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The Weekend Curriculum
Enhancing the part-time experience is
the Weekend MBA cohort program, which is
often reserved for full-time students in
other MBA programs. During the first six
semesters, students follow a lock-step
progression through the core courses and
enjoy a cohesive, team spirit among
their peers All core courses are 2
credits with the exception of Data
Models and Decisions (3 credits),
Financial Management (3 credits) and the
Business Competition (1 credit).
Weekend MBA core classes generally
meet from around 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Ronald Reagan Building International
Trade Center in Washington DC. The
model for core course scheduling
generally follows this repeating
pattern: two consecutive Saturdays of
classes with the following Saturday off.
Once the core curriculum is finished,
Weekend MBA students may continue taking
electives on alternate Saturdays or take
advantage of Evening MBA electives
during the week at Baltimore, College
Park, Shady Grove, and Washington DC.
Evening MBA electives usually meet 7 to
9:40 p.m. once a week.
Core Business Courses
There is also a one-weekend Business
Ethics ELM scheduled for the Spring
semester of the third year.
Core Course Descriptions
BUSI 604
Part-Time Program 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 bya panel of business leaders who
play the role of the company's board of
directors.
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BUSI 610 Introduction to Financial
Accounting; (2 credits). Overview of
financial accounting, periodic financial
statements and the financial reporting
process. Introduction to the importance
of financial statements as information
sources 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).
Analysis of marketing problems and
evaluation of specific marketing efforts
regarding the organization's products
and services, pricing activities,
channel selection, and promotion
strategies in both domestic and
international markets.
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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). Introduction to the
relationship between national and
international economic environments.
Determinants of output, interest rates,
prices and exchange rates. Analysis of
the 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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CURRICULUM & SCHEDULE
Evening MBA
Curriculum
Weekend MBA
Curriculum
ELECTIVES
Evening: Baltimore
Evening: Shady Grove
Evening: Washington
Weekend LOCATIONS
Evening Locations
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