Business Administration (BUS ADM)

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Integrated understanding of sources of competitive/strategic advantage derived from corporate citizenship in the public policy, social, economics, and ecological environments.

Prerequisites: soph st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 295 w/same topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to accounting and financial reporting concepts for business students. Emphasizes use of financial statements by non-accountants. Basics of accounting and reporting methods.

Prerequisites: 12 completed credits; MATH 105(P) or MATH 108(P) or equiv.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 207.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

The analysis and interpretation of accounting information and use of spreadsheet programs for effective managerial planning, control, and decision making.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing and BUS ADM 201(P).

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of BUS ADM 302.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduces financial accounting concepts and investigates current financial reporting issues. Develops ability to prepare financial statements and to understand and analyze annual reports of real-world companies.

Prerequisites: 12 completed credits; Math 105(P) or Math 108(P) or equivalent; admission to Business Scholars Program or department consent.

Course Rules: Not open for cr to those w/ cr in BUS ADM 201.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

0-3 cr. Undergraduate.

Students will explore business academic interests through experiential learning via an internship. Students will learn to articulate the skills they are building through their experience. Key assessments include reflective assignments and a public presentation.

Prerequisites: consent of instructor.

Course Rules: If credit has been earned for the course, it can be retaken, but only as a zero credit option.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduces statistical models and methods used in business analytics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, multiple regression, binary logistic regression, and regression trees.

Prerequisites: MATH 208(P), MATH 211(P), or MATH 231(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 211.

General Education Requirements: Math & Quantitative Reasoning

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduces statistical models and methods used in business analytics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, hypothesis testing, linear and multiple regression, binary logistic regression, and regression trees. Applications to finance and marketing.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; admission to Business Scholars Program; MATH 208(P), MATH 211(P) or MATH 231(P).

Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with credit in BUS ADM 210.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Information technology management concepts; their role in business; management of formal and informal information systems development; business problem solving and visualization using appropriate business techniques and tools.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 231.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Fundamental concepts and application of information technology to support the conduct and management of business activities. Lab tools include common applications software for data gathering, analysis, presentation, and visualization.

Prerequisites: admis to Business Scholars Program or consent of department.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 230.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Explore elements necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish. Larger perspectives of the character and mental set of entrepreneurs and effect on the success of the business.

Prerequisites: soph st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 295 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-3 cr. Undergraduate.

Analysis of current topics and issues related to specific management areas of business. Specific topics and additional prerequisites may appear in the Schedule of Classes whenever the course is offered.

Prerequisites: none.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 6 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-12 cr. Undergraduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Immersion (including instruction at an international university) in the economic, cultural, and business practices of selected countries.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing and acceptance in Study Abroad Program.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 6 cr.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, UWinteriM 2013.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Undergraduate.

Skills necessary to enter the job market. Includes professional correspondence, resume writing, interviewing and networking skills, and professional etiquette.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing.

Course Rules: May not be retaken for credit. Not open for credit for those with credit in BUS ADM 303.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate.

Understanding the economic impact of business transactions and serving the information needs of statement users. Use of accounting principles to guide financial reporting and disclosure.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing; MATH 208(P) or MATH 211(P); BUS ADM 230(P) or BUS ADM 231(P); a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 201(P) or BUS ADM 207(P) within three years of enrollment.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Undergraduate.

Skills necessary for success in the accounting profession. Includes professional correspondence, resume writing, interviewing and networking skills, professional etiquette and career planning and advancement.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and BUS ADM 301(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to investing for individuals with emphasis on the personal planning process, issues, and strategies.

Prerequisites: soph st.

Course Rules: Not open for credit to Accounting majors who are concurrently enrolled or have completed Bus Adm 301.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Personal taxation and estate planning topics relevant to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP): fundamental and current tax law, taxation of trusts and estates, gift/income tax strategies, charitable contributions/deductions, retirement income/distribution strategies, among many other topics.

Prerequisites: BUS ADM 201(P).

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

U.S. accounting and auditing practices and the institutions that shape these practices, includes a visit to Washington D.C. regulatory agencies.

Prerequisites: admission to Business major; a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 201(P) and consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Previously BUS ADM 424.

Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

An introduction to human behavior in organizations, organizational structures and processes, and interactions between organizations and their environments. Students will examine various theories and research findings on selected topics.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 331.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Behavioral theories and management principles for understanding behavior in organizations; individual and organizational processes, and their interaction. Includes current and classic research, and application.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing; admis to Business Scholars Program.

Course Rules: Not open for credit to those with credit in BUS ADM 330.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Structured techniques for business application development; program design and development methodologies; testing and quality assurance; implementation with an appropriate language.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing; a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 230(P) or BUS ADM 231(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Hands-on introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) using the HEC ERPsim simulation game on SAP. Data generated as part of the simulation will be analyzed to make strategic decisions for a fictional company.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 230(P), BUS ADM 231(P), or INFOST 110(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Fundamentals of financial management, asset/liability valuations, risk and return, investment analysis, sources and uses of funds, cost of capital, and cash management.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing; ECON 103(P) and ECON 104(P); BUS ADM 201(P) or BUS ADM 207(P); BUS ADM 210(P) or BUS ADM 211(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 351. Not open for credit to those with credit in BUS ADM 450.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Fundamentals of financial management, analysis of financial statements, risk and return, debt/equity valuations, cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, and dividend policies.

