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Curriculum

Core Courses (27 Credit Hours)

The core courses, the heart of the MBA program, focus on organizational decision-making, behavioral factors that drive decision-making, and the environment in which the organization functions. The graduate management core is composed of the following courses:

ACCT 5510 Managerial Accounting
CIS 5520 Management Information Systems
DSC 5200 Managerial Statistics
DSC 5530 Production and Systems Management
ECON 5540 Economic Analysis
FIN 5550 Financial Policies
MGT 5560 Behavioral and Management Theory and Analysis
MKT 5570 Marketing Strategy
MGT 5565 Management Strategy and Policy Analysis - Should be taken in the graduating semester

Elective Courses (6 Credit Hours)

MBA ELECTIVE COURSES
Elective course offerings vary from year to year.  Possible course offerings include the following:

  • Project Management
  • Financial Information and Control Systems
  • Advanced International Finance
  • Investments: Theory and Practice
  • Topics in International Business
  • Marketing Research
  • Multinational Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • Global Small Business Marketing Strategy
  • Creativity, Opportunity Recognition and Feasibility Studies
  • Technological Entrepreneurship and High Growth Ventures

Foundation Courses

Before enrolling in the core MBA courses, a student must complete the basic undergraduate-level business courses. Many or all of the foundation-course requirements can be waived for students with prior appropriate course work. The foundation courses should be completed with a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.0. The following comprise the foundation courses:

ACCT 2400 Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2400 Principles of Accounting I

 Prerequisite: MATH 1100. This introductory course covers the accounting cycle for a proprietorship. Balance sheet items are covered in detail. The theory of accrual based accounting and GAAP are detailed. The preparation of financial statements are explained. A special project and presentation involving GAAP will be required for MBA students taking this course.  
ECON 2200 Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 2200 Principles of Macroeconomics

 Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or MATH 1070. Principles of economics for the student interested in business. The course will provide an introduction to the organization and functioning of modern economic systems. Attention will focus on production, employment, income levels, and policy tools. Students cannot earn credit for both ECON 2000 and ECON 2200. 
DSC 2010 Elementary Statistics or DSC 3300 Decision Science

DSC 2010 Elementary Statistics

 Prerequisite: MATH 2000. A course concerned with the application of statistical techniques to economic and business problems. Topics covered include description and numerical methods of describing data, probability concepts and application, discrete and continuous probability distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.

DSC 3300 Decision Sciences

Prerequisite: DSC 2010. An introduction to the use of mathematical concepts and models in managerial decisionmaking. Review of finite mathematical tools, linear programming, applied probabilistic concepts and decision theory.  
MGT 3000 Organization and Management

MGT 3000 Organization and Management

 Prerequisite: SOCI 2000. Approximately 40 percent of this management foundation course will focus on fundamentals and principles of management; another 40 percent will concentrate on organizational behavior; and the remaining 20 percent will concern human resource management, including topics such as recruiting, training, and performance appraisal.
FIN 3200 Principles of Finance

FIN 3200 Principles of Finance

 Prerequisites: ACCT 2400, DSC 2010. A study of the principles and practices involved in the organization and operation of the financial aspects of modern businesses. Primary attention is given to acquiring, allocating, and controlling use of funds in business enterprises.
ACCT 2500 Principles of Accounting II

ACCT 2500 Principles of Accounting II

 Prerequisite: ACCT 2400. This course is a continuation of ACCT 2400. Topics covered include accounting for partnerships and corporations, bonds, stock investment, consolidations, analysis and interpretation of financial statements, introduction to management accounting. MBA students will be required to make a presentation on a financial accounting topic.
ECON 2300 Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 2300 Principles of Microeconomics

 Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or MATH 1070. Principles of economics for the student interested in business. The course will provide an introduction to the organization and functioning on modern economic systems. Attention will focus of the principles of microeconomics and the development of an understanding of the roles of prices in the product and resources markets. Students cannot earn credit for both ECON 2010 and ECON 2300.
MATH 2000 Calculus

MATH 2000 Calculus

 Prerequisite: C or better in MATH 1100. An intuitive treatment of the calculus, including functions, limits, continuity, the techniques of differentiation and an introduction to integration. Applications to business and economics, the life sciences and the behavioral sciences.
MKT 3210 Principles of Marketing

MKT 3210 Principles of Marketing

 Prerequisites: SOCI 2000, ECON 2200 or ECON 2300. The major objective is to develop in the student the ability to analyze marketing problems and to provide an introduction to that sector of business activity concerned with the distribution of products to business and consumers. The course describes the background and framework of the marketing structure of modern business organizations.
ACCT 3100 Legal Environment of Business I

ACCT 3100 Legal Environment of Business I

 An introduction to the American legal and judicial system with an emphasis on the study of law as it relates to legal rights and social forces, government, business and society.