Gonzaga’s School of Business offers one-credit weekend classes to all students each semester. These classes can often serve as general electives in a student’s pursuit of a degree. Registration is open to ALL MAJORS. The classes are listed on Zagweb. There are three ways to register after the add deadline:

1. Call the Registrar’s office at 313-6592
2. Stop by the Registrar’s office on the second floor of College Hall
3. Email the Registrar at registrar@gonzaga.edu. Include your ID number and the CRN.

BUSN 267 Leadership

Business leaders influence followers to use their skills and abilities to help achieve an organization’s mission. This course provides a case study of the art and science of leadership.

Brian Newberry, CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington Northern Idaho
5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

BUSN 269 Preparing for your Dream Job

Landing the Right Job for YOU. Competition is fierce these days! Gone are the days of a single interview. Nowadays candidates are interviewing 3 to 4 times, hours at a time.  This class will help you prepare your elevator speech, answer today’s most popular interview questions, make sure your resume, Linkedin and social media accounts stand out above the rest.  Let’s polish your professional look so when the Big day comes you have the skills to land your ideal job!   

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

BUSN 260 Introduction to Non-Profits
This class is the first in a three-class series on non-profit management. You can take one, two, or all three classes in the series. This class will provide an introduction to non-profits, covering legal structure, a few regulatory pieces, mission and visioning, basic strategic planning, and a survey of the local non-profit sector. The second class in the series (Fall 2017) will cover non-profit governance and leadership and the third class in the series (Fall 2017) will focus on social enterprise.

Jamie Borgan, Program Director at New Leaf Bakery Cafe
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

Note: Non-Profit Management II will be offered in the spring. Each class stands alone – you do not have to take one to take another and you are not required to take all three.

BUSN 262 Non-Profit Management III
This class is the third in a three-class series on non-profit management. This class will focus on social enterprise. Students can take one, two, or all three classes in the series.

Jamie Borgan, Program Director at New Leaf Bakery Cafe
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2

BUSN 252 Career Formation
This class is designed for first-year and sophomore students. It is taught with community partners and the staff of Career and Professional Development to help students “connect the dots” between their interests, values, skills, and academic and career options. The Ignatian pedagogical paradigm invites Gonzaga University students to experience, reflect, and act on their career formation goals. Exercises will help students think about their career goals in relationship to their academic and co-curricular experience. This course offers students an introduction to the career development process. Through self-assessment, exploration, and reflection, students identify potential career interests and gain an understanding of how their interest, values, skills and major relates to various careers and professions. From career exploration to self-marketing, this course offers students increased awareness of their own knowledge, skills and abilities. At the end of this course, students will be able to fully utilize career resources and services available to integrate their learning and experience.

Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

BUSN 268 Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness: What do forest fires, cyber attacks, pandemics and power outages all have in common? They can take a business, large or small, to its knees without sufficient emergency preparedness plans in place. Human-made and natural emergencies happen, is your business ready? Emergency Preparedness is a back-burner issue for most business managers, until the unthinkable happens they never thought would happen. This class gives a real world overview of why, and more importantly how, strategic business owners keep emergency preparedness on the front burner. Entrepreneurs risk everything to start a new business… but once that business gets rolling, why risk what they’ve created by failing to do a little disaster planning?

John Meekhof, Vice President and Senior Consultant at Capstone Consulting Group
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

BUSN 254 Image & Reputation Management
Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation.

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18

BUSN 253 Career Activation
This class is designed for junior and senior students. It is taught with community partners and the staff of Career and Professional Development to help students prepare to transition into the workplace. It will cover critical skills for a successful college-to-career transition such as office politics, teambuilding, healthy work relationships, salary negotiations, and conflict resolution. At the end of this course, students will have developed a career development plan and be able to effectively articulate their knowledge, skills and abilities as part of the employment process. Emphasis is placed on practical skill development to be applied to the workplace.

Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement in Career and Professional Development at Gonzaga.
4-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1

BUSN 270 Project Management at Boeing
Sept. 9 and Sept. 13-14
This course includes a trip to Boeing in Renton, WA. This one-credit course provides students an introduction to how The Boeing Company executes and manages aerospace projects through an immersive visit to their production facility near Seattle, WA. Students will be provided a one-of-a-kind opportunity to view commercial aircraft being assembled on a production line before they take to the sky. In addition, students will receive a brief introduction of skills necessary to manage a wide range of projects at The Boeing Company including: project planning, task scheduling, and project reporting.
Also included will be a hands-on experience with implementation of a project and a cross-talk with Boeing employees designed to give students a chance to learn from a company filled with inquisitive, energetic, enterprising and talented people.
If you are registered for a class on Friday, Zagweb will not let you register for this course because of the time conflict of your Friday travel to Boeing. You can call the Registrar’s office (313-6592) to have this restriction overwritten. However, it will be up to the instructors of your Friday classes as to whether your absence will be excused.

Dr. Danielle Xu, Professor of Finance and Dr. Tim Olsen, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
6-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 on campus
Bus leaves for Boeing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
Overnight at hotel in Renton.
All day at Boeing factory, back on bus Friday evening.
The course has a $150 fee with it. Scholarships are available for students who need assistance.

BUSN 251 Organizational Communication
Whether you work in a five-person organization or a large corporate company, organizational communication impacts every employee. In this course you’ll learn about informal and formal communication, interpersonal communication as it pertains to work, new employee communication and communication channels. By exploring these topics, you’ll be able to communicate intentionally in your professional endeavors and have tools to better navigate organizational communication.

Cara Hoag, Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist at Gonzaga University
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23

BUSN 254 Image & Reputation Management
Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation.

Stephanie Vigil, TV News Anchor at KHQ
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30

BUSN 268 Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness: What do forest fires, cyber attacks, pandemics and power outages all have in common? They can take a business, large or small, to its knees without sufficient emergency preparedness plans in place. Human-made and natural emergencies happen, is your business ready? Emergency Preparedness is a back-burner issue for most business managers, until the unthinkable happens they never thought would happen. This class gives a real world overview of why, and more importantly how, strategic business owners keep emergency preparedness on the front burner. Entrepreneurs risk everything to start a new business… but once that business gets rolling, why risk what they’ve created by failing to do a little disaster planning?

John Meekhof, Vice President and Senior Consultant at Capstone Consulting Group
4-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13

Here is a note from Morning Mail on June 19, 2018 that  is important for student groups hoping to put up fliers in Jepson (and other buildings):

There are 15 bulletin boards across campus that can be utilized for fliers. Along with those 15, there are 90 located within the residence halls, which can also be used to display fliers.

Flier Approval Process:
1. A request form available at the HC Welcome Desk must be filled out and will remain on file.
2. Fliers must be advertising or promoting a Gonzaga sponsored program or event.
3. The fliers for these boards can be no larger than 8.5” x 14”.
4. All fliers must include contact information in the form of a first and last name, phone number or email address.
5. All fliers must contain a date or the event and the department and/or club affiliation (labeled or logo).
6. Fliers will be posted within two (2) days of being submitted and will remain posted for no more than ten (10) days or until the day after the date of the event, whichever comes first.

In the Fall 2018, one section of BUSN 480/485 will be designated for marketing students and another will be designated for accounting students. Students are encouraged to sign up for the sections with their designations. Other students should sign up for any of the open sections.

In Spring 2019, there will be designated sections for finance and MIS concentrations. Finance and MIS students are encouraged to take BUSN 480 and 485 in the spring.

If you are planning to take courses at another university this summer and transfer your courses back to Gonzaga, make sure the follow these steps:

1. Find a similar class at the university at which you would like to take the class. This tool may help you identify courses that have transferred in the past.  Past approval does NOT equal future approval. Also, the tool works better in Firefox than in other browsers.