Prerequisites: soph st; admis to Business Scholars Prog; Econ 103(P) & 104(P); Bus Adm 207(P) & 211(C).

Course Rules: Not open for cr to those w/cr in Bus Adm 350.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Fundamentals of working with clients involve effective communication, understanding attitudes and psychological biases, and working through personal conflicts. At all times, one must uphold the highest standards of professional conduct and follow rules and regulations.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

The marketing system is analyzed as the process for anticipating and satisfying consumer needs, adjusting to demand, and selling and procuring products and services. Competition, pricing, product line, distribution systems, promotion, and planning are discussed.

Prerequisites: junior standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 361.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Marketing theory and tactics in context of current external marketing environment. Discussion of current marketing issues, failures, and successes along with industry and company strategic differences. Analytical tools used for team project.

Prerequisites: junior standing in Business Scholars Program.

Course Rules: Not open for credit to those with credit in BUS ADM 360.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Broad survey of the foundational concepts and principles of managing supply chain operations. Topic areas include customer management, purchasing, logistics, project management, demand planning.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing; BUS ADM 210(C) or BUS ADM 211(C).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 371.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Broad survey of foundational concepts and principles of managing supply chain operations. Topics include customer management, purchasing, logistics, project management, demand planning, quantitative and computer applications.

Prerequisites: soph st; admis to Business Scholars Prog; Bus Adm 211(P).

Course Rules: Not open for cr to those w/cr in Bus Adm 370.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

The course focuses on real estate investment decisions as they are made within the framework of institutional controls consisting of social, political, and economic forces.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A faculty-supervised new work experience in the real estate area which covers a minimum of 150 hours during the semester.

Prerequisites: junior standing; BUS ADM 380(P); written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 489. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

The court system, tort law, agency and employment law; contract law and sales transactions; professional liability; and legal ramifications of selecting appropriate business organization.

Prerequisites: jr st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 390.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Ethical dimensions of economy, management decision-making, and corporate social responsibility. Ethical framework for assessment of business practices. Includes case discussions.

Prerequisites: sophomore standing.

Course Rules: Previously BUS ADM 293. Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 295 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A faculty-supervised new work experience in the human resources management area which covers a minimum of 150 hours during the semester.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to HRM or General Business major; written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-3 cr. Undergraduate.

Current topics and issues related to specific management areas of business. Specific topics and additional prerequisites announced in Schedule of Classes whenever the course is offered.

Prerequisites: junior standing.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr. Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 295 or BUS ADM 495 with same topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A faculty-supervised new work experience in the finance area which covers a minimum of 150 hours during the semester.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Finance or General Business major; written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A faculty-supervised new work experience in the marketing area which covers a minimum of 150 hours during the semester.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Marketing or General Business major; written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A faculty-supervised new work experience in the SCOM area which covers a minimum of 150 hours during the semester.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to SCOM or General Business major; written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined FT work period, minimum 10 weeks, potentially leading to FT employment in accounting.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to accounting major; BUS ADM 303(P) and a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 301(P).

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only. Prior approval of intern director is required.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Fundamental concepts to develop an analytics mindset and perform and interpret various analytic procedures. Gain certification in Excel. Analyze business data using various software. Clearly communicate results of data analysis.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to Business major (advanced to major milestone), and BUS ADM 301(C); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Fundamental concepts to develop an analytics mindset and perform and interpret various analytic procedures. Gain certification in Excel. Analyze business data using various software. Clearly communicate results of data analysis.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to Business major (advanced to major milestone), and BUS ADM 301(C); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Study of advanced financial accounting issues such as interim reporting, leases, specialized revenue recognition, tax allocation, dilutive securities, derivatives, and financial troubled entities.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to Business major (advanced to major milestone), and a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 301(P); or graduate standing and a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Understand and apply concepts related to accounting for consolidations and for governmental and not-for-profit accounting.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of B or better in Bus Adm 301(P); Bus Adm 402(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Design, implementation, and use of optimal accounting systems for product and service costing, internal and external financial reporting, managerial decision support, and organizational control.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of 'B' or better in Bus Adm 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to tax issues inherent in business and financial transactions, with an emphasis on the federal individual and corporate income tax.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to accounting information systems and related technology, principles of accounting systems design, internal controls and coverage of commercial accounting software packages.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater and advanced to business major; or graduate standing. In addition to these requirements, accounting students must have a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to accounting information systems and related technology, principles of accounting systems design, internal controls and coverage of commercial accounting software packages.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater and advanced to business major; or graduate standing. In addition to these requirements, accounting students must have a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

An introduction to the audit process from an internal and external perspective with an emphasis on practical applications and technological innovations.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, a grade of B or better in BUS ADM 301(P); BUS ADM 402(P) and BUS ADM 408(P); BUS ADM 401(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Undergraduate.

Study of ethical and societal responsibilities and constraints that define and affect the practice of accountancy. Includes selected readings, guest speakers, and cases.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of 'B' or better in Bus Adm 301(P); Bus Adm 409(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Exploration of a wide range of machine learning algorithms, discussing regression, classification, and clustering in the context of business applications. Emphasis on how these methods can be used to turn data into business insights.

