Business Administration: B A

Lower-Division Courses

B A X01F. First-Year Interest Group Seminar.

Basic issues in various McCombs School of Business disciplines.

B A X01H. Professional Development and Career Planning: Honors.

Professional development issues including self-assessment, identification of personal life goals, identification of business majors and exploration of potential career fields for each major, and analysis and discussion of the academic planning process and how it relates to professional development and career planning.

B A X01S. Professional Development and Career Planning.

Discussion of issues surrounding career planning, implementation, and evaluation in order to establish career goals. Strategies for executing a successful job search, including interviewing techniques, resumes, networking, and job search ethics. Focus on career management as a lifelong process.

B A X01T. Professional Development and Career Planning.

Discussion of issues surrounding career planning, implementation, and evaluation.

B A X02F. Career Planning.

Practice career exploration, planning, and networking techniques. Focus on exploring interests, job search, and alignment of personal and professional goals. Explore experiential learning and peer-to-peer assessment to optimize resume, storytelling, and interviewing techniques.

B A X05. Topics in Business Administration Leadership.

Explores current theory and research related to peer mentoring and leadership with higher education and business.

B A X10G. Topics in Professional Growth I.

B A X11F. Career Planning: The Business of Your Career.

Practice career exploration, planning, and networking techniques. Focus on exploring interests, job search, and alignment of personal and professional goals. Explore experiential learning and peer-to-peer assessment to optimize resume, storytelling, and interviewing techniques.

B A X11G. Topics in Professional Growth II.

B A X18H. Business Honors Program Seminar.

Basic issues in various interdisciplinary and business fields of study.

B A X19. Topics in International Learning Seminar.

Discussion of various issues related to the academic, cultural, and personal aspects of completing academic work in international locations.

B A X19S. Topics in Business Administration.

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 Bachelor of Business Administration's study abroad director in the McCombs School of Business. 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.

B A X87T. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business.

Examination of relationships between public and private institutions, with emphasis on the legal constraints on managerial decision making.

Upper-Division Courses

B A X20F. Foundations of Entrepreneurship.

Introduction to the mechanics and strategies for starting a business.

B A X20G. Topics in Professional Growth III.

B A X21L. Contemporary Leadership Issues.

Focuses on leadership topics such as ethics, diversity, and sustainability.

B A X24. Business Communication: Oral and Written.

Theory and practice of effective communication, using models from business situations. Students practice what they learn with a variety of in-class activities, written assignments, and oral presentations. Teamwork and use of interpersonal skills are included.

B A X24H. Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors.

Theory and practice of effective communication, using models from business situations. Students practice what they learn with a variety of in-class activities, written assignments, and oral presentations. Teamwork and use of interpersonal skills are included.

B A X30G. Topics in Professional Growth IV.

B A X32F. Topics in Foundations of Business.

B A X40G. Topics in Professional Growth V.

B A X40S. Topics in Business Administration.

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 Bachelor of Business Administration's study abroad director in the McCombs School of Business. 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.

B A X49. Topics in International Learning Seminar.

Discussion of various issues related to the academic, cultural, and personal aspects of completing academic work in international locations.

B A X52F. Internship in Foundations of Business Administration.

Focuses on students' career goals through academic discussion and evaluations, while students are working in professional internships with public and private enterprises. Internship to be arranged by the student and approved by the director of the Business Foundations Program.

B A X53. Internship in Business Administration.

Provides a format for reflection during a professional internship, resulting in improved ability to both articulate preferences and skills, and to match them with appropriate career-related choices.

B A X66F. Foundations of Business Administration Practicum.

Students apply skills related to the Business Foundations certificate program curriculum and focus on additional project management skills through group projects conducted in a professional setting. Students may work with a private or a public enterprise.

B A X66P. Business Administration Practicum.

Apply business skills through group projects conducted in a professional setting. Work with a private or a public enterprise.

B A X76C. Advanced Topics in Finance and Accounting.

Rigorous introduction into the topics and processes of accounting and finance in business. Focus on how to apply analytical skills to make better business decisions. Taught by faculty from the McCombs School of Business.

B A X76D. Advanced Topics in Marketing.

Explores marketing strategies and practices that are applicable to multiple departments across organizations. Discussion of marketing tactics and the impact of marketing on business operations.

B A X76E. Advanced Topics in Leadership and Management.

Discussion of strategies to foster highly effective communication and collaboration in order to become more successful and valuable as a leader.

