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.

Emphasis on purpose of business; how business vision is actualized. Explores dynamic nature of business in a changing environment. Highlights skills of leaders. Integrates global, ethical, & technological dimensions of business. Emphasizes innovation as a business, personal skill. Restricted to VSB students & Business Minors.

Continuation of Business Dynamics I. Contribution of business functions to accomplish business vision; cross functional view of business. Integrates global, ethical, technological & innovative dimensions of business, personal success. Action learning, problem-solving approach. Restricted to VSB students & Business Minors.

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.

The theory and techniques of financial management. Financial markets; financial statements and analysis; time value of money; interest rates; bond valuation; risk and return; equity valuation; cost of capital; capital budgeting; working capital management. Restricted to VSB students and Business Minors.

Integrative perspective in understanding financial issues in business. Transaction analysis, valuation, revenue recognition, expense matching, cash flow, time value of money, risk/return, working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital covered. Satisfies Financial Accounting, Introduction to Finance requirements.

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. Case-based learning to help students develop communication, technology, and team work.

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.

Understanding business by being able to understand the financial statements. Accounting concepts, transaction analysis, analytical procedures, valuation and allocation, revenue recognition and expense matching, and cash flow analysis - operating, investing, and financing. Restricted to VSB students and Business Minors.

The theory and techniques of financial management. Time value of money; risk and return; financial analysis and planning; working capital management, capital budgeting; cost of capital; strategic long term financing decisions. Restricted to School of Business students and Business Minors.

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

Critical personal finance skills for financial stability and success. Topics include: planning personal finances, money management and budgeting, tax strategies, investments, credit and debt, purchase decisions, insurance, retirements and estate planning. This course will NOT be used to fulfill a Finance major or Finance minor elective requirement.

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

Full-time employment through The Washington Center program with appropriate training, instruction and supervision. Must be enrolled in The Washington Center program.

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.

"Design" is a systematic, human-centered approach to problem-solving used by decision-makers of the world's most innovative organizations (e.g., Google, Apple). by understanding what people want and need in their lives, designers iteratively test potential solutions to problems. Includes a theoretical component and a real-world project. Honors or permission of instructor.

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.