TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
BUS 4425
Special Topics in Business
Prerequisites
Approval of the Instructor and Dean of the Sorrell College of Business of both topic and credit
value. No more than six hours of credit may be earned.
Description
Special topics in areas offered by the Sorrell College of Business. Prior credit and topic approval
by the Dean of Sorrell College of Business required.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Discuss a selected topic in depth in the area 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.
Purpose
To select and focus on business topics of a timely nature or special interest. The special business
topics covered in this course are determined as deemed appropriate and are not necessarily the
same from term to term. Students taking this elective should already have satisfied all of their
3000-level core and specified-elective requirements. This is an unspecified elective course.
Approved Texts
As appropriate. The following texts address some of the issues to which particular offerings of
the course have thus far been devoted:
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.
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Master Syllabus: BUS 4425
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Coase, R. H. (1988). The firm, the market, and the law. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press.
Goetsch, D. L. (2005 or current). Occupational safety and health for technologists, engineers,
and managers (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. [Online version available as
SafariX WebBook.]
Pierce, J. L., & Newstrom, J. W. (2005 or current). The manager’s bookshelf: A mosaic of
contemporary views. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Posner, R. A. (2001). Antitrust law (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Smith, A. (1998). An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. Washington,
DC: Regnery.
Smith, M. B. (2003). A history of the global stock market: From ancient Rome to Silicon Valley.
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Sowell, T. (2003). Applied economics: Thinking beyond stage one. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Supplements
As deemed appropriate.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
14. Grading methods, 16. General supports
criterion weights,
(computer works,
make-up policy,
writing center)
mid-term grade
17. Daily assignments,
reports
holidays, add/drop
15. Procedure, course
& open dates, dead
requirements
day, final exam
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete-work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)