Villanova School of Business

Continuation of professional development activities to include but not limited to resume review, participation in networking etiquette interactive sessions and an intro to Handshake. Restricted to: VSB Freshman Cohort

On line course focuses on design and use of spread sheets to support decision making/problem solving.

Explores dynamic nature of business in a changing environment. Cross functional view of business and contribution of functions to accomplish vision. Integrates global, ethical, and technological dimensions. Emphasizes innovation as business, personal skill.

Contemporary issues and topics impacting the business environment.

Introductory topics of interest in the business environment.

Professional development program combining class sessions and out-of-class activities focused on career exploration, job search skills, and development of soft skills.

Course introduces generally accepted accounting principles and both the creation and analysis of financial statements. Students are exposed to the importance of accounting in making decisions such as those related to business, investing, and financing.

Strategic alignment of business and information technology (IT); managing IT as a strategic resource; strategies for sourcing IT development and services.

Examines law, ethics, corporate responsibility, and business regulation. Studies the sources, substantive principles, and evolving nature of law, and its role in ethical business decision making.

Use of business analytics and AI-technologies for improving managerial decision making, including data-visualization, data-mining, machine learning, AI, optimization, and simulation for data-driven decision-making. Through AI-enhanced techniques, students learn to uncover insights and recommend business actions based on complex data analysis.

How management accounting information can be used to help firms achieve strategic goals and profitability objectives. Use of an entrepreneurial perspective to examine how managers apply risk measurement and management technique to business planning and control systems. Cases and teamwork.

Explores value creation for stakeholders and establishing competitive advantage; how goods/services are developed to meet customer/consumer needs and are distributed for consumption. Innovating, problem-solving, leading, and controlling through effective use of human capital explored. Satisfies Intro to Management/Intro to Marketing.

Innovative cross-disciplinary seminar that integrates social justice teachings into business disciplines like economics, accounting, finance, marketing, management, and MIS. Students engage in the practice of intergroup dialogue to process course content personally and collectively.

Special business topics offered in a lecture/seminar format to prepare students for research opportunities. RESTRICTED TO: Permission of VSB Honors Director

Professional development program built around an internal case competition. Topics addressed include written and oral communication; business research; team dynamics and leadership.

Concepts and techniques for problems in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics: decision-making, forecasting, resource allocation, project management, quality, materials management, technology and strategy.

Contemporary issues and topics impacting the business environment.

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Professional development capstone course focusing on the understanding, importance and development of leadership skills; specific topics may vary.

Emphasizes strategy concepts to achieve integrative cross-functional solutions for competitive advantage. Application of strategy tools as well as concepts from prior course work. Application of knowledge to global and ethical challenges emphasized through the practice opportunities used in this course.