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MBA 501
Foundations of Business I
Credit: 10 hours.
This course focuses on understanding the business formation process and how to prepare a business plan. Specific learning objectives include: planning and measurement of firm resources; the economic theory of the firm; decision-making under uncertainty; understanding customer choice; financial management; oral presentation skills; and computer skills. Students who receive credit for MBA 501 may not receive credit for the following courses: ACCY 501, BADM 520, 544, or 572, or ECON 567.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Business Administration program.
MBA 502
Foundations of Business II
Credit: 10 hours.
Helps students understand how to design and manage internal processes to achieve a firm's objectives. Specific learning objectives include: how managers internally allocate tasks; authority and resources to achieve a firm's objectives; how to design and manage the process of effectively producing products and services; how to measure costs and performance of business processes; how to understand and analyze institutions and programs of modern marketing as well as communicate marketing decisions; and how to manage capital resources within a firm. Students will also develop written communication skills. Students who receive credit for MBA 502 may not receive credit for the following courses: ACCY 503, BADM 509, OR 567, or FIN 520. Prerequisite: MBA 501.
MBA 503
Prin & Proc of Management I
Credit: 6 hours.
Course presents information and material on how to manage critical human and other organizational resources. Specific topics include: management / organizational behavior, strategic decision-making, and management of technology and technological developments. Students practice critical management skills in simulations and case discussions. Specific themes focus on how managers effectively manage the human component in organizations, how to manage technology, and how to think about and respond to strategic issues. Students who receive credit for MBA 503 may not receive credit for BADM 543. Prerequisite: MBA 501 and 502.
MBA 504
Prin & Proc of Management II
Credit: 6 hours.
Course presents information and material on how organizations make decisions and operate in the global environment. Specific topics include: decision and risk analysis, managing change, leadership styles for organizations, business ethics, and developing and implementing strategies in the global environment. Prerequisite: MBA 501, 502, and 503.
MBA 505
Topics in Management
Credit: 2 to 8 hours.
Course presents topics important to the study of business management. Examples of topics include: international business; strategic thinking, incentives, and information; operations management; financial reporting, financial institutions; and information systems. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite: MBA 502.
ACCY 517
Financial Statement Analysis
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines tools and techniques of financial statement analysis from the perspective of investors and creditors and emphasizes theoretical and empirical properties of financial ratios. Prerequisite: ACCY 501, FIN 520, BADM 572; or equivalent; and enrollment in graduate degree program or consent of Department.
ACE 528
Research in Futures Markets
Credit: 4 hours.
Research literature on commodity futures and options markets, both theoretical and empirical. Topics include: supply of storage, basis models, theory of the firm and hedging under uncertainty, optimal hedging, speculative returns, market performance, pricing efficiency and option pricing. Prerequisite: ACE 328 or equivalent, and ECON 500 or equivalent.
BADM 445
Small Business Consulting
Credit: 4 hours.
Through guided experience, students identify and offer advice to local small business firms. The course exposes students, serving as consultants, to the wide variety of problems facing the smaller firm as well as enables them to apply current business methods to real problems. Students work in teams. Prerequisite: Junior standing in the College of Business or admission to the Master of Business Administration program; or consent of instructor.
BADM 447
Legal Strat for Entrepre Firm
Credit: 4 hours.
Addresses the legal and managerial strategies important to the emerging firm, with particular focus on defensive legal strategies in the context of entrepreneurship. From the entrepreneur's perspective, examines the law of partnerships, sole proprietorships, corporations, joint ventures, agency, and defensive strategies to thwart takeovers.
BADM 508
Organizational Behavior
Credit: 4 hours.
Develops and integrates fundamental behavioral concepts and theory having administrative applications; initially focuses on the individual decision maker and ultimately includes interpersonal, organizational, and social structures and influences; and develops strategies and methods of research on behavioral applications in business.
BADM 511
Topics in Personnel Mgmt
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines the organization and administration of the personnel function in management; the relations of personnel administration to operating departments and the scope of business and industrial personnel services; analytical appraisal of policies and practices in selected areas of personnel administration, such as selection and training, carried out through case studies and direct industrial contracts; and specificconsideration given to problems up to and including placing the person on a job. Same as LIR 548. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
BADM 512
HR Management and Strategy
Designed to provide integration across the specific functional areas of the human resources management (HRM) field, while at the same time demonstrating the linkages horizontally within HRM and vertically with strategic management of the firm. This case-focused course places emphasis on human resources issues of strategic importance to the organization. Same as
LIR 565; Prerequisite: One prior course from the Organizational Behavior and Personnel Management distribution subject area list (in the MHRIR degree requirements for the graduate degree in Labor and Industrial Relations).
