1997-98 Catalog of Studies

 

Bachelors of Science in Industrial Management (B.S.I.M.)

The purpose of this degree is to equip the student with both basic engineering and business skills. Successful completion of the program prepares the graduate for initial positions in such areas as manufacturing supervision, production methods, inventory control, industrial sales, cost analysis, and many others.

The degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management will be granted upon satisfactory completion of the following curriculum, which totals 129 semester hours. A 2.00 grade-point average in the B.A. core, a 2.00 cumulative G.P.A. and a 2.00 in the engineering/business requirements are required for graduation. In addition, students may not present more than six hours of "D" grades in pre-business core courses. While the course plan, by semester, shown below need not be followed exactly, the flow of course work follows prerequisite course requirements and other generally beneficial sequences. Students deviating from suggested sequences need to assure themselves that all prerequisite course requirements will be met.
Required courses in the College of Business Administration

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ACCT 2013, 2023, Intro to Acct Info I & II13 6  
BLAW 2013, Legal Environment13

3

  
CISQ 1121L, Intro/Computer Info Sys13

1

  
CISQ 2013, Business Statistics13

3

  
CISQ 2232, Business Info Systems13

2

  
CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management

3

  
CISQ 3603, Production & Ops Mgmt

3

  
MGMT 3563, Mgmt Concepts/Org Behav

3

  
MGMT 4833, Strategic Management

3

  
MKTT 3433, Principles of Marketing

3

  
FINN 3043, Fin Mgmt Theory/Practice

3

  
13Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper-division classes.

 

Required courses for the Industrial Management degree

 

19

INEG 4904, Industrial Engr Design 4  
INEG 3713, Methods and Standards

3

  
INEG 3513, Manuf Systems Design

3

  
ACCT 4673, Prod. Proj. & Serv. Cost

3

  
CISQ 3133, Statistical Analysis

3

  
CISQ 4253, Bus Systems Simulation

3

  

 

Other required courses in the College of Engineering

 

17

GNEG 1122, Engineering Graphics

2

  
MEEG 2003, Statics

3

  
MEEG 2013, Dynamics

3

  
ELEG 3903, Elec Circuits/Machines

3

  
Engineering electives (approved by adviser)

6

  
University Core Requirements14

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14If a State Minimum Core (SMC) transferred from another institution or college includes courses which are required by the College of Business Administration outside of the SMC (e.g. economics, speech, etc.) for the B.S.I.M. degree, these courses will be accepted outside of the "core" and the student will be required to complete appropriate SMC requirements.

A student's general education course work must satisfy University core requirements, additional college/program course-specific requirements, as well as an area requirement in Micro and Macro-economics.
If a student has not satisfied these area require-ments within the social sciences area of the Uni-versity core, these area requirements must be satisfied through general education electives.

 

English

 

6

  
ENGL 1013, Composition I13  
ENGL 1023, Composition II13  

 

U.S. History or Government

 

3

  
HIST 2003, Hist. of American People to 1877  
HIST 2013, Hist. of American People since 1877  
PLSC 2003, Amer National Govt  

 

Mathematics15

 

4

  
MATH 2554, Calculus I14  

 

Science15

 

8

  
PHYS 2053/2051L, Univ Physics I  
PHYS 2073/2071L, Univ Physics II  

13Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper-division classes.

14If a State Minimum Core (SMC) transferred from another institution or college includes courses which are required by the College of Business Administration outside of the SMC (e.g. economics, speech, etc.) for the B.S.I.M. degree, these courses will be accepted outside of the "core" and the student will be required to complete appropriate SMC requirements.

15The State Board of Higher Education has granted institutions the authority to require students majoring in business or engineering to take "higher mathematics" and specified science courses as part of the State Minimum Core (SMC). For the B.S.I.M. degree the College of Business Administration requires the successful completion of MATH 2554 and PHYS 2053/2051L as part of the SMC. If a student submits a SMC which includes mathematics below MATH 2554 (Calculus I) and/or science other than PHYS 2053/2051L (University Physics I), the student must still complete MATH 2554 and/or PHYS 2053/2051L as a prerequisite for other courses within the degree program.


