Master’s in Business Administration Courses
BADM 401 - GRADUATE BUSINESS ORIENTATION
An online orientation course designed to provide the student with a review of the material covered in undergraduate business programs and to assure that the student is prepared for the advanced graduate courses. Graded pass/fail. (1)
ACCT 405 - ACCOUNTING FOR EXECUTIVES
Functions of the modern executive including the duties, expectations, and responsibilities. Topics from both financial and managerial accounting. Course materials are case oriented. (3)
ECON 403 - ECONOMICS FOR DECISION MAKERS
Economic concepts and analysis applied to understanding domestic and global commerce, government policies towards business, and business policies towards other businesses. How to use economic analysis to read and interpret economic reports. Focus on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international trade. An MBA course, not intended for economics majors. (3)
FIN 408 - FINANCE FOR DECISION MAKERS
Financing problems facing business; general principles of accounting and economics applied to solution of these problems. Time value of money applied to the pricing of securities, firms' capital budgeting decisions, financial statement analysis, forecasting immediate cash flow problems, financing of the firm, and consequences for the firm's decision-making process. (3)
INFS 401 - INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Information processing systems. Theories of data and information. Fundamental management, strategic, and organizational issues in the use of information systems. (3)
MGMT 403 - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS
Important and widely used quantitative techniques for making business decisions. Focus on the limitations, assumptions, applicability, and interpretation of quantitative techniques. Emphasis on using and interpreting computer software for quantitative analysis. Topics include data analysis, probability, decision theory, process control, regression, statistical inference, linear programming, and others. (3)
MGMT 407 - EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Principles of organization required for successful management and the ability to lead subordinates. Topics include employee motivation, leadership theories, ethics, decision making, conflict management, group dynamics, power and politics, and organization culture. (3)
MGMT 489 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Strategy in the context of a total enterprise from the standpoint of top management. Students will determine organizational mission and objectives, analyze the company and the industry, and balance the tensions between strategy and social responsibility, strategy and competitive advantage, and strategy and various forms of diversification. Cases cover large, small, profit, and nonprofit single business organizations. This course should be taken near the end of the MBA program as it requires decision-making based on prior graduate studies. (3)
MKTG 406 - MARKETING STRATEGY: THEORY & PRACTICE
Foundation for understanding all basic concepts of marketing; organized on a managerial framework so that students can apply basic marketing concepts to decision making and managing marketing activities. Emphasis on practical application through the use of cases. Development of a conceptual marketing plan, given a specific set of market, product and environmental conditions. (3)
CONCENTRATION
Three courses chosen from a single area (9)
ELECTIVE
One graduate-level elective approved by the MBA Director (3)