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MBA – Master of Business Administration

Graduate Courses Offered

MBA 501 FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS (2-0-2)(F). An in-depth examination of financial statement use in business decision-making. A user’s perspective focuses study on interpreting the output of the accounting system rather than on details of statement preparation. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 502 FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKETING (2-0-2)(F). Focuses on strategies to generate revenue for the firm. Includes segment analysis, customer choice behavior, branding, marketing tactics, personal selling, and the development of marketing plans. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 503 MANAGING SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS: PLANNING AND PEOPLE (2-0-2)(F). Introduces the front-end issues of project management including team formation, communication strategies, conflict management, project constraints, risk analysis, and tools for project planning. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 504 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FOR PLANNING AND CONTROL (2-0-2)(F). Examines various cost-based accounting concepts and practices. Particular emphasis is directed to the challenges involved in using cost data to evaluate past performance and plan future deployment of firm resources. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 505 STRATEGY FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (2-0-2)(F). A first exposure to the analyses and processes used to create functional, business-level, and corporate-level strategies. Special consideration of organizational design, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, and measures of strategic performance including use of Balanced Scorecards. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 506 DISCIPLINE INTEGRATION: LIVE CASES (2-0-2)(F). Integrates current course topics via application to operating businesses. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 507 STATISTICAL THINKING AND ANALYSIS (2-0-2)(S). Introduces techniques for transforming data into information decision-makers can use. Focuses on graphically presenting statistical data, using probability to measure uncertainty, sampling techniques, tools of statistical inference, time-series and related forecasting methods. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 508 CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (2-0-2)(S). A framework to analyze investment opportunities and identify appropriate financing strategies. Emphasizes the key techniques of corporate financial decision-making, including risk and return, capital budgeting, discounted cash flow valuation, capital structure, and payout policy PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 501, MBA 504.

MBA 509 DATA AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT (2-0-2)(S). Explores state of the art approaches to capturing, storing, retrieving, and representing enterprise data. Considers process management approaches for enhancing efficiency, insuring compliance, and managing to ISO and certification standards. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 510 CREATING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ALONG THE SUPPLY CHAIN (2-0-2)(S). Explores the flow of products and services from suppliers, within the firm, and to customers. Topics include forming strategic supplier and customer relationships, developing operations excellence through continuous improvement, lean methodologies, and logistics management. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 511 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS LAW (2-0-2)(S). Legal reasoning and the legal system, agency and business associations, torts, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, sales, and product liability. Emphasizes the implication of these legal issues for business decision-making. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 513 DISCIPLINE INTEGRATION: CASES AND BUSINESS MODELING (2-0-2)(S). Further application of current course topics to a variety of actual businesses. Focus shifts to advanced spreadsheet modeling of business opportunities, processes, and projected returns. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 515 DESIGN THINKING (2-0-2)(F). Introduces hands-on, technique-based training in the process of creating new, market-viable products and services. Special focus on disruptive technologies, reconstructing market boundaries, ethnographic research, and needs-based product positioning strategies. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 516 MANAGING SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS: PROJECT SCHEDULING AND EXECUTION (2-0-2)(F). Hands-on experience with the tools of project management including PERT/Critical Path, resource utilization, project monitoring and tracking, and critical chain analysis. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 503.

MBA 517 MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES (2-0-2)(F). Examines best practices for managing the employee life-cycle into, through, and out of organizations from a strategic perspective. Includes employee recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, discipline, coaching, compensation, and termination issues. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 518 MARKETS, PRICES, AND ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING (2-0-2)(F). A structured approach to thinking through trends, cycles, and fluctuations in market prices and quantities, as well as the economic conduct of consumers, suppliers, producers and competitors. Includes consideration of the classical perfectly competitive market and the implications of restricted competition, imperfect information, and externalities on the practical application to production and marketing decisions. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 519 ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS (2-0-2)(F). Application of behavioral science principles to help understand manager and employee reactions in an organizational setting. Focuses on team-building, motivation, leadership, problem-solving, negotiation, and self-management. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 520 LAUNCHING BUSINESS INITIATIVES (2-0-2)(F). Examines the start-up phase of business, whether an entirely new entity or within an existing organization. Emphasis on opportunity recognition, commercialization, and business plan development. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 521 ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE (2-0-2)(S). Relates government economic and international trade policies to aggregate economic activity such as inflation, unemployment, GDP, exchange rates, and trade balances. Draws managerial implications for demand forecasting, anticipating interest rates, and understanding costs. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 518.

