1961-62 General Catalog

              138 FRESNO STATE COLi.,EG13:
280. Seminar in Business Education (2) S (odd years) Fill
Prerequisites: Bus. E<L 154 or equivalent; permission of instructor. Advanced
smdy of instructiowl problems in business education.
282. The Business Curriculum (2) S (even years) Fisk
Prerequisite: Bus. Ed. 154. Seminar in evaluation of the curriculum and trends in
secondary schools; methods of reconstructing business curricula.
289. Workshop in Business Education (1-6) Sta11
C~edit m~y not exceed one unit ~er week of workshop acti iry. 1a.-ximum total
credit 6 u.mts. Open only to ~xpe;Denced teachers. Srudy and critical analysis of
problems m content and teachmg m secondary school business education.
290. Independent Study (1-5) (See page 64) Stall
291. Seminar in Business Tbeory and Puc:tic:e (4) S JepsCll
Prerequisites: Acccg. 120a; Bus. 220, 223; Bus. Ad. 124. For srudent in final semes­ter
of graduate program. Cases requiring the correlation and coordination of tht
several business functions; problems of management in terms of significance to
?V~-all operation as distinguished from operation of component partS of the organ·
lZatlOn,
292. Rudings in Business (3) StaJf
Ma.xi.mum total credit 6 units. Prerequisites: graduate standing and permission of
instructor. Individually directed readings in a field of special concern to the
StUdent's graduate program; appropriate reports and evaluation required. Individual
conferences; no formal class meetings.
2.98. Business Internship (1-6) F and S Sta11
Required of candidates for master of science degree when candidate has no ap·
proved previous occupational experience; this r equirement is in addition to the 30
units required for the degree. Course may be taken only by candidates for a mas­ter
of science degree in business.
2.99. Thesis (2-4) Sta11
. Ma."Ximum to~al. credit 4 units. Prerequi ires: see page 77. Preparation, comple-tion,
and submiSSion of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Required for
master of arts, elective for master of science.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
8. Survey of Business Law (3) F and S Pierson
F_or _non~usiness students. Legal concepts common to all; rights, duties, and
~b!J.gal:!ons m the law of contracts, sales and business torts; functioning of judicial
ffistJtutlODS.
10. Introduction to Business (3) F and S
American business enterprises and their functions ; case studies and practical
problems illustrating current practices in business organization for production dis-tribution,
and finance. '
15. Business and the Individn21 (2) Ha..mpton
For nonbusiness smdents. Business enterprises; importance of business in Ameri·
can life; history, philosophy and growth of American business; the worker and
job opportunities; functions md interrelationships of business enterprise· spe-cialized
developments. '
BUSINESS ,
21. Business Mathematics (2) F and S
Not open to students with credit in Bus. Ad. 22 or 27, Math. 2 or
mental operations and arithmetical processes; equations and use of
application to specialized fields.
139
Sherman
10. Funda­formulae;
22. Business Data (3) F and S Parker
Prerequisites: Bus. Ad. 21, examination, or permission of instructor. Application
of mathematical processes to uses in business; accounting, retail merchandising,
investments; introduction to smtiscics; compilation and classiiicarion of data.
27. Agribusiness Mathematics (3) F and S Sherman
Not open ro students with credit in Bus. Ad. 21. Basic mathematics for agricul­ture.
Fundamental operations, percentage and interest, bank account reconcilia­tion,
equations, ratio and proportion, averages, areas :md volumes, square root,
measurement systems; applications to milk mixtures, fields, rations, tanks, silos,
soils, lumber, concrete, personal buying and loans.
50. Business Lectures ( 1) F and S Fisk
Maximum total credit 2 units. Not open to freshmen. Points of view of business
execu.tives on current business developments; problems of various businesses pre­sented
by visiting lecturers.
100. Business Economics (3) F and S Carr
Prerequisites: Bus. Ad. 133, 151; senior standing. Application of economic prin­ciples
in business management; measure of profit, analysis of demand, cost analysis;
price, wage, :md public policies.
102. Business Statistics (3) F and S Davis
Primarily for juniors. Prerequisites: one year high school algebra; Econ. la-b.
Recommended: Sec. Ad. 16, Bus. Ad. 22. Principles and methods of statistical
analysis; application to business and economic problems; collection of data, con­struction
of tables and graphs, averages, measures of dispersion, statistical inference,
index numbers, cycles, correlations; statistical methods in research, in analysis of
business conditions, and in forecasting. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours.)
104. Business Forecasting ( 3) S Parker
Prerequisite: Bus. Ad. 102. Analysis of forecasting techniques currently utilized
to estimate cyclical and secular-trend changes in both firm and industry output;
correlation techniques, models, composite indexes; time series, lead-lag, and flow­of-
funds analyses.
110. Principles of Management (3) F and S Allen-Reighard
For juniors. Principles of business management; history and development, plan­ning,
organizing, directing, staffing, and controlling; applications to production,
marketing, finance and personnel; ethics in business.
118a-b. Business Law (3-3) F and S Staff
Prerequisite: junior standing. (a) Sources, forms and expressions of law; general
law of contracts; the law of agency, employment, and torts. (b) Law of bailments,
shipments, sale of personal property and negotiable instruments.
119. Advanced Business Law (3) F and S Brooks-Pierson
Prerequisites: Bus. Ad. USa-b. Law of partnerships, corporations, estates, real
propeny acquisition, conveyances and transfers; encumbrances such as easements,
leases, mortgages and liens; riparian rights and boundaries; wills, administration of
estates, bankruptcy, and debtor and creditor relations.