Business Administration Department

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Number of credit hours (Cr.) for each course is designated with a number following Cr. Then two numbers inside the parenthesis follow the credit hours. The first digit in the parenthesis represents the lecture hours per week and the second one shows the lab hours. Internship courses indicate no standard lecture or laboratory contact hours as class time is spent outside the normal classroom environment. For internships and others, the number of credits is shown as a third hyphenated digit in parenthesis.  

Example: Cr. 4. (3-2) means that this course has 4 credits; 3 lectures and 2 lab hours per week, i.e., it has a total of 45 lecture hours and 30 lab hours for the whole 15-week semester. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces students to the theory of accounting and financial reporting, and generally accepted accounting practices. The primary emphasis is on financial statements and accounting for assets, liabilities, equities, revenues and expenses.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on the development, interpretation and use of relevant cost behavior, control, and traceability concepts for management planning, controlling and decision making. Topics include product and direct costing, performance standards and variance analysis, accounting, profitability, and capital budgeting.

Prerequisite: ACCT 2311.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on statistical methods, their applications in business contexts and how to interpret analyses performed by others. Topics include data collection, frequency distributions, probability and probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation analysis.

Prerequisite: MATH 1311 or higher. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course overviews mathematical operations related to a variety of business disciplines. Students learn and apply the following skills: computation, fractions, decimals, percentages, bank transactions, trade/cash discounts, business statistics, payroll calculations, interest, notes and present value calculations.

Prerequisite: MATH 1311 or higher.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This interdisciplinary course focuses on computer-based information systems and explores the basic technical, behavioral, economic, and organizational concepts relevant to information, decision making, and systems in a business context.

Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course examines the role and importance of ethics in a complex business environment, as well as the relationships and social responsibilities of individuals, organizations and communities. Students will also discuss ethical philosophy and apply an ethical decision-making process to practical ethical dilemmas confronting leaders and managers in the workplace.

Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course provides an overview of the business law and legal environment. Topics for this course include the legal principles of business, dispute resolution and procedures, contract law, bankruptcy law, property law, internet law and e-commerce, security interests, negotiable instruments and sales.

Prerequisite: Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 1. (0-0-1). This course is designed to supplement coursework in Business Administration. It helps students apply their knowledge into real-world problems in professional settings. Students recognize the need for continuous learning and experience the challenges of workplace environment.

Prerequisites: Instructor approval required. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3 (3-0). This course overviews financial, managerial, and marketing problems confronted by multinational firms. Worldwide patterns of trade and investments are also discussed.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311, MRKT 2311, FINA 3312 or concurrent enrollment. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on application of acquired knowledge and skills to real world business problems. Students utilize problem solving principles and techniques to evaluate case studies in a variety of business disciplines.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311, MRKT 2311, ACCT 2312, FINA 3312 or concurrent enrollment, BUSI 3314 or concurrent enrollment. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (0-0-3). This course is designed to supplement coursework in Business Administration. It helps students apply their knowledge into real-world problems in professional settings. Students recognize the need for continuous learning and experience the challenges of workplace environment.

Prerequisites: Instructor approval required. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on international trade in goods, services, and capital.  It serves as an introduction to international economic issues and related policies.  The issues discussed in the course include gains from trade and their distribution; analysis of protectionism; strategic trade barriers; the trade deficit; exchange rate determination; and government intervention in foreign exchange markets.

Prerequisites: ECON 2311 or ECON 2312, and FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course provides students with skills to solve real world problems. It focuses on problems and applications related to personal finance, including financial planning, personal investing, budgeting, tax planning, real estate financing, credit management, insurance protection, and retirement and estate planning.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course examines financial principles applicable to the business organization. Topics include risk return trade off, the time value of money, fundamentals of stocks and bonds and their valuation, capital budgeting, dividend and debt policy.

Prerequisites: ACCT 2311, ECON 2311, and BUSI 2311 or MATH 1312. Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course analyzes asset and liability management for financial institutions. Topics include financial markets such as stocks, bonds, mortgages, derivatives and foreign exchange.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course provides principles of personal financial planning and opportunities for students to develop skills for making financial decisions. For effective financial decision-making, course topics will include making informed decisions regarding tax, budgets, investment, insurance, retirement, and estate planning.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 30 credit hours prior to registering for this course.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on investment theories and their application in terms of selecting assets and securities such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.  Modern portfolio theory, leverage, and portfolio diversification is also discussed.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course analyzes the financial statements of corporations, using analytical tools and methods ranging from ratio computation and cash flow measures to equity valuation. Topics include cash flow analysis, profitability analysis, credit analysis, short-term and long-term forecasting, and equity analysis and valuation.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course focuses on the financial operations of corporations in international financial markets. Topics include forecasting exchange rates in foreign exchange markets, the components of international monetary systems, currency risk management techniques, and global financial decisions.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course provides an in-depth study of capital budgeting, financing, dividends, and related issues in the context of risk, return, and creation of value in a corporation and other business organizations.

