MBA 512 Financial Accounting
Examines the accounting cycle, as well as the preparation and understanding of financial statements as decision-making tools. (3)
MBA 513 Organizational Communication
Focuses on the skills managers must have to communicate effectively at work. Emphasizes clear writing, as well as 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. (3)
MBA 514 Quantitative Methods for Management
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. (3)
MBA 515 Organizational Behavior
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. (3)
MBA 516 Managerial Accounting
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. A basic knowledge of accounting principles is assumed. (3)
MBA 518 Managerial Economics
A rigorous treatment of microeconomic theory and its applications. Examines quantitative techniques appropriate to demand forecasting, price determination, market share strategies, and resource planning. (3)
MBA 520 Macroeconomics
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. (3)
MBA 521 Marketing Concepts and Practice
This course is a comprehensive study of the concepts and practices of marketing. The course includes an in-depth investigation of the interacting marketing systems and activities that deliver goods and services and that create value for existing and new customers. This inquiry involves the application of several disciplines of business management to a decision-oriented marketing process involving considerations of product, price, place, and promotion in a global environment. (3)
MBA 522 Corporate Finance
Presents 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. Prerequisite: MBA 512 or MBA 516. (3)
MBA 526 Strategic Management Seminar
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 514, MBA 518 or MBA 520, MBA 521 or MKT 525, and MBA 522. (3)