299
        
        
          
            BUSA  2236  Transportation and Traffic Management
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          This course explores transportation and traffic management principles and
        
        
          techniques including truck, ship, rail, air and intermodal.  Topics include selecting
        
        
          carriers, contracting, government regulations, tariffs, documentation, rate
        
        
          structures, import/export management, and interstate/intrastate traffic
        
        
          management.
        
        
          Corequisite:  None.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  On demand.
        
        
          
            BUSA 2237  Cost, Performance and Customer Service Management
          
        
        
          
            For Supply Chain
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          This course deals with managing cost and performance issues along the supply
        
        
          chain as they are vital to ensuring high profitability and customer satisfaction.
        
        
          Corequisite:  None.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  On demand.
        
        
          
            BUSA  2238  Global Logistics
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          This course develops a framework for and an overview of the theories,
        
        
          commercial dynamics, public policies, laws and the various economic, political
        
        
          and social factors affecting the actual operations and regulation of global trade,
        
        
          transportation, and logistics.
        
        
          Corequisite:  None.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  On demand.
        
        
          
            BUSA 2239  Purchasing and Material Management
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          This course includes an overview of quality assurance, quantity determination,
        
        
          price and cost analysis and supplier relations.  The policies and procedures of
        
        
          purchasing management are introduced and issues of concern  to today’s
        
        
          purchasing professional are discussed.
        
        
          Corequisite:  None.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  On demand.
        
        
          
            BUSA 2240   Principles of Marketing
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          Principles and methods involved in moving goods and services from producers to
        
        
          consumers; the marketing environment, channels of distribution, marketing
        
        
          functions, marketing decision-making, and the merchandising/retailing function of
        
        
          marketing including retail organization, merchandise management, customer
        
        
          services, and retail control.
        
        
          Corequisite:  Minimum COMPASS reading score of 74 or enrollment in READ
        
        
          0099.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  None.
        
        
          Offered:  Fall.
        
        
          
            BUSA 2250   Retail Management
          
        
        
          (3-0-3)
        
        
          A study of the factors involved in the management of a retailing enterprise. This
        
        
          includes store design and layout, structure of the retail organization, retail
        
        
          personnel management, buying and pricing of merchandise, customer service,
        
        
          store security, and basic accounting procedures.
        
        
          Corequisite:  None.
        
        
          Prerequisite:  READ 0099 or a minimum reading CPE score of 74.
        
        
          Offered:  Every other summer – odd years.