B A X76F. Advanced Topics in Business Analytics.

Introduction to the leading edge of big data and data analytics.

B A X76G. Advanced Topics in Supply Chain.

Explores the tools and ideas that help shape and define the various components of value creation. Dive into the process and strategies behind acquiring, producing and delivering goods and services, whether domestically or globally.

B A X76J. Advanced Topics in Energy.

Focus on the economics, strategy, business valuation and finance specific to the energy industry.

B A X76K. Advanced Topics in Strategy.

Focus on developing the knowledge and thought processes necessary to make high-impact decisions within an organization.

B A X76L. Advanced Topics in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management.

Explores techniques to recognize risks from stakeholders' perspectives. Discussion of how to frame strategic choices, generate alternatives, and create models that answer executives' questions, produce compelling analyses, and ultimately gain commitment.

B A X76N. Advanced Topics in Business.

Explores the skill set needed to move from a functional area to a cross functional management role.

B A X78F. Independent Research in Foundations of Business Administration.

B A X87T. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business.

Examination of relationships between public and private institutions, with emphasis on the legal constraints on managerial decision making.

Graduate Courses

B A X80C. Information Technology Management.

A discussion of technical architecture, including hardware/software platforms, operating systems, networking and the Internet; development strategies; and management issues for the introduction of new technology.

B A X80F. Accounting Information for Managerial Decision Making.

Financial information regarding revenue, cost, and assets, with an emphasis on the interpretation of numbers to derive well-informed management decisions. Covers the role of taxes in business strategy.

B A X80G. Executive Seminar.

Examine the integration of business executive and real-world problem solving, career preparation, and professional growth.

B A X80M. Management Science.

Introduction to the structure and use of mathematical models and methods for analyzing managerial decision problems. Development and application of modeling concepts and skills underlying the analytical techniques used to solve such problems. Introduction to a range of computers, and use of the latest in computer-based decision support systems.

B A X80N. Operations Management.

An introduction to the issues and decisions involved in the production of goods and services. Focuses on designing, operating, controlling, and improving the systems that accomplish production.

B A X80P. Project Management.

An introduction to the techniques used in managing complex projects, with a central theme of managing risk and variability. Examine the progressive elaboration of cost and schedule estimates in the presence of significant uncertainty.

B A X80S. Managerial Economics.

Microeconomic and macroeconomic forces that influence an organization's decisions: interest rates, business cycles, financial systems, input demand and supply, industry factors, market structure, and externalities.

B A X81C. Strategic Career Planning.

Issues surrounding career planning, including exploration and implementation. Professional development issues, including self-assessment.

B A X81M. Marketing Management for Executives.

Study the marketing function in modern organizations, focusing on understanding consumer behavior, development of an organization's value proposition, competitive positioning, and the major tactical decisions regarding product planning, marketing communications, pricing, and distribution.

B A X81T. Marketing Management.

An introduction to the marketing perspective on strategy development and to the elements of marketing analysis. Includes the functional decision areas of the marketing manager, such as products and product lines, pricing policies, branding, promotion and advertising, and channels of distribution, and how organizations use these components to create, capture, and sustain value for the firm.

B A X82C. Strategies for Career Planning.

Examine the McCombs Career Management Framework (Discover, Connect, Strategize, Engage). Assess strengths and values, develop professional networks, research target industries and companies, create comprehensive career portfolios including tailored resumes and LinkedIn profiles, and build behavioral interviewing skills using STAR methodology. Explore practical application through informational interviews, mock interviews, networking events, and personalized career strategy development to effectively translate academic training into meaningful career opportunities.

B A X82T. Managerial Accounting.

An investigation of the conceptual and operational relationship of planning and control with management and accounting information systems. Topics include data collection and analysis for short-range and long-range organizational decisions.

B A X84F. Financial Reporting for Executives.

Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the information produced in financial reports, the pressures faced by management and auditors as they prepare financial statements, the difficulties involved in evaluating decisions after outcomes are known, and the impact of accounting information on strategic decisions.

B A X84S. Topics in Economics for Business.

Microeconomic and macroeconomic forces that influence an organization's decisions, such as interest rates, business cycles, financial systems, input demand and supply, industry factors, market structure, and externalities.

B A X84S.1. Managerial Microeconomics.

Microeconomic forces that influence an organization's decisions, including input supply and demand, industry factors, market structure, and externalities.

B A X84S.2. Managerial Macroeconomics.

