Residency Workshops (Zarb School of Business)
These workshops cover library information resources, calculus for business applications,
information technology, and statistics for business applications respectively.
Full-time students must complete them during the first semester in which they
begin. Part-time students must complete them within the first
two semesters. Documentation of completion must be submitted to the Graduate Programs
Office in order for students to register for the subsequent semester. The calculus
for business applications, information technology, and statistics for business
applications workshops may be satisfied through previous equivalent undergraduate
or graduate course work taken within a specific time frame with a B or better
grade at an accredited college or university or through satisfactory performance
on a proficiency examination administered by the appropriate department within
the Zarb School of Business. Students will receive with their letter of admission
information about which residency requirements, if any, have been met through
prior course work.
The following Library Information Resources Workshop is required of all students:
The library information resources workshop ensures that all graduate students
establish in their first semester the ability to fully utilize the extensive information,
data, and other resources available through the University’s Axinn Library. Since
the library’s resources and services are constantly expanding, the information
resources workshop is continually updated to reflect the most contemporary and
efficient utilization of these resources to enable students to solve business
problems and to perform sophisticated business research. This workshop offers
extensive coverage of the library’s Lexicat system, access services, reference
services, media services, curriculum materials center, government documents and
other resources.
The following Workshops may be required depending upon academic preparation:
Calculus for Business Applications (No Credit)
This workshop focuses on a basic overview of calculus
required for a better understanding of certain aspects of the business
curriculum. Topics include functions, analytic geometry of the
plane, differentiation, and integration as applied to business decision
making. (Students enrolled in the M.S. programs in accounting, taxation
and marketing are not required to take this workshop.)
Information Technology (No Credit)
This workshop presents an introduction to the use of computer hardware, software,
and connectivity in a business environment. Software including spreadsheet modeling,
database management, groupware, and Internet tools is covered. Students gain an
understanding of computer capabilities and limitations, and the appropriate use
of information technology in domestic and global environments.
Statistics for Business Applications (No credit)
This workshop focuses on a basic overview of statistics required for a better
understanding of certain aspects of the business curriculum. Topics covered include
descriptive statistics, basic probability rules, discrete probability distributions,
continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions for the mean, estimation
and hypothesis testing for the mean.