Prerequisites: junior standing, Business major, and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P); or consent of instructor.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Object-oriented concepts and use in management applications; object-oriented design and development methodologies; managing programs and structures; implementation with an appropriate language.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of 'C' or better in Bus Adm 335(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Database concepts; data modeling; SQL; fourth generation languages; data resource management; client/server databases; implementation using commercial DBMS products.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; grade of 'C' or better in Bus Adm 335(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence applications in business; artificial neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and recurrent neural networks; deep learning, transfer learning, and reinforcement learning; generative AI; AI strategy.

Prerequisites: junior standing, Business major, and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P); or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Systems development methodologies; systems modeling, requirements specification, structured design, and systems implementation; use of automated development tools.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; grade of 'C' or better in Bus Adm 335(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to social network analysis and social media mining techniques for business development; data processing, metrics creation, and exploratory analysis applied to social media mining.

Prerequisites: junior standing, Business major, and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P); or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Contemporary topics for IT practitioners. Typical offerings include distributed information systems, management of IT, decision support systems, end-user computing, multimedia systems. Additional prerequisites announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Grade 'C' or better in Bus Adm 335(P); or cons instr.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to max of 6 cr.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined FT one semester work period, potentially leading to FT employment in a corporate/governmental/management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admission to ITM or General Business major; BUS ADM 300(P) or BUS ADM 303(P); completion of one 400- or 500-level ITM course; and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Ways organizations use wage and salary management to attract, retain, and motivate employees. Review of traditional and innovative compensation methods for administering pay.

Prerequisites: junior standing, admis to Business major, and BUS ADM 444(C); or graduate standing and BUS ADM 738(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 443 with similar title.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Conceptual and experiential understanding of cultural values and practices among diverse groups in organizations. Addresses institutional and personal discrimination, stereotyping and prejudice.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Bus Adm major; or non-Business major with 2.5 GPA; or consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 495 with similar topic and BUS ADM 443 with similar title.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Selected topics in human resources management. Specific topics will appear in the Schedule of Classes whenever the course is offered.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, BUS ADM 330(P) or BUS ADM 331(P); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Selected topics in human resources management. Specific topics will appear in the Schedule of Classes whenever the course is offered.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, BUS ADM 330(P) or BUS ADM 331(P); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

An examination of the personnel function of the enterprise as an activity concerning all managers within the firm. General topics include the personnel function, maximizing human potential, supervision, and wage and salary administration.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Business major; and concurrent or previous completion of BUS ADM 330 or BUS ADM 331.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Development and evaluation of training and career development programs in organizations. Skills-based approach to understanding needs assessments, learning principles, training development and evaluation.

Prerequisites: junior standing, admis to Bus Adm major, and BUS ADM 444(C); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 443 with similar title. Not open to students with credit COMMUN 327(ER).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Development and evaluation of training and career development programs in organizations. Skills-based approach to understanding needs assessments, learning principles, training development and evaluation.

Prerequisites: junior standing, admis to Bus Adm major, and BUS ADM 444(C); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 443 with similar title. Not open to students with credit COMMUN 327(ER).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Examines principles of leadership and team-building through theories, hands-on exercises, cases, and contemporaneous leadership, teamwork, and management challenges. Topics include: ethical leadership, power dynamics, managing and leading teams, leadership and teamwork skills.

Prerequisites: junior standing and advancement to Bus Adm major; BUS ADM 330(C) or BUS ADM 331(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Study of creation, growth/or acquisition of business through entrepreneurial efforts. Nature of entrepreneurship process and organization of growth oriented companies. Topics include recognizing opportunity, assembling resources, and growing the firm.

Prerequisites: junior standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Planning, recruiting, selection, and hiring functions in organizations within the context of its legal environment. Includes application of spreadsheet and data analysis.

Prerequisites: junior standing, admis to Business major and BUS ADM 444(C); or graduate standing and BUS ADM 738(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 443 with similar title.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined FT work period, minimum 10 weeks, potentially leading to FT employment in a corporate/governmental/management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admission to HRM or General Business major; BUS ADM 300(P) or BUS ADM 303(P); completion of at least one 400-level course in the HRM major; and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Theories of valuation, corporate governance, and capital structure. Other topics explored such as dividend policy, financing methods, corporate and financial restructurings, and global financial management.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of C or better in Bus Adm 350(P) or 351(P); or an Accounting major with grade of B or better in Bus Adm 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A study of the financial system and institutions and the primary forces, which affect this system within which firms operate. Emphasis is on the instruments and interactions in the money and capital markets, and on analysis of firms for purposes and valuation of bonds and stocks for portfolio management.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 450(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Study institutional setting, legal framework, portfolio strategies, and innovations in investment markets. Explore securities valuation, risk management, behavioral study, and prospects of market developments.

Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 451(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Valuate interest rate, equity, and stock index futures and options. Develop strategies using these instruments in hedging interest rate and equity portfolio risk.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 451(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Financial intermediation by banks and other financial institutions. Financial instruments and the markets where they trade. Term structure of interest rates and monetary issues.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of C or better in Bus Adm 350(P) or 351(P); or an Accounting major with grade of B or better in Bus Adm 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to international financial markets, exchange rate determination theory, concepts/measurement of foreign risk exposure, financial instruments to hedge exchange risk, and financing multinational enterprises.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; a grade of C or better in Bus Adm 350(P) or 351(P); or an Accounting major with grade of B or better in Bus Adm 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Development and application of computer-based financial models. Models from corporate finance and investments use Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 450(P) & 451(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Corporate financial perspectives. Key institutional features of venture finance. Assess financial need, value of and claims on new ventures. Analyze contracts between entrepreneurs and outside vendors.

