Business, Government, and Society (BGS)
BGS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Business, Government, and Society. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
BGS 325 Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine ethical aspects of the decision-making processes of managers and employees. Explore the responsibility of firms to society and other constituencies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LEB 372T.1
Restrictions: Restricted to students in a business major.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Business, Government, and Society. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 337 Strategy Beyond Markets 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Legal Environment of Business 320F, 323, 323H, Business, Government, and Society 337. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the McCombs School of Business.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 140S, 240S, 340S, 440S, 540S, 640S, 740S, 840S, 940S Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office, or the school's BBA Exchange Programs. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Business, Government, and Society. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 170S, 270S, 370S Social and Cultural Entrepreneurship 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Create a business to address social problems, using social and creative means to design market-based approaches to aid a specific cultural group. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic: Socl/Cultrl Entrprnrshp) and 370S may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to students participating in a May Term Education Abroad program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 371 Corporate Political Strategy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study how the political and regulatory environment enables and constrains business activity and how individual firms and groups of firms can ethically yet effectively lobby legislatures, negotiate with regulators, create industry associations, make campaign contributions, and engage in other political activity to gain competitive advantage. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, and Society 371, Marketing 372 (Topic: Corporate Political Strategy), 372 (Topic 15), 372T (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MKT 372T.1
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 171T Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A study of how corporations can engage in corporate social responsibility and sustainable activities to improve the world with strategic considerations kept in mind. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T Topics in Business, Government, and Society 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Energy Technology and Policy. Develop an understanding of the broad context of energy production and consumption in the United States and the world. Discuss past energy trends and fundamentals of energy and power, including fossil fuels and renewable energy sources and technologies. Explore different energy resources, environmental impacts, and societal uses of energy. Evaluate future energy technology options. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 1) and 372T (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Service Learning. Examine reasons that seemingly good people sometimes make unethical choices. Explore real-life ethical dilemmas, decision-making processes, and ideal behavior for the future. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 2) and 372T (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. Focus on the development of ethical leadership and responsibility. Explore basic concepts relevant to business ethics. Develop ethical principles in a variety of business domains, and practice discussing ethical issues with people from a variety of viewpoints and backgrounds. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 3) and 372T (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Topic 4: International Business and Politics. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 4) and 372T (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Health Care Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Focus on healthcare entrepreneurship in the United States, addressing the complexities of building companies in this sector while also examining the incentives of health care financing and spending that risk, ignoring the needs of the most vulnerable. Explore how to ensure that innovation decreases disparities in access and outcomes for the underserved. Business, Government, and Society 372T (Topic: Hlth Care Innvtn and Entrprshp) and 372T (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Business and Society. Explore the relationship between firms and society, including the role of regulation and government policy in shaping economic outcomes. Examine how governments encourage economic activity. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, Society 370 (Topic: Business and Society), 370 (Topic 6), 372T (Topic 6), Government 355M (Topic: Business and Society), 360N (Topic: Business and Society), 360O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government and upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Nontechnical Exploration and Production. Introduction to the oil and gas exploration and production business for nontechnical personnel. Explore prospect generation and leasing, drilling, production, processing, transportation, and closing out a project. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 10) and 372T (Topic 10) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Restrictions: Restricted to students pursuing the Energy Management minor.
Topic 12: Global Business Sustainability. Explore the role of sustainability in the corporate sector. Examine how businesses partner with others for sustainability goals, how to value sustainable business practices, and how to report on corporate sustainability. Only one of the following may be counted: Accounting 372T (Topic 12), 378 (Topic: Global Busn Sustainability), Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 5), 372T (Topic 12), Finance 337 (Topic 3), 337T (Topic 12). Same as: ACC 372T.12, FIN 337T.12 Restrictions: Restricted to students pursuing the leadership in global sustainability minor.
Topic 14: Global Net Zero Strategy. Discuss the actions that firms around the world are taking regarding global warming, and whether these actions and innovations will keep the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions to zero. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, and Society 372 (Topic: Global Net Zero Strategy), 372T (Topic 14), International Business 372 (Topic: Global Net Zero Strategy), 372T (Topic 4). Same as: I B 372T.4
BGS 372T.1 Energy Technology and Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop an understanding of the broad context of energy production and consumption in the United States and the world. Discuss past energy trends and fundamentals of energy and power, including fossil fuels and renewable energy sources and technologies. Explore different energy resources, environmental impacts, and societal uses of energy. Evaluate future energy technology options. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 1) and 372T (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.10 Nontechnical Exploration and Production 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the oil and gas exploration and production business for nontechnical personnel. Explore prospect generation and leasing, drilling, production, processing, transportation, and closing out a project. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 10) and 372T (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Sophomore standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students pursuing the Energy Management minor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.12 Global Business Sustainability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the role of sustainability in the corporate sector. Examine how businesses partner with others for sustainability goals, how to value sustainable business practices, and how to report on corporate sustainability. Only one of the following may be counted: Accounting 372T (Topic 12), 378 (Topic: Global Busn Sustainability), Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 5), 372T (Topic 12), Finance 337 (Topic 3), 337T (Topic 12).
