Introduction to Financial Accounting <> ACCOUNT 201-DL |
The content of the course is designed to provide students with a
firm understanding of the financial accounting process, and to
include identifying, recording and communicating accounting
information to external users. The course will discuss Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and explain how their
framework fosters the relevance and reliability of financial
statements. Students can expect an introduction to the techniques
of accounting and the accounting profession with an emphasis on
organizing information for decision making and the information
needs of creditors and equity holders. Topics include financial
statements, transaction analysis, accrual accounting, cash
management, inventories, receivables, long-term and intangible
assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, cash flow statements,
and financial statement analysis.
This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will
be added to tuition.
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Introduction to Managerial Accounting <> ACCOUNT 202-DL |
A continuation of the introduction to accounting, with emphasis
on providing relevant and timely accounting information and
analysis to managers for use in planning, decision making, and
controlling strategic operational objectives. Topics include the
classifications of costs and different ways of reporting and
analyzing those costs; the operating budgeting process; capital
budgeting; and job-order, standard, process, and activity-based
costing systems. To enhance the overall understanding of the
textbook material, practical business references will be made
through the use of videos and selected article reading.
Prerequisite: ACCOUNT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting
or similar knowledge is expected.
This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will
be added to tuition.
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Information Technology Strategy <> CIS 350-DL |
This course examines current issues, themes, and research
related to the strategic use of information systems in
organizations at a high level. It focuses on the use of information
and information technology for competitive advantage in businesses,
organizations, and nonprofits. The management of information as a
resource and information systems planning and its relationship to
strategic planning are discussed. Cases are used to illustrate the
use of information systems to gain a competitive edge. Both
successful and failed IT systems and projects, past and present,
are studied. Topics include the use of strategic information
systems for competition, business-IT alignment, global IT issues
and outsourcing, knowledge management, and strategic information
systems investment and evaluation. This course is part of the
Business Leadership year two curriculum.
This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee
will be added to tuition.
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Introduction to Macroeconomics <> ECON 201-CN |
This course is an introduction to economics with emphasis on
macroeconomics. The course covers aspects of general economics that
everyone should know, including how the market system works, how
prices are determined, why shortages and surpluses occur, and why
some people earn high incomes and others earn low incomes. Topics
include: supply and demand, competition vs. monopoly, inflation,
unemployment, recessions, booms, fiscal and monetary policy, budget
deficits, international trade, and exchange rates. Prerequisite:
two years of high school mathematics or MATH 101.
There is no available section.
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Introduction to Macroeconomics <> ECON 201-CN |
This course familiarizes students with the basic principles of
macroeconomics including the role of the government, the role of
banks, the importance of interest rates, and the effects of
policies involving trade, tax, and other concepts. The course
covers a variety of economic topics, including why auction markets
are so common, why countries would desire to trade with one
another, how currencies are valued and traded, why shortages and
surpluses occur, and why some people earn high incomes while others
earn low incomes. Also, the class with have a couple interactive
online opportunities to learn from different economic situations.
Topics include: supply and demand, competition vs. monopoly,
inflation, unemployment, recessions, booms and recessions, fiscal
and monetary policy, budget deficits, international trade, and
exchange rates.
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Introduction to Finance <> FINANCE 202-CN |
An introductory course covering the basic concepts and models
used in finance. Explores the mathematics and spreadsheet modeling
techniques used in evaluating various financial assets, including
stocks and bonds. Also surveys the risk-return tradeoff in
financial markets and how investors gauge risk, as well as the
basic concepts of Markowitz's mean-variance portfolio theory. The
nature and impact of interest-rate risk on financial institutions
is considered, and the duration of a financial asset is introduced
in this context. Introduces the efficient market hypothesis and its
implications for personal investing and corporate finance.
Prerequisite: While there is not a formal prerequisite for this
course, it is helpful for students to have a basic understanding of
algebra and statistics, especially concepts such as standard
deviation, correlation, covariance and regression. Also, some
knowledge of accounting is helpful, such as familiarity with
balance sheets, cash flow statements, and income statements.