Prerequisites: junior standing and advanced to the Business major.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined FT work period, minimum 10 weeks, potentially leading to FT employment in a corporate/governmental/management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admission to Finance or General Business major; BUS ADM 300(P) or BUS ADM 303(P); completion of at least one 400- or 500-level course in finance major; and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Principles of retail management including merchandising, product design and development, sales, store management, distribution and inventory management, public relations and advertising.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 360(P) or 361(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 467 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Interdisciplinary approach to study of buying behavior of consumers, with emphasis on implications for marketing of theory and findings from the behavioral sciences.

Prerequisites: junior standing & admis to Bus Adm major; BUS ADM 360(C) or BUS ADM 361(C).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Research process as an aid to decision-making in marketing management. Attention is given to planning research and the gathering, analysis, and interpretation of information.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 210(P) or 211(P); & 360(P) or 361(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Development and implementation of marketing plans. Strategic decision-making and organizational issues pertinent to target markets, advertising, personal selling, channels, pricing, and product development.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 461(P) & 462(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Theory and concepts in developing and implementing communications strategies. Analysis of psychological, social and economic variables affecting promotion decisions.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 461(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Focus is on the environment and on the modifications of marketing thinking and practices, occasioned by differences in economic, social and cultural settings of countries.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 360(P) or 361(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Development, pricing, promotion and distribution of business productions and services targeted at organizational buyers. Special focus on business sales processes and effective personal selling strategies.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 360(P) or 361(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

In-depth focus on specialized topics in marketing such as business-to-business sales and marketing, database and interactive marketing, and international marketing research and strategies.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Business major; BUS ADM 360(P) or BUS ADM 361(P).

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to the principles of internet marketing, types of products that can be marketed online, communication and pricing strategies, customization, channel conflict resolution. Hands-on project required.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 461(P) or 462(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined FT work period, minimum 10 weeks, potentially leading to FT employment in corporate/governmental/management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admission to Marketing or General Business major; BUS ADM 300(P) or BUS ADM 303(P); completion of at least one 400-level course in the marketing major; and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Selected contemporary topics and issues confronting supply chain and operations managers.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 370(P) or 371(P).

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Logistics and transportation themes including warehousing, third party logistics.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 370(P) or 371(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 472 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Domestic and global aspects of the purchasing function in an organization.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 370(P) or 371(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 472 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Topics include linear and nonlinear optimization, network modeling, decision making under uncertainty, time series forecasting, and simulation modeling.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 370(P) or 371(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Defined FT work period, minimum 10 weeks, potentially leading to FT employment in a corporate/governmental/management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admission to SCOM or General Business major; BUS ADM 300(P) or BUS ADM 303(P); completion of at least one 400- or 500-level SCOM course; and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Cr/no cr only.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Mechanism of real estate finance, sources of funds, loan contracts, principles of mortgage risk analysis, and the role of government agencies; real estate investment analysis.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major and BUS ADM 380(P); or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program and BUS ADM 380(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Mechanism of real estate finance, sources of funds, loan contracts, principles of mortgage risk analysis, and the role of government agencies; real estate investment analysis.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major and BUS ADM 380(P); or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program and BUS ADM 380(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Economic theories of value applied to real estate; valuation as a guide to business decisions; real estate market which affects value; valuation methods, analysis of evidence of value; appraising residential and income properties.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 380(P); or graduate standing; or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program and BUS ADM 380(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Economic theories of value applied to real estate; valuation as a guide to business decisions; real estate market which affects value; valuation methods, analysis of evidence of value; appraising residential and income properties.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 380(P); or graduate standing; or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program and BUS ADM 380(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Analysis of real estate development; consideration of site selections, market analysis, financing, design, and construction in connection with subdividing residential community development and shopping centers.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 481(P); or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program; or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Analysis of real estate development; consideration of site selections, market analysis, financing, design, and construction in connection with subdividing residential community development and shopping centers.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 481(P); or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program; or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Advanced application of business law concepts related to real estate transactions and developments; landlord/tenant law; analysis of legal concerns unique to real estate industry.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 391(P); or special student enrolled in Real Estate Certificate program.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Survey course dealing with the impact of governmental environmental regulations on lender and developer liability. Topics include Phase 1 reporting, legal considerations, remediation, and wetland impacts.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 380(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A defined work period in an entrepreneurial capacity in a corporate, governmental, or management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 447(P) or completion of at least one 400-level course in student's major; writ cons instr instr.

Course Rules: Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Legal issues confronting entrepreneurs including the areas of ethics, forms of business organization, sales contracts, employment, property and business succession.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 391(P).

Course Rules: Not open for credit to Business Scholars who completed Bus Adm 493 with similar topic. Not open for credit to Accounting majors.

Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Summer 2003.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Current topics and issues in contemporary business theory and management practice, focusing on in-depth study, critical analysis, research and application across functional areas.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admitted to the Business Scholars Program.

Course Rules: May not be retaken for credit.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A supervised international management-related and cross-cultural experience with a for-profit or non-profit organization outside the U.S. Project and organizational evaluation required.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; BUS ADM 330(P) or BUS ADM 331(P); BUS ADM 301(P), BUS ADM 350(P), or BUS ADM 351(P); and BUS ADM 360(P) or BUS ADM 361(P); writ cons instr.

Course Rules: Considered full time for FA purposes. Credit/no credit only.

