Contemporary Topics
1–3 creditsContemporary Topics explores subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Contemporary Topics explores subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Fall 2024Information Technology in Supply Chains explores using IT to manage and operate supply chains, covering ERP implementation and SAP simulations.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Marketing in a Digital Age covers fundamentals of digital marketing, including internet strategies, SEO, website design, social media, email, mobile apps, and paid search advertising.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Brand Management & Strategy explores how brands work and applies this knowledge to managerial situations, covering brand history, cultural contexts, and underlying economic principles.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Marketing in a Digital Age provides a foundational understanding of digital marketing channels and how successful campaigns utilize online and mobile platforms.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Information Technology in Supply Chains explores using IT to manage and operate supply chains, covering ERP implementation and SAP simulations.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Explores strategies for discovering, developing, and launching new products using design thinking and the stage-gate approach.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Contemporary Topics explores advanced subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026This course covers fundamentals of supply chain management, focusing on strategy, product development, marketing, finance, sourcing, production, logistics, and technology in a strategic context.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Verda Blythe
One past student reported one exam and a large group project; another reported weekly quizzes and a group simulation.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers procurement and supply management functions, including purchasing, cost management, negotiation, sourcing, supplier management, and outsourcing.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Xiaoyang Long
Assignments were not terribly difficult for students who attended lectures, though the instructor took a long time to grade them.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Strategic Global Sourcing explores modern supply management (procurement), focusing on functional responsibilities and exemplary practices across major industry sectors.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Introduces business analytic techniques for digital marketing, focusing on designing, running, evaluating, and improving online marketing tactics to meet business objectives like customer acquisition.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Capstone course in Marketing Strategy focusing on strategic decision-making, external environment analysis, and real-world application of marketing frameworks.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduces business analytic techniques for digital marketing, focusing on designing, evaluating, and improving online tactics to achieve objectives like customer acquisition.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Strategic Pricing explores key concepts and techniques for evaluating and formulating pricing strategies using analytical and experiential learning methods.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Marketing Analytics studies how analytics impacts marketing decisions, covering metrics, digital analytics, response models, segmentation, product design, experimentation, and big data for careers in marketing, product management, and.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Marketing Research covers systematic search and analysis of information to identify and solve marketing problems.
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Past student reviews · Alyssa Stang
The group project was described as a significant workload, and students were expected to self-teach material from slide decks for exams.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Studies how individuals, families, and groups acquire, consume, and dispose of goods and services using psychological, economic, anthropological, and sociological perspectives.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Explore growth marketing strategy frameworks, market/customer/competitor orientations, key decision points, implementation problems, and performance assessment using an evidence-based approach.
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026Sales Strategy and Management focuses on business and organizational selling, covering professional techniques, relationship building, sales-marketing integration, technology, analytics, and sales force management.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Marketing Management covers planning and controlling marketing programs, including organization, product, packaging, pricing, promotion, and physical distribution.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Kristin Branch
One student found the workload too heavy for an introductory class, citing two readings and two assignments every week. They also described exams as difficult because they tested specific, niche details from the textbook.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Overview of sports marketing trends, issues facing sport organizations, and using marketing techniques to attract customers in competitive, fragmented, and global markets.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026