MBA

BUS5601 - Essentials of Business Development 1

Requirement(s): First course in a two-course sequence.

Credits: 3

Examines necessary tools required to plan and run a successful business venture. Requires integration of concepts, methods and models from accounting, economics and marketing in forming a business plan for a product or service in a case study.

BUS5602 - Essentials of Business Development 2

Requirement(s): Second course in a two-course sequence. Prerequisite: BUS 5601

Credits: 3

Builds on BUS 5601. Examines and uses concepts, methods and models from the functional business areas of statistics, finance, management and law. Requires students to integrate each component into a complete business plan.

BUS5421 - Managerial Economics

Credits: 3

Provides an understanding of the microeconomic forces that influence firm decision-making. Includes competitive markets and market failure, benefit-cost analysis, demand estimation and forecasting, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, production and cost estimation, and market structure analysis.

BUS5431 - Managerial Accounting

Credits: 3

Focuses on internal reporting to managers for use in planning and control, in making nonroutine decisions and in formulating major plans and policies. Covers cost-volume-profit relationships, flexible budgets and standards, job order and process cost, and cost allocation and accumulation.

BUS5440 - Financial Management

Credits: 3

Studies the concepts and tools of corporate financial management and financial planning, including capital budgeting, capital structure and net working capital. Considers the importance of ethics in financial decision-making.

BUS5450 - Organizational Behavior

Credits: 3

BUS5470 - Marketing Management

Credits: 3

Examines the tools and techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize and solve marketing problems, and effective communication of recommendations. Uses case analysis extensively.

BUS5480 - Strategic Management

Requirement(s): Must be taken in the final semester before graduation.

Credits: 3

In-depth analysis of industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level. Augmented by live-case analyses.