efficient market hypothesis Undergraduate Thesis) The student may participate in a (EMH) or modern portfolio theory (MPT). The emphasis is on: multidisciplinary capstone course that incorporates the technical analysis, Microsoft Excel tools in a financial context application of business creation, development, and planning. and Bloomberg terminals. It includes the application of business functions such as management, business strategy, marketing, accounting, Pre-Requisites finance, operations management, and sales. (The Business [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]] with a minimum grade 2.0 Incubator) The student could also visit several local organizations to conduct a live case comparison that spans FIN-230. MONEY & BANKING industries and organizations as it pertains to his or her major Credits: 3 area and faculty . (The Business Field Experience) A study of money, credit, and banking operations. Monetary Action learning gives students the opportunity to develop an standards, development of the American monetary and understanding of the Sidhu School disciplines and business banking system. Recent developments in other financial practices that are ethically and socially responsible. institutions. Central banking and the Federal System, instruments of monetary control, international monetary Pre-Requisites relationships. Cross-listed with [[EC-230]] Senior class standing. FIN-240. INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE BA-464. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE Credits: 3 Credits: 3 This course introduces basic principles of finance including The course provides an overview of a Western European , financial ratios, time value of money, stock and Society. A ten-day field trip in Western Europe is a major , and . learning experience of the course. Site visits are made in a number of cities in European countries. Site visits FIN-319. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES include Cities, Regions, and Business and travel centers. Credits: 3 Arrangements for travel are made during the fall, and travel Financial securities and markets are changing rapidly. This in the spring. The purpose of the course is to create a global course gives students an understanding of financial learning experience using Western Europe as a medium to instruments and their applications to corporate strategy and facilitate the student’s understanding of the global business risk management. Students learn how the finance derivatives environment. Presentations, discussions, travel, observations, are priced and used in risk management and trading or projects, as well as written papers will provide students with speculative strategies by individuals and companies. We the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding and cover options, forwards, futures, and swaps to help our knowledge. students to be better prepared to enter a career in finance. Pre-Requisites FIN. FINANCE [[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]], [[FIN-341]], [[FIN-343]] all with a minimum grade of 2.0 FIN-201. PERSONAL FINANCE FIN-341. Credits: 3 Credits: 3 Terms Offered: On Demand This course provides advanced study of financial , This course in personal financial management is designed decision-making models relating to: financial analysis and to help students understand and develop competence and planning; management; cash budgeting; confidence in using the knowledge and skill of the discipline of capital acquisitions; capital asset financing; cost of personal money management. Students develop competence capital; capital structuring; acquisitions; divestitures; and and confidence through reading about personal financial reorganizations. management and through working with problems and cases that include real life experiences with the subject. This course Pre-Requisites is designed to benefit business and non business majors. [[FIN-240]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Course Descriptions

FIN-342. PROPERTY AND LIFE INSURANCE MGT-251. MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND Credits: 3 PEOPLE A study of principles of life, health, property, and liability Credits: 3 insurance applied to the needs of individuals and Introduction to the theory and practice of managing organizations. organizations, including planning, organizing, and controlling. Interdisciplinary in nature, social and ethical dimensions of Pre-Requisites managing are examined. [[FIN-341]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Pre-Requisites FIN-343. INVESTMENTS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Either ACC, BA, ENT 151 or BA 153 Credits: 3 A survey of the features and characteristics of investment MGT-257. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS instruments, the operation and regulation of security markets, Credits: 3 the techniques of security analysis and valuation, financial This course introduces the fundamental concepts underlying intermediaries, and modern and traditional portfolio theory and the design, implementation, control, and evaluation of management. business-oriented computer based information systems, office automation, information reporting, and decision making. Pre-Requisites [[FIN-240]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Pre-Requisites [[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]] FIN-345. LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING Credits: 3 MGT-352. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS A survey of the tools and techniques currently employed by MANAGEMENT financial decision-makers when evaluating organizational Credits: 3 performance and developing future courses of action. Terms Offered: Spring Emphasis will be placed upon long-range planning and capital Principles of decision-making, systems design, introduction to budgeting techniques. quantitative tools of analysis, and fundamentals of production, inventory, financial, and distribution management. Pre-Requisites [[FIN-341]] and [[FIN-343]] with a minimum grade of 2.0 Pre-Requisites [[BA-319]] and [[MGT-251]]. FIN-358. Credits: 3 MGT-353. HUMAN This course will provide the conceptual framework necessary Credits: 3 for financial decision-making in a multinational Terms Offered: Fall (mnc). We focus on implementing analytical tools and theory This course focuses on introducing the student to the theories, through problems and analysis of real-world global decision- practices, problems, and legislation relevant to attracting, making. Students explore the following traditional areas of selecting, developing, compensating, and effectively using corporate finance: investments, , cost of human resources in organizations. capital, capital structure, evaluation and control of operations, merger and acquisition, and risk management from a global Pre-Requisites perspective. [[MGT-251]].

FIN-397. SEMINAR MGT-354. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Credits: 1-3 Credits: 3 One to three credits A behavioral science approach to understanding individual, formal, and informal group behavior, macro- and micro- organizational structures, motivation and leadership MGT. MANAGEMENT theories, group influences, conflicts, decision-making, and communication, with emphasis on behavioral science MGT-209. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS applications in developing organizational effectiveness. Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites An emphasis on written communications: practice in writing major classification of business letters; persuasive requests [[MGT-251]]. and refusals; and inquiry, order, sales, application, credit, MGT-356. THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS collection, and letters. Investigative techniques of Credits: 3 research and analytical report writing. A course dealing with the problems faced by managers in responding to issues such as the kinds and extent of social responsibility to be assumed by businesses, employee rights, consumerism, and the balance of public and private interests.

Pre-Requisites [[MGT-251]] and junior standing. Course Descriptions

MGT-357. BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Credits: 3 This course is designed to help students understand how the digital economy forces companies to rethink their business strategies--and architect processes, products, and information differently. Topics will allow for the development of problem solving abilities using business analytics and intellectual curiosity using radical openness in the workplace. The course content will incorporate cases in business, and it will seek to create an understanding of big data, culture and ubiquitous technologies. Students will also understand how to thinking critically and to make decisions using internal and external sources of data.

Pre-Requisites [[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]]

MGT-358. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Credits: 3 An introduction to the field of international business. Topics include the empirical dimensions of the world economy, business enterprise in , trade channels, effects of economic, political, and social environment on international management problems of international operations, and the role of government in fostering international business. A substantial amount of writing is required.

Pre-Requisites [[MGT-251]] and senior standing.

MGT-397. SEMINAR Credits: 1-3