BUS 126: PRACTICAL BUSINESS FORECASTING
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BUS 105; or consent of instructor. Teaches how forecasts are developed and utilized. Emphasizes common forecasting methods used in business and uses specific cases to illustrate these methods. Applications to business include forecasting sales, production, inventory, macroeconomic factors such as interest and exchange rates, and other aspects of both short- and long-term business planning.
Average GPA: 2.90
Grade distribution records: 445 students across 11 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 6 | 1.3% |
| A | 48 | 10.8% |
| A- | 73 | 16.4% |
| B+ | 65 | 14.6% |
| B | 62 | 13.9% |
| B- | 73 | 16.4% |
| C+ | 32 | 7.2% |
| C | 28 | 6.3% |
| C- | 29 | 6.5% |
| D+ | 2 | 0.4% |
| D | 11 | 2.5% |
| D- | 1 | 0.2% |
| F | 11 | 2.5% |
| W | 4 | 0.9% |
Based on 445 student grade records across 11 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Suryanarayanan Gurumurthi 168 students, Average GPA 2.90
- Ahmad Sohrabian 105 students, Average GPA 2.88