Master of Business Administration
Finance and Accounting
Course Descriptions
MBAP 520 - Essentials of Business Development I & II
(6 credits)
Using a comprehensive case analysis studying a startup medical supply company as a framework, this course introduces students to basic concepts and principles of macro and micro economics, business uses of accounting principles for financial statement preparation and management information, key components of business finance, financial statement analysis, capital budgeting fundamentals, asset management techniques, the basics of cash management, statistical modeling, probability theory, estimation and regression, principles of marketing, analysis of markets and pricing and distribution decisions.
MBAC 600 - The Economics of Management(3 credits)
Examines the range of economic assumptions in an environment of rapid change from the perspective of the manager. Utilizes methods, concepts and models deriving from microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economics in quantitative and qualitative aspects. Stresses the convergence of economic systems, the increasing importance of regionalism and the emergence of a truly global economy. Emphasizes national income determination, economic growth, the theory of the firm, a changing production process and global economics.
MBAC 601 - The Ethical & Legal Environment of Business(3 credits)
Examines the social and governmental structure within which business operates. Focuses on effective and ethical strategies for addressing issues of public concern, including labor and employment law, administrative agency procedures, public issues management, product liability, and social contract, agency, stakeholder models of corporate responsibility.
MBAI 602 - Issues in International Business(3 credits)
Examines issues essential to an understanding of international business activity. Includes the nature of international business, international economic institutions and issues, international monetary issues, government activity affecting international trade, social and cultural effects on international business, human resource management and other related issues.
MBAF 602 - Financial Decision Making(3 credits)
Examines the use of financial theories and techniques in making financial decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Emphasizes the critical evaluation of concepts to assess their usefulness in practical business situations. Uses computer applications to solve practical problems.
MBAA 602 - Interpreting Accounting Information(3 credits)
Focuses on the understanding of financial statement analysis from a managerial perspective. Presents standard accounting analysis and modern developments in a practical, intuitively accessible fashion. Emphasizes cash flow analysis and the cash flow consequences of business activity.
MBAF 603 - Investments & Portfolio Management(3 credits)
Provides an understanding of the kinds of analysis and techniques used by individual investors and professional money managers to decide on investment objectives and select possible investment alternatives.
MBAA 609 - Case Studies in Management Accounting(3 credits)
Develops students' management accounting techniques and skills needed to make ethical profit-maximizing decisions. Emphasizes data selection, analysis, decision making and evaluation of results in complex, realistic situations.
MBAF 606 - Case Studies in Financial Management(3 credits)
Students apply the principles of business finance to business decision-making using the case method of instruction.
MBAK 602 - Marketing Management(3 credits)
Uses case analysis to explore the application of marketing principles to the basic product and service decisions of the firm. Includes product development; pricing and distribution; changing attitudes and habits of buyers; market definition and forecasting and the impact of such forces as product technology, advertising and computer behavior on the product life cycle.
MBAC 695 - Strategies in a Global Environment(3 credits)
Examines the influence of strategies, international economics, politics, business and finance in the transnational firm. Students participate in a team simulation managing a transnational corporation demonstrating the business results across product lines, services and continents.