Last Taught: Summer 2019, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2012.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-3 cr. Undergraduate.

Current topics and issues related to specific management areas of business. Specific topics and additional prerequisites announced in Schedule of Classes whenever course is offered.

Prerequisites: junior standing.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 credits.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

The study of major factors specific to the conduct of business in international markets; focuses on the integration of marketing, finance, production, and other management functions into the world business, cultural, social, and political environments.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater in business major; or junior standing or greater in non-business major with 2.5 GPA; or special student; and completion of the following coursework: BUS ADM 330(P) or BUS ADM 331(P); BUS ADM 301, BUS ADM 350(P), or BUS ADM 351(P); and BUS ADM 360 or BUS ADM 361(P).

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Immersion (including instruction at an international university) in the economic, cultural, and business practices of selected countries.

Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 6 cr.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, UWinteriM 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-3 cr. Undergraduate.

Solution of business problems as jointly developed by the student, the assigned faculty, and the cooperating company. Work will consist of problem solving through the use of university resources and library research.

Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.

Course Rules: May be retaken for cr only with prior cons Lubar School of Business.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Privacy concerns and safeguards, ethical issues surrounding data and information, information risk analysis, information system vulnerabilities, security threats and countermeasures.

Prerequisites: junior standing and advance to Bus Adm major; a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Business applications and web development based on platform-independent objective-oriented technologies and database connectivity in creating information systems for eBusiness activities.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 432(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Familiarize students with new infrastructure developments in connected systems, such as cloud computing and Internet of Things, as well as their managerial and business applications.

Prerequisites: junior standing and advance to Bus Adm major; a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P).

Last Taught: Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduction to business intelligence, with a focus on data warehousing and data mining. This course uses SAP Business Information Warehouse software.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater; admission to Business major (MAJADM milestone); and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P) or BUS ADM 336(P); or non-Business major with 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P) or BUS ADM 336(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Explores typical business processes through hands-on experience with industry-leading SAP ERP software. Processes include accounting, forecasting, production, purchasing, and sales. Topics on digital transformation and ERP system implementation are also covered.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, advanced to Business major, and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 230(P) or BUS ADM 231(P); or non-Business major with 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 230 (P) or BUS ADM 231 (P) or INFOST 110(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Hands-on functional configuration of a company in an SAP ERP system. Tasks include defining the company's organizational structure, identifying and configuring business rules and parameters, master data entry, and functional testing.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, and BUS ADM 537(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Developing web-based applications in the SAP ERP ecosystem.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to Business major (MAJADM milestone), and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P); or non-Business major with 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or better in BUS ADM 335(P); or consent of instructor.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

This course is designed to prepare students for taking the SAP Certified Application Associate Exam - the global baseline certification standard for SAP University Alliances Program.

Prerequisites: junior standing, advanced to Business major, BUS ADM 537(P), and BUS ADM 538(P).

Last Taught: Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Business cultures around the world; the impact of cultural differences in international management and negotiations.

Prerequisites: jr st; BUS ADM 330(P); admis to Bus Adm major or declared Global Studies program.

Course Rules: BUS ADM 541 & GLOBAL 541 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introductory concepts related to technology entrepreneurship including opportunity identification, analysis and new venture planning. Prepares students to recognize and pursue viable technology-based entrepreneurial opportunities.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or admis to business or engineering major.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 495 or MechEng 490 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of MechEng 542.

Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introductory concepts related to technology management and technological innovation. Prepares students to evaluate and plan technology commercialization projects.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or admis to business or engineering major.

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Bus Adm 495 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of MechEng 543.

Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Concepts related to product development including product concept development and testing, and product design. Prepares students to work in cross-functional product development teams.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or Bus Adm major or CEAS major; or grad st. & admis to business or engineering program or admis to Tech Entrep Cert program.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 795 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as a repeat of MechEng 544.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Concepts related to product development including product concept development and testing, and product design. Prepares students to work in cross-functional product development teams.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or Bus Adm major or CEAS major; or grad st. & admis to business or engineering program or admis to Tech Entrep Cert program.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 795 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as a repeat of MechEng 544.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Concepts related to collaborative innovation in global networks including diverse collaboration models, innovation processes, and capabilities. Prepares students to manage global collaborative innovation projects.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or Bus Adm major or CEAS major; or grad st & admis to business or engineering program or admis to Tech Entrep Cert program.

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Bus Adm 795 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of MechEng 546.

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Concepts related to collaborative innovation in global networks including diverse collaboration models, innovation processes, and capabilities. Prepares students to manage global collaborative innovation projects.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or Bus Adm major or CEAS major; or grad st & admis to business or engineering program or admis to Tech Entrep Cert program.

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of Bus Adm 795 with same topic. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of MechEng 546.

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Examines the basic concepts, institutions, and practices of international business in context of such managerial decisions as negotiating entry into foreign markets, managing strategic alliances, and designing the structure of a multinational enterprise.

Prerequisites: junior standing or greater, admission to Business major (advanced to major milestone), and BUS ADM 444(C).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BUS ADM 443 with similar title.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

A capstone course for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills related to technology/product commercialization. Prepares students to lead their (or corporate) technology ventures.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Tech Entrep Cert program or admis to business or engineering major; Bus Adm/Mech Eng 542(P).

Course Rules: Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of MechEng 548.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to real-time and historic data sets and analytical software available in the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Utilize Bloomberg and FactSet. Produce a stock report, including analysis of drivers, financial statements, and valuation.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program, Bus Adm 450(C); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program, Bus Adm 705(C).

