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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students learn the fundamentals of risk management and the appropriate application of insurance. The course stresses the nature of risk as well as the purpose and use of insurance in risk management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to major issues and creative problem-solving in managing customer relationships. Important strategies necessary to maintain high quality relationships with customers in a competitive, challenging, and complex environment are developed. Current trends in the industry will be reviewed, and students will develop the ability to interpret these trends and will develop the skills necessary to achieve excellence in managing customer relationships in a dynamic marketplace.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the dynamic relationships between sports, culture, society and the issues and challenges within this framework. We will look at sports as a microcosm of the larger society and as a field in which to test various sociological theories. The foundation of this course is based on the understanding of approaches and theories within the global perspective of the sport industry. Students will study sports in the context of the economy, diversity, demographics, politics, media, the ethical and legal environments and additional important topics. This knowledge will allow students to think critically about the interlocking of sports and the external environment. Thus, enabling them to create valuable policies and programs in the sport industry. This course keeps pace with industry trends and is aligned with topics outlined by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will provide students with a strong foundation to become excellent leaders and effective managers in the sport industry. The course is organized around the central management functions-planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This fundamental approach, will help students apply concepts as sport managers, demonstrate the skills of creative problem solving, strategic planning, and develop the ability to lead, organize, and delegate. This course keeps pace with industry trends and is aligned with topics outlined by the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA). The following topics will be explored: team development, communications, motivation, facilities and event management, ethics, legal liability, social responsibility, sports culture, diversity, conflict management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes the complexities of business decision making within an ethical framework. After identifying the wide variety of ethical issues facing individuals in business and the moral philosophies which can be applied, the course will develop an ethical decision-making framework. Both the role of the individual and of the organization in influencing ethical decision-making will be emphasized as will the impact of cultural influences on international business ethics. Managing ethics will be proposed as an essential part of the function of organizational leaders.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this course students will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to grow into a supervisory position in a business environment. The course will provide the students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge gained in the basic business courses and to refine the basic supervisory and management skills learned in these courses. The course includes topics relating to the role of the supervisor in the management process in a business environment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will introduce students to key aspects of contemporary project management. Through hands-on exercises and case studies, students will learn the project planning process in detail, culminating in the creation of a baseline plan and budget using a state-of-the-art project management tool. Topics addressed will be project scope and objectives, deliverables, milestones, tasks, work breakdown structure, responsibility and authority, project network, critical path analysis, costs, resource allocation, and auditing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides students with an integrative learning experience, combining their acquired knowledge and skills in accounting, economics, marketing, and management. Students are expected to apply practical understanding and academic theory to demonstrate critical thinking skills. The course is a summative experience that emphasizes business and management competencies in today's global environment. Students will develop mastery in strategic management to successfully provide value in a competitive and dynamic marketplace.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will learn the principles of marketing strategy planning, including target market and marketing mix variables with emphasis on key strategy decisions in each area. This course will explore organizational marketing activities including: consumer behavior, marketing research, social/cultural perspectives, legal and ethical issues and environmental influences. The course will also cover: implementation, control, marketing's link with other functional areas and the challenges and opportunities that exist for marketers.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on highlighting the sales person as an essential element in providing value to an organization and to the customer. The course emphasizes the importance of securing, building and maintaining long term relationships in sales. This course presents clear and concise information on successful approaches to selling in the contemporary business environment. Students will learn how to manage and add value to the buyer -seller relationship process. Students will learn to apply the model for relationship selling that is used by firms today.
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