Business Summer Classes

ACBU 2222 R11 - Principles of Financial Accounting
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course covers the basics of financial accounting. Students will learn the accounting cycle and accounting terminology, and they will master the major recognition, measurement, and disclosure principles that serve as the foundation for financial accounting. In addition, students are introduced to the basics of analyzing financial statements for decision-making.

CRN: 14851

Instructor: Yan, Meng
3 credits

Prerequisites: ECON 1200 or ECON 1250
Fordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI

ACBU 2223 R21 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course covers how to measure and use cost data for internal decision-making under uncertainty. Among the topics covered are job costing, process costing, standard costing, activity-based costing, budgeting, balanced scorecard, direct versus indirect cost measures, cost volume profit analysis, and management control systems.

CRN: 14988

Instructor: Fried, Zev
3 credits

Prerequisites: ACBU 2222
Fordham course attributes: ACMI, BUMI

CBBU 1001 L21 - The Ground Floor
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course introduces first-year Gabelli School of Business students to key business concepts and the major business disciplines. It creates an awareness of the interdependency of these business disciplines—an awareness that is key to operating a successful business. Students will begin to develop critical thinking, business writing, and teamwork skills that are essential for success in today’s global business environment. Students will also be introduced to Stakeholder Capitalism and the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, revealing how they align with the Gabelli vision of creating students with mindsets and capabilities that enable business to move society forward.

CRN: 14955

Instructor: Daly, Robert
3 credits

CBBU 1003 R31 - Special Topic: Career Exploration IP
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Online: W, 04:15PM - 06:45PM

The Intergrated Project provides an opportunity for students to apply the material taught in the CBA Core courses to actual companies.

CRN: 15065

Instructor: TBA
1 credit

CBBU 1006 V11 - Special Topic: Leadership IP
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online, Asynchronous

The Integrated Project provides an opportunity for students to apply the material taught in the CBA Core courses to actual companies.

CRN: 14928

Instructor: Decker, Megan
1 credit

CMBU 2665 L21 - Business Communication
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course offers a chance to improve basic competency in written and verbal business communication skills. The ability to communicate well is crucial to career success. Corporate cultures, international communications, conversational strategies, timed writing, interviewing, problem-solving, business style are discussed.

CRN: 14956

Instructor: Ball, Clarence
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI

CMBU 2665 PW1 - Business Communication
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Online, Asynchronous

This course offers a chance to improve basic competency in written and verbal business communication skills. The ability to communicate well is crucial to career success. Corporate cultures, international communications, conversational strategies, timed writing, interviewing, problem solving, business style are discussed.

CRN: 15060

Instructor: D'Agustino, Steve
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI

BLBU 2234 V11 - Legal Framework of Business
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course covers the fundamental concepts and legal principles applicable to the American business community and the international environment. Topics include: sources of the modern legal system; legal ethics and governmental regulation; creation and discharge of contractual rights and liabilities; characteristics of agencies, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations, including the rights and liabilities of agents, partners and corporate management.

CRN: 14900

Instructor: Cappello, Dennis
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI, LPBC

BLBU 3436 V11 - Commercial Transactions
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

This course completes the legal background of the student and considers the commercial issues in the law of sales, bailments, suretyship, negotiable instruments, insurance, creditor's rights and bankruptcy.

CRN: 14898

Instructor: Cappello, Dennis
3 credits

Prerequisites: BLBU 2234
Fordham course attributes: BLEA

BLBU 3443 V21 - Ethics in Business
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course aims to help students recognize the moral dimension of business decision-making and to provide these students with tools to navigate the potential ethical issues that they are likely to face in the business world.

CRN: 15019

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: CBVC, PHIL

FNBU 3221 L21 - Financial Management
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Financial analysis, planning, and control in the business firm. Optimum capital structure and leverage. Working capital management and sources of suitable short-term funds. Long-term investment decisions and capital budgeting. Valuation problems in financing and acquisitions.

CRN: 14940

Instructor: Gu, Christopher
3 credits

Prerequisites: ACBU 2222
Fordham course attributes: BUMI

FNBU 3440 L21 - Corporate Financial Policy
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

From the standpoint of finance theory, the value created by a corporation depends on the profitability of investments and the mode of financing these investments. This course enables students to analyze and understand the interaction between investment and financing decisions. Corporate finance topics such as capital budgeting, cost of capital, raising capital, dividend policy, hedging, mergers and acquisitions, and international corporate finance may be covered.

CRN: 14941

Instructor: Ergas, Jean
3 credits

Prerequisites: HPCB 3221 or FNBU 3221
Fordham course attributes: BLEB

FNBU 3450 V11 - Special Topic: Fintech - An Introduction
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTW, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

FinTech is a new and emerging field of technology that is disrupting the way that many companies are conducting business. FinTech has already “forever” changed many sectors including mobile payments, social media, money transfers, loans, fundraising, travel, trading, and asset management. It has completely revolutionized the way companies are developing products, conducting research, establishing directed sales and marketing plans, and utilizing start-up technology. Businesses are using FinTech to expand their products and services at a fraction of its previous cost. Entrepreneurs are utilizing FinTech as a central foundation for research, funding, and product development. Customers are already utilizing FinTech as part of their daily lives - mobile apps, social media, banking, online shopping, entertainment, and gaming. This course will introduce students to the breadth of FinTech, and touch upon the technical underpinnings.

CRN: 14903

Instructor: Kissell, Robert
3 credits

Prerequisites: FNBU 3221
Fordham course attributes: ENT

FNBU 4454 V11 - Financial Modeling
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course will provide students with a thorough understanding of the technologies underpinning digital media sales and advertising technology (ad tech) and the strategies by which publishers maximize monetization. Students will learn about the full life cycle of digital advertising and all the different technologies an ad impression funnels. The course will cover the different types of ad capabilities and monetization strategies that are available on all existing types of digital content, such as websites, apps, social platforms, and OTT. Students will be challenged to synthesize all aspects of ad tech and provide a critical analysis of potential monetization strategies and industry predictions.