Course Rules: Considered a repeat of BUS ADM 495 and BUS ADM 795 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Introduction to real-time and historic data sets and analytical software available in the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Utilize Bloomberg and FactSet. Produce a stock report, including analysis of drivers, financial statements, and valuation.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program, Bus Adm 450(C); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program, Bus Adm 705(C).

Course Rules: Considered a repeat of BUS ADM 495 and BUS ADM 795 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Introduce institutional arrangements, instruments, and innovations in global investments. Emphasize foreign currency return-risk analysis, risk management, and performance evaluation on international investment portfolios.

Prerequisites: jr st; admis to Bus Adm major; & Bus Adm 451(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Use of real-time and historic data sets available in the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab such as Bloomberg, FactSet, and other analysis packages to analyze securities and prepare to manage portfolios.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & BUS ADM 550(P), BUS ADM 301(C) & BUS ADM 451(C); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & BUS ADM 550(P), BUS ADM 301(C) or BUS ADM 721(C); BUS ADM 771(C).

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Use of real-time and historic data sets available in the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab such as Bloomberg, FactSet, and other analysis packages to analyze securities and prepare to manage portfolios.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & BUS ADM 550(P), BUS ADM 301(C) & BUS ADM 451(C); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & BUS ADM 550(P), BUS ADM 301(C) or BUS ADM 721(C); BUS ADM 771(C).

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Students manage investment portfolios utilizing the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Topics include securities selection, portfolio positioning, performance and risk analysis, and financial market events.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 552(P); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 552(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Students manage investment portfolios utilizing the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Topics include securities selection, portfolio positioning, performance and risk analysis, and financial market events.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 552(P); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 552(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Students manage investment portfolios utilizing the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Special topics covered to assist individual future professional development and gain maturity and confidence in real world investment management.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 553(P); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 553(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Students manage investment portfolios utilizing the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab. Special topics covered to assist individual future professional development and gain maturity and confidence in real world investment management.

Prerequisites: jr st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 553(P); or grad st, admis to Investment Mgmt Cert program & Bus Adm 553(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Principles and techniques for managing and improving quality in manufacturing and service operations. Topics include lean principles, quality function deployment, FMEA, DOE, others.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Bus Adm major; BUS ADM 370(P) or BUS ADM 371(P); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.

Principles and techniques for managing and improving quality in manufacturing and service operations. Topics include lean principles, quality function deployment, FMEA, DOE, others.

Prerequisites: junior standing and admis to Bus Adm major; BUS ADM 370(P) or BUS ADM 371(P); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Coverage of techniques for managing work processes within and across the supply chain. An integrated perspective is emphasized through hands-on experience with an enterprise software.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 475(P), 476(P) & 477(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Designed to develop a linkage between SCM and corporate strategy, a case study approach to build an integrated view of the SCM. Business game provides practical experience.

Prerequisites: jr st & admis to Bus Adm major; Bus Adm 475(P), & 476(P) or 477(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 472 with topics Supply Chain Strategy and Supply Chain Apps & Policy.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Undergraduate.

Study of decisions of how to compete, where to compete, and how to organize for firm success under conditions of uncertainty. The perspective taken is that of senior management integrating functional activities.

Prerequisites: senior standing and advanced to the Business major; BUS ADM 202(P), BUS ADM 330(P), BUS ADM 350(P) or BUS ADM 450(C), and BUS ADM 360(P); or BUS ADM 301(P), BUS ADM 331(P), BUS ADM 351(P) or BUS ADM 450(C), and BUS ADM 361(P).

Course Rules: Business administration capstone course.

Last Taught: UWinteriM 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

2 cr. Graduate.

Mathematical concepts essential to business. Exponents, polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, solution of linear systems, basic differential and integral calculus; emphasizes application to business problems.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BusMgmt 701.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Covers financial accounting model underlying financial statements, accounting standard setting, role of accounting in capital formation, interpretation and analysis of financial statements.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of BusMgmt 702.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Application of framework developed in Income Tax Accounting I (BUS ADM 405) to more thoroughly analyze the taxation of business entities.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of BUS ADM 406G.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Overview and use of modern forecasting methods in support of managerial strategic planning, financial, and operational analysis of a dynamic global business environment.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 709(P) or Bus Adm 754(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Multivariate analysis of variance, principal component analysis, factor analysis, conjoint analysis, bootstrap resampling, cluster analysis, canonical correlation, data mining (classification trees and neural networks); computer implementation.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 709(P) or Bus Adm 754(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Testing and reliance of automated application, program change and data access controls for use in the financial statement audit and system integrity.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 409(P) or 728(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 795 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

The principles of external reporting are integrated with approaches to problem solving. Emphasis is placed upon recent developments of the accounting profession.

Prerequisites: grad st; grade of B or better in Bus Adm 703(P) or 201(P) within three years of admission to the graduate program.

Course Rules: Not open to students who have cr in Bus Adm 301(ER).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Coverage of forensic accounting and auditing topics such as examination of documents, information sources, writing reports, identifying high-risk signs, and fraud prevention and detection.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 409(P) or 728(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Bus Adm 795 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Accounting for mergers and acquisitions including consolidation procedures and foreign subsidiary investments. Also includes accounting principles for government and nonprofit entities.

