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Core Classes
Core Course Descriptions
BUSI 604 Business Competition; (1
credit). This competition integrates
oral and written assignments and individual
assessments culminating in a seven day competition.
During this competition students will integrate
elements from their various courses and
demonstrate mastery of their communications
skills. Teams are given a business case
that deals with the broad strategy issues
facing a company. The teams present their
analyses and recommendations in written
and oral presentations. In a multistage
competition, teams will be selected to advance
to the final round, which is judged by a
panel of business leaders who play the role
of the company's board of directors.
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BUSI 698 MBA Consulting Project; (3
credits). Experiential research project
in the identification of management problems,
the evaluation of alternative solutions,
and the recommendation for management.
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BUSI 610 Introduction
to Financial Accounting; (2 credits).
Overview of financial accounting, periodic
financial statements and the financial reporting
process. Importance of financial statements
as information source for creditors and
investors and as a means by which managers
can communicate information about their
firms.
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BUSI 611 Managerial
Accounting; (2 credits). Use of accounting
data in corporate planning and control.
Cost-volume- profit analysis, budgeting,
pricing decisions and cost data, transfer
pricing, activity-based management, performance
measures, and standard costing.
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BUSI 620 Strategic
Information Systems; (2 credits). Use
of information technology to achieve competitive
advantage, efficient operations, and effective
decision making. Analysis of functions of
information technology and its impact on
competitive strategy and organizational
operations.
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BUSI 630 Data
Models and Decisions; (3 credits). To
develop probabilistic and statistical concepts,
methods and models through examples motivated
by real-life data from business and to stress
the role that statistics plays in the managerial
decision making process.
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BUSI 640 Financial
Management; (3 credits). Analysis of
major corporate financial decisions using
a market-oriented framework. Topics include
capital budgeting, security portfolio theory,
operation and efficiency of financial markets,
options pricing, financing decisions, capital
structure, payout policy and international
finance.
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BUSI 650 Marketing
Management; (2 credits). An overview
of decisions marketing managers make to
create and maintain enduring customer-based
equity. These decisions involve identifying
marketing opportunities, selecting customer
targets, effectively positioning products
and services, and implementing competitive
marketing support programs. Students will
learn marketing decision-making models and
how to apply them.
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BUSI 662 Leadership
and Teamwork; (2 credits). Course examines
concepts of team-building and leadership
which are critical to managerial success.
Topics include leadership, decision making,
communication and conflict, work motivation,
building effective teams, and organizational
change and culture.
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BUSI 663 Managing
Human Capital; (2 credits). Course examines
core human resource management principles
and emphasizes skills for maximizing an
organization's human capital. Topics include
recruitment, selection, performance feedback
and incentives, termination of poor performers,
and managing organizational change through
human resource systems and policies.
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BUSI 671 Supply
Chain Logistics and Operations Management;
(2 credits). This course introduces
students to the concept of value-driven
supply chains and its integration with operations.
The course focuses on the fundamental principles
underlying supply chains, using insights
from both operations management and logistics.
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BUSI 681 Managerial
Economics and Public Policy; (2 credits).
Basic microeconomic principles used
by firms, including supply and demand, elasticities,
costs, productivity, pricing, market structure
and competitive implications of alternative
market structures. Market failures and government
intervention. Public policy processes affecting
business operations.
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BUSI 683 The
Global Economic Environment; (2 credits).
Relationship between national and international
economic environments. Determinants of output,
interest rates, prices and exchange rates.
Analysis of effect of economic policies
(fiscal, monetary, trade, tax) on the firm
and the economy.
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BUSI 690 Strategic
Management; (2 credits). Integrative
strategic management focusing on strategy
formulation and implementation in domestic
and global settings. Industry and competitor
analysis, industry and firm value chain,
leadership, goal setting, organizational
structure and culture. Case study approach
to top management and organizational problems.
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