TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
BUS 6625, 6626, 6627
Specialized Study in the Area of Business Administration
Prerequisites
Admission into the MBA, MSM, or MSHRM program. Other criteria as determined by the
major-unit director.
Description
Study of problem or problems using research techniques. Selection of the problem must be
approved by the student’s adviser, the instructor under whom the study is to be made, and the
appropriate dean or branch director. The study should contribute to the student’s program.
Preparation of a scholarly paper is required and may involve an oral defense. Total credit for any
combination of enrollments in these courses may not exceed six semester hours. A specialized
study may be substituted for a required course only once in a student’s program.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Present findings from study of a selected topic in depth in one or more functional areas of
business.
2. Demonstrate conversance in the selected topic through appropriate application.
3. Discuss how the selected topic may inform strategies to support business objectives.
4. Complete a business research project, properly displaying data.
Purpose
To select and focus on a business topic of special interest to the student, in accordance with the
specific parameters of study to which the instructor has assented. MBA unspecified elective
(non-Accounting).
Approved Texts
To Be Determined..
Supplements
As deemed appropriate.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Program Coordinator guidance.
1 August 2005