2. Get a syllabus for the class you plan to take.

3. Print the Permission to Transfer Credit form.

4. Complete the top portion of the form with your name and other information.

5. Take the syllabus and transfer form to the leader of the discipline under which the course falls.

BUSN 283 Business Law: Don Hackney – Jepson 240
Accounting: Dr. Matt Hoag – Jepson 254
Economics: Dr. Ryan Herzog – Jepson 250
Finance: Dr. Dan Xu – Jepson 246
Management and Entrepreneurship: Dr. Chris Stevens – Jepson 245
Marketing: Dr. Vivek Patil – Jepson 228
MIS: Tim Olsen – Jepson 248
Operations: Ashish Thatte – Jepson 206

6. If the discipline leader approves of the course, the discipline leader will sign on the Department Chair Signature line.

7. Sign the form on the student line.

8. Take the form to your advisor for signature. Your advisor should check that the course will count toward the your academic progress.

9. Once you have the Discipline Leader and Advisor signature, drop the form off at Jepson 234 for the Dean of Transfer Course signature.

10. Pick the form up from 234 after 24 hours and take the form to the Registrar’s Office in College Hall 229.

One-credit weekend classes for Spring 2018.

Three ways to register:

1. Call the Registrar’s office at 313-6592
2. Stop by the Registrar’s office on the second floor of College Hall
3. Email the Registrar at registrar@gonzaga.edu. Include your ID number and the CRN.

Business Intelligence Skills with Power BI for Excel
Ta-Tao Chuang, Professor of MIS
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
March 23-25
Friday 4-9 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CRN: 23162

In the era of big data, business professionals are expected to possess knowledge and skills of data analysis to draw insights from massive data, make data-driven decisions and take action on data. The purpose of the course is to equip students with basic concepts, skills and techniques of selected technology in the rapidly expanding field to meet such expectations. While basic concepts are introduced, the pedagogical approach of the course is hands-on, project-based learning. By working on small projects in class, students will learn a set of self-service business intelligence tools (Power BI for Excel), which are built on top of Microsoft’s Excel. The Power BI stack consists of four tools: Power Query: data acquisition, Power Pivot: data preparation, Power View: data visualization, Power Map: 3-D data visualization. Prerequisite: BUSN111 or familiar with Excel.

Career Formation
Brittany Leland, Associate Director, Career Education & Experiential Engagement
Friday, 4-10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
April 6-7
CRN: 23028

This class is open to all undergraduate students, but specifically designed to meet the career exploration needs typical of first-year and sophomore students. It is taught to help students “connect the dots” between their interests, values, skills, and academic and career options. The Ignatian pedagogical paradigm invites Gonzaga University students to experience, reflect, and act on their career formation goals. Exercises will help students think about their career goals in relationship to their academic and co-curricular experience. At the end of this course, students will be able to fully utilize career resources and services available to integrate their learning and experience.

Communication in a Diverse World
Brittany F. Harmon, Gonzaga Admissions Counselor
Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
April 7-8
CRN: 23137

As people in an ever expanding global community, we are constantly communicating in new contexts. This class is meant to engage in dialogue about expectations of different communication contexts including: professional communication with a prospective employer or internship opportunity, and interactions in various inter-cultural contexts. The goal? Build the skills you need to communicate successfully in any context and engage with others in a way that builds bridges and increases understanding and collaboration.

Leadership
Brian Newberry, Executive Director of Leadership Spokane
Friday, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April 20-22
CRN: 23136
Leadership–how business and leadership march together on fundamental and timeless leadership lessons…a case study of the art and science of military success and leadership that underlies the American business juggernaut of Google, Amazon and Apple.

Non-profit Management and Leadership (Non-Profit Management II)
Jamie Borgan, Program Director of New Leaf Transitions Bakery and Café
Saturday and Sunday 9-5:30 p.m.
April 28-29
CRN: 23026

There is no pre-requisite to this class. This class is the second in a three-class series on non-profit management. You can take one, two, or all three classes in the series. The first class provided an introduction to non-profits. This class will cover non-profit governance and leadership. The third class will focus on social enterprise.