CRN: 14901

Instructor: Tavel, Bruce
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AAAF

FNBU 4458 V11 - Behavioral Finance
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

Behavioral Finance suggests that investors can and often do make investment decisions based less upon rational, elaborate modeling techniques and often on heuristics (short cuts) and biases. Behavioral Finance therefore seeks to understand the psychological roots of decision making in order to explain financial and investment anomalies, investor behavior, and asset prices.

CRN: 14902

Instructor: DiFiore, Mario
3 credits

Prerequisites: FNBU 3221 or HPCB 3221

INSY 2300 R11 - Information Systems
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course introduces students to the subject of computer-based information systems in business. Upon completion of this course students should be familiar with the basic concepts and current developments in the field of information technology and information systems; appreciate the role of information systems in business organizations, and understand the issues that employing information technology raises. Students also learn to use effectively key software tools (spreadsheets and databases) that improve personal productivity and can contribute to business value.

CRN: 14852

Instructor: Ren, Jie
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI

INSY 3436 PW1 - Special Topic: Programming With Python
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Online, Asynchronous

Do you want to be able to solve business problems through programming and coding? This course introduces key concepts, techniques, and tools. Students will learn to program using the widely used Python programming language. For students new to programming, this is the recommended introductory course.

CRN: 15061

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Prerequisites: INSY 2299 or INSY 2300
Fordham course attributes: ACIS, ENT

LPBU 3223 PW1 - Principles of Management
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Online, Asynchronous

In Principles of Management, you will learn about why good management is critical for successful people, teams, organizations, and societies. This unique course centers all around the concept of excellence, or what the Jesuits term magis. This is the idea that, through self-reflection, we can aspire to always do more and do better for the common good in order to achieve human flourishing in business and society writ large. Although intelligence and technical skills are certainly important for good leadership, being an excellent leader requires more than these skills alone. A significant determinant of leadership effectiveness is understanding how people (including ourselves) work. Therefore, this class is designed to introduce you to the principles of management as both a body of knowledge and a personal practice. You will deepen your knowledge about organizational behavior, and you will learn what you can do personally to improve your own effectiveness as a teammate, employee, and leader. An overarching theme of the course is self-awareness. Throughout the entire course, you will engage in self-reflection, mindfulness practices, and interactive teamwork in order to become an effective change agent in your journey to human excellence.

CRN: 15062

Instructor: D'Agustino, Steven
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI

OPBU 3438 R11 - Operations and Production Management
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

The operations function within an organization is responsible for managing the process flow that an organization has to use to produce a product, deliver a service, or both. Operations managers are responsible for the design, the daily operation, and the improvement of these processes. This course provides an introduction to the field of operations management: to understand the key decisions and to see how these decisions directly impact an organization's competitiveness and market performance.

CRN: 14853

Instructor: Zhang, Dongli
3 credits

Prereqs: ECON 2142

SABU 4441 V11 - Strategy
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This integrated course brings together the student's previous study of the functional areas of business. The course focuses on the activities of the chief executive's top management group in defining the objectives and goals of the organization and in developing programs for the achievement of those goals. Major attention is devoted to the sophisticated, contemplative action of top-level decision makers.

CRN: 14905

Instructor: Fawzy, Hanaa
3 credits

MKBU 3434 V11 - Integrated Marketing Communication
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: TWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

Advertising is the most pervasive element of the marketing mix: the average American family of four is exposed to 1,500 advertising messages a day! Students will study the role of advertising in the marketing communications mix, allocating the promotional budget and developing advertising strategy: product positioning, creative development, media planning, research and control, legal issues, and ethical considerations. Students will apply theories to case discussion and develop a full-fledged competitive advertising campaign for a potential "client." Note for Gabelli students: Since MKBU 3434 is an upper-level business course, credit for this course (for transfer students) can only come from accredited business schools (AACSB guidelines) and not from similarly titled courses at liberal arts colleges.

CRN: 14904

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Prerequisites: MKBU 3225
Fordham course attributes: CCMS, COMC, COMM, NMAC, NMDD, NMMI

MKBU 3435 R21 - Consumer Behavior
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of consumer behavior and motivation. Topics include behavioral science findings and their implications in the marketing mix; socioeconomics, demographic and cultural influences; theories of promotion and communication; consumer behavior models; attitude measurement; perception and consumerism.

CRN: 14989

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Prerequisites: MKBU 3225
Fordham course attributes: FASH

MKBU 3440 R21 - Global Marketing
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 09:00AM-12:30PM

This course addresses the need for global approaches to today's business by focusing on product design, promotion, distribution channels, and pricing strategies that are tailored to diverse international cultural, political, competitive, and economic environments. Specific attention is placed on the feasibility of import/export, and national or global policies regarding marketing issues.

CRN: 14990

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Prerequisites: MKBU 3225
Fordham course attributes: GLBB

MKBU 4454 R21 - Special Topic: Sports Marketing
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Rose Hill: TWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

The entertainment sector is a major industry. Within that sector, sports activities are targeting a number of demographic and other segments of the population. While some sports (collegiate and professional) are quite successful in their marketing strategies, others struggle to gain or to hold their audience within a competitive marketplace. This course evaluates the marketing mix of those sports teams and institutions that are successful and assesses the marketing ingredients of those sports activities that are struggling to gain a larger or profitable share of the audience.

CRN: 14991

Instructor: TBA
3 credits

Prerequisites: MKBU 3225
Fordham course attributes: SJOR