Below are descriptions of the core courses offered in the MBA Program

MBA 500 Business Perspectives

This course provides an overview of the MBA program and an integrated perspective of business. Each Trimester students will work in teams focusing on a specific company. A variety of media and technologies will be utilized to analyze the company from a variety of perspectives: mission; strategies; financial information; use of technology; corporate policies on ethics; diversity; and the environment; marketing strategy; global policies; succession plans; HR strategy; etc. Both a comprehensive written and oral report using contemporary presentation media are required.

Required for all MBA students who enter the MBA Program beginning in the Summer 1996. Course must be taken within first 9 credits.

MBA 510 Quantitative Tools for Management
This course provides a survey of quantitative tools essential for business analysis and also provides a basis for the subsequent study of quantitative business methods. The course covers an introduction to statistical methodologies and the interpretation of statistical findings, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability. discrete and continuous distributions, sampling inference, simple and multiple correlation and regression. It also surveys some of the most commonly used management science models employed by decision makers in structuring and solving problems encountered in organizations, including: decision theory, linear programming, queuing models. Markov analysis and simulation. The computer will be used to generate solutions to several problems. Issues of implementation will permeate the coverage of material throughout the course.

MBA 520 Financial Accounting and Reporting
A study of accounting as a business tool which assists management in communicating important business information to the various stakeholders. The topics include analysis of the various components of the financial reporting process together with an examination of the principal financial statements.

MBA 530 Economics for Management
This course will explore the basic tools of micro and macroeconomics analysis with emphasis on decision making in domestic and international business. Topics include demand theory, supply, the price system, cost analysis market structures, factor pricing, national accounts, fiscal and monetary policy, and international economics.
Prerequisite: MBA 510

MBA 540 Operations Management
The course provides a solid foundation in the concepts of modern production and operations management. Students will deal with the integration of human, economic and technological factors into operations that meet organizational objectives. Analytical and computer oriented methods will be used throughout the course. Topics include demand forecasting, capacity planning, facility location and layout, scheduling, inventory control, total quality management and project management.
Prerequisite MBA 510

MBA 550 Finance for Managers
The course surveys the concepts, the theory and the techniques of managing the finances of business enterprises with domestic as well as foreign operations. Financial management is, essentially, a study of the control of the resources of business enterprises in order to maximize the value of the investment for their owners. Corporate financial management functions and their links to financial markets are discussed.
Corerequisite: MBA 510

MBA 560 Marketing Management
This course surveys the activities and decisions involved in directing the flow of need-satisfying products and services to consumers in domestic and foreign markets. Areas of study include corporate strategy, marketing planning, marketing research, the marketing environment, consumer behavior, market segmentation and targeting, product development, pricing, promotion, distribution, social marketing, and marketing ethics.

MBA 570 Management and Organizational Behavior
This course explores both human behavior and the overall functioning of organizational structures on three levels: the individual, group, and the organization. It examines the theoretical issues influencing behavior and practical issues influencing the management of complex systems. topics include group dynamics and process, organizational structure, communications, conflict management, job design, and organizational change and development.

MBA 580 Information Systems
This course presents the essential considerations for the effective use of information systems in organizations. Topics include the use of information systems to support the strategy of the firm, using information technology for competitive advantage, technical foundations of information technology, development of information systems in a global environment, issues of ethics and privacy in implementation of information technology and future trends.
Prerequisite: MBA 510

Required MBA Capstone Course :

MBA 710 Strategic Management
This course focuses on corporate-level and business-unit strategy formulation and implementation. It encourages a multifunctional "general management" perspective that requires the integration and application of knowledge and techniques learned in previous courses. Topics covered include the relationship of organizations to their domestic and international environments, strategic leadership, formal and informal approaches to strategy formulation in uncertain environments, competitive analysis, the role of organizational structure and managerial systems in implementation, and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of strategic decisions. The course also addresses ethical and legal issues associated with the strategic management process. Conceptual and analytical skills are developed through readings, lectures, with an emphasis on cases.
Prerequisite: Students must be within last 9 credits of degree completion.