Same as: ACC 372T.12, FIN 337T.12
Restrictions: Restricted to students pursuing the leadership in global sustainability minor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.14 Global Net Zero Strategy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discuss the actions that firms around the world are taking regarding global warming, and whether these actions and innovations will keep the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions to zero. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, and Society 372 (Topic: Global Net Zero Strategy), 372T (Topic 14), International Business 372 (Topic: Global Net Zero Strategy), 372T (Topic 4).
Same as: I B 372T.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.2 Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Service Learning 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine reasons that seemingly good people sometimes make unethical choices. Explore real-life ethical dilemmas, decision-making processes, and ideal behavior for the future. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 2) and 372T (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.3 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on the development of ethical leadership and responsibility. Explore basic concepts relevant to business ethics. Develop ethical principles in a variety of business domains, and practice discussing ethical issues with people from a variety of viewpoints and backgrounds. Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 3) and 372T (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.4 International Business and Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Business, Government, and Society 370 (Topic 4) and 372T (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 372T.5 Health Care Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on healthcare entrepreneurship in the United States, addressing the complexities of building companies in this sector while also examining the incentives of health care financing and spending that risk, ignoring the needs of the most vulnerable. Explore how to ensure that innovation decreases disparities in access and outcomes for the underserved. Business, Government, and Society 372T (Topic: Hlth Care Innvtn and Entrprshp) and 372T (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 373 Strategic Corporate Communication 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies corporate efforts to inform, motivate, and persuade various constituencies, including investors, employees, communities, and regulators. Subjects include public relations, investor relations, and government relations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 374 Global Political Economy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how firms can successfully integrate their traditional strategies with non-market strategy in the global arena, including how to successfully engage with international non-market actors, such as foreign governments, regulators, political parties, NGOs, and the media. Examine the necessary tools to craft successful, integrated firm strategies in diverse institutional and political environments. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, and Society 374, International Business 372 (Topic 15), 372T (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: I B 372T.1
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 175, 275, 375 Business and Policy in the Age of Inequality 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine inequality and its implications as managers and as citizens, and explore how to deal proactively with the consequences of this pervasive phenomenon. Business Government and Society 370 (Topic: Bus/Pol Age Of Inequality) and 375 may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 179, 379 Independent Research in Business, Government, and Society 1,3 Hours
1,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Accounting 379C, Business Administration Honors 379, Business, Government, and Society 379, Finance 379C, International Business 379C, Legal Environment of Business 379, Management 379C, Management Information Systems 379, Marketing 379C, Operations Management 379, Risk Management 379. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Sophomore standing, consent of instructor, and written approval from the department chair's office, before the first meeting of the course, on forms available in the department office for that purpose.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
BGS 180, 380 Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1,3 Hours
1,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Topic 0: Topics in Business, Government, and Society. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing. Additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
BGS 180C, 280C, 380C Strategic Corporate Communication 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies corporate efforts to inform, motivate, and persuade various constituencies, including investors, employees, communities, and regulators. Includes public relations, investor relations, and government relations. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 180D, 280D, 380D Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of corporate social responsibility (CSR) given the constraints of the business environment, with an emphasis on the conditions under which CSR can provide strategic value to firms through class discussions and group projects. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
BGS 180E, 280E, 380E Global Political Economy 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Exploration of how firms can successfully integrate their traditional strategies with non-market strategy in the global arena, including how to successfully engage with international non-market actors such as foreign governments, regulators, political parties, NGOs, and the media. Examines the necessary tools to craft successful, integrated firm strategies in diverse institutional and political environments. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 180G, 280G, 380G Business and Policy in the Age of Inequality 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine inequality and its implications as managers and as citizens, and explore how to deal proactively with the consequences of this pervasive phenomenon. Business Government and Society 380 (Topic: Bus/Pol Age Of Inequality) and 180G, 280G, 380G may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 281, 381 Law, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines corporate responsibility issues and the tools necessary to manage relationships with external stakeholders such as governments, nongovernmental organizations, and communities in legal, political, and cultural contexts. Business, Government, and Society 381 and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 36: Law, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility) may not both be counted. Two or three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 381E Topics in Law, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Energy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the external relations challenges facing the energy industry. Focuses on the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility and government relations for the oil, natural gas, and electricity industries in the United States and the larger world. Explores the resource curse and its implications for oil and gas companies doing business overseas, the management of environmental health and safety risk in both the developed and developing world, energy facility siting, and NIMBY challenges in the United States. Some familiarity with energy law is helpful. