In addition the following MBA Courses must be completed: (choose 2 Approved Graduate Electives below)
Course
Title
Credits
Term Offered
MGMT 540
Managing Human Resources
Spring A, Fall B
MKTG 561
Advertising and Promotion Research
Spring A, Fall A
MKTG 575
International Marketing
Summer A
Total Credits
36
Course Descriptions
ACCTG 510: Managerial Accounting (3)
Accounting concepts and methods utilized in managerial planning, budgeting, controlling, and evaluating to optimize decision making. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
BUSAD 502: Business Ethics and Environment (3)
The impact of continued social, political, economic, technological, and legal pressures upon ethical business issues and managerial decision making. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
BUSAD 575: International Business (3)
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the dynamics and complexity of managing business across the globe. Prerequisite: Admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
CIS 565: Management Information Systems (3)
Principles, methodologies, practices and management of information systems in business organizations, topics include: IT strategy, IT project management, e-commerce, and enterprise information systems. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
ECON 510: Economics for Managers (3)
Provides the macro- and micro-economic understanding managers will use throughout their careers. Topics include demand estimation, pricing, decisions under uncertainty, domestic monetary policy, international economics. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
FIN 530: Financial Management (3)
Theory and application of investment, financing and dividend decisions to maximize stockholder wealth. Use of analytical cases to solve financial problems facing business firms. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
MGMT 511: Production/Operations Management (3)
Managerial perspective of operations functions, understanding of analytical tools to solve operations problems, applied operations issues, and develop decision-making skills. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
MGMT 520: Management of Organizational Behavior (3)
Ideas and concepts for increasing effectiveness in organizations. Major topics include personality, motivation, leadership, communication, group dynamics, change and conflict, and contingencies of work unit design. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
MGMT 540: Managing Human Resources (3)
A survey course covering the major areas of the management of human behavior in work organizations. Consideration given to aspects of strategic human resource management.
MGMT 585: Management Policy and Strategy (3)
Critical analysis of the policy/strategy field. This course integrates the business core disciplines to explore ways that strategy is formed in contemporary business organizations. Case Method used extensively. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director and completion of core courses.
MKTG 540: Marketing Management (3)
Emphasizes an understanding of market behavior, coordination and implementation of the marketing mix with other managerial decisions, and the integration of theory through use of cases. Prerequisite: admission to MBA or permission of MBA Director. (*)
MKTG 561: Advertising and Promotion Research (3)
Advertising and Promotion research examines the effectiveness of alternative creative and channel strategies. Corequisite: MKTG 540.
MKTG 575: International Marketing (3)
An advanced analysis of marketing opportunities and challenges in the global environment and the evaluation and formulation of strategies of firms operating and expanding internationally. Prerequisite: MKTG 540.