Prerequisites: grad st; grade of B or better in Bus Adm 721(P) or 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Cost data accumulation and its utilization by management. Emphasis on job order and process costing, standard costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgets, capital expenditures.

Prerequisites: grad st; grade of B or better in Bus Adm 703(P) or 201(P).

Course Rules: Cannot be taken by students receiving cr for Bus Adm 404.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Uses quantitative and behavioral models to aid management planning and control. Emphasizes analysis techniques to aid in the solution of accounting oriented management problems.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 725(P) or 404(P).

Course Rules: Not open to students who have cr in Bus Adm 426(ER).

Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Coverage of Information technology audit and advisory services, including SOC engagements; data management, including data collection, storage, and usage throughout the data life cycle; and organizational risks associated with IT.

Prerequisites: graduate standing, BUS ADM 408(P), and BUS ADM 409(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

A study of auditing standards, methodology, and professional and reporting responsibilities. Emphasis is on underlying concepts and theory.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; BUS ADM 408(P) and a grade or B or better in BUS ADM 721(P) or BUS ADM 301(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Provides evidence-based and experiential insights needed to lead diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in a wide range of organizational settings. Develops leadership skills and strategies for empowering organizational, team and personal transformations through positive relationships.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Combines individual and organizational-level analysis to provide insights into changing organizations. Topics include innovation, leadership, corporate cultures, and changing management from a broad view.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 714(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Organizational and strategic issues involved in managing technologies and innovation processes. Emphasizes professional enployees, creativity, project teams, leadership, interdepartmental relations, technological evolution, and R&D strategies.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Summer 2009.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Broad overview of staffing practices and related research; topics include staffing strategy, legal compliance, job analysis, external recruitment and selection, staffing systems management, and retention.

Prerequisites: grad st

Course Rules: Not open for cr to those w/ cr in Bus Adm 795 w/ topic: Staffing.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics are limited to the areas of managing change and their business applications. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st

Course Rules: May be repeated w/ chg in topic to 6 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2011, Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Spring 1992.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Strategies for attracting, retaining and developing a diverse and international workforce. Topics include employment law, diversity, staffing, training, performance management, compensation and current issues.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; BUSMGMT 706(R).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Introduction to data organization, object-oriented design, construction and validation of application programs, development methodologies and control structures, illustrate with object programming language.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Measurement methods and analysis of web-based data for strategic decisions; methods and technologies in web mining, visualization, predictive analytics and text mining for knowledge discovery and business analysis.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Artificial Intelligence applications in business; artificial neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and recurrent neural networks; deep learning, transfer learning, and reinforcement learning; image recognition, time series prediction, and intelligent agents; AI strategy.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of BUS ADM 746 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics are limited to the areas in management information systems and business application. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Understand project management tools/techniques, project planning, software effort/cost estimation models, quality tools/metrics, six-sigma, CMM and ISO-9000, and managing outsourced/off-shored projects. Involves team-based project implementation.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 747(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Applied economic analysis of market structure, price discrimination, oligopoly, cartels, and collusion. The course integrates the psychology of price and behavioral economic issues in pricing.

Prerequisites: grad st in mba-executive curric or cons instr.

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Advanced legal concepts focusing on Uniform Commercial Code, bankruptcy and creditor protection, liability of bailees and common carriers, product liability, and real and personal property.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 391(P).

Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Examines concepts and management of capitated and vertically integrated health care organizations; utilization control, risk and quality assessment, benefit design, pricing, management of clinical professionals.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 755(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics limited to the area of health care management. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st

Course Rules: May be repeated w/ chg in topic to 6 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2010.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Understanding the market research process, obtaining and integrating relevant information into marketing decision-making processes. Listening to the voice of the customer, customer satisfaction measurement and technology utilization for database marketing.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 709(C) or cons of instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Theoretical background and hands-on experience analyzing marketing data through case-based exploration of marketing issues using statistical models for managerial decision-making. Students learn to leverage generative AI for contextually relevant data exploration and communicating analytical findings.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and BUSMGMT 709(C) or consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Not open for credit to those with credit in BUS ADM 761 or BUS ADM 795 with similar topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Introduction to the core areas and concepts of Data Science and AI. It also includes a project intended to give hands-on experience in solving real-world problems using Data Science and AI methods.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with credit in BUS ADM 795 with the same topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Financial asset pricing; selection of stocks, bonds, convertible securities, and warrants; risk and return modeling; applied statistical tools, including time series analysis, regression, optimization; single and multifactor models; investment simulation; statistical security valuation methods.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; BUSMGMT 705(P) and BUSMGMT 709(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Study of dynamic process that periodically matches investors' goals, objectives, and strategies with market expectations through portfolio construction and revision. Covers asset allocation, return optimization, and management of various asset types.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 771(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Pricing theories and models for options and futures contracts and their application to investment hedging, arbitrage, and portfolio management. Covers equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency options and futures.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 771(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Application of financial theory to corporate strategic planning. Working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, global finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 705(P) & BusMgmt 709(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Critical examination and evaluation of modern corporate finance theory. Market efficiency, corporate investment decisions, capital structure, financing vehicles, risk management, corporate restructuring, and governance.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 771(P), 775(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2002.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Examination of the pricing and features of modern fixed income securities including treasuries, municipals, mortgage-backed, callable and putable bonds, convertibles, and interest rate swaps.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 771.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Manufacturing innovations (e.g., lean manufacturing), manufacturing information systems, simulation-based technology development and prototyping, manufacturing systems design and simulation.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 711(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Basic concepts and strategies in Supply Chain Management including strategic, tactical, and operational issues of SCM; the integration of various SCM entities; Industry 4.0; and risk assessment. Use of Excel for data analytics.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and BUSMGMT 711(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Strategic perspectives on logistics management concepts, issues, and models. Topics include logistics information systems, inventory management, transportation methods, packaging, warehousing, and global issues.

