Master of Business Administration Degree Course Offerings
Our graduate programs go beyond mainstream thought and practices, fostering intellectual inquiry and creative mastery.
Foundational Course Offerings
This course equips you with the skills to use accounting information to make informed decisions that align with corporate strategy.
This course covers leadership and organizational behavior principles, including leadership style, self-awareness, worker motivation and attitudes, individual decision-making, team processes, conflict management, organizational culture, and change management.
This course focuses on international marketing management operations, emphasizing the perspective of the marketing manager who must understand and navigate differences in market arrangements and legal, cultural, and economic factors in different countries.
This course reviews today’s global economic environment, focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of globalization, trade regulations of the United States and the various industrial policies implemented by nations to enhance the competitiveness of their producers, the economic characteristics of the developing countries, and the trade policies that have been implemented to improve the well-being of their people. The course will investigate the theoretical and empirical aspects of regional trading arrangements and examine the role of international capital flows as a substitute for trade in capital-intensive products. The monetary aspects of international trade will be discussed by considering the nature and significance of a nation’s balance of payments. Students will be introduced to the nature and operation of the foreign exchange market.
This course equips you with practical skills in business analytics, teaching you how to identify and analyze data using computational methods and technology. You will also learn how to interpret and present analytical data output to arrive at informed conclusions.
This course provides the tools and skills to analyze and utilize financial statement content to gain insights that aid strategic decision-making. It will emphasize how financial statements measure and reflect the economic consequences of firms’ strategies and the issues managers face when designing and implementing financial reporting strategies.
Students will partner with an organization to complete an application-based project, to synthesize learning and apply skills learned throughout the program. The course blends presentations and assignments to help students build requisite communication and project management skills.
Business Analytics Concentration
This course will investigate how business analytics can be used in marketing, accounting, finance, and operational business functions. Topics covered within the marketing function will include the role of marketing and the components of the marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion), identifying representative marketing questions addressable by business analytics for each element of the marketing mix, distinguishing between internal and external sources of marketing data, and will evaluate and provide examples of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics used to answer marketing questions. This course will investigate how to use business analytics to address accounting questions by identifying accounting data sources, applying analytics techniques, and reporting results to decision-makers. It will explain how to use business analytics to answer finance questions by identifying financial data sources, applying analytics techniques, and reporting results to decision-makers. The course also provides examples of operational (including human resources (HR), information technology operation, and supply chain analytics) analytics questions addressable with business analytics by examining the sources of operational data and describing the key types of analytics used. Examples of business applications of advanced analytics will be provided, explaining how companies can pull everything together using robotic process automation and cockpits. The course also discusses the future of business analytics.
This course explores state-of-the-art best practices and techniques for data mining and predictive analytics. It provides the theoretical background and hands-on problem-solving practice to understand and apply fundamental decision-making concepts. The course covers vital data mining processes and methods, relevant data management techniques, tools, and metrics, advanced text and web mining, extensive data integration, and more.
This course explores reporting and data visualization principles and techniques to support business decision-making and information reporting needs utilizing operational, accounting and financial data.
This course introduces to students how to determine key business drivers that will challenge them to set up a data management plan and develop an initial set of data governance capabilities that fit the purpose of the business driver, including data-related tasks, roles, and required business processes. In addition, students will learn how to analyze critical data elements aiming to identify possible inconsistencies and data quality issues for those elements, analyze and document transformations that critical data elements undergo on the way from their origin to a specific destination, re-assess the initial vision and plans for the development of data management capabilities, and evaluate how data management techniques can be employed and beneficial in business practices with a data management project presentation.
This course provides content on the comprehensive treatment of analysis of financial statements as aid for decision making; it looks at current state of financial reporting practices and impact of published statements on economic systems.
Human Resource Management Concentration
This course examines key regulatory procedures and human resource requirements as they relate to the strategic role of the human resource manager in performing functions of recruitment, hiring, training, career development and other contemporary processes within the organizational setting. The course concepts are aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Body of Competency and Knowledge (BoCK).
This graduate-level course offers an in-depth exploration of employment law and labor relations practices to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal frameworks, principles, and practices that govern the employer-employee relationship. Key employment laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Family Medical and Leave Act will be presented and assessed for compliance and risk management. This course will also delve into the historical development of labor unions and their respective roles and the contemporary evolution of labor laws examining key legislation, such as the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), and the Taft-Hartley Act. Students will also analyze the roles and responsibilities of unions, employers, and government agencies in shaping labor relations and the impact of collective bargaining, labor disputes, and arbitration on workplace dynamics. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the rights and obligations of employees and employers, including issues related to employment discrimination, workplace safety, wage and hour laws, and employee benefits. Through case studies, legal analysis, and practice exercises, students will develop the skills to navigate complex employment and labor law issues and effectively manage employee relations within diverse organizational contexts. The course also addresses emerging trends and challenges in employment and labor law, such as the gig economy, remote work, and globalization, preparing students to prepare and respond to future developments in the field.
This course teaches students the strategic use of compensation and benefits systems to attract, retain, and motivate a competitive workforce.
This course examines assessment techniques used in the human resource manager development role in maintaining competitive positions and workplace diversity and career management training needed for organizational efficiency and effectiveness improvement.
This course focuses on identifying effective data sources, developing meaningful metrics, designing long-term measures, and applying results to support organizational strategy and tactics.
- One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit for didactic instruction, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
- At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practice, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.
