UW Oshkosh College of Business

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BUSINESS 198	Intro to Business	3 units (starting Fall 2005)
		2 units (prior to Fall 2005)
The course is designed as an introductory course for all students interested in learning more about business. Students will be exposed to many different aspects of the world of business. A primary objective of the course is to broaden both the interests and horizons of early level university students toward understanding the dynamics of business and business careers. Lectures, readings, presentations by guest speakers, videos, etc. will be utilized to facilitate student's learning.
Course Component Lecture	Required

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Fall 2006
Feinauer

Spring 2007
Mozingo

Fall 2007
LaVake

Spring 2008
LaVake

BUSINESS 204	Financial & Managerial Accounting	4 units
This course introduces students to the principles of 1) financial accounting and the preparation, interpretation and analysis of general purpose financial statements for parties external to the organization, and 2) management accounting, the use of accounting information for planning and control, decision making, and the costing of organizational activities. The emphasis is on the use of accounting information rather than the creation of that information. Financial and managerial accounting are covered in roughly equal proportions. Prerequisite: Mathematics 103, 24 units (crs.), 2.0 GPA, and Business Administration 198 or concurrent enrollment.
Course Component Lecture	Required
Enrollment Requirement Group Prerequisite: MATH 103 or PBIS 187, 188 or 189, or placement into or completion of higher level math, 24 units (crs.), 2.0 GPA, and BUS 198 or concurrent enrollment.

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Fall 2005 all 05
Pofahl
Thomas
Voss
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Spring 2006
Hyatt
Potratz
Thomas
Voss

Fall 2006
Pofahl
Tatikonda
Thomas

Spring 2008
Hyatt
McDermott
Potratz
Spanbauer
Thomas

BUSINESS 205	Financial Accounting Cycle	2 units
This course, following Introduction to Financial Accounting, is designed to introduce the use of microcomputers in financial accounting. After completing this course, students will have obtained an extended understanding of the financial accounting cycle and a foundation for exploring, using and designing computerized accounting systems. Prerequisite: Business 204 or 206. Spring term only.
Course Component Lecture	Required
Enrollment Requirement Group Prerequisite: BUS 204 or 206.

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Spring 2004
Pofahl

Spring 2006
Pofahl

Spring 2007
Pofahl

Spring 2008
Cross
Potratz

BUSINESS 206	Financial Accounting (Intended as a transfer course)	2 units
This course provides an introduction to Financial Accounting equivalent to the financial accounting coverage in Business 204. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Course Component Lecture	Required

BUSINESS 207	Managerial Accounting (Intended as a transfer course)	2 units
This course is designed to cover all managerial topics included in Business 204. Prerequisites: Business 206. Fall term only.
Course Component Lecture	Required
Enrollment Requirement Group Prerequisite: BUS 206

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Fall 2004
Pofahl (Interim)

Fall 2005
Pofahl (Interim)

Fall 2007
Cross (Interim)

BUSINESS 260	Adv Cobol Business I	3 units
Advanced aspects of the COBOL programming language are studied in the context of business applications. COBOL is a 3rd generation language designed for business computing. The goal of this class is to help the student develop their programming skills through the COBOL language. Topics focused on include structured programming, program testing, JCL, sorting, sub programming, sequential, relative, and indexed sequential file processing, tables, program maintenance, and database access with SQL. Prerequisite: Computer Science 243 with a grade of C or better. Spring term only.
Course Component Lecture	Required
Enrollment Requirement Group Prerequisites: COMP SCI 243 with a grade of "C" or better.