Prerequisites: FINA 3312. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course examines tools for understanding the management process, organizational structure and corporate culture. It also relates theory and research to organizational problems by reviewing concepts in individual behavior, motivation and performance, communication, conflict and negotiation, teamwork dynamics and decision-making.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course examines the economic and social environment in which small businesses function, and the critical role of entrepreneurship in fostering business growth and development. Topics include facts about going into business, conducting a feasibility study, financing a business, essential management skills, marketing strategies and legal issues.  

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course provides students with in-depth knowledge on the various leadership theories and insight into effective leadership practices. Topics include management versus leadership, traits and characteristics of leaders, leadership attitudes and styles, situational leadership theories, power and influence, and motivation and coaching skills for leaders.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course is designed to introduce the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) and focuses on theories, principles, and practices of Human Resources Management (HRM) in organizations. Topics include human resource management functions such as recruitment, selection, training, performance management, motivation, communication, legal environment, benefits and compensation.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces the basic concepts of project management and tools and techniques to effectively manage projects. Topics include project selection, project planning, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, project control and project termination. Tools such as work breakdown structures, network diagrams, project crashing will also be covered.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces quantitative and analytical methods for modeling to solve business problems. Tools such as linear programming, integer programming, network flow models and decision analysis are examined.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311 and BUSI 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces supply chain management in a competitive business environment. It involves coordinating and improving the flow of goods, services, information, and funds within companies and around the world, from raw materials to the final end user. This course integrates operations management, logistics, and computer information systems. Topics include relationship management, transportation and distribution, inventory control, purchasing, forecasting, production management, and the impact of technology on supply chain management.

Prerequisites: MNGT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces marketing concepts and their application in the marketing of products, services, ideas, and organizations. Topics include consumer behavior; market segmentation and target market selection, and management of marketing mix variables such as product, price, placement, and promotion.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course introduces characteristics of global marketing and the strategic marketing decisions for effective competition in the global environment. Topics include planning and organizing for international marketing operations, distinctive characteristics, environmental influences, and emerging trends in overseas markets.

Prerequisites: MRKT 2311. Must have earned at least 60 credit hours prior to registering for this course. 

Cr. 3. (3-0).  Managerial Economics is the application of economic theory and methodology to formulating rational managerial decisions. Topics include a thorough supply and demand analysis and forecasting demand, the theory of individual behavior, production process and cost, profit maximization under various market structures and game theory. The course will offer a comprehensive treatment of economic theory and analysis, using both qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course provides an advanced treatment to the accounting principles, concepts, procedures and techniques underlying financial and managerial accounting and budgeting. The emphasis of the course is on business and economic information generated in the accounting process and a study of their behavior for planning and control decisions.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  The course will provide an in-depth study of descriptive statistics, statistical sampling and estimation, exponential families and sufficient statistics, maximum likelihood estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, linear regression and linear models, and multiple examples of applied statistics for business decision making.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course develops the marketing principles by which products and services are designed to meet customer needs, priced, promoted, and distributed to the end user. The focus is on the application of these marketing principles to a wide range of customers, both internal and external.  Topics include consumer behavior; market segmentation and target market selection, and management of marketing mix variables such as product, price, placement, and promotion.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course provides students with in-depth knowledge on the various leadership theories and insight into effective leadership practices. Topics include management versus leadership, traits and characteristics of leaders, leadership attitudes and styles, situational leadership theories, power and influence, and motivation and coaching skills for leaders.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course examines the four functions of management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with emphasis on the application of management concepts and theories to achieve organizational goals. It also provides tools for understanding how organizations form, survive and grow, interact with each other, recruit and process members, gain and manage resources, and deal with both internal and external problems.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course focuses on how managers formulate strategic decisions and manage the strategy implementation process. Using integrative analysis (from other core course, such as accounting, finance and marketing) and case studies this course will explore the process of developing and managing business strategies. Topics will include development of corporate goals and objectives, competitive analysis, business and corporate level strategies, and organizational systems design for plan implementation.

