601 MBA Accounting Module (3) Introduces the MBA student to basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Focuses on recording financial transactions and interpreting and analyzing financial statements as well as budgeting, performance measurement and identifying relevant costs for decision-making.
601 MBA Strategy Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to concepts, theory, and decisions associated with business strategy. Examines the role and importance of cross-functional integration as it relates to business strategy and competitive success.
605 MBA Business Skills Seminar (1) Introduces the MBA student to a variety of skills necessary for the successful completion of the full-time MBA program and the extended internships that are part of that program.
621 New Product and Service Design (2) Explores the process of new product and new service design. Coverage of approaches to infuse innovative thinking into organizations, structure new product/service initiatives, evaluate alternative initiatives, and then launch them successfully.
622 Customer Acquisition (2) Introduces students to the basic concepts involved with the customer acquisition process. The topics covered include market segmentation, pricing and profitability analysis, product and service promotion, and customer relationship management.
623 Internal Process Integration (2) Introduces students to internal business processes that span functional boundaries. The focus is on the four dominant processes of financial planning, resource planning systems, the cash-to-cash cycle, and after-sale processes.
624 Process Design and Improvement (2) Examines the technical and human aspects of process design and improvement. Included are process design and improvement frameworks and techniques and how those approaches can be integrated with change management.
625 Graduate Business Seminar I (2) A Graduate Seminar in selected business topics. Contemporary theories, research, and application in integrative business topics. Examines topical issues related to content in other courses to extend the curriculum into such areas as business ethics, legal issues, and specific decision-making techniques.
626 Graduate Business Seminar II (2) Critical discussion of topics such as business ethics, legal issues, and problem solving in parallel with topical coverage in concurrent courses and the extended internship experience
629 Graduate Business Field Study (1) (1) Provides student experience in applying and researching actual business theory and skills. Fall & Spring semesters: Student works as part of small MBA team completing business project(s) for area employer. Summer: Student works as part of a small MBA team completing business project abroad (Global Consultancy).
633 External Process Integration (2) Introduces students to processes that span business boundaries and result in business-to-business relationships. Included are supply chain management, inbound and outbound logistics configuration, outsourcing, supplier performance metrics, and customer relationship management.
637 Managing Competition (2) Focuses on competitive intelligence and its application to dynamic markets; identification of a competitive sphere's background features as well as expectations for the behavior of key players. Involves competitive intelligence; the acquisition, dissemination, and tactical and strategic applications of knowledge. Addresses the game-theoretic dynamics common in many markets and how players engineer these games to pursue individual and market-wide goals.
638 Global Markets (2) Introduces MBA students to the basic concepts involved with global markets. Global markets provide coverage of such macro issues as transitioned vs. transitional economics, regional/global interdependencies, and trade policies. Issues related to multi-cultural workforces, legal standards and political risk, and financial implications are covered.
601 Quantitative Business Analysis (1) Introduces MBA students to the use of spreadsheets for constructing and using mathematical models of business problems as an aid to the decision-making process.
602 Graduate Survey in Statistics (2) A survey of basic statistics for analysis of business problems, designed for students in the full-time MBA program.
602 MBA Economics Module (2) Introduces the full-time MBA student to basic concepts in micro and macro economics, such as demand, costs, production, market structure, pricing, macroeconomic data and business cycles, among others.
625 Managerial Finance (3) Introduces MBA student to essentials of the finance functions of the organization. Emphasis on analysis of financial statements and understanding of the time value of money
628 Capital Acquisition (2) Develops the MBA students' understanding of the capital acquisition process as part of the extended enterprise. The course examines the role that financial markets and processes play in the formation of value, and value creation's impact on profitability as the firm acquires capital.
601 MBA Operations Management Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to concepts and decisions within operations, as well as the implications operations decisions have for other aspects of the organization. Examines the role resources and processes play in the formation of value, and value creation's impact of profitability.
602 MBA Organizational Behavior Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to concepts, theory, and decisions within organizational behavior. Topics included in the course are individual differences, leadership, motivation, organizational issues, and groups in work settings.
603 MBA Human Resource Management Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to human resource management theory and concepts. Examines human resource management from its strategic implications and implications for the manager with regard to staffing, training, performance management, compensations, and international implications.
604 MBA Project Management Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to project management theory and practice. Examines the decisions affecting project outcomes and the tools and techniques utilized to make those decisions.
621 Enabling Technologies Topics I (3) Examines existing and emerging information technology (IT) within the organization. The focal points of the course are the role IT plays in business processes, the underlying theoretical basis for innovation through IT, methodologies for successful IT innovation, and infrastructure technologies commonly employed and why.
631 Enabling Technology Topics II (3) Examines the rapidly emerging trend of integrating business processes across organizational boundaries. The course focus is on the technical issues that arise when integrating information across firms as well as current and emerging technologies and models to accomplish this integration.
601 MBA Marketing Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to concepts and decisions within marketing, as well as the implications marketing decisions have for other aspects of the organization. Examines consumers and segments, product and service planning, channel design, promotional strategy, and pricing.
602 MBA Creativity Module (1) Introduces the MBA student to creative thinking by assessing personal cognitive styles, applying methods to stimulate creativity, developing methods for idea selection, and launching related initiatives.
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