Prerequisites: grad st; BusMgmt 711(P)

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Graduate.

Open and secure symbology standards for shipping label barcodes. Digital methods to track shipments in a supply chain including barcodes, radio frequency identifiers (RFIDs), and the Internet of Things (IoT). Use of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Graduate.

Knowledge and skills important for effective integration and management of organizations across technical and business functions, and national and cultural boundaries. Topics vary and may include methods for quality improvement, management communications, business ethics, organizational leadership, etc.

Prerequisites: grad st in Bus Adm or prior approval of Bus Adm graduate prog services office.

Last Taught: Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2004, Spring 2003.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1-3 cr. Graduate.

Intensive and critical examination of a specific management problem area or a related research question. Specific topic and additional prerequisites may appear in the schedule of classes each semester.

Prerequisites: grad st; appropriate management science core courses or cons instr.

Course Rules: Repeatable with change in topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

2-4 cr. Graduate.

Investigation of an actual management problem or another substantive question in an allied discipline presented, for example, in the form of a business report or professional paper.

Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.

Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic with cons appropriate Lubar School of Business prog committee.

Last Taught: Fall 2017, Summer 2015, Summer 2013, Summer 2012.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Theories, information, and research pertaining to management of international business including selected aspects of foreign investment decision, strategy development, organization and control of multinational operations.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics limited to the areas of international business. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: May be repeated w/ chg in topic to 6 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2007.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Web development for eBusiness, web development tools and methodologies, web services, content management, developing database-driven web applications, mobile applications, and Web 2.0 technologies.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Business process modeling and design, process optimization, inter/intra organization process integration, process re-engineering and continuous process improvement, process execution and process implementation using ERP.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and BUSMGMT 732(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Machine learning for business insights; clustering and predictive analytics; linear regression, nearest neighbor, decision trees, support vector machines, random forests, ensemble learning, recommender systems; applications in business.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Managing knowledge in business enterprises including acquisition, repository creation, dissemination; organizational learning, developing enterprise ontology, collaboration management and e-collaboration; developing intelligent agents and recommendation systems.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2013, Spring 2012.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Overview of connected systems, including cloud computing and IoT. Design and develop technology infrastructure for business applications. Infrastructure management strategies, security, reliability, and performance considerations.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Last Taught: Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

A defined work period addressing information systems in a corporate, government, or management consulting environment.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and written consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Repeatable to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Methodology of federal tax research, including computerized research. Organization of and practice before the irs. Audits, deficiencies, assessment and collection. Preparer penalties. Ethical responsibilities.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 405(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Comprehensive examination of tax planning issues associated with choice of entity, start-ups, purchase or sale of business, compensation, and financing options. Business succession planning.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 406(P)

Last Taught: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Discusses valuation and financial reporting of complex accounting topics such as derivatives, fair value, hedging, foreign currency, International Financial Reporting Standards, among others.

Prerequisites: graduate standing, BUS ADM 722(P) or BUS ADM 402(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Implications of alternative financial accounting methods for analysis and decision-making. New financial transactions. Understanding the motivations for, and results of, financial engineering.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 722 (C) or 402(P)

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

An in-depth study of professional auditing standards. Emphasis on the integrated audit, practical application of technological innovations, and statistical sampling.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; BUS ADM 409(P) or BUS ADM 728(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Study of accounting-based datasets and data analysis tools that allow management and auditors to gain insights and make better decisions.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; BUS ADM 408(P); BUS ADM 409(P) or BUS ADM 728(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Introduce market structure, institutions, regulations, instruments, and innovations in global investments. Focus on management of foreign currency risk and performance of global investment portfolios.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 771(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

0 cr. Graduate.

Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

1 cr. Graduate.

Introduces doctoral students to academic careers and research management. Focuses on research approaches, research management in private and public organizations, and teaching responsibilities in higher education.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Analysis of management problems using multivariate methods including logistic regression, structural equations, scale reliability measures, simultaneous inference, observational study corrections, and multidimensional scaling.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 714(P) and 754(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics focusing on theoretical foundations of accounting and empirical testing of such theories. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Retakeable w/ chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected topics focusing on supply chain and operations management. Includes analysis of key research, develop abilities related to research ideas, and execute empirical or analytical study to develop full research paper.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2014.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected topics focusing on theoretical foundations of corporate finance and investments, and on testing such theories. Topics & prerequisites announced each time course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in strategic management. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: May be repeated w/ chg in topic to a 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2011.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in management information systems. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: May be repeated w/ chg in topic to a 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in marketing. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to 12 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in supply chain and operations management. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the schedule of classes each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in finance. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the schedule of classes each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2019.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in multi-disciplinary and methodological issues in management science. Specific topics and any additional prereqs will be announced in the schedule of classes each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st; Bus Adm 709 or 754.

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to max of 9 cr.

Last Taught: Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in organizations. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Retakeable with change in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

3 cr. Graduate.

Selected advanced topics in management information systems. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Timetable each time the course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: Retakeable w/ chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

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