MBA 523 MANAGEMENT AND ORAL COMMUNICATION (2-0-2)(S). A hands-on introduction to managerial oral communication including informal exchanges, elevator pitches, meetings, and persuasive formal presentations. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 524 APPLIED CAPSTONE PROJECT START (2-0-2)(S). Initiates team capstone project for a client organization. Provides hands-on experience in project planning and design PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 525 APPLIED CAPSTONE PROJECT FINISH (6-0-6)(S). Completes execution of capstone project for a client organization. Provides real-world experience. PREREQ: ADM/PROG. COREQ: MBA 524.

MBA 531 STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES (3-0-3)(F). Examines the major forces transforming business that enable creativity and innovation, and that drive industry life cycle and evaluation. A novel business plan is developed using collaborative, structured innovation processes. Defines what constitutes a sustainable competitive strategy. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 540 MARKETING STRATEGY (3-0-3)(F). Focuses on revenue-generating opportunities with special emphasis on evaluating opportunities for new products or services. Includes segment analysis, customer choice behavior, branding, marketing tactics, personal selling, and the development of marketing plans. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 542 DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL TEAMS (1-0-1)(F). Introduces team formation and group dynamics issues and strategies. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 543 MANAGING CORPORATE FINANCE (3-0-3)(S). Examines the three major decisions in Corporate Finance affecting value of the firm: Investment, Financing and Cash Distribution. Includes the methods used to measure corporate value and evaluate financial performance. Issues in each of the three decision areas are examined within the context of their impact on the valuation model and financial performance metrics. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 544 GLOBAL ECONOMICS: POLICY AND TRADE (3-0-3)(S). Reviews how economies work, the differences between economic systems, factors that influence international trade, exchange rates, and government polices related to trade. Includes a survey on the economies of the world, current topics in global economics, data sources for international economic trends, and an introduction to major international trade agencies/associations. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 546 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(F). Analysis, formulation, and implementation of business and corporate strategies. Integrates prior functional area coursework. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 531, MBA 559.

MBA 548 OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT I (1-0-1)(S). Small groups develop an initial pre-market estimate of the revenue potential for a unique IP-based commercialization opportunity. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 542.

MBA 549 SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(SU). Introduces and provides experience in the front-end issues of project management such as team formation, communication strategies, conflict management, project constraints, risk analysis, or tools for project planning. Also explores use of the tools of project management including PERT/Critical Path, resource utilization, project monitoring and tracking, and critical chain analysis. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 550 OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT II (1-0-1)(SU). Small groups complete their pre-market estimate of the revenue potential for a unique IP-based commercialization opportunity. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 548.

MBA 552 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS (4-0-4)(F). An integrated understanding of manager-employee relations in an organization. Includes HR planning, employee recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, discipline, coaching, compensation, and termination issues. Also focuses on collaboration, group dynamics, motivation, leadership, problem-solving, negotiation, and self-management. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 556 FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING I (1-0-1)(F). Team-based gross margin estimation for a chosen commercialization opportunity. Includes pricing, costing, and production planning issues. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 550.

MBA 558 MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS (3-0-3)(S). Introduces future managers to the major legal issues involved in the business environment. Covers legal reasoning and the legal system, agency and business associations, torts, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, sales, and product liability. PREREQ: ADM/PROG.

MBA 559 ISSUES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(S). Introduces product and service movement within the firm and between the firm and its partners up and down the supply chain. Focus on logistics management, supplier relationships, and creating operational excellence within the firm. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 560 FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING II (1-0-1)(S). Teams resolve finance, supply chain, and legal issues relative to their commercialization opportunity. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 556.

MBA 562 BUSINESS MODELING (3-0-3)(SU). Advanced development and interpretation of optimization models using spreadsheets and computer simulation tools. Applications integrate finance, operations, and supply chain issues. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 543, MBA 559 or PERM/INST.

MBA 565 FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING III (1-0-1)(SU). Teams develop an execution timeline for their commercialization opportunity. Includes an examination of risks, assumptions, and potential partnerships. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 560.

MBA 567 BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT (4-0-4)(F). Teams develop full business plans for their chosen IP commercialization project. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 565.

MBA 568 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION (3-0-3)(S). A hands-on introduction to managerial oral communication including informal exchanges, elevator pitches, meetings, and persuasive formal presentations. Emphasis placed on team-oriented communication tactics and change communication strategies. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 569 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(S). Explores state of the art approaches to capturing, storing, retrieving, and representing enterprise data. Introduction to management of the IT function. Introduction to process management approaches for enhancing efficiency, insuring compliance, and managing to ISO and certification standards. PREREQ: ADM/PROG or PERM/INST.

MBA 570 BUSINESS PLAN CAPSTONE (1-0-1)(S). Teams present their IP commercialization projects to gain seed funding. PREREQ: ADM/PROG, MBA 567. COREQ: MBA 568.

Refer to University-wide Graduate Courses for additional course offerings.

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