Fine Arts, Humanities
6
Select from two of the following three categories:
a) Fine arts: ARCH 1003, ARHS 1003, ART 1003, COMM 1003, DANC 1003, DRAM 1003, LARC 1003, MLIT 1003
b) PHIL 2003, 2203, 2103, 3103
c) WLIT 1113, 1123; ENGL 2113, 2123; CLST 1003, 1013
d) HUMN 2003, Any Foreign Language 2003

 

Social Sciences

 

9

Select from at least two different social sciences:
ANTH 1023, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECON 2013, Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2023, Principles of Microeconomics
GEOG 1123, Human Geography
GEOG 2023, Economic Geography
GEOG 2103, Emerging Nations
GEOG 2203, Developed Nations
HES 1403, Life Span Development
HES 2413, Family Relations
HIST 2003, History of American People to 1877
HIST 2013, History of American People since 1877
PLSC 2003, Amer National Govt
PLSC 2013, Introduction to Political Science
PLSC 2203, State & Local Government
PSYC 2003, General Psychology
SOCI 2013, General Sociology
SOCI 2033, Social Problems
WCIV 1003, Western Civilization I
WCIV 1013, Western Civilization II

 

Junior or senior elective in the College of Business Administration

 

3

 

Additional Program Requirements

 

15

CHEM 1103/1101L, University Chemistry I or
CHEM 1123/1121L, University Chemistry II
COMM 1313, Fundamentals of Comm
MATH 2564, Calculus II
MATH 2574, Calculus III

 

Electives (contingent on student satisfying ECON 2013/2023 requirement under University core)

 

6

 

TOTAL

 

129

Recommended Program for Industrial Management

Freshman Year

First Semester

3 ENGL 1013, Composition I16
4 CHEM 1103, 1101L, Univ. Chem I & Lab or CHEM 1123, 1121L, Univ. Chem II & Lab
4 MATH 2554, Calculus I17
3 ECON 2013, Principles of Macroeconomics
1 CISQ 1121L, Intro to Computer Information Systems
_____
15
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 ENGL 1023, Composition II16
4 MATH 2564, Calculus II
3 ECON 2023, Principles of Microeconomics
3 HIST 2003 or 2013, or PLSC 200318
2 GNEG 1122, Engineering Graphics
_____
15
semester hours

16In addition, each student must satisfy the Junior English requirement (see page 61.)

17Students who do not satisfy required mathematics placement scores need to register for both MATH 1203, College Algebra and MATH 1213, Trigonometry, or MATH 1285, Precalculus. Students who have high school trigonometry and satisfy required mathematics placement scores should register for MATH 2554, Calculus I.

18Under Arkansas law, every student must pass one of the following courses: PLSC 2003, HIST 2003, or HIST 2013.

 

Sophomore Year

First Semester

4 MATH 2574, Calculus III
3 PHYS 2053, University Physics I
1 PHYS 2051L, University Physics I Lab
3 COMM 1313, Fundamentals of Comm19
3 ACCT 2013, Intro to Accounting Info. I.
2 CISQ 2232, Business Information Systems
_____
16
semester hours
19Students who successfully pass the speech proficiency test administered by the Communication Department may omit COMM 1313. Semester credit hours freed by this exemption then become additional free elective hours to be taken.

 

Second Semester

3 PHYS 2073, University Physics II
1 PHYS 2071L, University Physics II Lab
3 ACCT 2023, Intro. to Accounting Info. II.
3 CISQ 2013, Business Statistics
3 BLAW 2013, Legal Environment of Bus
3 MEEG 2003, Statics
_____
16
semester hours

 

Junior Year

First Semester

3 CISQ 3133, Statistical Analysis
3 MEEG 2013, Dynamics
3 INEG 3713, Methods and Standards
6 University core20
3 General Elective
_____
18
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 FINN 3043, Financial Management Theory and Practice
3 MGMT 3563, Mgmt Concepts & Orgn Behavior
3 MKTT 3433, Principles of Marketing
3 ELEG 3903, Electric Circuits & Machines
3 CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management
3 University core20
_____
18
semester hours
20University core electives must be selected to include 6 hours of fine arts and humanities and 9 hours of social sciences, all from courses listed in this catalog on pages 58-60 as acceptable to meet the State Minimum Core in these two areas.

 

Senior Year

 

First Semester

3 CISQ 3603, Production Management
3 INEG 3513, Manufacturing Sys Design
3 Approved B.A. elective21
3 Approved engr elective21
3 ACCT 4673, Prod., Proj. & Serv. Cost
_____
15
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 MGMT 4833, Strategic Management
4 INEG 4904, Industrial Engr Design
3 CISQ 4253, Business Systems Simulation
3 General elective
3 Approved engr elective21
_____
16
semester hours

21Engineering electives and B.A. electives are to be selected with approval by academic adviser.

Bachelor of Science in Public Administration (B.S.P.A)

The degree in public administration is designed to prepare students for career positions with local, state, or federal government agencies, trade associations, labor organizations, farm associations, and other groups. These organizations are constantly in need of able people thoroughly trained in the principles of administrative organization and management, government, budgeting and control, economic planning, and economic research.

