Business Management - Courses

This bachelor of arts degree completion program requires all 41 units in the major be earned at Fresno Pacific University. The 83 units of general education requirements and general education electives/free electives (IGETC) complete the degree with a total of 124 units.

ACCT 301: Accounting for Management (3 units)

• Managers in business need information in order to make appropriate decisions. This course deals with identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting and communicating information in order to achieve organizational goals. Ratio analysis will be utilized to ascertain appropriate financial stability.

BIB 300A: Jesus' Life and World (2 units)

• Central to this course is Jesus and his teaching. This offering is foundational to additional courses and to an understanding of the early development of the Christian community. The intent is to provide the student with academic and practical growth through study and experience. It is designed especially for working people enrolled in the degree completion programs. The course uses an interactive approach to learning designed to move beyond knowledge and understanding to doing, living and being.

BIB 300B: Jesus, Church and Society (2 units)

• Foci of this course center around principles for living and the role of the Christian church in society. Study of the beatitudes, kingdom principles and parables are focused through life in the church. The Fresno Pacific Idea is helpful in understanding one's role in society. It is designed to integrate learning and doing for students enrolled in the degree completion programs.

BIB 451: Biblical Perspectives on Leadership (3 units)

• This course looks at leadership from a biblical perspective.

BUS 441: Ethics and Values (3 units)

• This class studies business using various means of looking at organizational goals, how decisions are made and the people that make them.

BUS 471: Business Policy and Strategy (3 units)

• This course studies the effects of policy decisions in keeping with strategic decisions. Models will be used to gain understanding of useful propositions for business organizations.

BUS 476: Business Law (4 units)

• This course will include the study of law as it applies to business. Areas covered will be antitrust, contracts, legal entity, dispute resolution, employment law, property law, product liability, Uniform Commercial Code and others.

ECON 301: Economics in Business (3 units)

• This class is a study in allocating scarce resources in order to achieve managerial objectives.

FIN 460: Business Finance (3 units)

• This course studies the principles and theories of business finance to use cash flow, tax considerations, working capital and leverage along with capital budgeting and cost of capital analysis.

MGT 441: Community Project Proposal (2 units)

• This course involves completion of a proposal for the community project.

MGT 442: Community Project (3 units)

• This is the major project directed to business organizations and the community.

MGT 450: Management and Organizational Behavior (4 units)

• This course examines the role of management, servant-leadership and people within organizations. The course also looks at structure and culture related to productivity and change.

MGT 460: Human Resources (3 units)

• Starting with the philosophy and theory of human resources management, students will study the policies and practices affecting employment issues, anti-harassment, equal employment opportunity, diversity, performance appraisal, fair labor standards and internal labor relations.

MKT 320: The World of Marketing (3 units)

• This course provides an in-depth examination of the four main areas of marketing: price, product, promotion and physical distribution.