Department: Business Administration

Code Name Description
BUAD 100 Applied Business Topics Explores various business areas through group and individual projects. Projects could range from business simulations, solving business cases, working on a small research project, debating, etc. Project and topics will vary by semester. Open to parti...
BUAD 101 Introduction to Business Multidisciplinary course that exposes student to functional areas of business. Focus on acquiring understanding of language and structure of business through study of its functional components: accounting, economics, finance management, and marketing...
BUAD 202 Statistics for Business and Economics Theory, methodology, and applications of statistics to contemporary business and economics problems. Includes descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions, one- and two-population statistical inference, analysis of variance,...
BUAD 203 Software Tools and Applications Laboratory course providing introduction to software packages with applications for business decision making. Emphasis on understanding spreadsheet applications. (Open to first- and second-year students only.)
BUAD 205 Business Communication Provides the student with a basic understanding of communication processes in the business environment. Practical experience is gained in written and oral communication as well as small group and interpersonal communication within the business perspe...
BUAD 259 Special Topics Business topics not covered in other courses.
BUAD 310 Financial Statement Analysis Instruction in analyzing financial statements to evaluate an organization's profitability, liquidity, capital structure, and cash flows. Examination of how management's discretionary accounting choices affect earnings quality.
BUAD 359 Special Topics Business topics not covered in other courses. Intended as an elective for business students.
BUAD 369 Special Topics Topics depend on mutual interests of instructor and students. Intended primarily as an elective for business students.
BUAD 388 Internship Applied field experience for a minimum of 50 work hours. Following the field experience, a short paper is required that describes the organization's history, size, number of locations, ownership, products and services, major competitors, and major cu...
BUAD 389 Directed Independent Study Specialized study or directed research in area of business or economics.
BUAD 393 Business Law Introduces the U.S. legal system. Topics include the U.S. court system, enterprise organization and governance, contracts, including sales contracts under Article 2 of the UCC, torts, intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors rights, including...
BUAD 394 Business Ethics Identify ethical issues encountered in business settings and examine specific moral questions that arise vis--vis a firms relation to society and to its employees. Current cases to illustrate the practical importance of reflection on these questions,...
BUAD 396 Advanced Business Law Expands upon the U.S. legal system and its relation to business affairs. Topics include judicial decision-making, criminal law, real property law, insurance, securities law, negotiable instruments, environmental regulation, antitrust law, and employ...
BUAD 469 Bench Top Innovations A two semester experiential program where 16 students from all disciplines across the University of Richmond will explore, ideate, prototype, manufacture, and commercialize a consumer packaged food or beverage-from idea to revenue in nine months. In...
BUAD 497 Strategic Management Analysis of the external environment and internal resources of a firm leading to the development of strategies and plans for implementing them. The course also provides opportunities for students to integrate knowledge from each of the functional bus...