Public Administration is a flexible, liberal arts/business degree. This flexibility results from the choice of junior-senior electives (12 hours) from business, economics, or the political science areas. The program adviser can assist in structuring a personalized degree plan with these twelve hours that may enhance a student's future options. Students in this degree program may use their selective choices to take additional course work in political science; to shorten the duration of a graduate program in business administration, public administration, or higher education; to enhance performance in a school of law; or to better manage their own business. (A 2.00 cumulative grade-point average, a 2.00 G.P.A. in the B.A. core and required economics courses, a 2.00 in political science requirements, and no more than six hours of "D" grades in pre-business core courses are requirements for graduation.)

The following curriculum leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Public Administration:
Required courses within the College of Business Administration (B.A. Core courses)

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ACCT 2013, 2023, Intro to Acct Info I & II22 6  
BLAW 2013, Legal Environment22 3  
CISQ 1121L, Intro Computer Info Sys22 1  
CISQ 2013, Business Statistics22 3  
CISQ 2232, Bus Information Systems22 2  
CISQ 3603, Production & Ops Mgmt 3  
MKTT 3433, Prin/Marketing 3  
MGMT 3563, Mgmt Concepts/Org Behav 3  
FINN 3043, Financial Theory/Practice 3  
ACCT 3613, Mgrl. Uses of Acct. Inf. 3  
CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management 3  
MGMT 4333, Nonprofit Org Mgmt 3  
22Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper division classes.

 

Junior or senior electives in business adminis-tration or economics or political science (to be selected with consent of adviser)

 

12

 

Required courses in the Department of Political Science

 

15

PLSC 2003, Amer National Government23

3
PLSC 2203, State/Local Government

3

  
PLSC 3103, Public Administration

3

  
PLSC 3153, Public Policy

3

  
PLSC 4193, Administrative Law

3

  
23Satisfies state American history requirement and allows students to increase general education electives by 3 hours.

 

University Core Requirements
(See description and listing of the University core for the B.S.B.A. degree on page 336.)

 

32

 

Additional General Education Requirements

 

29

MATH 2043, Survey of Calculus

3

  
COMM 1313, Fundamentals of Comm.

3

  
ECON 2013, Prin. of Macroeconomics

324,25

  
ECON 2023, Prin. of Microeconomics

324,25

  
ECON 3333, Public Finance

3

  
General education electives

20

  
TOTAL

124

24Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper division classes.

25Students who wish to take these courses as a social science requirement may increase available general education electives.

Recommended Program for Public Administration
Freshman Year


First Semester

3 ENGL 1013, Composition I24
3 MATH 2053, Finite Math24
3 COMM 1313, Fundamentals of Comm.24
1 CISQ 1121L, Intro to Computer
Information Systems24
7 University core
_____
17
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 ENGL 1023, Composition II24
3 MATH 2043, Survey of Calculus24
10 University core
_____
16
semester hours

24Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper division classes.

Sophomore Year

First Semester
3 ACCT 2013, Intro to Accounting Info. I24
3 ECON 2013, Prin of Macroeconomics24
3 CISQ 2013, Business Statistics24
3 BLAW 2013, Legal Environment
3 PLSC 2003, American National Govt
_____
15
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 ACCT 2023, Intro to Accounting Info II24
3 ECON 2023, Prin of Microeconomics24
2 CISQ 2232, Bus Information Systems24
3 PLSC 2203, State and Local Govt
6 University core
_____
17
semester hours

24Required pre-business core courses: must be completed before enrolling in upper division classes.

Junior Year

First Semester
3 MKTT 3433, Principles of Marketing
3 MGMT 3563, Mgmt Concepts/Orgn Behavior
3 CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management
3 ACCT 3613, Mgrl. Uses of Accounting Info.
3 University core
_____
15
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3 CISQ 3603, Management of Production
3 ECON 3333, Public Finance
3 PLSC 3103, Public Administration
3 Junior/senior elective
3 general education electives
_____
15
semester hours

 

Senior Year

First Semester
3 FINN 3043, Financial Theory/Practice
3 PLSC 4193, Administrative Law
3 junior/senior elective
3 junior/senior elective
3 general education electives
_____
15
semester hours

 

Second Semester

3

 MGMT 4333, Nonprofit Organizations

3

 PLSC 3153, Public Policy

5

 general education electives
3 junior/senior elective
_____
14
semester hours

 

Recommended electives for 12 junior-senior hours

For students who wish to pursue an M.B.A. degree:
CISQ 3133, Statistical Analysis

 

For students interested in pursuing a degree in law:

