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Spring 2027

4,369 courses

Strategic Management synthesizes accounting, economics, finance, and other fields to examine corporate and business-level strategy, top management problems, and actual business cases.

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Past student reviews · Florence Honoré

Weekly quizzes were described as easy, and case studies were graded pass/fail. One student found getting an A manageable without excessive work.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Venture Creation teaches students to transform ideas into new ventures by evaluating, formalizing, and communicating venture concepts.

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Past student reviews · Stefan Koehler

The final project was described as demanding, potentially becoming difficult if group dynamics were poor.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Students develop and refine Lean Start-Up business models for customer/market discovery, presenting to the WAVE Board for feedback on investment potential.

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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Explores leadership theories based on I/O Psychology and Organizational Behavior research, focusing on their practical implications for organizations.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Explores organizational strategies for talent management, including attraction, acquisition, development, motivation, and retention, to support business strategy.

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Past student reviews · Maureen Miner

The workload included two group projects, one midterm, and weekly quizzes, with the group projects requiring a bit of work.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

People Analytics builds hands-on skills to integrate data analytics into human resource management, focusing on developing and evaluating human capital policies through experiential learning with organizational data.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Diversity in Organizations explores workplace diversity advantages, challenges, and management techniques for demographic groups like race, sex, and age.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Theory and practice of negotiations, covering game theory approaches, distributive and integrative bargaining, tactical application, and analysis of negotiation processes and settlements.

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Past student reviews · Stav Atir

The reviewer rated difficulty as 2/5 and advised students not to be intimidated by the course name or content.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Creative Destruction Lab II uses action learning where teams engage with a real-world technology venture in a knowledge-intensive industry to negotiate, plan, implement, and present a support project.

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Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Manages behavior in organizations by applying leadership and work motivation theories, emphasizing performance management and managerial skill building.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS IN BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY provides knowledge and skills to tackle challenges at the intersection of business and sustainability.

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Past student reviews · Kelly Nyhoff

One student described the coursework as having an obnoxious amount of work.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Strategic Management of Innovation helps students gain tools and concepts to generate value from innovation and technology in existing organizations.

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Past student reviews · Martin Ganco

The workload involved weekly readings of 10-20 pages of case studies with brief analyses, online book quizzes, and a final group project.

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Explores how leaders enact, foster, and implement change in organizations and individuals, covering managing organizational transformations, responding to crises, and performance improvement.

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Entrepreneurial Management covers activities and skills to start and manage an enterprise, including decisions on domain, purchase vs. start-up, market, financing, legal form, staffing, organization, location, and legal requirements.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Business Strategy covers strategic management formulation and implementation at business unit and corporate levels, emphasizing unique analysis tools for companies and industries applied to business problems.

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Past student reviews · Hart Posen

The coursework was considered too heavy for the three-hour weekly commitment, with tests described as incredibly difficult and group projects lacking direction.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Examines growth strategies extending firm scope into new businesses and geographies, analyzing portfolio complementarities, vertical integration, and external alliances.

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Bargaining, Negotiating and Dispute Settlement for Managers covers bargaining theories and applies them through exercises and role-playing to improve negotiating skills.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

WAVE course where students develop, refine, and present business models using the Lean Start-Up approach, culminating in a presentation to the WAVE Board.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Contemporary Topics explores advanced subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2023

Seminar in Arts Administration continuing MHR 773, focusing on assessing financial management strategies and program evaluation methods for arts and cultural organizations.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Applied Learning in Human Resource Management explores emerging HR topics through personal assessments, case studies, industry meetings, and workshops to enhance leadership and communication.

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Fall 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Strategic Human Resource Management Capstone involves conducting research and completing a project for a local client to address an HR business challenge.

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Introductory course on microbial roles in nature, health, and ecology; covers disease principles, body defenses, and biotechnology.

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Past student reviews · Timothy Paustian

Past students reported that Timothy Paustian required them to buy his own textbook; one called his exams extremely hard, while another called quizzes a guessing game with deliberately vague wording.

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Fall 2023–Spring 2026

Introductory survey of microorganisms covering structure, function, ecology, nutrition, physiology, and genetics, plus applied areas including medical, agricultural, food, and industrial microbiology.

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Past student reviews · Michelle Rondon, Katrina Forest

Assessment structures ranged from noncumulative exams without a textbook to challenging tests that required heavy textbook reading and covered material not discussed in lecture.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

General Microbiology Laboratory covers techniques and procedures in general microbiology, including cultivation, enumeration, aseptic techniques, physiology, and selected applications.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Michelle Rondon

Quizzes were worth five points each, and students advised aiming for a perfect score to help their grade. Exams focused on listing characteristics and grouping, with study guide questions appearing directly on tests.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Independent Study in Microbiology involves research work under direct faculty guidance, where students arrange specific projects and credits with their supervisor.

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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Microbiology course covering basic biology of microorganisms, including structure, function, physiology, genetics, ecology, diversity, and evolution.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Timothy Paustian

Lectures moved extremely fast, making it hard to take notes while comprehending the material. Exams were described as hyperspecific, while lecture slides were often vague and unhelpful for understanding.

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

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