501 MBA Career Development (1) Career opportunities available in each concentration.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Comment(s): Enrollment is limited to students admitted to the MBA Program or by consent of the Director of the
MBA Program.
511 MBA Core I (3) Essential skills of manager: basic information technology skills, teambuilding, and written and oral communication skills. Finance and accounting fundamentals. Introduction to integrated value chain.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Comment(s): Requires admission to the MBA program or consent MBA Program Director.
512 MBA Core II (15) Development of roles and responsibilities of business managers. Functional fundamentals: marketing, operations, human resource management. Continuous systems improvement and delivery of customer value. Role of firm in society: stakeholder value, economics, and ethical and legal environment of firm. Personal leadership skills, and assessment of students’ leadership abilities. Integration of value chain: demand management, operations management, process design and management, and logistics management.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511.
Comment(s): Requires admission to the MBA program or consent of MBA Program Director.
Registration Permission: Prerequisite(s) or consent of Director of the MBA Program required.
513 MBA Core III (9) Continuation of the functional fundamentals from 512. Integration of value chain: supply management and resource management. Capstone integrated experience using information technology.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 512.
Comment(s): Requires admission to MBA program or consent of MBA Program Director.
Registration Permission: Prerequisite(s) or consent of Director of the MBA Program required.
514 Integrated Business Simulation (1) Computer simulation. Teams manage business within competitive marketplace.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511, 512, and 513.
Comment(s): Requires admission to MBA program or consent of MBA Program Director.
Registration Permission: Prerequisites or consent of Director of the MBA Program required.
520 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3) Introduces students to innovation and entrepreneurship business logics and strategies. Topics include innovative problem solving, business consulting practices, business planning, continuous improvement, transformational change leadership, and project management.
(DE) Corequisite(s): 513.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
521 Business Core for Master of Accountancy I (3) Topics in business having relevance to Master of Accountancy students. Topics vary to reflect current needs of the accounting profession. Sequence (521-522-523) culminates with a business simulation.
Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission required.
522 Business Core for Master of Accountancy II (3) Topics in business having relevance to Master of Accountancy students. Topics vary to reflect current needs of the accounting profession. Sequence (521-522-523) culminates with a business simulation.
Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission required.
523 Business Core for Master of Accountancy III (3) Topics in business having relevance to Master of Accountancy students. Topics vary to reflect current needs of the accounting profession. Sequence (521-522-523) culminates with a business simulation.
Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission required.
551 Executive Core I (12) Integrated course with substantial reading, study and analyses during off-site periods. Integration of major business functions through strategic and business process perspective. Application of functional knowledge to tactical and strategic issues. Development of purpose of firm as delivering value to customers and other stakeholders. Ethical issues. Financial and accounting principles. Economic and regulatory environment of business. Human resource and organizational behavior topics in context of business systems and objectives. Personal development for leadership: individual personal skills of communication, negotiation, leadership and motivation. Customer value and systems management. Case simulations and exercises.
Comment(s): Executive MBA admission required.
552 Executive Core II (12) Continuation of 551. Financial and accounting principles. Application of functional knowledge to tactical and strategic issues. Economic and regulatory environment of business. Human resource and organizational behavior topics in context of business systems and objectives. Personal development for leadership. Systems management. Strategic management issues at functional business unit and corporate level. Executive format includes international study.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 551.
553 Executive Core III (12) Continuation of 552. Financial and accounting principles. Application of functional knowledge to tactical and strategic issues. Case simulations and exercises. Human resource and organizational behavior topics in context of business systems and objectives. Personal development for leadership. Systems management. Strategic management issues at functional business unit and corporate level. Executive format includes international study.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 552.
561 Management Project I (3) Company project. Preliminary investigation of significant strategic issue (new initiative, program or significant organizational change to enhance organizational effectiveness) in sponsoring organization. Work within firm under guidance of faculty to develop proposal which defines issue and scope of project. Proposal to be approved by company and faculty.
(DE) Corequisite: 551.
Comment(s): Executive MBA admission and cooperation of sponsoring organization required.
562 Management Project II (3) Company project. Continuation of 561. Diagnosis and analysis of strategic issue. Work within firm under guidance of faculty member.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 561.
(DE) Corequisite(s): 552.
563 Management Project III (3) Company project. Continuation of 562. Completion of analysis and presentation of report to senior management in sponsoring organization. Work within firm under guidance of faculty member.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 562.
(DE) Corequisite(s): 553.
591 International Travel (2) MBA students’ international trip experience. Will familiarize students with the complexities of doing business internationally through experiential learning.
Comment(s): Requires admission to MBA program or consent of MBA Program Director.
593 Directed Independent Study (3) Cross-disciplinary topic of mutual interest to student and faculty.
Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Comment(s): Available only by prearrangement with supervising faculty member. May require approval of Director
of the MBA program.
595 Entrepreneurial Strategy Implementation (3) Student teams of 2-4 individuals work with an entrepreneur to implement business strategies. Guided by a Statement of Work, students will conduct research, analyze company data, and interact weekly with the entrepreneur to understand goals of the strategy being implemented. One student per team will serve as the project manager, and a faculty member will serve as the Client Partner lead.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511, 512, 513, and 520.
596 Global Business Strategies (3) The strategic challenges of globalization; globalization strategies of multi-national corporations; the circumstances in which venturing overseas makes sense, and when it may not be a wise strategy; essential strategic and organizational challenges encountered by international managers (e.g., building competitive advantage in international markets, balancing benefits of global integration against the need to respond to local differences, managing joint ventures and strategic alliances including the growing trend of offshore outsourcing). Also examines how international differences in social and legal conditions affect strategic choices.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 513.
599 Executive-In-Residence (3) Interaction with corporate executives from wide spectrum of business disciplines and discussion of domestic and international strategic planning as applied in major corporations.
Recommended Background: MBA core.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
693 Independent Study (3)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
699 Special Topics (3) Seminars that integrate content from various business functions: international business, management information systems.