Image and Reputation
Stephanie Vigil, News Anchor at KHQ-TV.
Saturday and Sunday 9-5:30 p.m.
Feb. 3-4
CRN: 23027

Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image. You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation. What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation

Introduction to Non-Profits
Jamie Borgan, Program Director of New Leaf Transitions Bakery and Café
Saturday and Sunday 9-5:30 p.m.
Feb. 24-25
CRN: 23025

This class is the first in a three-class series on non-profit management. You can take one, two, or all three classes in the series. This class will provide an introduction to non-profits, covering legal structure, a few regulatory pieces, mission and visioning, basic strategic planning, and a survey of the local non-profit sector.

The Dean’s Advisory Board promotes academic excellence and rigor in the School of Business by providing information and counsel to the dean, advocating for all business students, and supporting the strategic plan of the School of Business. Members serve as advocates and advisors in support of the school’s students, faculty, staff, and administration and work in collaboration with its leadership.

A biography of each board member will be posted to School of Business webpage. Student board members receive stipend of $125 for each semester served. The stipend is paid to the students’ account. Other duties of the board include:

• Attending two meetings per semester with the Dean and Associate Dean at the common meeting time on Monday. Board meetings will be productive and constructive gatherings that provide information to the dean and support the strategic plan of the School of Business. The meetings will be held in Week Five (the week that Incompletes Revert to Provisional Grades) and Week 11 (the week that includes the Last Day to Withdraw from a Course).
• Attending and/or recruiting fellow students to attend five events per semester. Fall events include Careers In… Events and Spokane Trek. Spring events include Aram Lecture, Piggott Lecture, Careers In…Events, and You Can in Spokane.
• Making announcements about School of Business events in classes. Board will be divided into teams to make announcements in classes for first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior students depending on the announcement. Announcements will happen 3-5 times per semester.
• Assisting recruiters who visit Jepson with setting up tables in the lobby, visiting classrooms, and holding information sessions.
  Selecting board members for the following academic year through an application process.

In the Spring 2018, one section of BUSN 480/485 will be designated for finance students. Students are encouraged to sign up for the sections with their designations. Other students should sign up for any of the open sections.

Frequently asked questions about registering for Spring 2018 courses include:

1. How do I declare my major/concentration or change my major/concentration?

2. I need an experiential course. Which Fall 2017 classes will fulfill that requirement?

3. How do I know which classes I need?

4. I ran my degree evaluation (from No. 3), but I have many classes that are not showing up in the right place. How do I get that fixed?

5. How do I change advisors?
6. What are the internship options?

7. I want to study abroad. How can I get courses at another university approved to count for my Gonzaga courses?

8. I am a senior and plan to take business ethics. How do BUSN 480 and BUSN 485 work?

9. Can I take any section of BUSN 480 and 485 that I want? What are “designated sections?”

Please visit your advisor to be cleared to register, review your mid-term grades, and talk about your future.

The following classes are available for registration for the Fall 2017. Students can add them at any time before the class begins. The regular add deadline does not apply.

If a student would like to take more than one, it is possible that Zagweb will block the registration. To register for a second class, call the Registrar’s office at 313-6592.