BADM 521
Marketing Strategy
Credit: 4 hours.
Formal analysis of strategy drawing on concepts from the theory of games, decision theory, value theory, and information theory; topics cover elements of game models, classes of decision problems, games against nature, modern utility theory, information theory, group decision making, statistical decision theory, and linear and nonlinear optimization.
BADM 522
Marketing Models
Credit: 4 hours.
Concepts, methods, and applications of decision modeling to marketing issues including segmentation, targeting and positioning, new product design and development, advertising, sales force and promotion planning, and sales forecasting. Assists students to build "smart" spreadsheets to improve marketing decisions. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent
BADM 523
Consumer Behavior
Credit: 4 hours.
Studies alternative models of buyer behavior; focuses attention on psychological, sociological, and economic factors including motivation, learning, attitudes, personality, reference groups, social stratification, demographics, life-styles, and cross-cultural differences and their impact on purchasing, consumption, and choice decisions. Prerequisite: BADM 520 or first year of MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 524
Pricing Strategy and Tactics
Credit: 4 hours.
Develops concepts and techniques for formulating and administering prices in a variety of business situations. Focuses on understanding the internal and external environment through relevant information acquisition and analysis for developing appropriate pricing strategies and tactics. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 525
New Product Development
Credit: 4 hours.
The decisions on the firm's total market offer, including such topics as use of market analysis in making decisions on assortment, product development, pricing, packaging, branding, and sales forecasting; coordination of these decisions and actions with market communications, physical movement, production, finance, and the overall goals and policies of the firm; and emphasizes the use of analytic and research methods in making assortment and product decisions. Prerequisite: BADM 520 or first year of MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 526
Marketing to Organizations
Credit: 4 hours.
Case and discussion-based course that focuses on how firms that are engaged in marketing to organizations. Examines how to identify competitive marketing advantages, assess market needs, and leverage or sustain these advantages Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent
BADM 528
Promotional Strategy
Credit: 4 hours.
Management orientation to promotional strategy for the medium and large size organization: includes analyses of the primary elements of the promotional function from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives emphasizing such factors as (1) selection among alternative promotional tools, (2) the promotional budgeting and allocation process, and (3) determination of appropriate messages and media schedules for given product/market situations. Explores widely used models in depth for strategic usefulness; emphasizes case analysis and contemporary situations. Prerequisite: BADM 520 or first year of MBA program or equivalent
BADM 529
Marketing Research
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines the collection and analysis of information applied to marketing decisions; stresses quantitative methods including samplings, scalings, experimental design, forecasting, and multivariate procedures through the use of class projects on actual market research problems. Prerequisite: BADM 520 or first year of MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 542
Competitive Analysis
Credit: 4 hours.
Develops concepts and techniques critical for formulating competitive strategy in a variety of business environments. Focuses on analyzing the structure of industries, the evolution of this structure, the pattern of interaction among competitors, and the competitive position and advantage of firms in the industry. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent.
Ethical Dilemmas in Business
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines business decision making and the role ethics plays in that process. Analysis of how managers behave and whether ethical choices are knowingly made or only realized thereafter. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 554
Enterprise Database Management
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines the design and management of enterprise-wide data base systems. Topics include: (1) information modeling and presentation; (2) computerized methods for organizing information; (3) object-oriented information representation; (4) web-based enterprise information systems; and (5) business application and management of enterprise data base systems. Credit is not given for this course and BADM 352. Prerequisite: Graduate student standing
BADM 555
Info Sys Development and Mgt
Credit: 4 hours.
Addresses issues relevant to the development of large-scale information systems including systems concepts and thinking, systems development life cycle, objectives, methodology and deliverables in each phase, behavioral implications of systems development and integration information systems with business processes. Credit is not given for this course and BADM 353. Prerequisite: Graduate student standing.
BADM 557
Dec Support and Knowledge Mgt
Credit: 4 hours.
This graduate level course examines emerging information technologies, in particular based on the Internet and mobile applications, to support management decisions. This course combines the technical, business and managerial aspects of developing advanced electronic business systems. Credit is not given for this course and BADM 453.
BADM 558
Software Prog Dev and Mgmt
Credit: 4 hours.
