ACC 600 Managerial Accounting (3)
Prerequisite(s): ACC 213
This course focuses on the use of accounting concepts, systems, and tools in managing contemporary organizations. Emphasis is on the role of accounting in managerial and organizational planning, control, and decision-making. Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of accounting systems, understand the importance of ethical standards in accounting activities, and apply accounting concepts in "real world" cases.
ACC 605 Accounting for Leaders (3)
Develops foundational knowledge and skills in working with accounting data, to be applied in planning and controlling business operations. Topics include cost concepts and classifications, cost volume profit (CVP) analysis, and capital budgeting.
BUS 505 Legal and Ethical Responsibility (3)
Overview of key legal and regulatory issues for businesses and their decision-makers, including ethical and societal considerations. Analysis of business practices through application of relevant law to organizational management.
BUS 510 Social Responsibility for Managers (3)
Students develop business and critical thinking skills that help companies lead positive environmental and social change in their global and local communities. Topics to be discussed include responsibly investing, environmental sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion, social entrepreneurship, and the basics of non-profit management.
BUS 604 MBA Seminar I (3)
Examination of a single cutting-edge management topic. Potential topics include entrepreneurship and innovation, nonprofit management, global commerce, international finance, and supply chain management.
BUS 605 MBA Seminar I (1-3)
Internships provide the student with the opportunity to gain work experience relating to a student's major. The internship is planned, coordinated, and supervised by employer and a business division faculty member. Successful completion of the work experience and evaluation of work performance is required. Students may earn 1 to 3 credits.
BUS 606 MBA Seminar II (3)
Examination of a single cutting-edge management topic. Potential topics include entrepreneurship and innovation, nonprofit management, global commerce, international finance, and supply chain management.
ECO 600 Global Economic Issues (3)
Prerequisite(s): ECO 211 or ECO 212
Global Economic issues is an international macroeconomics course that focuses on the interactions among credit markets, goods and services markets, and foreign exchange markets. This global framework is used to explain changes in a nation's economic health, its economic impacts on foreign countries, and the effects of government and central bank policies.
ECO 655 Global Economic Awareness (3)
This course has two distinct parts. The first part is a comparison of the different economic systems around the globe. In this section, students examine the economic structures of different nations as well as the different roles for government. The second part of the course focuses on international trade. Students examine the theories that guide trade and the role of international economic institutions such as the World Trade Organization.
FIN 610 Managerial Finance (3)
Prerequisite(s): FIN 300
This course builds on fundamental corporate finance concepts to examine in-depth financial theory and practices essential to financial decision-making in organizations. Students will develop analytical skills and problem set evaluation methods to assess financial resources and recommend financial actions to address managerial issues. Topics include valuation (securities, projects, corporate), financing decisions (strategic and tactical), and ethical issues in financial decisions in organizations.
MGT 500 Corporate, Legal and Ethical Responsibility (3)
This course includes an introduction to our legal and governmental regulatory system, as well as a review of constitutional considerations for businesses. Morality, Ethics and Legal rules are defined and distinguished to give the student a foundation upon which to analyze the multiple dimensions of common business problems. The relationship between the Law and Social Responsibility is examined. Specific business topics and their legal and ethical aspects are addressed. This includes, but is not limited to, discussion of the following areas: consumer relationships; business organizations; the balancing of corporate vs. individual power (employee rights and responsibilities, employment discrimination); and the emerging ethics in a global economy.
MGT 585 Understanding and Managing Others (3)
Examines the complexity of individual and interpersonal behavior in organizations. Students develop skill in recognizing and managing individual differences, observing and evaluating team process and performance, and improving their own capabilities as team and organizational members.
MGT 602 Leadership in Organizations (3)
Explores ethical and effective leadership in organizations. Models, theories, and best practices are applied to complex organizational contexts. Emphasis is on developing the capabilities of oneself and others, while recognizing the key role of leadership in the experience of change.
