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 MBA
500 ADVANCED MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3 sh)
This course emphasizes the use of accounting information for internal
planning and control purposes. Participants learn how to evaluate
business performance and make strategic decisions in management.
Major topics include cost behavior, concepts of opportunity costs,
cost-volume-profit models, cost allocation, budgeting, and cost
variance analysis. Course activities include lecture, doing problem
sets using computer applications where applicable, and industry-specific
case studies.
MBA 505 BUSINESS ETHICS (3 s.h.)
This course surveys applied topics relating to business ethics,
and provides a conceptual framework for thinking about and discussing
these topics. This framework has three parts or "themes":
(1) Corporate Social Responsibility; (2) Relationship of Law and
Ethics; and (3) Individual Ethical Decision-Making. Class time will
be used to explore applied topics with reference to these three
themes.
MBA 510 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3 sh)
This course covers efficient resource allocation and the application
of the analytical tools of economic theory to decision making by
managers. The curriculum is designed to show students how to use
various tools that comprise the economics of effective management
for the profit-maximizing firm. Upon successful completion of the
course, students will be able to calculate and apply price elasticity,
employ a statistical regression analysis, perform cost analyses,
and display competency in other areas of managerial economics.
MBA 520 ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
(3 sh)
This course provides a working knowledge of the tools and analytical
conventions used in the practice of corporate financial decision-making.
Students will study and analyze fundamental decisions that financial
managers face in issues related to capital budgeting, cost of capital,
dividend policy, long-term financing and mergers, and working capital
management. Course activities include lecture, problem sets, and
industry-specific case studies.
MBA 535 BUSINESS LAW (3 s.h.)
This course explores the organization and theory of the American
legal system and its relationship to business, including contracts,
agency, tort and criminal law, employment law, and the ethical dilemma
facing organizations.
MBA 540 ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP (3
sh)
Students will explore historical and contemporary leadership and
organizational behavior theories. Related cases and hypothetical
situations associated with the focus industries will be analyzed.
The course will draw on behavioral scenarios to understand organizational
effectiveness and change processes that can be used to improve organizational
performance. The course makes complex ideas of organizational behavior
understandable using explanations, examples, and real-life student
experiences. Teams will be utilized throughout the course for presentations
of cases.
MBA 545 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ( 3 s.h.)
Students will explore historical and contemporary leadership and
organizational behavior theories. Related cases and hypothetical
situations associated with the focus industries will be analyzed.
The course will draw on behavioral scenarios to understand organizational
effectiveness and change processes that can be used to improve organizational
performance. Teams will be utilized throughout the course for presentation
of cases.
MBA 550 MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 sh)
Successful organizations match the objectives and resources of the
firm with the needs and opportunities of the target markets. The
focus of the course is how marketing contributes to the delivery
of value to individual and business consumers at a profit in golf,
tennis, and resort management. Emphasis is placed on the managerial
activities of strategic planning, market and competitive analyses,
customer behavior evaluation, value assessment, market segmentation,
targeting, positioning, and marketing mix decisions.
MBA 555 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT/GLOBAL
BUSINESS (3 s.h.)
Conducting business outside the United States involves a unique
set of challenges. Diverse cultures, laws, languages, and currencies
add to the complexity of putting together and managing international
business ventures. This course will help you prepare for these type
of activities by exploring a number of questions which focus on
various aspects of international business. The primary vehicle for
accomplishing this will be class discussions built around presentations
by both the instructor and students as well as cases dealing with
a range of issues, countries, and industries.
MBA 570 APPLIED BUSINESS STATISTICS (3
sh)
The student will examine the application of statistical analysis,
hypothesis testing, and regression analysis in business decision-making.
The course will focus on the utilization of statistical methods
as applied to business problems and operations. Descriptive statistics,
probability and random variables, sampling and statistical inference,
regression analysis, chi-square analysis, and analysis of variance
will be investigated. The use of a statistical software program
will be used for homework assignments and computer projects.
MBA 599 CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE (6 sh)
This course will be individually tailored to each student, considering
the student's career goals and academic interests. In all cases,
a student advisor will work with him or her to fashion a Capstone
that requires scholarly efforts commensurate with the degree of
MBA. Students will be required to take the Master of Business Administration
Major Field Test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
as part of the capstone course.
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