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Poole College of Management
Poole College of Management
Undergraduate Programs

Spring 2025 Course and Curriculum Updates

Read below for information about the Spring 2025 schedule, information about specific courses being offered, and important notes for scheduling.  The most up-to-date information on enrolling in Poole courses can always be found at go.ncsu.edu/poole_courses. If you have questions that aren't answered or need more information, contact the advising team or poole_scheduling@ncsu.edu.

General Curriculum/Scheduling Information

  • IMPORTANT: If you are taking a course that is mentioned below as counting in an Accounting or Business concentration, but is not on the degree audit, it will be moved on your audit by the Poole Student Records office after census date.

Accounting Courses

  • ACC 280: Survey of Financial and Managerial Accounting is an accounting course for non-Poole majors who are interested in learning more about accounting, or who need one accounting course to complete their degree.  This course will count towards the Business Administration and Business Entrepreneurship minors, but will not count towards any Poole major. Please note this course does not fulfill the prerequisite for BUS 320.

Business Courses

  • Students in the Business Administration minor can take any section of the 300-level courses that count towards the minor – there are seats reserved for minors in each of the sections. If those seats are full, you’ll be added to the waitlist.
  • BUS 440-003H, 458-001H, and 459-001H – Are restricted to only students in the Business Analytics Honors Program.
  • BUS 476: Decision Modeling and Analysis is a course on applying data to decision making.
    • Students in the Supply Chain concentration can use it to fulfill the last 3 credits in the concentration electives section of the degree audit (you must still take BUS 470 and two of 472, 474, and 475).
  • BUS 480: Capstone Security Valuation and Portfolio Management is a project-based capstone course for students pursuing the finance concentration. This course focuses on practical applications of security selection and modern portfolio theory. Students will use cutting edge industry methods to implement theory into practice. Students will learn technical skills in valuation/forecasting models, investment decision making process, portfolio management, and performance attribution in this advanced quantitative course.
    • Prerequisite: BUS 420
    • This course will fulfill the MIE 480 requirement for the students in the Finance concentration. If you have already taken MIE 480, it will count as a free elective. Please note it will NOT count as a finance concentration elective.
  • BUS 423-001, -002: Advanced Investments uses data analysis to understand the performance and behavior of different securities over time. This course is a great option for students interested in developing their data analysis skills in a finance context.  Finance has become a data driven field and these skills are sought after.
    • Prerequisite: BUS 320; Corequisite: BUS 422
    • This course will count as a Finance Concentration elective.
  • BUS 427-001: Capital Markets Essentials is an overview of securities markets – including asset backed securities, derivatives, credit default swaps, and others.  This course will provide students with an understanding of how to value different securities and the roles they play in finance.
    • Prerequisite: BUS 320
    • This course will count as a Finance Concentration elective.

Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MIE) Course

  • MIE 437: Human Resources Analytics is an introduction to common analytical approaches used in human resource management.
    • This course is a requirement for the most recent HR concentration curriculum but can also count as a HR concentration elective for students under an older requirement term.

Other credit options

  • M 120 – Professional Development and Career Planning (1 credit) is a great course for sophomores or juniors or new entrants to Poole who want to engage in career exploration and develop tools necessary to start their career. This course is restricted to only students currently in a Poole major.
    • Students that didn’t take M 100 in their first year are encouraged to take M 120 instead to fulfill that requirement. Students that already have credit for M 100, can take M 120 as a free elective.
  • BUS 225 – Personal Finance is an essential course for any student who wants to learn about economic and financial strategies for post-college life. It will count as a free elective for any major.