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The following course descriptions are taken from the 2006-2008 Wartburg Academic Catalog, which can be found at www.wartburg.edu.
 
Business Administration
Principles of Accounting I and II
Preparation and understanding of financial statements for business enterprises.  Accounting procedures and relevance in management
decision making.
 
Business Communication
Communication skills needs for success in business.  Includes business letter, memo, report writing.  Oral presentation skills, job application skills, communication theory, technology.
 
Business Law I
Concepts needed for everyday business affairs.  Understanding of legal systems, contracts, Uniform Commercial Code, sales, employment bailments, insurance, real estate, wills.
 
Business Finance (anticipated)
Introduction to financial markets, financial ratio analysis, valuation of bonds and stocks, long-term planning, working capital management.
 
Principles of Management (anticipated)
Reaching organizational goals by working through people and other organizational resources.  Emphasis on planning, organization, leading, and controlling functions and contemporary tools available to reach high-quality decisions.
 
Human Resource Management (anticipated)
Personnel administration functions, including strategic planning of human resources, recruitment, selection, training, career development, performance appraisal.  Emphasis on motivating employees through effective work environment and compensation system.
 
Marketing
Techniques, strategies used to develop new products and promotions and to determine prices and channels of distribution.  Includes topics of marketing research, consumer behavior, advertising, sales, product management, international marketing.
 
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Introduction to basic economic tools.  Study of how overall economic activity works in a given society.  Examination of the roles of government and the Central Bank.
 
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduction to basic economic concepts.  Study of how consumers and producers interact to determine market prices.  Analysis of theories about how firms interact and implications of this interaction.
 
Calculus I and II
Topics from algebra, plane analytic geometry, calculus.  Emphasis on functions, limits of functions, continuity, derivatives, integrals, applications.  Methods of integration, infinite series, and first order linear differential equations.
 
Statistical Methods
Basic terminology, concepts, techniques of describing data and inferring properties of populations by using samples from those populations.  Includes some probability theory and use of calculators and computers to manipulate and manage data.
 
Computer Applications and Issues in Business
Exploration of computer applications, misuse, ethics in business.  Study of current software applications through laboratories, demonstrations, assignments with emphasis on spreadsheet software, macroprogramming.
 
 
Sport Management
Introduction to Sport Management
Overview of the structure of the sports industry and introduction to the scope and variety of career opportunities.
 
Contemporary Issues in Sport Management
Discussion of problems, issues facing sport managers.  Analysis of current events in sport and their relevance in society.
 
Administration/Organization of Programs & Facilities (anticipated)
Knowledge and understanding of different types of facilities and how they are planned and managed.
 
 
Biology
Biology I and II
Introductory course providing a background in ecosystems, cell biology, evolution, and a laboratory experience that produces skills necessary for successful biology majors.  Evolutionary survey of the structure and function of all levels of life.
 
Principles of Chemistry I and II
More concentrated in-depth survey of stoichiometry, atomic structure and theory, chemical structure and bonding, energy relationships, equilibria systems, descriptive inorganic chemistry.
 
Organic Chemistry I
Nomeclature, synthesis, reactions of organic compounds.  Reaction mechanisms, structural and theoretical concepts.
 
Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology I and II
Detailed study of structure and function of the human body's organ systems.  Scientific terminology and dissection.
 
Genetics
Mendelian genetics with focus on the molecular-biochemical nature of inheritance.  Laboratory work with drosophila, computer simulations, nucleic acid analysis.