Leadership and Management Courses
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Foundation Courses
ACC 20364 | Accounting for Business Operations (4 Credits)
Introduces operating activities of business. Emphasis on using income statements to plan and evaluate the operations of a for-profit entity.
ECO 20163 | Macroeconomics (3 Credits)
Focuses on inflationary consequences of monetary and fiscal policies designed to eliminate poverty and unemployment, significance of money and government deficits on attainment of goals of high employment and economic growth in a non-inflationary environment and role of the dollar in international trade.
ECO 20263 | Microeconomics (3 Credits)
Study of the role of prices in allocating and developing scarce resources to meet the needs and demands of consumers, the impact of the profit motive on business size and efficiency, the economic power of large-scale business firms, the interplay of private and public choice through price controls, business regulation and taxation.
ITS 25008 | Microsoft Excel (3 Credits)
The course aims to cultivate proficient users who can effectively navigate Excel's various features, such as handling cells and files, formatting worksheets, managing workbooks, and leveraging formulas and functions. Additionally, students will learn page setup and printing techniques, enhancing their document preparation skills. The course also emphasizes mastering Excel's visual elements, including creating and managing charts and other graphical objects.
Choice Between MAT 20044, OAD 30763 and OAD 31564.
MAT 20044 | Introduction to Statistics (4 Credits)
Offers the student an intuitive introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics covered include data organization, averages and variation, elementary probability theory, binomial and normal probability distributions, Central Limit Theorem, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation. Prerequisite: Score of 16 on non-math track initial placement or MAT 10443 Intermediate Algebra.
OAD 30763 | Business Statistics (4 Credits)
Focuses on basic methods of research design and analysis of data including descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include mean, median, mode, frequency distribution, range, standard deviation, probabilities of sampling selection, Z-score, T-value, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and Chi-square analysis.
OAD 31564 | Quantitative Methods in Business (3 Credits)
Introduces use of quantitative methods in business emphasizing quantitative analysis techniques using Microsoft Excel. Includes spreadsheet preparation of financial and operational schedules and application of financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, economic and investment opportunity analysis, data analytics, programming and mathematical functions relating to supply and demand decision-making.
OAD 31664 | Business Ethics (3 Credits)
Introduces development of personal and group norms required for work places. Topics include moral reasoning in business, employee rights and responsibilities of corporations.
Required Major Courses
OAD 30020 | Entrepreneurial Vision & Strategies (4 Credits)
Examines the role of personal values and insight in the creation of companies and their ongoing management. This course explores the meaning of being an entrepreneur and how to combine idea (vision) and action (strategy) for personal and business success.
OAD 30030 | Leadership of Creativity & Change (4 Credits)
Examines the role of an organizational leader. Assess individual skills and discusses the role of a leader in managing teams through environmental and organizational change. Includes extensive application design to develop leadership skills.
OAD 30063 | Behavior in Organizations (3 Credits)
Study of human behavior in work organizations. Focuses on individual satisfaction and motivation as related to organizational structure, nature of task and locus of power. Topics include small group formation, maintenance, organizational conflict, communications and leadership.
OAD 30364 |Conflict Resolution (4 Credits)
Examines and develops skills in different dispute resolution methods. Topics include: mediation, MED ARB, problem solving, grievance handling, listening skills, fact finding and body language.
OAD 30563 | Management (3 Credits)
Discusses process for managing organizations including planning, organizing, leading and evaluating. Examines administrative role in organizations and concepts relevant to its function and historical development of administrative thought.
OAD 36364 | Leadership and Communication (3 Credits)
Focus on leadership as action and understanding others and interpersonal theory as the connection between leadership and communication in an organizational context. Both didactic and experiential teaching methods used. Cross-listed with COM 36364.
OAD 40264 | Planning & Budgeting (4 Credits)
Overview of basic financial systems used in business settings. Includes business planning and budgeting tools and models such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow analysis, time value of money concepts and project planning techniques.
OAD 41864 | Managing Across Groups (4 Credits)
Examines how groups within an organization impact the work environment, influence how leaders should manage, and create opportunities for synergy and growth both within and across business units.
OAD 49300 | Seminar in Applied Management (4 Credits)
Capstone course that guides student in the integration of functional content areas in the field of professional management. Addressess management issues and applying management theories and techniques to problems and cases through a process of decision-making. Prerequisite: Completion of all required core courses in the major.
Elective Concentrations Available:
- Economics
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Marketing
Bridge Options
The Bridge Option represents an opportunity for Ottawa University undergraduates who plan on pursuing a graduate degree at the University the chance for advanced, graduate learning as an undergraduate. The Bridge Option helps bridge the transfer between the undergraduate and graduate levels. The programs open to Bridge students will vary depending on when the courses are offered and student readiness.
As a senior in the Bridge Option, students will enroll in up to three graduate-level classes that will count toward the total degree requirements of 120 credit hours for the bachelor's degree and toward the 36 hours required for the graduate program. A special course number has been assigned to courses in the Bridge Option. Students will need to understand the requirements for these courses are more rigorous.
Eligible students who meet the following criteria may qualify for Ottawa University's Bridge Option.
- Junior standing or higher (at least 90 credit hours)
- A minimum cumulative OU grade point average of 3.0
- Have earned a minimum of 12 credits in residence at Ottawa University
OU students should talk with their advisor about this opportunity and their qualifications for the Bridge Option in their junior year before degree completion.
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