Summer Session

MBA 502: Finance

Graduate 3 credits

FINMS or Student in 48 Credit MBA Programs

The goal of the course is to introduce students to modern finance theory and its application to real world financial decision-making. We will use mathematics to develop financial models that address Valuation, Risk and Return, Capital Budgeting, and Capital Structure. Students will work on Excel-based case studies to further their understanding of real-world applications of those models. Prerequisite: Admission to the MS in Finance or 48 credit MBA programs

MBA 503: Data Analysis & Decision Makng

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs.

An introduction to statistical techniques useful in the analysis of management problems. We motivate each topic by managerial applications, and we analyze actual data sets using modern statistical software. Topics include probability estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs

MBA 505: Marketing

Graduate 3 credits

Student in 48 credit MBA Program

A survey course covering the foundations of the marketing discipline. The course is designed to give students conceptual frameworks and tools to help firms meet demands of the marketplace in a profitable way. A wide range of marketing strategy topics (e.g., segmentation, positioning) and marketing tactics (the Four P's of Marketing -- Product, Price, Place and Promotions) will be covered, as well as development of the discipline's foundations (definition, philosophy, and the history of marketing). Prerequisite: Student in 48 credit MBA Program

MBA 506: Leaders, Teams, Communications

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs.

The purpose of the course is to introduce you to the multifaceted phenomenon of leadership, teams, and communications. It seeks to answer the following three questions: What do leaders really do? What makes teams effective? How do you create persuasive communications? The course addresses such topics as leadership styles, building motivated teams, and developing strategic communications. It examines these topics with a goal of not only imparting knowledge about evidence-based managerial practices but also assisting students to acquire the skills necessary to become business leaders, team builders and articulate communicators. Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs

MBA 507: Ethics in Management

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs.

This course examines the main ethical problems facing the modern manager. Emphasis is placed on the moral and ethical responsibilities that relate to investors, employees, customers, and the community. Students will learn the basic vocabulary of business ethics. Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs

MBA 509: Continuous Quality Improvement

Graduate 3 credits

This course provides students with understanding of concepts of TQM and quality improvement methods to attain world-class performance in business operations. Topics include policy deployment, process improvement methodology, daily work management, quality story methodology, six sigma, poka-yoke, ISO, Deming and Baldridge Awards criteria.

MBA 511: Technological Innovations

Graduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs.

Innovation drives the modern firm by the interaction of technical invention and managerial entrepreneurship. This course explores the variety of sources of new products, processes, and services, such as inventors, universities, research and development departments in industry, and government labs. In addition, the course explores the variety of ways of bringing new products, processes, and services to market, including startup firms, acquisitions, mergers, and entrepreneurship within the firm. Case studies showing the interaction of invention and entrepreneurship are analyzed. A term project is required in which the student either analyzes the history of invention and entrepreneurship in a major firm or writes a business plan for high technology startup firm. Prerequisite: Students must be admitted into one of the College of Business Programs

MBA 512: Business Strategy

Graduate 3 credits

Students in COB graduate programs; 15 credits for 36 credit programs, G2 standing for 48 credit prog rams.

The focus of this course is on the strategic issues and challenges facing companies in today's competitive landscape. As a capstone, this course integrates and builds upon your experiences in the functional areas of business and provides an opportunity for students to evaluate and apply knowledge from their core business courses. The study of strategic management will help students improve their understanding and expertise in the functional areas of business, focusing on how managers work together to develop a strategy that will capture market share and increase shareholder wealth. A fundamental question of strategy is: Why are some firms more successful than others? This course should be taken in the last semester of your degree program.

MBA 589: Operations Management

Graduate 3 credits

MBA 503; 48 credit MBA Program

A managerial approach to the concepts, issues, and techniques used to convert an organization's resources into products and services. Through the course, students will develop an ability to understand key concepts in operations management, analyze the performance of systems quantitatively, gain insights into performance characteristics, recognize various trade-offs in operations management decisions, and apply concepts and analytical methods to help improve organization's operational performance. Prerequisite: MBA 503, working knowledge of probability, and statistics is necessary. Student in 48 credit MBA program

MBA 592: Organizational Behavior

Graduate 3 credits

Student in 48 credit MBA Program

An approach to understanding the behavior of individuals in organizations is developed, with emphasis on implications for effective management. This approach is used to analyze decision problems encountered in managing human resources. Topics include individual and group decision-making skills, recruitment and selection, employee ability, motivation and incentive systems, job satisfaction, performance assessment and management, retention, training, and employee development. Prerequisite: Student in 48 credit MBA program