Graduate level course. Covers software development principles and implementations. Course topics include: Object-oriented programming, Java, C, C++, C#, with Java as the main language of implementation. Prerequisite: Graduate student standing
BADM 565
Design & Mgt of Service Sys
Credit: 4 hours.
Focuses on unique challenges arising in services because customers cannot be separated from service creation and delivery processes; emphasizes integration of operations, marketing, and human resources management; and includes topics such as design/delivery of services, service quality/productivity, and strategic role of information technology in services. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent
BADM 566
Supply Chain Management
Credit: 4 hours.
Focuses on how to manage flows of products and services from raw material sources to final customers and associate flows of information. Helps students to develop a system view of measuring channel performance, integrating cross-functional activities, and coordinating processes across organizations. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent
BADM 568
Planning and Control Systems
Credit: 4 hours.
In-depth treatment of concepts involved in designing and implementing planning and control systems within the context of a dynamic environment; particular emphasis on the systematic use of information to maintain the efficient flow of materials, utilization of people and technology, coordination with suppliers, and communication with customers. Prerequisite: First year of the MBA program or equivalent.
BADM 576
Business Forecasting Models
Credit: 4 hours.
Introduction to maximum likelihood estimating techniques; topics including the use and limitations of least squares, two-stage least squares, limited-information and full-information estimates; and consideration of problems with observational errors, multicolinearity, and autocorrelation in time-series and cross-section structural estimation. A major portion of the course is devoted to the application of the econometric techniques in business forecasting and analysis. Prerequisite: BADM 573 or equivalent
BADM 582
Multinational Management
Credit: 4 hours.
Examines critical issues facing managers who work in multinational firms. Designed to develop students' skills for working in a global business environment. Topics include foreign market entry strategies, global management of the functional areas of business, and management and control of multinational firms in the global marketplace. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
BADM 583
Current Topics in Intl Bus
Credit: 4 hours.
Continuation of BADM 582. Examines topics related to management and integration of multinational firms not covered in BADM 582. Possible topics include foreign investment decisionmaking, global manufacturing and supply chain management, international joint ventures and strategic alliances, cross-border mergers, global R&D, and global strategic human resource management. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
BADM 584
Global Marketing
Credit: 4 hours.
Analyzes marketing strategy across national boundaries, the problems of marketing within foreign countries, and the coordination of global marketing programs. Includes problems faced by the exporter, licensor, joint venture, and multinational firm. The full range of market activities are discussed from a global perspective. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
BADM 590
Seminar in Business Admin
Credit: 0 to 4 hours.
(B ADM 490) Special topics in the general area of business. Topics are selected by the instructor at the beginning of each term. Approved for letter and S/U grading.
CHLH 550
Health Policy: United States
Credit: 4 hours.
Comprehensive analysis of the policy process in health care in the United States; systematic and critical review of health policy development, implementation, and evaluation; impact of government at all levels and the role of providers, industry, labor, and consumer in health policy. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program in community health or the MBA Administration Program; CHLH 429; or consent of instructor.
CS 438
Communication Networks
Credit: 3 hours.
Layered architectures and the OSI Reference Model; design issues and protocols in the transport, network, and data link layers; architectures and control algorithms of local-area, point-to- point, and satellite networks; standards in networks access protocols; models of network interconnection; overview of networking and communication software. Same as CSE 425 and ECE 438. Prerequisite: CS 231 or ECE 290; one of MATH 461 or 463 or ECE 413.
ECON 541
Labor Economics II
Credit: 4 hours.
Economic issues and implications involved in hours of work, employment and unemployment, and trade union institutionalism (the impact of the trade union upon the basic institution of a free enterprise economy); emphasis in all cases on the development of appropriate public policy. Same as LIR 541. Prerequisite: ECON 302 and 303
ECON 576
Time Series Analysis in Econ
Credit: 4 hours.
Modern time series analysis techniques for handling economic data which arises in a happenstance fashion through time and their application to specific economic problems. Prerequisite: ECON 507 or STAT 578, or equivalent.
FIN 511
Investments
Credit: 4 hours.
Introduction to investment analysis, including the theory and implementation of portfolio theory; empirical evidence on the performance of financial assets; evaluation of portfolio investment strategies; and the extension of diversification to international markets. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 512
Financial Derivatives
Credit: 4 hours.
Introduction to options, futures, swaps and other derivative securities; examination of institutional aspects of the markets; theories of pricing; discussion of simple as well as complicated trading strategies (arbitrage, hedging, and spread); applications for asset and risk management. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 513
Financial Engineering I
Credit: 4 hours.