There is no available section.
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Introduction to Finance <> FINANCE 202-DL |
The focus of this course will be on quantitative tools that are
primarily used in the field of finance. In particular, we will put
heavy emphasis on the mathematics of interest rates, including the
tools used to value common stock and fixed rate bonds. We will
discuss how rates of return for these instruments are measured. We
will then look at the capital budgeting process and learn how
managers determine in which projects to invest a firm’s limited
resources. We will also study the probabilistic and statistical
tools necessary to understand how investors and financial
economists evaluate risk. Primary emphasis will be on an intuitive
understanding of portfolio theory and its impact on estimating the
expected return on an asset given its systematic risk through use
of the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Prerequisite: While there is
not a formal prerequisite for this course, it is helpful for
students to have a basic understanding of algebra and statistics,
especially concepts such as standard deviation, correlation,
covariance and regression. Also, some knowledge of accounting is
helpful, such as familiarity with balance sheets, cash flow
statements, and income statements. The course is conducted
completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.
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Principles of Marketing <> MKTG 201-DL |
Marketing structure and processes whereby products proceed from
the place of production to final use or consumption. Sales
management, retailing, foreign trade, advertising, channels of
distribution for marketing different types of products, activities
of wholesale and retail middlemen and other important marketing
institutions, cooperative marketing, market risk, sources of
marketing information, price determination, governmental activity
related to marketing, cost of marketing, and general critique of
market structure.
This course is conducted completely online. A technology fee
will be added to tuition.
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Organization Behavior <> ORG_BEH 301-CN |
Organizations are a part of our everyday lives. Whether at work,
school, church etc., similar interpersonal and group behaviors and
dynamics apply. The focus of this course is to examine several
aspects of organizations from an integrated perspective, including
how the formal organization, culture, people and work can all
connect to transform inputs to outputs. Emphasis will be placed on
understanding individual differences as the foundation of our
interpersonal and managerial effectiveness. Case studies, classroom
and online discussions, team assignments and presentations will all
be part of the learning. At the end of the class, it is anticipated
that students will have a better understanding of today's complex
organizations and more equipped to navigate the workplace.
This course combines remote sessions with online components. For
the lecture and discussion components, this course is paired with
ORG BEH 311-CN. This course is part of the Business Leadership year
one curriculum.
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Organization Behavior <> ORG_BEH 301-DL |
Our contemporary lives are shaped by participation in
commercial, social, and government organizations. This course uses
social science research to explicate the dimensions of formal
organizations and show how they influence our public and private
behavior. The course will investigate sources of organizational
success (positive function) and failure. Students will learn how to
address organizational dysfunction through applying research-based
solutions. Exercises include case study scenarios, role-play
videos, simulations, and path-dependent decision making. By the end
of the course, students will be able to diagnose organizational
problems and devise targeted remedies. This course is conducted
completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.
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Strategic Planning & Management <> ORG_BEH 367-DL |
This course applies the concepts of strategic planning to
various types of organizations. Initial discussions will provide a
basic framework for preparing a strategic plan for corporations,
non-profits and government agencies. Practical applications will be
developed from case studies and the experiences of the instructor
and students. Since we can learn from wide range of situational
discussions, we will consider entrepreneurial and established
operations, as well as success stories and failures. This course is
conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to
tuition.
See Northwestern Summer Session schedule to view available
sections of this course.
There is no available section.
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Entrepreneurship and Technology <> ORG_BEH 369-CN |
This course focuses on early-stage companies (including, but not
only, startups) and how they are structured, financed, managed,
scaled, and sold. It is an example-driven course that requires
research outside class. While the course focuses on technology
companies, this is interpreted broadly to include
telecommunications, financial technology, medical technology,
hardware innovation, and other topics; this is not a
sector-specific course focused on "pure tech" (e.g. social media
startups, ad tech, etc.). This is a case-driven,
highly-collaborative course with a Socratic, conversational
classroom environment, and it includes a midterm exam and a
final project.
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