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Master of Business
Administration graduate courses
Prerequisite courses
MBA500 Survey of Economics (3 semester hours)
Introduction to the economic analysis of consumers, individual firms
and their market interaction, as well as analysis of key aggregate
variables, including inflation and unemployment. Credit not
applicable toward graduation requirement in fields of economics,
management or related majors. Course content duplicates ECN 101 or
its equivalent.
MBA501 Survey of
Accounting Systems (3 semester hours)
Introduction to the basic
assumptions, principles and techniques that form the basis for
contemporary accounting practices. Credit not applicable toward
any graduation requirement in accounting, economics, management or
related majors. Course content duplicates ACC 201 and 202 or
equivalent.
MBA502 Survey of
Finance (3 semester hours)
Development and use of basic financial information for management
analysis, decision-making, planning and control, along with exploration
of contemporary financial institutions and U.S. monetary system.
Credit not applicable toward any graduation requirement in fields of
economics, management or related majors. Course content duplicates
BA 300 and BA 311.
MBA503 Survey of
Management and Marketing (3 semester hours)
Analysis of the organizational
activities of planning, production and control, as well as mutual
interaction of people and organizations. Organizational marketing
activities also are covered. Credit not applicable toward any
graduation requirement in management or related fields. Course
content duplicates BA 335 and BA 330 or equivalent.
MBA504 Quantitative
Methods for Management (3 semester hours)
Introduction to applied topics in
algebraic functions, sets, statistics and linear programming used in
management and related fields. Credit not applicable toward
graduation requirement in management, mathematics or related fields.
course duplicates MTH 201, BA 302 or equivalent.
Core courses
MBA601 Organizational Theory and Behavior (3 semester hours)
An analysis of historical and
contemporary organizations and an examination of models for
understanding human behavior within a complex social environment.
Prerequisite: MBA 503 or equivalent.
MBA602 Financial
Planning and Control (3 semester hours)
Analysis of operational financial
policies. Intensive, critical investigation of evaluation process
and resulting impact on firm investment, financing and dividend
policies. Contemporary theory and controversies of financial
policy and structure.
Prerequisites: MBA 500, 502 and 504 or
equivalents.
MBA603 Accounting
for Managerial Decision-Making (3 semester hours)
Study and application of
accounting concepts and techniques used by management for planning and
controlling organizational activities. Equivalent to MEM 603.
Prerequisites: MBA 500, 501, 502, and 504 or equivalents.
MBA605 Advanced
Quantitative Methods for Management (3 semester hours)
Concepts of statistical decision
theory, sampling, forecasting, linear programming and other stochastic
and deterministic models applied to managerial problems.
Prerequisite: MBA 504 or equivalent.
MBA606 Marketing
Concepts and Theory (3 semester hours)
Provides an understanding of
societal, managerial and strategic underpinning of marketing theory and
practice. A study of the basic concepts and tools necessary in
analysis of markets and marketing opportunities, as well as designing
tactical marketing strategies. Prerequisite: MBA 503 or
equivalent.
MBA610 Seminar in
Research Methods (3 semester hours)
Selection of research projects, design of experimental procedures,
observation methods, analysis of data and reporting of findings.
Seminar will culminate in the design and initiation of a research
project or thesis that will be completed in MBA 611 or MBA 612.
Prerequisite MBA 605.
MBA611 Research
Project (3 semester hours)
Student is expected to research a
topic of interest approved by his or her faculty sponsor. The
project is designed not as original research, but instead as a survey of
literature with respect to the topic selected. Quantitative
analysis will be encouraged, but not required. A student selecting
the research project alternative will be required to take one additional
elective course. Candidate may select MBA 611 upon
completion of MBA 610 during any term.
MBA612 Graduate
Thesis (6 semester hours)
Student will develop a
proposition to be maintained against argument. The result will be
a monograph embodying original research. The student will begin
with an idea, develop a hypothesis, create a research design, create a
survey instrument if necessary, carry out research design, analyze data,
state a conclusion and document the process and conclusions. An
oral defense is required. Candidate may select MBA 612
upon completion of MBA 610 during any term.
MBA613 Accounting Internship
(3 semester hours)
The internship is designed to be a cooperative learning experience
between student, faculty and employer. Employer performance
evaluations are required. The student is required to give oral
presentations and written reports on the internship and have prior
approval from faculty and the internship director.
