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Course ID	Course
BUSI 454	BUSI 454 Compensation and Work Environment Course Credits: 3 This course teaches conceptual and pragmatic skills for creating a quality and engaging workplace environment, including the concept of the total rewards system and its elements, the design and implementation of a compensation system, and the essential components of workplace health and safety. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 352.
BUSI 459	BUSI 459 Professional Practice in Human Resource Course Credits: 3 Students will design, manage, prepare and present a comprehensive Human Resource management project that will meet the requirements of a client organization. Students will learn the practices of an Human Resource professional by analyzing the effectiveness of an organization's current Human Resource systems and assisting in the creation of effective and ethical HR systems that will better achieve the organization's mission and strategic goals. This will include an analysis of internal and external learning factors that have an influence on the effectiveness of HRM activities. Prerequisite(s): BUSI 352, 363, and instructor approval
BUSI 470	BUSI 470 Information Systems Project/Internship Course Credits: 3 Application of several business disciplines and information systems concepts, principles, and practice in an actual business information system. Students are expected to develop a complex business information systems project. Students work closely with the professor and individuals in the information systems profession. Students may also take the course as an internship while working for an enterprise in an information systems position. Prerequisite(s): Fourth year standing; BUSI 222, 280; 342, 370, 371. (0-0; 3/4-0)
BUSI 480	BUSI 480 Leadership in the Global Context Course Credits: 3 This course addresses issues faced by leaders working in settings throughout the globe. Students examine approaches to leadership and develop an understanding of the important role culture plays in multicultural organizational contexts. Crosscultural communication, cultural intelligence, and individual and organizational behaviour in various cultures are studied. Particular attention is given to the servant leadership approach and how to develop the mindset of an effective leader in both non-governmental and for-profit organizational contexts. Cross-listed: ECON 480 Prerequisite(s): Third year standing.
BUSI 481	BUSI 481 Business Ethics Course Credits: 3 This course studies the role of business in contemporary society where multiple demands are placed upon it, the responsibility of a corporation to its many constituencies, and responsiveness to changing cultural climate. The course studies a biblical basis for business ethics. Cross-listed: PHIL 481 Prerequisite(s): Third year standing. One PHIL course
BUSI 484	BUSI 484 Strategic Management Course Credits: 3 A capstone, integrative course that focuses on how firms formulate, implement, and evaluate strategies. Strategic management concepts and techniques, and comprehensive strategic analyses of organizations are considered. Prerequisite(s): Fourth year business standing; and BUSI 301, 342, 363, and 377. (3-0; 3-0)
BUSI 486	BUSI 486 Small Business and Entrepreneurship I Course Credits: 3 A capstone, integrative course focused on key concepts of entrepreneurship. Topics include the nature and role of the entrepreneur; creating and organizing new ventures; the tools and techniques needed to facilitate and plan a new enterprise; and the insight and judgment skills required in dealing with new venture management. Students also engage in preparation and presentation of a comprehensive business plan. Prerequisite(s): Fourth year business standing; and BUSI 301, 342, 363, and 377. (3-0; 3-0)
BUSI 487	BUSI 487 Small Business and Entrepreneurship II Course Credits: 3 This course studies entrepreneurial finance; obtaining venture and growth capital; valuation, structure, and negotiation of a deal; and obtaining debt capital. The course also looks at managing rapid growth and entrepreneurship beyond the startup; the entrepreneur and the troubled company; and the harvest and beyond. Prerequisite(s): Fourth year business standing. Recommended BUSI 486.
BUSI 491	BUSI 491 Integrated Group Project for Accounting Course Credits: 3 This course requires students to apply several business disciplines - in an actual business setting - to the development of a complex business project. Students work closely with both the professor and individuals in the business community. Prerequisite(s): Fourth year business standing NB: May not be offered every year.

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