MBA Core Course Descriptions
ACCT 6305. Accounting for Decision Making. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or 12 hours upper-division courses in accounting and/or business administration. Preparation and use of budget with respect to measuring performance of the firm; responsibility accounting; relevant costs; cost-volume-profit relationships; contribution approach to cost allocation. Students should not take this course if they have had ACCT 4372, 5372 or equivalent.
CIDM 6305. Quantitative Analysis in Business. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or equivalent and 12 semester hours of upper-division CIDM and/or business administration. Application of quantitative techniques to business, including statistics, linear programming and simulation. Techniques in decision making and their relation to information systems.
CIDM 6310. Information Technology Management. (3 3 0) Examination of managerial and strategic issues associates with using IT in networked enterprise, and the role of information technology to manage organizational efficiency and transformation efforts in global competitive environment. Topics include IT and business strategy alignment, IT-enabled business models, IT security and legal issues.
FIN 6320. Seminar in Finance. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or equivalent and ACCT 6305. Case problems that deal with financing current operations, financing long-run needs and dividend policies. Cost of capital, valuation, mergers and risk.
ECON 6305. Seminar in Advanced Microeconomic Theory. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 12 semester hours of upper-division economics and/or business administration. Selected topics concerning market and industrial organization, prices and market performances.
ECON 6306. Seminar in Advanced Macroeconomic Theory. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 12 semester hours of upper-division economics and/or business administration. Topics relate to macroeconomic theory, monetary theory and policy, and problems of economic stabilization policy.
MKT 6340. Seminar in Marketing. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or equivalent. Business activities involved in moving goods from production to consumption; marketing functions and problems. Developing a philosophy of the role of marketing in the American economy.
MGT 6334. Seminar in Organizational Behavior. (3 3 0) In depth explanation of individual and group behavior in organizations. Attitudes and perception, satisfaction, motivation, leadership, conflict, stress and organization, change and development.
MGT 6318. Strategic Management. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: FIN 6320, MGT 6334, MKT 6340 or equivalent. Discussion of general management cases concerning analysis, appraisal, formulation, implementation, direction, and control of corporate policy and strategy.
ECON 6341. Seminar in International Economics and Economic Development. (3 3 0) Selected topics relating to theories, problems, and trends in the international economy and in economic development.
FIN 5323. International Finance. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or consent of instructor. Financial management concepts and practices unique to multi-national firms. Cases and lectures on risk analysis, financing methods, long-range planning and other topics. Emphasis on pragmatic handling of topical problems in international finance.
MGT 6330. Seminar in International Management. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: 6300 or equivalent. Study and application of principles of management to international fields of business organization and cross-cultural operation. The degree of universality of management functions to all phases of business and development.
MKT 6319. Seminar in International Business and Marketing Strategy. (3 3 0) Prerequisite: MKT 6300, MGT 6300, FIN 6300, or proficiency in these courses in an undergraduate program. International business in foreign environments, integration and coordination of international business operations and strategies and all other activities across national borders, as well as the role/ problems of multi-national enterprises, political, social and economic constraints of foreign direct investment, and
global operations/strategies.
BUSI 6105. M.B.A. Portfolio. (1 0 0) Prerequisite: completion of 30 semester hours of M.B.A. course work (excluding foundation courses). The M.B.A. portfolio provides evidence of personal accomplishment and a tangible demonstration of skills and learning outcomes established for the M.B.A. program. Students need to assemble a portfolio of a personal résumé and at least seven projects which demonstrate competencies in the program learning outcomes.
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