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 181M, 281M, 381M Social and Ethical Responsibility of Business 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process and the application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Includes ethical implications of financial markets, race and gender discrimination, employee privacy, multinational business, and health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues. Business, Government, and Society 181M, 281M, 381M and Legal Environment of Business 380 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Business Administration program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 381N Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Accountants 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines ethical aspects of the managerial decision-making process and the application of fundamental ethical principles to business, legal, and social problems. Includes ethical implications of financial markets, race and gender discrimination, employee privacy, multinational business, and health, safety, environmental, and consumer issues. Business, Government, and Society 381L and 381N may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Master in Professional Accounting program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 182, 282, 382 Corporate Political Strategy 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A study of how the political and regulatory environment enables and constrains business activity and how individual firms and groups of firms can ethically, yet effectively, lobby legislatures, negotiate with regulators, create industry associations, make campaign contributions, and engage in other political activity to gain competitive advantage. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
BGS 382D Economics of Health Care 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the production and provision of health care in the United States. Includes the study of basic economic concepts, differences between health care and other goods, impact of regulatory policies, and the importance of health for economic development. May include international and ethical aspects of health care. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 382E Energy Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies domestic and international policy issues of energy and the environment, with a focus on market solutions to various problems and market limitations in the allocation of environmental resources. Also examines the economics of fossil fuel alternatives. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 382L Labor Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the functioning of the labor market and examines determinants of wage and employment levels in perfect and imperfect labor markets. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 382R Economic Analysis of Law 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Uses economic analysis to study law and its impact on business activity. Includes the economics of contract law, tort law, property law, securities regulation, antitrust law, intellectual property, and environmental law. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 382S Economics of Sustainable Business 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the policy and practical implications of sustainability. Topics covered may include property rights, air and water pollution, solid-waste disposal, hazardous substances, and wilderness preservation and the protection of endangered species. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 383 Business Ethics in the Global Market 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Moral theory and its application to business issues in diverse cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 384 Global Macroeconomic Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Practical study of global macroeconomic policy, including monetary policy, financial market regulation, and economic growth and development policies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 385 Business, Government, and Public Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the relationship between business and government throughout the policy process and examines the constitutional constraints that affect businesses across different political and legal systems. Explores ethical issues of the role of business in the policy process. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and admission to the Master of Business Administration program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 385W Business, Government, and Public Policy: Washington Campus 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the relationship between business and government throughout the formation and implementation of public policy; includes examination from economic, political, legal, and behavioral perspectives. Focuses primarily on the political, regulatory, and legal system of the United States and addresses issues covered further in the Washington Campus event, a week-long seminar with policy makers in Washington DC that precedes the course. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the executive Master of Business Administration program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 386 Market Structure and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies industrial organization economics using game-theory to model strategic market behavior. Examines econometric methods used to test hypotheses regarding firm conduct and market performance. Explores profit-maximizing business strategies of firms with market power and strategic interactions among firms in imperfectly competitive markets. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 186E, 286E, 386E Topics in Business, Government, and Society 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 287 Business Integrity 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines how to make ethical decisions, take ethical actions, lead an ethical life, run ethical organizations, and fulfill corporate social responsibilities. Two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 188, 288, 388 Behavioral Economics 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores and applies existing behavioral economics findings to all areas of business, and also instructs how to run studies to learn how to nudge" people toward or away from particular behaviors. Only one of the following may be counted: Business, Government, and Society 188, 288, 388; Marketing 382 (Topic: Behavioral Economics); 282, 382 (Topic 27). For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
BGS 389 Environmental Regulation of Business 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines federal and state regulation of business activities that affect the environment and the potential liability of business for environmental damage. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 390 Behavioral and Institutional Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Uses aspects of the social sciences, including economics, psychology, and sociology to explore the evolution of economic organizations, the need for business regulation, bubbles and speculation, and economic herd behavior. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 390E Business in the Global Political Environment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines global business from a political science perspective. Includes the politics of international trade and investment and the regulatory expectations of national regulators and of international organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the World Bank. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 390F Federal Regulatory Policy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies the federal regulatory framework in the United States, including the processes through which regulations are promulgated and the stakeholders involved. Particular emphasis on cost-benefit analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 390J Modern Political Economy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Studies economic theory from Adam Smith to the modern day, with a focus on the interrelationship between economic models and political behavior. Explores the development of American capitalism; includes works from Marx, Hayek, Polanyi, and Williamson. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 191, 291, 391, 691 Topics in Conference Course in Business, Government, and Society 1,2,3,6 Hours
1,2,3,6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
BGS 191S, 291S, 391S, 691S Independent Study 1,2,3,6 Hours
1,2,3,6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral