University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Distance Learning 

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Program Coordinator
Marge Karsten
608-342-1749
karsten@uwplatt.edu


 
Business Spring 2001 Course Offerings
We offer all of our online courses on a rotating basis. Check the availability of the courses in which you are interested in enrolling at the UW-Platteville Distance Education Home Page. The following courses are being offered for the Spring 2001 semester:
Acct 202 - Elementary Accounting II
BsAd 263 - Introduction to Marketing
BsAd 353 - Organizational Behavior
BsAd 354 - Quality Management
Econ 223 - Principles of Microeconomics

Acct 202 - Elementary Accounting II  (3 credits)
Course Description:  Introduction to management accounting topics such as cost accounting, cost analysis, budgeting, and variance analysis.  Focuses on both procedures and the drawing of inferences from the results for more effective and efficient managerial decision making.  Prerequisite:  Grade of ìCî or better in Acct 201.
Course Begins: January 16, 2001  
Course Ends:  May 15, 2001  
Registration Deadline: December 19, 2000

BsAd 263 - Introduction to Marketing (3 credits)
Course Description: The study of marketing encompasses the activities involved in anticipating, managing, and satisfying demand via the exchange process. Activities include environmental analysis, marketing research, consumer analysis, production planning, distribution planning, promotion planning, price planning, and marketing management. The dynamic nature of marketing, the complex environment surrounding todayís marketers, and various marketing functions, performers, and strategies are examined.
Course Begins: January 16, 2001
Course Ends:  April 17, 2001
Registration Deadline: December 19, 2000

BsAd 353 - Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
Course Description: In-depth study of the development of organizational theory and behavior. Recent theory is discussed in relationship to management applications. Prerequisite:  Grade of ìCî or better in BsAd 233.
Course Begins: January 16, 2001
Course Ends:  April 17, 2001
Registration Deadline: December 19, 2000

BsAd 354 - Quality Management (3 credits)
Course Description: Provides an understanding of the tools, language, and techniques used in the field of total quality management (TQM).  The history of the quality movement, majortenets of the field, theorists and their philosophies, and the use of basic tools of TQM will all be covered in this course.  The course focus will be project-based in a team environment.  Prerequisite: Grade of ìCî or better in BsAd 233.
Course Begins: January 16, 2001
Course Ends:  April 17, 2001
Registration Deadline: December 19, 2000

Econ 223 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
Course Description: An introduction to basic economic principles with applications to current economic problems.  Emphasis is on understanding how households and business firms make decisions in the U.S. economy.  Topics include how prices are determined and how they help solve the economic problem of scarcity; the distribution of income and wealth; problems of industrial monopoly power; labor unions and labor problems; environmental and energy concerns; and agricultural economics.
Course Begins: January 16, 2001
Course Ends:  April 17, 2001
Registration Deadline: December 19, 2000

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