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Course ID	Course
BUSI 280	BUSI 280 Organizational Behaviour Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on the nature of individuals and behaviour in organizations. The emphasis of the course is on building a set of conceptual and pragmatic skills useful in understanding and managing interactions among individuals and groups within organizations. By providing a knowledgebase of organizational and managerial concepts, and by using cases, videos, exercises, and personal inventories, this course develops a student's analytical, diagnostic, and interpersonal skills. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 111
BUSI 301	BUSI 301 Managerial Economics Course Credits: 3 The main principles and techniques of price theory and its practical applications. Major topics include price, production and distribution theories, the theory of the firm, risk and uncertainty, game theory, and transaction costs. New developments and/or approaches to microeconomics analysis Cross-listed: ECON 301 Prerequisite(s): ECON 202. (3-0; 3-0)
BUSI 302	BUSI 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics for Managerial Decision-Making Course Credits: 3 The main concepts and methods usually used by economists to explain macroeconomic variables: inflation, unemployment, consumption, investment, foreign trade, monetary and fiscal policies, and economic growth. Classical and Keynesian macroeconomic models are studied and compared in terms of economic statics and dynamics. Cross-listed: ECON 302 Prerequisite(s): ECON 202. (0-0; 3-0) NB: May not be offered every year.
BUSI 304	BUSI 304 Financial Markets and Institutions Course Credits: 3 The study of the role of money, monetary policy, and financial institutions in the Canadian and U.S. economies. Major topics include: interest rates, decision makers, financial asset prices, risk management, banking and financial institutions, and central banks and monetary policy. Cross-listed: ECON 304 Prerequisite(s): BUSI 342.
BUSI 311	BUSI 311 Global Issues in Business Course Credits: 3 The focus of this course is on understanding the institutions (e.g. political, economic, and cultural) and the resources (e.g. natural, human, technology, and innovation) that are present within home and host countries that influence the decision making of business owners and managers as they consider going global with their product or service. Discussions centre around understanding culture, ethics, and global sustainability that relate to being a responsible and ethical global citizen. Cross-listed: ECON 311 Prerequisite(s): ECON 202. (3-0; 3-0) NB: May not be offered every year.
BUSI 317	BUSI 317 Investment Theory Course Credits: 3 A study of financial markets and the various instruments traded on those markets, with consideration to how these instruments are priced. Other topics explored include: portfolio theory, market efficiency, equilibrium, asset analysis, asset allocation, and portfolio management. Cross-listed: ECON 317 Prerequisite(s): BUSI 342.
BUSI 318	BUSI 318 Applied Investments Course Credits: 3 This course encompasses the Canadian Securities course (CSC) and will explore investment topics relevant to an investment advisor in the Canadian securities industry. Topics considered in this course include: capital markets and their regulation, investment products, portfolio management, and managed accounts. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 342. NB: Please note that there is an additional, external fee of approximately $1,000 payable to the Canadian Securities Institute for students enrolling in this course.
BUSI 321	BUSI 321 Intermediate Accounting I Course Credits: 3 This course explores the role and objectives of financial reporting, the challenges facing standard setting, and a review of the accounting process. Other topics include income measurement and issues related to economic resources such as cash, receivables, inventories, and operational assets. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 121, 222 with at least a 2.5 GPA. (3-0; 0-0)
BUSI 322	BUSI 322 Intermediate Accounting II Course Credits: 3 Accounting principles related to capital assets and amortization. Topics include: investments, contingent liabilities and disclosure, bonds and long term liabilities, capital and operating leases, income tax liabilities, pension and benefits liabilities, shareholder's equity, and earnings per share calculations. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 321.

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