Master of Business Administration (MBA) Fast Track Courses

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603 Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. Provides a fundamental understanding of how microeconomics concepts are usefully applied to managerial decision making. Principles of microeconomic theory are explored fully, including market supply and demand, production and cost functions, industry structure, and product and resource pricing.

612 Managing Costs and Evaluating Performance (1.5:1.5:0).Prerequisite: MBA 613. Examines the impact of cost and cost allocation on performance and evaluation.

613 Financial Reporting and Decision Making (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. A foundation course focusing on the economics and analysis of business transactions and related financial reporting issues. Topics include an introduction to the accounting framework used in financial reporting, analysis of economic events and their impact on financial reports, analysis of the impact of accounting method choices on financial reports, and financial statement analysis.

623 Marketing Management (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. Develops abilities to make marketing decisions in a wide variety of institutional and competitive situations. Emphasis is on the use of technology to aid in analysis, decision making, and communication of decisions to relevant publics. Emphasis is on case studies, team work, and projects.

633 Statistics for Business Decision Making (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. The use of statistical methods as analytical tools for understanding and solving business problems, and for supporting business decision making. Extensive use of both applied business scenarios to illustrate concepts, and computer software for data analysis.

638 Managing Operations for Competitive Advantage (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. A focus on the design, planning, and control activities needed to produce and deliver goods and services in modern organizations. The course introduces a wide range of operations management decisions such as operations strategy, process analysis and design, capacity planning, supply chain management, total quality management, and project management. Quantitative modeling, case studies, and computer software are used to analyze and solve operations management problems.

643 Managerial Finance (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. An introduction to the theory and practice of finance within corporations. Topics covered include Inter Temporal Choice, Valuation, Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, Working Capital Management, and Risk/Return Analysis.

653 Organizational Behavior (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. Emphasizes development of conceptual tools for understanding and analyzing individual and group behavior in organizations and organizational processes. Considerable focus on development of relevant skills for working in groups and teams. Course consists of lectures, discussions, case analyses, and in-class exercises.

663 Introduction to Information Technology and Management (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. Examines computer- and telecommunications-based technologies and their interrelationships with business processes. Organizational issues in the management of these technologies for competitive advantage. Use of these technologies for organizational decision making at different levels. Competitive impacts of information and telecommunications technologies.

673 Legal and Ethical Environment for Management (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. Introduces contemporary legal and ethical doctrines and examines how they can be applied to guide and enhance the decision-making processes of managers in the global economy. Lectures, class discussions, cases, and projects.

677 Application of Business Theories and Simulation (1.5:1.5:0).Prerequisite: Admission to the Fast Track M.B.A. program. Applies tools and techniques gained in previous courses to a competitive, global market setting. Presentations on relevant topics enhance the learning experience.

678 Strategy and Policy (3:3:0).Prerequisite: Admission to Fast Track M.B.A. program. A capstone course in the M.B.A. program focused on strategy development at the business unit and corporate level. It uses cases, readings, and a project format to familiarize students with the strategic management function, and to develop analytical, organizational, and formatting skills necessary to analyze complex business situations, and provides opportunities for students to integrate knowledge gained in prior course work.