Department of Business Administration

Learn basic accounting theory and practice with emphasis on the concepts underlying income determination and preparation of the statements of financial position. Topics include transaction analysis, revenue and expense recognition, accounting for merchandising, manufacturing, cost operations, depreciation, inventories, statement analysis, stockholders’ equity, transactions, fund statement, and capital budgeting. Waived for those who have completed 6 credits of undergraduate accounting with a grade of B or better.

Examine management control systems and their impact on management decision making. Topics include cost analysis, break-even analysis, standard costs and variances, and the budget process.

Learn financial accounting basics with an emphasis on the concepts of accounting and reporting for nonprofit organizations. Focus on internal controls of assets including cash. There is an emphasis on the absence of a profit motive and the accountability or stewardship of resources entrusted to administrators.

Generally accepted accounting principles and reporting practices vary significantly throughout the world. Examine the history, environmental, and legal issues that contribute to these differences and consider contemporary issues that will change over time, including how management of related entities deal with issues arising from the use of differing currencies, systems and procedures in local reporting, budgeting and incentives. Emphasis on issues that affect management decision making by executives of multinational companies.

Prerequisite(s): BU602.

A rigorous treatment of modern statistical methods with reference to their application in business research and decision making. Topics include descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous probability distributions, theory of estimation, testing of hypotheses, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation analysis. Computer statistical packages are used. This course is waived for the student who has completed 3 credits of undergraduate statistics with a grade of B or better.

Identify and analyze marketing problems in business and public institutions. Weigh the effects of environment, competition, society, the economy, and the media on marketing objectives and strategies. Emphasis on the total marketing package, including market segmentation, promotion, advertising, pricing, packaging and distribution. Waived for those who have completed 3 credits of undergraduate marketing with a grade of B or better.

An integrated analysis of the development of management thought, theories and functions. Review of contemporary American management thought against a background of the economic, social, political, ethical and global climate. Waived for those who have completed 3 credits of undergraduate management with a grade of B or better.

Examine financial decisions of a firm and develop policies for managing assets. Topics include asset management, working capital management, short- and long-term financing, capital budgeting, dividend policy and financial decisions under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Case problems provide practical applications of subject material. Waived for those who have completed 3 credits of undergraduate finance with a grade of B or better.

Study the principles, concepts, and techniques for managing productive systems. Learn the basics of transforming resources into products and services, be it a profit or nonprofit organization. Topics include capacity planning, product design and process selection, statistical quality control methods, total quality management, forecasting, job design and work measurement, inventory management, materials requirement planning and scheduling.

Businesses are inundated with data that could be used to develop insights into their customers, suppliers, and internal processes. The field of business analytics involves using data to guide decision making with the goals of improving productivity, increasing profits, and creating competitive advantage. The course provides an introduction to the applications and issues associated with systematically using data to drive business decisions across industries and in all fields including marketing, finance, operations, network security, fraud protection, and strategy. Topics include collecting and integrating data (systems knowledge), using the data to find optimal solutions (decision analysis), make predictions and find patterns (analytic tool application knowledge), and the ability to ask the right questions and think critically about the results (management knowledge).

Examine through comparative study the management styles, marketing activities, financial structures, approaches to environmental concerns and human rights, and trade laws within selected international business communities.

Corporate governance covers the rules and international processes by which businesses are operated and controlled, with emphasis on the officers, stockholders and bylaws of a corporation, as well as on external forces such as consumer groups, clients, and government regulations. Business ethics provides the philosophical and moral foundation used in considering ethical dilemmas in business. Current business cases as reported in new media are used extensively.

Examines legal systems including constitutional and public laws such as torts and intellectual property, contracts and commercial law, investor protections laws, and agency and employment law.

The responsibilities and activities of managers and leaders are discussed with a goal of developing the ability to manage and lead within the students in the course. Critical skills include interpersonal communications, motivation of others, leadership, and managing and implementing change and innovation in an ethical manner.