MBA650 Strategy and
Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
Integrative course in business
policy and strategy analysis; developing objectives and plans for
achievement; measuring and controlling organizational activities.
MBA 662 Tax Research (MBA
Accounting)
This course provides students with working knowledge of tax research
methods to derive solutions to routine, and complex tax problems. Topic
areas include: primary sources of Federal tax law, using secondary
sources as research tools and independently researching and
communicating tax issues within the business environment. Course will
utilize current electronic research techniques.
MBA 664 Financial
Statement Analysis for Decision Making and Valuation (MBA Accounting)
This course includes analysis of the balance sheet, income statement,
cash flow statement, and note disclosures for foreign and domestic
companies. The course emphasizes management decision making and business
valuation techniques. Case studies and projects related to actual
company financial statements will be utilized.
Elective Courses
MBA620 Financial
Institutions and Markets (3 semester hours)
Analysis of central role of
money, finance and financial institutions in capitalistic economic
systems. The relationship between financial institutions and
economic growth and instability are covered through study of the
development of the banking industry, central banking and financial
sophistication. Prerequisite: MBA 602
MBA621
Microcomputer Applications for Management (3 semester hours)
Analysis of microcomputer use in
business, including information systems, modeling, decision-support
systems, text editing, presentation graphics and telecommunications.
Advanced work with higher-level business software packages is included.
MBA622 Marketing
Management (3 semester hours)
An examination of marketing
system, its operations and mechanism for coordinating these operations.
Market research, advertising and consumer psychology to assist marketing
manager in major marketing decisions will be explored. Emphasis on
development of integrated marketing program. Prerequisite:
MBA 606.
MBA623 Management
Information and Control Systems (3 semester hours)
Evaluation of organizational
information needs and the ability of computer technology to meet those
needs in an economical way. Emphasis is on identification,
specification and installation of appropriate computer technology and
the subsequent need for direction, control and overall management of the
information function.
MBA624 Human
Resource Management (3 semester hours)
Analysis and discussion of
problems/opportunities administering personnel systems and policies.
Coverage includes retention, recruitment, employment, appraisal,
training and compensation. Prerequisite: MBA 601.
MBA625
International Management (3 semester hours)
Discussion and analysis of the
scope of international business within a framework that identifies the
specific role of the multinational corporation and provides an
orientation into every aspect of the functional intricacies of these
firms. Prerequisites: MBA 601 and MBA 602.
MBA626 Consumer
Behavior (3 semester hours)
Studies purchase decisions for
individual consumers and industrial buyers. Examines various
models of purchasing behavior while exploring motivations, influences,
roles played and situational factors influencing the purchase of
products and services.
MBA627 Managerial
Communications (3 semester hours)
An examination of current
theories of interpersonal and organizational communications.
Special emphasis is placed on identifying barriers to effective
communication and developing a prescription to solve those problems.
Prerequisite: MBA 601.
MBA628 Investment
Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 semester hours)
Comprehensive coverage of
descriptive and quantitative areas of portfolio analysis
design/management. Prerequisites: MBA 602, 603, 605.
MBA630
Entrepreneurship (3 semester hours)
The course will provide framework
for understanding human and organizational issues underlying creative
and entrepreneurial success. Major topics covered include managing
creativity, the entrepreneur, managing the evolving organization, and
entrepreneurship and creativity in the established firm.
MBA631 Operations
Management (3 semester hours)
This course is an intensive study of strategies employed in the
design and operation of all processes required for the production of
goods and delivery of services. Since operations management spans almost
all the real value-added activities of an organization, this course
looks at a breadth of topics including product and process design,
facility, layout, job design, customer order fulfillment, production
scheduling, material requirements planning and supply chain, inventory
and quality management. Quantitative decision-modeling techniques also
are explored for planning, scheduling, control and analysis of
operations. MBA661 Commercial Law (3
semester hours)
Advanced law course including topics in contracts, bankruptcy,
uniform commercial code, property, business organizations, and
government regulations. Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate
business law course. MBA663
Accounting Measurement and Disclosure (3 semester hours)
Comprehensive accounting and auditing research course, including
recent pronouncements concerning generally accepted accounting
principles and generally accepted accounting standards. Emphases
will be on electronic research techniques and the theoretical structure
of accounting and auditing. Prerequisite: Undergraduate accounting
and auditing.
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