Graduate 2018-2019

MBA 605 Data Analytics and Visualization

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. Data analytics considers methods for structuring and manipulating large databases, extracting usable datasets and performing statistical and textual analysis to support decision-making. Exploratory, confirmatory and predictive analytics will be examined. Data visualization considers techniques to communicate statistical and operations information efficiently through graphical techniques. This includes dashboards, charting, plotting and mapping methods.

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MBA 610 Managerial Accounting

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. This course examines the concepts, applications, and uses of managerial accounting in managerial decision-making for managers and other internal users.

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MBA 622 Directed Studies

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Instructor consent. Graduates only. Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter graded. Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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MBA 632 Business Law

Graduates only. Provides an understanding of the law of business transactions as part of the decision-making process. Topics will include the law of agency, contracts, bankruptcy (debtor/creditor relationships), formation of business entities, secured transactions, negotiable instruments, and the regulation of the accounting profession. The course will utilize topical analysis and a case study approach focusing on analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of complex legal problems.

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MBA 650 Economics of Managerial Decisions

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. Examines application of microeconomic analysis used in managerial decision-making. Topics include demand analysis, cost and production functions, and behavior of competitive and non-competitive markets with applications to various business decisions.

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MBA 654 Ethical Leadership and Organizational Behavior

Corequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Graduates only. Examines organizational behavior topics such as motivation, team dynamics, perception, power, politics, conflict, and culture, with an in-depth view of ethical leadership.

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MBA 656 Strategic Management

Prerequisites: MBA 650, MBA 654, MBA 660 and MBA 670. Graduates only. This course provides a capstone experience through techniques and tools needed for effective strategy. Students integrate concepts, theories, and tools to develop comprehensive strategies in a variety of business environments.

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MBA 658 Advanced International Business

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. This course focuses on the mechanics of globalization and the mastery of business strategy, operation and practices from a global perspective. It explores national differences in political economy, culture, ethics, and their implications in international management and how to integrate such differences into a global strategy.

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MBA 660 Marketing Management

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. This seminar course involves the analysis of the marketing concepts, functions and principles involved in planning, implementing and evaluating the total marketing programs of various organizations. Elements of the marketing process, including environmental impacts, building and managing brands and analyzing marketing strategies in delivering the best customer value will be the focus in this course.

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MBA 669 Advanced Supply Chain Management

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. This course focuses on the improvement of supply chain processes and performance, explores important supply chain metrics, makes clear primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, and presents tools for effective and efficient supply chain management, transportation, warehousing and inventory control, order fulfillment and supply chain coordination.

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MBA 670 Advanced Financial Management

Prerequisites: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Graduates only. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Course topics include time value of money, risk and return, capital budgeting, financial analysis and modeling, capital structure, working capital management, and international corporate finance. Advanced topics make use of case studies and/or simulation.

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MBA 675 Healthcare Systems

Prerequisites: MBA 610 and MBA 654. Graduates only. This course examines healthcare systems, their history and evolution.

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MBA 676 Healthcare by the Numbers

Prerequisites: MBA 610 and MBA 654. Graduates only. The goal of this course is to provide non-financial healthcare managers with the practical knowledge of healthcare finance, budgeting and reimbursement models and how to utilize this information in executive decision-making.

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MBA 677 Managing Qualitative Issues in Healthcare Organizations

Prerequisites: MBA 654. Graduates only. This course will provide students with an overview of the healthcare related managerial issues leaders face. Topics will include ethics, technological trends, role of the generalist vs. specialist and strategic management in healthcare organizations.

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MBA 681 Talent Management

Prerequisites: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent Prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. Focuses on the creation of a competitive advantage through strategic human resources planning and staffing. Topics include job analysis, recruiting, assessment, succession planning, and retention. Also covers laws and regulations relative to the recruiting process.

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MBA 683 Compensation, Rewards, and Performance Management

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. Focuses on the effective design of an organization's compensation, total rewards, and performance management systems. Topics include total compensation systems that attract and retain talent, employee benefits and performance management.

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MBA 684 Managing Organizational Change

Prerequisites: Graduates only. Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Introduces students to the major approaches used for managing both planned and unplanned organizational change. Reviews diagnostic techniques for identifying organizational problems and examines how strategic organizational change can achieve increased quality, productivity, and employee engagement.

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MBA 695 Special Topics in Business

Prerequisite: Successful completion of MBA foundation modules. Concurrent prerequisite: MBA 654. Graduates only. A seminar course in various business content areas as need and opportunity arise. Repeatable, under different subtitles, no limitations.

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