Business Intelligence Skills with Excel: Introduction – Ta-Tao Chuang

Offered twice: Sept. 29-Oct. 1 and Oct. 27-29
4-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday,  and 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday

In the era of big data, business professionals are expected to possess knowledge and skills of data analysis to draw insights from massive data, make data-driven decisions and take action on data. The purpose of the course is to equip students with basic concepts, skills and techniques of selected technology in the rapidly expanding field to meet such expectations. While basic concepts are introduced, the pedagogical approach of the course is hands-on, project-based learning. By working on small projects in class, students will learn a set of self-service business intelligence tools (Power BI for Excel), which are built on top of Microsoft’s Excel. The Power BI stack consists of four tools: Power Query: data acquisition, Power Pivot: data preparation, Power View: data visualization, Power Map: 3-D data visualization. Prerequisite: BUSN111 or familiar with Excel

Emergency Preparedness – John Meekhof

Oct. 13-14
4-10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday 

Emergency Preparedness: What do forest fires, cyber attacks, pandemics and power outages all have in common?  They can take a business, large or small, to its knees without sufficient emergency preparedness plans in place.  Human-made and natural emergencies happen, is your business ready? Emergency Preparedness is a back-burner issue for most business managers, until the unthinkable happens they never thought would happen.  This class gives a real world overview of why, and more importantly how, strategic business owners keep emergency preparedness on the front burner. Entrepreneurs risk everything to start a new business… but once that business gets rolling, why risk what they’ve created by failing to do a little disaster planning?   

Non-Profit Management II – Jamie Borgan

Nov. 4-5
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

This class is the second in a three-class series on non-profit management. This class will cover non-profit governance and leadership. Students can take one, two, or all three classes in the series.
9-4:30 Saturday/Sunday

Non-Profit Management III – Jamie Borgan

Dec. 2-3
9 a.m. to 4:30 Saturday/Sunday

This class is the third in a three-class series on non-profit management. This class will focus on social enterprise. Students can take one, two, or all three classes in the series.

Image and Reputation – Stephanie Vigil

Nov. 4-5
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Whether it’s personal or professional, everyone has an image.  You have a self-image and others have an image of you. Over time, you develop a reputation.  What does your image say about you? Whether through social media, personal interaction, or word of mouth, your image and reputation can determine whether you prosper. This course is designed to support you in your endeavors to build, maintain, and even repair your personal and professional image and reputation. 

Sustainability Accounting – Cathy DeHart

Nov. 10-12
3-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Commitment to sustainable practices is increasing in business organizations. But how do organizations measure this “nonfinancial performance” and how have organizations made sustainability profitable? In this course, students will learn about the evolution of sustainability accounting and how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives help companies to achieve the “Triple Bottom Line.” The course will include case studies and hands-on activities.

Leadership – Brian Newberry

Nov. 17-19
4-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday

 Leadership–how business and leadership march together on fundamental and timeless leadership lessons…a case study of the art and science of military success and leadership that underlies the American business juggernaut of Google, Amazon and Apple

Project Management at Boeing (Two Sunday night sessions 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10 and Sept. 17 at Gonzaga; Bus ride to Renton begins at 5 p.m. Thursday Sept. 21. Hotel provided. Class at Boeing on Friday, Sept. 22 with return bus ride on Friday afternoon)

This includes a free trip to Boeing in Renton, WA. This one credit hour course provides students an introduction to how The Boeing Company executes and manages aerospace projects through an immersive visit to their production facility near Seattle, WA. Approximately four hours of project management preparatory work which will take place on the Gonzaga campus prior to spending approximately 8 hours on the Boeing campus.

Students will be provided a one-of-a-kind opportunity to view commercial aircraft being assembled on a production line before they take to the sky.  In addition, students will receive a brief introduction of skills necessary to manage a wide range of projects at The Boeing Company including: project planning, task scheduling, and project reporting.

Also included will be a hands-on experience with implementation of a project and a cross-talk with Boeing employees designed to give students a chance to learn from a company filled with inquisitive, energetic, enterprising and talented people.

Open to all Majors, however will be especially beneficial to those students who are in Business (Finance, Management Information Systems or Operations and Supply Chain Management) or Engineering degree paths.

If you are registered for a class on Friday, Zagweb will not let you register because of the time conflict of your Friday travel to Boeing. You can call the Registrar’s office (313-6592) to have this restriction overwritten. However, it will be up to the instructors of your Friday classes as to whether your absence will be excused.