Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MBA-P IMMERSION

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

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: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: .75

Description: Emphasizes understanding what constitutes effective organizational designs, considers both the macro designing initiatives and the micro execution of those initiatives. Required for MBA. Repeatable for Credit.

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 capital structure. Required for MBA.

Long Title: ETHICS

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: .75

Description: An exploration of the ethical and legal basis of managerial decision making and the social dimension of the business firm. Required for MBA.

Long Title: BUSINESS GOVERNMENT

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Study of how public policy influences the private competitive environment of the firm. Examines the major political institutions and actors -- Congress, the President, interest groups, the media, and administrative agencies -- that shape U.S. public policy. Students analyze business political strategies and formulated several of their own. 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: STRATEGIC FORMULA AND IMPLEMENTATION

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: This course focuses on formulating and implementing effective organizational strategy, including competitive positioning, core competencies and competitive advantage, cooperative arrangements, and tools for implementation. Repeatable for Credit.

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.

Long Title: ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ICE FIRST YEAR

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 liaison 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.

Long Title: USING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO EVALUATE FIRM PERFORMANCE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ACCOUNTING-BASED VALUATION

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Long Title: FEDERAL TAXATION

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: INVESTMENTS/PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Review of cassic investment theory, with emphasis on measuring & managing investment risk & return. Includes the development of modern portfolio theory & asset pricing models, an introduction to option & futures contracts, market efficiency, & stock evaluation. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: BRAND MANAGEMENT

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: MARKETING RESEARCH

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: NEW PRODUCTS I

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description: Exploration of the critical role of new products within the corporation and in small businesses, focusing on consumer products. Discusses the critical steps in new product development from ideal generation to business analysis and cross-functional team management to product launch into the marketplace. Students will work in groups to develop their own new products and to prepare the key elements of a new product introduction. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: NEW PRODUCTS II

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Prerequisite(s): MGMP 693

Description: Continuation of New Products I. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: COMMUNICATION I ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ETHICS ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: COMMUNICATION II ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: LEADERSHIP ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: .75

Description: This course explores perspectives on leadership and management. Considers how leadership and management complement each other and what constitutes effective leadership in business situations. Required for MBA. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: COMMUNICATIONS ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1

Long Title: NEGOTIATIONS ILE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 1.5

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1.5

Long Title: FIRST YEAR CAPSTONE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This core course uses a capstone business strategy simulation conducted in close proximity to the required formulation/implementation course. Student teams operate simulated companies in a highly competitive industry. Emphasis is placed on integrating strategy, financial control, operational excellence, and team building. Teams make presentations at the end of the course.

Long Title: MBA-P PROGRAM CAPSTONE

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Intensive Learning Experience

Credit Hours: 3

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.