Macroeconomic forces that influence an organization's decisions, including interest rates, business cycles, and financial systems.

B A X84S.3. Global Economics for Executives.

Explore both microeconomics and macroeconomics, with a special emphasis on global macro phenomena.

B A X84T. Financial Accounting.

An examination of the information needs of capital market participants in a dynamic and complex socioeconomic system; emphasis on interpretation, measurement, and disclosure of economic events.

B A X85F. Financial Management Concepts and Applications for Executives.

Examine the core concepts underlying financial management. Explore organizational forms of business, the time value of money, debt and equity markets, agency theory, risk and return, value creation, capital budgeting, firm valuation, and the fundamentals of risk-management.

B A X85G. Strategies for Digital Transformation.

Examine concepts and principles from different disciplines in strategy, marketing, economics and operations.

B A X85T. Financial Management.

An exploration of concepts and techniques employed in investment decision making, working capital management, and financing the activities of a business.

B A X86S. Statistics for Executives.

Explore regression as a universal model for linking data to outcomes. Discuss how to set up and run a regression model, evaluate when the model is correct, and interpret the results. Examine illustrative case studies that use regression models to forecast a firm's future sales, determine if apartments and homes are overpriced, evaluate the relative riskiness of owning shares of a stock, develop an optimal bidding strategy, estimate the value of a physical asset, and value a contingent contract offer in a negotiation.

B A X86T. Statistics.

A unified approach to basic concepts in collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, emphasizing capabilities of different statistical methods and business applications. Students use statistical software packages.

B A X87T. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business.

Examination of relationships between public and private institutions, with emphasis on the legal constraints on managerial decision making.

B A X88F. Foundations of Strategy for Executives.

Explore the foundations of strategy at the top management level, specifically, the antecedents, formulations, and effects of firm strategies.

B A X88T. Strategic Management.

Designed to help students develop a general management orientation. Subjects include the role of the general manager, formulating business and corporate-level strategy, managing strategic change, strategy implementation, and developing general managers.

B A X89T. Managing People and Organizations.

Development of the general areas of theory most central to dealing with the varieties of social/psychological behavior of direct import to the administrator and manager.

B A X90C. Hardware, Software, and Telecommunications.

Provides a broad familiarity with the latest advances in the fundamental concepts and terminology of computer architecture and software.

B A X90D. Management Information Systems.

The use of decision support systems and database management concepts in an organization for information management and processing by mainframe and personal computer.

B A X90F. Information Systems Design and Implementation.

Specification, design, implementation, and testing of information systems.

B A X90H. Managing Information.

Management and use of information in organizations, including database management, analytical approaches for effective information management, and organizational issues.

B A X90J. Data Communications, Networks, and Distributed Processing.

Functional aspects of data communications, computer networks, and distributed information systems, using campus computers and the network systems available in the classroom.

B A X91. Special Topics in Business Administration.

B A X91.1. Finance.

B A X91.2. Management.

B A X91.3. Real Estate.

B A X91.4. Risk Management.

B A X91.5. Accounting.

B A X91.6. Marketing.

B A X91.8. Business, Government, and Society.

B A X92C. Special Studies in Business, Government, and Society.

B A X92D. Special Studies in Business, Government, and Society.

B A X92E. Special Studies in Finance.

B A X92F. Special Studies in Finance.

B A X92G. Special Studies in International Business.

B A X92H. Special Studies in International Business.

B A X92J. Special Studies in Legal Environment of Business.

B A X92K. Special Studies in Legal Environment of Business.

B A X92L. Special Studies in Management.

B A X92M. Special Studies in Management.

B A X92N. Special Studies in Management Information Systems.

B A X92P. Special Studies in Management Information Systems.

B A X92Q. Special Studies in Marketing.

B A X92R. Special Studies in Marketing.

B A X92S. Special Studies in Operations.

B A X92T. Special Studies in Operations.

B A X92U. Special Studies in Risk Management.

B A X92V. Special Studies in Risk Management.

B A X98L. Written and Oral Communication for International Students.

Designed to provide students at the high-intermediate level of English proficiency with communication skills beyond pronunciation and grammatical accuracy.

B A X98R. Master's Report.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.

B A X98T. Supervised Teaching in Business Administration.

Teaching in the McCombs School of Business for two semesters under the close direction of the course instructor or supervisor; weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports throughout the teaching period.

Professional Courses

B A X87T. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business.

Examination of relationships between public and private institutions, with emphasis on the legal constraints on managerial decision making.