Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1.5

Long Title: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to the preparation, analysis, and use of corporate financial reports. Covers the basic techniques of financial reporting analysis from the perspective of managers as well as external users of information such as investors. Required for MBA. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Introduction to the use of financial and cost information by managers in budgeting, resource allocation, pricing, quality control, and other contexts to help managers set goals and monitor and evaluate performance. Required for MBA.

Long Title: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Study of the many factors, which influence how individuals, groups, and teams behave and function in complex organizations and how they can be effectively managed.

Long Title: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: We study production and pricing decisions under different assumptions about firm market power. Emphasis is placed on understanding the relevant costs in firm decision-making. Examples are used from marketing and accounting areas. Required for MBA.

Long Title: ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Examination of the global economic environment that serves as a backdrop for business decision making, with emphasis on the key macroeconomic policy goals and tools and how they affect exchange rates, interest rates, business cycles, and long-term economic growth.

Long Title: FINANCE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to the theory and practice of corporate finance, with emphasis on topics such as valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, and captial structure. Required for MBA.

Long Title: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Systematic examination of models and techniques used to analyze a competitive situation within an industry from a strategic perspective. Examines the roles of key players in competitive situations and the fundamentals of analytical and fact-oriented strategic reasoning. Examples of applied competitive and industry analysis are emphasized. Required for MBA.

Long Title: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Introduction to the principles of production management and process improvement. Required for MBA.

Long Title: MARKETING

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to the key concepts underlying the function of marketing and its interaction with other functions in a business enterprise. Explores marketing's role in defining, creating, and communicating value to customers. Primarily case-based with capstone simulation exercise, providing a foundation for advanced course work in marketing. Required for MBA.

Long Title: DATA ANALYSIS

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The ever-increasing capacity of computers to analyze data and the explosion of the amount of data available have resulted in an increase role for data analysis as an aid to business decision-making. This course exposes the student to most important ideas and methods relevant for data analysis in a business context. Emphasizing practical applications to real problems, the course covers the following topics: sampling, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, and regression analysis. Required for MBA.

Long Title: LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Introduction to the strategy and practice of management communication. Assignments are based on core courses integrated across the curriculum. Includes individual communication skills assessment and development and team-based oral and written communication instruction. Required for MBA.

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: ALP I focuses completely on the group project, including interacting with the faculty and corporate liasion to refine the scope and proposal, developing data gathering methods (surveys, interviews, research, etc.), completing research, beginning analysis, conducting progress reviews, and adjusting the project as necessary to ensure satisfactory completion of the project in ALP II. Repeatable for Credit.