Introduction

First Year (Leveling) Courses

ACCT 5200 Financial Accounting Foundations
An introduction to financial accounting and reporting for graduate students who do not have a background in accounting. The course concentrates on conceptual financial accounting issues that users of accounting information need to understand. Students learn to access and analyze published financial reports. The course does not focus on computational and mechanical details. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

BCOM 5200 Administrative Communications
Communication theory and practice with emphasis on variables affecting organizational communications. Intrapersonal, organization, and technological dimensions of communications. Specific areas include cultural and international differences in communication; one-to-one, small group and large group communications; formal and informal networks; electronic transmission; business letters and memoranda; and research papers and formal reports. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

BUAL 5200 Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
Theory and applications of presenting and utilizing data for decision making in business situations. Topics include methods of gathering, presenting, and analyzing quantitative data; probability theory; estimation and tests of hypothesis; simple linear regression/ correlation analysis; classical time series; and other statistical procedures commonly used in business analysis. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

BULW 5200 Legal Environment of Business
A survey of the legal environment of business including concepts of legal rules, the legal framework to resolve disputes, a study of the concept of property rights, contracts, commercial paper, agency and employment laws, government regulation of business through administrative agencies, and introduction to international law. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

ECON 5200 Foundations of Economics
This is a fast-paced course which discusses both macro and micro economic theory and international economic issues. Macroeconomic topics covered include: inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy. Microeconomic topics include: demand theory, production and cost theory, price and output determination in markets, demand for and pricing of society’s scarce resources. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

FINC 5200 Foundations of Finance
A survey of the financial management function in private business firms, with emphasis on major financial policy decision issues and the analytical techniques used to assist management in making those decisions. Prerequisite: ACCT 5200, ECON 5200.

MGMT 5210 Foundations of Organization Behavior
A study of organizational behavior and management concepts. The course will examine the development of management thought, with special emphasis on motivation, leadership, and organizational theories. Topics will include awareness of individual behavior, social interaction, the dynamics of group and intergroup behavior and the effects of the total system of behavior observed with the organization. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, ECON 5200, ACCT 5200.

MGMT 5220 Operations Management
This course examines the use of manufacturing operations as competitive weapons. Production/Operations function and its relationship to marketing, finance, and accounting are described Global operations, forecasting demand, aggregate planning, inventory planning and control, and scheduling provide the basis for linking strategic plans to the production plan. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, MGMT 5210.

MKTG 5200 Marketing Concepts
Marketing orientation and concepts; marketing programs of domestic and global perspective in the formulation and development of strategies with regard to price, product, channels of distributions, and promotion of goods. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.