• COMM 3220

    Data Management for Decision Making
     Rating

    3.80

     Difficulty

    3.23

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Provides an introduction to the management of database systems and how business intelligence can be used for competitive advantage. The course uses an applied, problem-based approach to teach students the fundamentals of relational systems including data models, database architectures, database manipulations (e.g., SQL), and BI tools. 

  • COMM 3120

    Intermediate Accounting II
     Rating

    4.23

     Difficulty

    3.30

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Continuation of COMM 3110, with emphasis on accounting for the equities of a firm's investors and creditors. Continues to focus on financial accounting issues including financial instruments, asset impairment and long-term debt. Prerequisite: COMM 3110.

  • COMM 4643

    Advanced Business Speaking
     Rating

    4.93

     Difficulty

    3.40

     GPA

    3.86

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    COMM 4643 increases students' comfort with public speaking. In a safe environment students work to cultivate individual speaking styles by engaging in daily public speaking. Students deliver a wide variety of speeches, engage in activities designed to refine speaking styles, receive weekly feedback, and review their own recorded speeches. The most successful students participate fully, have a sense of fun, and help each other to improve.

  • COMM 3110

    Intermediate Accounting I
     Rating

    3.50

     Difficulty

    3.44

     GPA

    3.38

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Intensive study of the generally accepted accounting principles for asset valuation, income measurement, and financial statement presentation for business organizations, and of the processes through which these principles evolve. Focuses on important areas in financial accounting, including accounting for leases, pensions, and income taxes. Prerequisite: COMM 2020 or instructor permission.

  • COMM 4720

    Advanced Corporate Finance: Valuation and Restructuring
     Rating

    3.71

     Difficulty

    3.48

     GPA

    3.47

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course covers corporate valuation and the restructuring of both non-distressed firms (for example, leveraged buyout transactions) and distressed firms. Prerequisite: fourth-year Commerce.

  • COMM 4522

    Topics in Business Analytics
     Rating

    3.67

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Topics in business analytics leverages the vast data resources available today to identify trends and patterns critical to enhancing business performance. This course introduces students to contemporary business analytics methods, including predictive and descriptive analytics techniques, and demonstrates how to apply analytics to real-world business decisions.

  • COMM 5460

    Taxes & Business Strategy
     Rating

    4.22

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.48

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Tax rules are pervasive in their effect on the decisions of businesses. This course uses the economics-based framework of "all parties, all taxes, all costs" to consider how both tax and non-tax factors affect business activities. Specific decision settings examined include mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and multi-jurisdictional tax planning. How firms report these tax effects in their financial statements will also be covered.

  • COMM 3720

    Intermediate Corporate Finance
     Rating

    3.43

     Difficulty

    3.56

     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    A rigorous introduction to the full field of finance. Students should gain an appreciation of the role of financial markets and institutions in our economy as well as an introduction to the responsibilities, concerns, and methods of analysis employed by corporate financial managers. We focus on the two fundamental aspects of financial decision-making: time value and risk (modern portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, and alternatives). The concepts of time value and risk are used to value the two basic financial assets, bonds and stocks, as well as real assets, investment projects, and companies. In addition, the course introduces derivative securities (options, futures) and discusses their application in a wide variety of settings (real options, contingent claims valuation of equity). The course also covers the theory and practice of capital structure decisions (Modigliani and Miller, taxes, bankruptcy costs, asymmetric information, agency) and dividend decisions. The course will include a thorough discussion of market efficiency and an introduction to the field of behavioral finance. A unifying theme of the course is how no-arbitrage conditions and the law of one price can be used to value most financial assets. The emphasis in this course (both in and out of class) will be on problem solving. Prerequisite: COMM 3010, 3020, and 3030.

  • COMM 3040

    Strategic Value Creation
     Rating

    3.13

     Difficulty

    3.60

     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Provides an overview of corporate & global strategy, introducing frameworks for valuing companies, assessing the impact of strategic initiatives on firm value, & understanding corporate communication strategies & techniques. Topics include corporate governance, diversification, mergers & acquisitions, alliances, international market entries, DCF & relative valuation methods, corporate reputation management, investor & media relations.

  • COMM 2020

    Introduction to Management Accounting
     Rating

    2.54

     Difficulty

    3.61

     GPA

    3.25

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    A continuation of COMM 2010 that examines accounting's problem-solving contributions to management. Emphasizes planning, control, performance measurement, cost behavior, ethics, and information for special decisions. Prerequisite: COMM 2010.