MGMT 4133, Managerial Communication
PLSC 3223, Arkansas Politics
PLSC 3253, Urban Politics
PLSC 4373, Political Communication
ECON 3233, Public Utilities
ECON 3533, Labor Economics
ECON 3633, World Resources/Industries
ECON 4233, Current Economic Problems
ECON 4433, Regional/Urban Economics
ECON 4343, Government in Business
ECON 3433, Transportation
MGMT 4533, Labor Legislation
BLAW 3033, Commercial Law
BLAW 3043, Law of Business Orgn

 

For students interested in pursuing a Master in Public Administration degree:

PLSC 3223, Arkansas Politics
PLSC 3253, Urban Politics
PLSC 4213, Colloquium/Urban Problems
MGMT 4533, Labor Legislation
MKTT 3533, Promotional Strategy
MGMT 4943, Organizational Staffing
MGMT 4953, Orgn Rewards/Compensation

Business Administration Minors for Non-Business Students

To facilitate students outside the College of Business Administration in obtaining knowledge which will assist them in making sustained contributions to organizations and society in a global, diverse, and dynamic environment, the College offers a business administration minor. The minor requires completion of a minimum of 21 required hours of study (including equivalencies) with at least 50% of the courses applied towards the minor taken in residence. Each student must have a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in the courses offered for the minor.

All students seeking a business administration minor are required to complete the following courses:

ACCT 2013, Introduction to Accounting Information I

ECON 2143, Basic Economics

CISQ 2013, Business Statistics (or equivalent)

CISQ 1121L, Introduction to CIS (or equivalent)

In addition, students must select and complete one of the following options:
Option 1 - General Business
Select 11-12 hours from the following courses (at least 6 hours must be 3000-4000 level) Suggestions include:
ACCT 2023, Intro to Accounting Info II
BLAW 2013, Legal Environment of Business
CISQ 2232, Bus Info Systems (or equivalent)
CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management
CISQ 3603, Productions & Operations Mgmt
FINN 3043, Financial Management
MGMT 3563, Management Concepts
MKTT 3433, Principles of Marketing
Any 3000- or 4000-level BADM courses

 

Option 2 - Computer Information Systems Minor Area of Emphasis

A. Students desiring a general business computing area of emphasis must complete the following:
CISQ 2232, Bus Info Systems (or equivalent)
CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management
CISQ 3373, End-User Computer and any course from the following:
CISQ 3353, Decision Support Systems
CISQ 4253, Business Systems Simulation
CISQ 3133, Statistical Analysis
OFSM 3533, Developing Multimedia Appls
B. Non-business computing majors desiring a business systems analysis and decision support area of emphasis must complete the following:
CISQ 2263, COBOL Implementation of MIS
CISQ 3333, Info Systems Management
CISQ 3293, Structured Systems Analysis and any course from the following:
CISQ 3373, End-User Computing
CISQ 3353, Decision Support Systems
CISQ 4253, Business Systems Simulation
CISQ 3393, Microcomputer Business Appls
CISQ 3283, Advanced COBOL
OFSM 3533, Developing Multimedia Appls

 

Option 3 - Business Economics Area Emphasis Requirements:

ECON 4333, Managerial Economics and an additional 9 hours of 3000- or 4000-level business economics courses

 

Option 4 - International Business Area Emphasis Requirements:

Select 12 hours from the following:
ECON 3833, International Trade
ECON 3843, Economic Development
ECON 4633, International Trade Policy
ECON 4643, International Monetary Policy
ECON 4533, Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 468V, International Econ/Bus Seminar
FINN, 3703, International Finance
MGMT 4583, International Management
MGMT 4683, International Seminar
MKTT 4683, International Seminar
MKTT 4833, International Marketing
TLOG 4643, International Logistics

 

Option 5 - Management Area Emphasis Requirements:

MGMT 3563, Managerial Concepts and
Organizational Behavior and an additional 9 hours of 3000- or 4000-level man agement courses (except MGMT 4833)

 

Option 6 - Marketing Area Emphasis Requirements:

MKTT 3433, Principles of Marketing and an additional 9 hours selected from the following:
MKTT 3533, Promotional Strategy
TLOG 3613, Business Logistics
MKTT 4033, Selling and Sales Management
MKTT 4133, Marketing Research
MKTT 4553, Consumer Behavior
MKTT 4733, Marketing Channels
MKTT 4833, International Marketing
MKTT 4933, Retail Marketing Strategy
MKTT 4943, Retail Buying and Merchandise Control

 

Option 7 - Transportation and Logistics Area Emphasis Requirements:

Requirements:
TLOG 3443, Principles of Transportation
TLOG 3613, Business Logistics and an additional 6 hours selected from the following:
TLOG 3623, Purchasing & Inventory Systems
TLOG 4633, Transp Carrier Management
TLOG 4643, International Transp & Logistics
TLOG 4653, Transp & Logistics Strategy

In addition to the above course requirements, non-business-degree-seeking students seeking a minor should note the following:

1. Students who elect to obtain a business minor must provide written notice of their intent to the dean's office of the college in which they are receiving a degree. This notice and all requirements for the business minor must be completed prior to the awarding of the student's undergraduate degree.