The course provides an introduction to modern techniques for pricing options, swaps, and related financial instruments; the use of such instruments in managing financial risk; and the measurement and management of their risks. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 514
Financial Engineering II
Credit: 4 hours.
Presents the main ideas and techniques of modern option pricing theory, including: the Black-Scholes-Merton analysis; risk-neutral probabilities and the probabilistic solution; numerical techniques for computing option prices; an introduction to term structure modeling; and perhaps other topics, at the discretion of the instructor. Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent registration in FIN 513, or consent of instructor
FIN 515
Fixed Income Portfolios
Credit: 4 hours.
Conceptual foundations and implementation of strategies for the selection, evaluation, and revision of portfolios of fixed-income financial assets (bonds); examination of related research. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 521
Advanced Corporate Finance
Credit: 4 hours.
Addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of firms' financing decisions; topics include capital structure and cost of capital theories; mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; options, warrants, and convertibles; venture capital and initial public offerings; and pensions. Prerequisite: FIN 520, plus either ECON 506 or BADM 572 or concurrent registration in either course; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 522
Cases in Financial Strategy
Credit: 4 hours.
Course focuses on financial management cases. Provides students with an active learning experience. Case work is based on concepts learned in introductory corporate finance. Topics discussed include measuring and interpreting cash flow performance, financial forecasting and turnaround management ; capital investment and cost of capital; and capital structure, dividend policy; and firm valuation. Prerequisite: FIN 520, plus either ECON 506 or BADM 572 or concurrent registration in either course; or MBA 505 - Section G (Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 524
Mergers and Acquisitions
Credit: 4 hours.
The primary objective of this course is to give students experience in valuing firms. While the primary focus of the course is on mergers and acquisitions, the course will also cover topics such as initial public offerings, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, and divestitures. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G ( Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 551
International Finance
Credit: 4 hours.
Explores the characteristics of the international financial market and examines various aspects of corporate financial management. Topics may include international parity conditions, exchange rate risk management, country risk, cross-border investment analysis, multi national firm budgeting, hedging in foreign currency markets, accessing international financial markets for financing, and competitive strategy in a global marketplace. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G ( Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 561
Financial Intermediation
Credit: 4 hours.
Studies financial intermediation emphasizing analysis of problems faced by commercial bank managers. The three main areas covered are: the role of financial intermediation and its relation to the macro-economy, information technology, and government regulation; examination of the problems of pricing and evaluating the risk of bank financial services such as loans, loan commitments, and swaps; and consideration of bank portfolio risk management. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G ( Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor
FIN 562
Macrofinance
Credit: 4 hours.
Overview of the workings of the financial sector of the macro economy; includes the roles of financial institutions, financial markets, macroeconomic policies, interest rates, and the flows of funds. Prerequisite: FIN 520; or MBA 505 - Section G ( Financial Markets and Institutions); or consent of instructor.
FIN 590
Individual Study and Research
Credit: 2 to 4 hours.
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Fin 590 CFA |
Applied Financial Analysis |
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FIN 590 E, E1 |
Private Equity (not a sequence - same course) |
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FIN 590 F |
Valuation Analysis: Theory and Practice |
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FIN 590L, L1, N, N1, R, R1 |
Fixed Income (each module pair may substitute for Fin 515) |
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FIN 590U |
Advanced Topics in Investment Finance |
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Fin 590 U1 |
Equipment Leasing and Financing |
IE 430
Economic Found of Quality Sys
Credit: 3 or 4 hours.
Introduction to total quality systems for planning, developing and manufacturing world-class products. Covers the economic foundations of total quality. Subjects covered include product value, cost, pricing, environmental quality, activity-based costing, design for assembly, organization structure, lead time, innovation, Taguchi methods, simulation-based significance testing, Strategic Quality Deployment, statistical process control and conjoint analysis. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: IE 330 or consent of instructor
LIS 590 CI Community Information Systems
Credit: 2 to 4 hours.
Introduces community information systems, with an emphasis on community networks. Provides an opportunity to develop knowledge about community information and current issues in its creation, transfer and use. In this course, “community information system” is used broadly to designate any set of technologies, services, and content whose purpose is to supply information, primarily of a local nature, to members of a given geographic community. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
LIR 566
International HR Management
Credit: 4 hours.
Human resource management issues examined from the perspective of the multinational firm. Topics include globalization and human resource strategy, management and the structure of multinational firms, dealing with intercultural differences, selecting employees for foreign assignments, training and developing expatriate employees, evaluation and compensation of employees in international assignments. Individual and group projects. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
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