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MBA Courses
MBA CORE COURSES
The following core courses are required for all MBA students.
Course | Course Title | Overview | Prerequisites | Credit Hours |
Accounting for Decision Making and Control | Emphasis on accounting data used by managers in decision making. The course uses a textbook and cases. Among topics covered are relevant cost identification in decision making, contribution margin approach and capital budgeting. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Organizational Behavior and Managerial Skills | Studies behaviors of individuals and groups in work organizations from managerial view; applies the concepts, methods, and research findings of the behavioral sciences to the understanding of the causes of human performance, satisfaction and development in work organizations. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Operations Management | A problem-solving course designed to help reduce uncertainty in the decision-making environment of operations and production in manufacturing and service firms of private and public sectors of the economy. Emphasis on employment of mathematical models for use and application in decision making in business. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Financial Management | Examines techniques and concepts used in modern business and the theoretical advances in the areas of asset management and capital structure planning. Topics include capital budgeting, working capital management, valuation, cost of capital, capital structure planning, dividend policy, option pricing, mergers and acquisitions. Problems and short cases used to enhance student skills in financial planning and decision making. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Marketing Management | This course teaches students the art and science of selecting target markets and acquiring and maintaining profitable customers in a socially responsible and ethical manner. Case studies, experiential projects, simulations and marketing planning assignments may be used. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Managerial Economics | Study of selected topics in economic theory and their application to management problems. Topics include demand and supply, revenues, elasticity, production and cost, incremental decision making, market structure and pricing, and investment analysis. Elementary quantitative methods will be developed and utilized. | MBA status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | |
Strategic Management | Integrates graduate business courses in a top level strategy development course. Emphasis on environmental analysis and decision making. A capstone course; must be taken during or after the term in which the last required MBA course is taken. | MBA status or permission of the instructor, ACTG 611, FINC 631, MGNT 624, MKTG 641 taken prior to or concurrently. | 3 |
BUSINESS ANALYTICS CONCENTRATION/CERTIFICATE COURSES
The following courses are required for all students in the Business Analytics Concentration. These courses may also be used as electives for the General MBA. If you complete MKTG 625, MKTG 630, FINC 651 and one of the other two analytics courses, you will be awarded the SAS Joint Granduate Certificate in Business Analaytics.
Course | Course Title | Overview | Prerequisites | Credit Hours |
Business Analytics Foundations | This course is an introduction to the field of Business Analytics and its extensive use of exploratory and predictive models in providing fact-based recommendations to assist management in optimizing decisions and actions. | MBA status or instructor permission. | 3 | |
Predictive Analytics & Data Mining | This course provides an in-depth understanding and application in Predictive Analytics and Data Mining techniques in order to solve strategic business problems. | MBA status or instructor permission. | 3 | |
Financial Analytics: Applications for Data Analysis and Portfolio Construction | This course covers the importance of statistical techniques, advanced econometrics, portfolio theory, and risk/reward interplay to a) understand big data, b) use econometrics to streamline time series, c) develop financial models, and d) analyze and create investment portfolios for individual investors and institutional clients. | MBA status or instructor permission. | 3 | |
| Business Forecasting | This course covers basic and advanced topics in forecasting business and economic data. Emphasis is placed on practical application using statistical software. | MBA status or instructor permission. | 3 | |
Prescriptive Analytics & Modeling | This course aims to enhance students’ ability to obtain actionable decisions in business employing mathematical modeling and simulation in Prescriptive Analytics. | MBA status or instructor permission. | 3 |
GENERAL MBA ELECTIVE COURSES
| Course | Course Title | Description | Prerequisites | Credit Hours |
| FINC 635 | International Finance | Finance 635 deals with the international financial environment and focuses on managerial aspects from a corporate financial perspective. | MBA status or permission of the instructor | 3 |
| MGNT 628 | AI and Machine Learning for Managers | The recent progress in cognitive automation has created unprecedented opportunities for businesses, and firms that miss out on these new technologies will find themselves at a strategic disadvantage. This course is an introduction to Artificial Intelligence for managers who want to leverage these technological advances to best pursue their business’s strategy. | MBA status or permission of the instructor | 3 |
| MGNT 635 | Strategic Innovation | Organizations are increasingly aware of the fact that they must create value through continuous innovation if they wish to retain a competitive advantage. This course focuses on how organizations identify, recruit, retain, and motivate innovative individuals; develop and use innovative processes; manage high-performance innovation teams; and create a culture and climate that encourages innovation. Finally, the course will enhance the skills needed to convert innovations into successful business models. | MBA status or permission of the instructor | 3 |
| MKTG 601 | Creativity in Business | Creativity is a skill and, with time and practice you can become proficient in this skill. You should finish this class feeling more confident in your ability to develop innovative solutions to any business problem you encounter. At the end of the day, creativity is about problem solving and there is not a job in the world today that does not require problem solving. | MBA status or permission of instructor | 3 |
| MKTG 671 | Special Topics: Digital Marketing | This class will give you a theoretical understanding of the digitalmarketplace that is necessary to adapt to its many changes, while also equipping you with the skills you’ll need to perform vital daily functions. By the end of the course, you will be able to walk into any company with an online presence and improve its digital marketing performance. | MBA status or permission of instructor | 3 |
See the academic catalog for a full list of MBA courses. Note that not all these courses are offered every session. Please check course schedule to see what courses are offered every session.