2. Business minor students must complete all 1000- and 2000-level courses required for the business minor and be a junior- or senior-level student to enroll in 3000- or 4000-level business administration courses.

3. All specific course prerequisites must be met. Although business minor students are not required to satisfy the entire pre-business core, they must complete the required courses and any other prerequisite course specified prior to enrolling in a 3000/4000-level course.

4. ECON 2143 will substitute for ECON 2013/2023 for prerequisite purposes. In addition, students who take both ECON 2013 (Macroeconomics) and ECON 2023 (Microeconomics) will satisfy the economics requirements of the minor.

5. Business minor students are ineligible to take MGMT 4833, Strategic Management.

6. Students who have taken courses determined to be equivalent to the requirements of CISQ 1121L, 2013, or 2232 will receive credit towards the minimum 21-hour requirement for the minor. All equivalencies must be approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

HONORARY AND DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

In addition to the general University student organizations, College of Business Student Ambassadors, and a B.A. Dean's Student Advisory Board, there are several college societies open to College of Business Administration students. These include:
Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honorary and professional)   Finance Club
Beta Gamma Sigma (business administration honorary)   National Association of Black Accountants (honorary, professional, service)
Alpha Kappa Psi (business administration professional)   Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics honorary)
American Marketing Association   Phi Beta Delta (international honorary)
Data Processing Management Association   Sigma Iota Epsilon (management honorary)
Delta Nu Alpha (transportation professional)   Society for Human Resource Management

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

High school graduates who expect to enroll in the College of Business Administration are encouraged to make application for scholarships made available to freshmen by individuals, business firms, and organizations. Also available to freshmen, regardless of degree program, are freshmen academic scholarships. Information on these financial awards may be secured from the Office of Student Financial Services.

Other scholarships from different sources are made available to students in the College of Business Administration. These awards are enumerated below by department.

Accounting In the Department of Accounting, approximately 35-50 scholarships ranging from $150 to $1,000 are awarded. The scholarships are funded by former students, employers of accounting students, and many other good friends of the Department. Additional scholarships and fellowships are available to students in the Master of Accountancy Program.

Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis The Department of Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis is able to award annual scholarship funds to deserving students from funds received from Conoco, Phillips Petroleum Company, and the Department.

Economics Students majoring in economics may apply for the James A. Williams and John P. Lake Scholarship awards.

Finance Through the Department of Finance, students may apply for the following awards/scholarships: Norma Lea Beasley Endowed Scholarship Fund (finance majors in the real estate option); Betty Clark Banking Scholarship Endowment (finance majors in the banking option); Ethel Harper Phillips Scholarship Fund. Eligible students may also apply for a scholarship awarded by the Young Banker section of the Arkansas Bankers' Association.

Management The Department of Management awards scholarship funds to students majoring in management and general business. The various scholarships include the Thomas E. Boyer Scholarship, the Sylvia and Thomas Boyer Scholarship for students from Fort Smith, the Carol A. Fitchette-Asprey Scholarship, the H.C. Schmieding Scholarship, and the NOARK Human Resource Management Scholarship.

Marketing and Transportation Through the Department of Marketing and Transportation, students may apply for awards given through the department to transportation and marketing majors such as the Rosenberg Scholarship in Marketing.

Current scholarship information is available in the Dean's office, BADM 328. Additional scholarships are available, both college wide and departmentally.

Dick Norris Scholarship in the amount of $5,000 is awarded to an outstanding candidate for the M.B.A. who is pursuing a career in finance. The Arkansas Purchasing Management Association grants a $1,400 scholarship to a candidate for the Ph.D. degree with emphasis in marketing. Other national fellowships and grants are available to doctoral students, primarily to those at the dissertation stage.

Additional information and applications for any of the above listed awards may be obtained from the Graduate Studies Office.

GRADUATE STUDIES

The University of Arkansas offers the following advanced degrees in business administration: Master of Accountancy, Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Economics and Master of Information Systems.

For further information about these programs and requirements for admission, see the Graduate School Catalog or write to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of Graduate Studies, College of Business Administration, Room 475.

 

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