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MBA 501 Statistical Foundations (1)
Introduces basic descriptive statistical procedures and probability concepts used in the M.B.A. program. Description of data sets using tables, graphs and summary statistics, and basic probability concepts will be covered.
MBA 502 Economics Foundations (1)
Prepares the M.B.A. student with the basic understanding of the operation of the U.S. economic system. It also explores the importance of international trade to the U.S.
MBA 503 Accounting Foundations (1)
Designed to prepare M.B.A. students with a basic understanding of financial accounting, processing accounting information, and recording business transactions. Financial statements, accrual and cash basis accounting, and receivables and payables will be examined.
MBA 504 Management Foundations (1)
Provides a basic understanding of the management function for the M.B.A. student. It shows the relationships between different organizational functions. The activities of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are examined.
MBA 505 Finance Foundations (1)
Prepares M.B.A. students with basic financial terminologies, concepts, and tools for making sound financial decisions.
MBA 506 Marketing Foundations (1)
Provides the M.B.A. student with a comprehensive understanding of the elements of marketing, the tools and techniques of marketing analysis, the requirements of an acceptable marketing plan, and the issues involved in making ethical marketing decisions.
MBA 513 Organizational Communications (3)
Focuses on the skills managers must have to communicate effectively at work. Emphasizes clear writing, and clear and engaging presentation preparation. Requires successful demonstration in the use of today's technology to communicate with a variety of business audiences. Includes projects requiring teamwork and an understanding of vertical and horizontal communication patterns.
MBA 514 Quantitative Methods for Management (3)
Provides students with a basic understanding of the concepts and applications of quantitative methods and models to support managerial decision-making processes throughout the organization. Commonly available spreadsheet software will be used. A basic knowledge of statistics and spreadsheets is assumed. Prerequisite: MBA 501.
MBA 515 Organizational Behavior (3)
Addresses the best contemporary management and organizational theories and their roots. This critical analysis will examine the influence of individual, group, and organizational processes on behavior in organizations. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with principles that can be applied to manage human resources, enhance individual and group performance, and increase organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: MBA 504.
MBA 516 Managerial Accounting (3)
Examines management control systems and their impact on management decision making and control. Topics include activity-based costing, break-even analysis, standard costs and variances, and the budget process. Prerequisites: MBA 503 and MBA 514.
MBA 517 Business Law and Ethics (3)
Examines the role of law and legal procedure in management of business enterprises, concentrating on business organization, liability issues, employment law, consumer protection, antitrust, securities, and legal-ethical concerns. Provides a broad understanding of reciprocal influence of business and legislation. The course will identify and analyze moral issues that arise in business and identify the obligations and rights of the various stakeholders of business.
MBA 518 Managerial Economics (3)
A rigorous treatment of microeconomic theory and its applications. Examines quantitative techniques appropriate to demand forecasting, price determination, market share strategies, and resource planning. Offered fall semester only. Prerequisites: MBA 502 and MBA 516.
MBA 519 Managing Information Technology (3)
Covers conceptual foundations of information management. Includes aspects of management, decision making, cognitive sciences, systems, concepts of information management, and information systems requirements and planning.
MBA 520 Macroeconomics (3)
Treats the scope of national income accounting, the Keynesian and post-Keynesian models, consumption, savings, the multiplier, investment and public sector spending, money and interest, and the general equilibrium model. Considers questions of economic growth and relevant public policy. Offered spring semester only. Prerequisites: MBA 502 and MBA 516.
MBA 522 Corporate Finance (3)
The primary purpose of this course is to present a wide range of important issues in managerial finance, including such topics as the role of finance in organizations, principles of financial analysis and control, capital budgeting techniques, investment decisions under uncertainty, financial structure and cost of capital, sources of long- and short-term financing, working capital management, and the multinational aspect of financial management. Prerequisites: MBA 505 and MBA 516.
MBA 524 Strategic Marketing (3)
Identifies and analyzes marketing problems in business and public institutions. Weighs the effects of environment, competition, society, the economy, and the media on marketing objectives and strategies. Emphasizes the total marketing package, including market segmentation, promotion, advertising, pricing, packaging, and distribution. Prerequisites: MBA 506 and MBA 522.
MBA 526 Strategic Managment Seminar (3)
This is the capstone course in the M.B.A. program. Using the perspective of top management of an enterprise, the course considers operational situations, policy issues, and policy and strategy response. Employs case methods to provide the student with the opportunity to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Students are encouraged to take this class in the last semester. Prerequisites: the completion of 24 graduate credit hours, including MBA 516, MBA 522, and MBA 524.