Curriculum
The Executive MBA curriculum is structured to provide a multi-disciplinary program focused primarily at the individual level in the early semesters. You will not only learn theory, but also ways to implement that theory and to use it in your business. As your ability to make higher order applications of content grows and team skills develop, the focus moves towards case studies and team projects.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Accounting Information for Decision-Making enhances students’ understanding of financial statement components and prepares them to use financial, managerial, and cost accounting information in making business decisions. The course also includes application of basic tax principles to the decision-making process. ACCT 8400
Applied Organizational Behavior examines organizational behavior concepts and applications, such as leadership, motivation, perception, conflict management, and communication. The study emphasizes an experiential learning approach. MGMT 8310
Economic Principles Theory examines the role of the individual firm in the economy. Topics include utility, demand theory, elasticity, cost and price determination, and strategic positioning of a firm. ECON 8200
Economics Strategy is a systematic study of economic forces affecting the firm and their impact on corporate strategy. ECON 8210
Field Study in International Businessincludes an international trip that provides an opportunity for students to explore first-hand the international dimensions of business. It provides the student with opportunity to identify and pursue strategic issues in international business and to gain consciousness of the impact of culture on business practices. Students will do extensive research on a country and prepare reports detailing business and cultural practices with political and economic components prior to travel. Upon return, students will prepare written summaries of their experiences, including comparisons of expectations prior to the field study with observed realities. IBUS 8300
Financial Management focuses on the application of financial management concepts to a firm. Topics include financial statement analysis, time value of money, valuation of stocks and bonds, capital asset pricing, capital budgeting, cost of capital, dividend policy, capital structure, and other special topics. FINC 8310
Financial Planning examines the two major decisions of financial managers - the investment decision and the financial decision - from the perspective of value creation. It further develops the financial theory presented in the introductory course through applications to specific cases. Topics include financial forecasting, capital structure, capital budgeting, long-term financing, business valuation and the market for corporate control. FINC 8311
Information Systems Technology focuses on the design of end-user applications and the role of the applications in decision-making. The course familiarizes students with basic productivity software packages and the use of Internet resources in business. MGMT 8200
Leadership Foundations defines leadership, maps leadership style for the individual, and explains its role in management. It focuses on concepts for developing strategic leadership within the organization, experience and skills for leading organization development and change, team interaction, and styles. It draws on writing, exercises, and students’ business experience to explore the foundations and techniques of organizational leadership. MGMT 8107
Legal & Ethical Issues in Business introduces students to the framework for doing business in the U.S. legal system. Topics include constitutional principles, crimes affecting business, tort and product liability, contract formation and remedies, intellectual property, and environmental regulation and mandates. All topics will address the ethical, social, and political issues that influence the workplace and American society. ACCT 8208
Marketing Management has two major objectives for the student: (1) understanding basic marketing concepts involving buyer behavior, product planning, pricing, channels of distribution and promotion, and (2) developing marketing decision making capabilities based on strategic management and analytical skills. The overall objective is to integrate all the functional aspects of marketing with other functional areas of the firm and with the environment, particularly consumption markets, competition, the economy, legal and regulatory environment, and social evolution. MKTG 8301
Marketing Strategy is offered as the second course in a sequence, following the principles of Marketing Management. The course is designed to enhance the student’s ability to formulate and implement a marketing plan, and to better understand the relationship of marketing to other business functions. It will emphasize application of marketing concepts through the use of cases, simulations, or projects. MKTG 8311
Operations Management addresses topics that have applications both in manufacturing and services, including quality control methods, forecasting techniques, scheduling and planning, logistics, and project management. MGMT 8270
Seminar in International Business I studies management forces impacting an international business environment. Topics include the fundamentals of international business management, international marketing and international economics. It provides an overview of international business, its history, trends, and possible future direction, as well as the phenomena that impact it. IBUS 8301
Statistical Methods in Business emphasizes the business applications of statistical analysis. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Theoretical concepts are reinforced through the use of projects. ECON 8320
Strategic Applied Leadership builds upon MGMT 8107, Leadership Fundamentals, adding the concepts of power, strategic leadership, communication, and compensation, in an application-based format. Students learn the role leadership in gaining competitive advantage through the analysis, formulation, and implementation of a strategic plan. MGMT 8108
Strategic Management integrates the functional areas of business from a strategic management perspective. Emphasis is on developing executive abilities and creative thinking via practice in formulating value statements, visions, missions, objectives, strategies, policies, and alternative courses of action. MGMT 8380