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sion individuals or special enrollees. Offered as
needed; may be repeated as topic varies.
4303 Legal Aspects of Business
Organizations
Partnerships; corporations; real property; estates
and bankruptcy; review of the business
law portions of professional examinations.
Prerequisite: BA 3303.
6109, 6209, 6309 (689) Special Topics
Individual study of selected topics designed to
meet the needs of the student. Offered as
w  needed; may be repeated as topic varies.
6301, 6302 (698, 699) Thesis
The compilation of the results of original research
on an approved topic in the major field is
prepared and presented under the supervision
of an assigned graduate committee.
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1372 (172) Elementary Typewriting
Presentation of the keyboard and the typewriting
techniques essential to the development of
typewriting skill. Offered for students who have
no previous supervised instruction in typewriting.

mm  2372 (375) Elementary Shorthand
Presentation of Gregg shorthand theory, development
of fluency in reading and writing
shorthand, and development of transcription
-m"  skills. Offered for students who have no previous
training in shorthand. Students who have
had previous instruction in shorthand should
enroll in Intermediate Shorthand.
N    3371 (371) Business Communications
The study of internal and external business
communications.
3372 (473) Secretarial Practice
The principles and techniques of filing, duplicating,
transcribing and other office procedures.

W    3373 (373) Intermediate Typewriting
Development of speed and production typewriting
skills with emphasis on business letters,
manuscripts, tabulated reports, common business
forms and records, and duplicating masters.

3374 (374) Advanced Typewriting
Refinement of typewriting techniques to increase
typewriting proficiency, speed, and control
in production typewriting with emphasis on
meeting the production requirements of the
modern business office.
Prerequisite: Business Education 3373.
3375 (376) Intermediate Shorthand
Continuation of mastery of shorthand theory and
development of ability to construct new shorthand
outlines, to take dictation from new material
with previews, and to transcribe shorthand
notes quickly and accurately at the typewriter.
Prerequisite: Business Education 2372 or its
equivalent.
3376 Advanced Shorthand
Reinforcement of learner's ability to take dictation
and transcribe letters with sufficient speed
and accuracy to meet job standards. Involves
decision making and problem solving applications.

Prerequisite: Business Education 3375.
4371 (471) Methods of Teaching Business
Subjects
Preparation of the future teacher to teach the
business and economic subjects commonly
found in the curricula of high schools.
ECONOMICS
2331 (231) Principles of Economics I
Allocation of scarce resources, supply and demand;
national income, employment, and price
levels; fiscal and monetary policy; inflation and
unemployment problems; economic development.

2332 (232) Principles of Economics II
Theories of consumption and production; pricing
and the market system; perfect and imperfect
competition; current economic problems;
international trade; the Soviet economy.
3332 (332) Money and Banking
History and theory of banking; money and capital
markets; central banking; monetary thoery;
monetary policy.
Prerequisite: Economics 2331.
4331 (431) National Income Theory
National income accounting; static and

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