Develop a conceptual framework for the analysis of financial decisions of the multinational firm. Topics include foreign exchange markets, foreign exchange risk management, parity conditions in international finance, foreign investment analysis, political risk and financial management of the multinational corporation.

Prerequisite(s): BU628.

Develop the skills and abilities needed to deal effectively with global marketing issues and problems. Focus on decision making, the basis of relevant principles, and an appropriate conceptual framework using case analysis.

Review the impact of international laws and agreements as they apply to American overseas business interests. Topics include NAFTA, GATT, ASEAN, LAFTA, and the European and Arab Common Markets.

This course is intended to explore the employment and contract relationships as they apply in common law and the federal statutes to the typical small business person/employer. Among the topics covered are employee rights; affirmative action; discrimination as to age, disability, religion, sex; freedom of expression; procedural due process; Uniform Commercial Code, supplier/service contracts and leases and the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Analyze the current methods and technologies used in the marketing of selective products, services, and experiences. Study the nature of market packaging, promotion, global marketing issues, and the establishment of domestic and international marketing policy. Emphasis on current marketing problems in both business and public institutions.

Learn to apply valuation theory based on risk assessment of capital structures. Learn to manage current assets. Evaluate hybrid and lease financing, corporate capital restructures, and bankruptcy. Offered fall and spring semesters.

Prerequisite(s): BU506.

This course provides students with the opportunity to embark upon a faculty-supervised project that enhances their knowledge in a topic of business. The M.B.A. Special Topics course offers the student a great deal of flexibility with respect to topics to pursue.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

Explores the sources of competitive advantage and how an organization builds on these areas through its functional, business, corporate and global strategies through this M.B.A. capstone course. Integrate accounting, marketing, finance and management concepts and skills acquired in prior graduate classes to study advanced concepts in organizational strategy in the context of a larger industry. Through a corequired simulation component (BU691A), hone teamwork and leadership skills to collaboratively develop a winning corporate strategy. Taken in the final semester. With prior approval, this course can be taken concurrently with BU691B, or BU691B may be taken prior to BU691.

Prerequisite(s): AC602, BU609, BU626, BU628, EC611 and or permission of the program director and instructor.

Corequisite(s): BU691A or BU691B.

Examine aggregate levels of income and output, employment, prices, the role of the Federal Reserve, the impact of government spending and taxation, and economic legislation. Analyze supply and demand, elasticity, monopoly power, and externalized and resource markets. Waived for those who have completed 6 credits of undergraduate micro- and macroeconomics with a grade of B or better.

A rigorous treatment of microeconomic theory and its application. Examine quantitative techniques appropriate to demand forecasting, price determination, market share strategies, and resource planning.

Study the theory of international trade including absolute advantage (Smith), comparative advantage (Ricardo) through Hecksher-Ohlin, and Leontief’s paradox. Topics include the study of exchange rates; balance of payments; significance of international investments; global environmental economic issues; international commercial treaties and agreements; international investments; and the complexity of international finance as they affect the position of the U.S. in the world economy.

Prerequisite(s): Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.

Addresses how law relates to health care administration. Covers criminal aspects of health care, employment law, hospital waste, contract law, hospital liability, and liability of health professional.

Offers health care managers and marketers the foundation for development and implementation of management and marketing strategy. It covers the planning and operation of health care systems competition in the health care marketplace and generating new service opportunities.

Includes topics in health law, health administration, and health ethics. Focuses on national health issues with inquiry into such topics as the crisis of costs, the government and health, the right to life, the dignity of dying, accountability, and responsibility.

Addresses the latest developments in health care accounting and financial planning. Includes successful product costing and importance of management control, formulating a sound financial plan, cost of capital, developing capital financing, and budgets acquisitions and mergers. The case method of analysis may be used.

Explore a current interest topic such as advanced practices and procedures in spreadsheets; networks and networking; and database management systems and administration. Become proficient with these tools and learn to use them productively at home and in the workplace.