Prerequisite: Last semester of study or approval of graduate director.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course covers the tools and techniques required for project management. Topics include project selection, project planning, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, project control, project crashing, and project termination and tools such as work breakdown structures, network diagrams, and performance measurement. Students will also acquire soft skills to become effective project managers and apply both soft and technical skills in real projects.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course provides an in-depth study of capital budgeting, financing, dividends, and related issues in the context of risk, return, and creation of value in a corporation and other business organizations.

Prerequisite: MBA 5312 or concurrent enrollment, or approval of graduate director. 

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course will focus on developing new ways of design thinking, the most important element of a creative culture in a dynamic business world.  The course helps students to recognize the method and application of design as an alternative management approach for business leaders in a competitive environment.  Also, new ways of design thinking through class exercises and a course project will be developed, where students will develop creative concepts for an assigned topic.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course will examine how health care is organized and delivered in the U.S. and around the world. The course will cover the history and emergence of health systems and the roles of various people, organizations, and industries that create and shape health care systems. Students will also explore: the health care workforce, major concepts of health care operations and business activities; ethical and legal issues; and, challenges health care systems face today.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course will examine each area of HRM and the key function it plays in the health care environment. The course will focus on key HRM practices (analyzing and designing jobs, HR planning, recruiting, selection, training & development, performance management, compensation, and employee relations) and how these support important initiatives in health care systems and impact health care organizations’ ability to achieve high levels of quality and performance. It also examines the legal environment in which health care employees, managers, and administrators operate.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  In this course students will examine essential areas of healthcare financial management, such as cash flow, financial statements, billing, collections, and capital investments. Students will also explore approaches managers and investors use to make finance and investment decisions in the health care sector. Investment criteria and strategic alternatives, such as mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and LBOs will be discussed; and, students will be exposed to the dynamic and complex health care environment in which finance and investment decisions are made including developments in health care laws and regulations.

Prerequisite: MBA 5319. 

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course examines the tools and techniques to solve managerial decision models that represent real‐world business problems and identify their managerial implications. The course focuses on the use of Excel to apply tools including optimization modeling, simulation, and decision trees.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0).  The course presents statistical techniques that extend the ideas of prediction-based statistical tools.  These extensions include finding relationships among variables and methods for building regression models from large collections of predictors. Time series analysis, forecasting models and data mining will also be introduced with real life business examples and case studies. The course focuses on the practical use of modern methodologies associated with data analysis and decision making.

Prerequisite: MBA 5313 or approval of graduate director.

Cr. 3. (3-0). This course will survey approaches and techniques used in the analysis, design and management of production operations and supply chain processes. Students will explore forecasting, demand management, MPS, aggregate planning, MRP, category management, EOQ models, supplier relationship management, supply cycle, source-to-pay and contracting principles. Students will also examine JIT, Lean operations, supply chain best practices, risk management, sustainability and CSR to better understand the relationship of enterprise-level planning and systems to the overall flow of materials and production.

Prerequisite: MBA 5312. 

Cr. 3. (3-0).  This course will examine systems, methods, and tools used to monitor, control and improve quality in organizations. The course will focus on topics such as the historical development of quality management, costs and consequences related to quality, quality certifications, TQM, Six Sigma, and basic problem-solving tools for quality. Emphasis will also be given to inspections, statistical process control, and process capability.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (3-0). In this course students will examine activities involved in the global transfer of goods and services. Students will examine logistic services, logistic network design, reverse logistics, transportation modes, multimodal transport, optimization of transportation processes, and transport infrastructure. Emphasis will be placed on international and ethical considerations of moving goods and services through an organization’s input, transformation, and output processes to the end customer.

Prerequisite: None.

Cr. 3. (0-0-3). This course is designed to enable Master of Business Administration students to gain practical experience that supplements their coursework. It helps students apply their knowledge into real-world problems in professional settings. Students recognize the need for continuous learning and experience the challenges of workplace environment.    

Prerequisites: Completion of the first semester and MBA coordinator approval.

 

Cr. (0-0-3). This course is designed for those who will pursue thesis option in their plan of study. It is designed for the preparation of a master’s thesis. The candidate identifies a problem, reviews literature, creates a product based on applicable literature, research, or theory that addresses the problem, and develops a plan for implementation and evaluation with the supervision of an academic advisor.

Cr. (0-0-3). The thesis is an independent research course that involves theoretical or empirical research that identifies an issue or question, reviews literature, designs a study, gathers and analyzes data or evidence, and presents interpretations or conclusions. A candidate is required to perform the study under the guidance of a faculty advisory committee. A written thesis must be presented, defended orally, and submitted to the faculty advisory committee for approval.  

Prerequisite(s): (MBA 5390).