MGT 603 Project and Operations Management (3)
Prerequisite(s): MTH 174 or MTH 176
Focuses on the basic concepts, issues, and techniques for efficient and effective operations. Special emphasis is placed on process improvement and project management. Topics include operations strategy, inventory management, process design and analysis, quality management, project management, and supply chain management.
MGT 605 Leadership Seminar I (3)
The leadership seminar provides a semester-long examination of a single cutting-edge management topic. Potential topics may include but not be limited to finance and international negotiations, international business, global commerce, entrepreneurship and supply chain management.
MGT 606 Leadership Seminar II (3)
The leadership seminar provides a semester-long examination of a single cutting-edge management topic. Potential topics may include but not be limited to finance and international negotiations, international business, global commerce, entrepreneurship and supply chain management.
MGT 607 Strategic Management (3)
Strategic management focuses on fundamentals of business strategy Topics include development of strategy, strategic frameworks and methods, industry analyses, and competitor analyses. A major focus is methods of dealing with changes in the industry and general environment. A strategic analysis of a business or organization is the culminating experience of this course.
MGT 625 Leadership & Organizational Behavior (3)
Prerequisite(s): MGT 580
Explores how to lead, follow, and understand behavior in organizations. Examines models and theories of leadership and organizational behavior with emphasis on practical implications. Students will analyze, diagnose, and make recommendations about workplace issues. In so doing, students will develop an understanding of how managers can improve organizational performance and enhance their abilities to be ethical, effective leaders.
MGT 635 Negotiations (3)
Prerequisite(s): MGT 580
A theoretical and practical study of negotiations to enhance understanding of negotiation processes and skills. Examines methods such as bargaining, mediation, arbitration, and distributive and integrative negotiations. Students develop analytical frameworks for negotiations and apply negotiation skills in simulations and through role-play.
MKT 520 Marketing for Management (3)
Prerequisite(s): MKT 300 and ECO 211 or 212
Provides an understanding of the administration and the management of the marketing function including the treatment of marketing planning and strategy. Students will develop the knowledge to plan, apply, and manage marketing concepts in organizational decision making (operational, tactical, and strategic).
MOL 600 Ethical Leadership (3)
Prerequisite(s): Must be taken in the first nine hours of course work
This course explores the meaning of leadership across time, culture and contexts and also examines classic writings on leadership, the most recent leadership theories and research, and popular contemporary management books on leadership. Special attention will be given to theories that emphasize the role of values and ethics in leadership. Students also begin assessing their own leadership skills.
MOL 606 Strategic Leadership (3)
Challenges leaders to consider strategic thought and action within their business, while holding it in the context of the larger organizational strategy. Invites leaders to explore a spectrum of strategic frameworks to consider in driving organizational change.
MOL 607 Talent Management and Development (3)
This course discusses concepts and tools organizations use to manage the performance of individuals, teams, functions, and total organizations. The major dimensions of talent management are addressed, including developing core competencies, the design and implementation of performance management systems, identifying, assessing, and developing talent, delivering performance management, coaching for individuals and teams, and driving employee engagement and retention.
MOL 615 Organizational Behavior (3)
Examination of individual, interpersonal, and group behavior in organizations. Focuses on effective leadership of self and others to achieve organizational objectives.
MOL 620 Organization Systems and Project Management (3)
Explores the nature of organizational systems, with focus on the emergent and fluid nature of operational strategy and tactics. Addresses theory, concepts, and practice to amplify the dynamics of changing organizations. Significant emphasis on project management practices as tools to engage systemic change.
MOL 625 Research and Decision Making (3)
Selecting and applying appropriate research methods and data analyses to organizational scenarios. Addresses standards of rigorous and ethical research, and communication of actionable data to inform leaders' decisions.
MOL 640 Capstone in Organizational Leadership (3)
Culminating experience of the MSOL program. Students complete an applied research project, integrating their learning from MSOL coursework. Course is completed during the final semester of the MSOL program.
PSY 635 Social Influence (3)
In-depth examination of the principles of social influence, individual and organizational sources of power, and ethical application of influence strategies in organizational settings.