The Online MBA Program is a general track with classes held online and is designed
to meet the needs of working adults. It s designed so students attend class during
six 8-week semesters. The courses in the program are designed to help the student
expand their professional competencies within and beyond the classroom. It emphasizes
managerial skills in addition to technical know-how.
The curriculum as outlined below is designed to yield an understanding of business
principles, the ability to utilize decision processes, a knowledge of functional
operations, and the ability to work effectively in today's ever changing business
environment.
Our MBA faculty assume that students are conversant with basic business practices
and with the language of business. Students who were not undergraduate business
majors are urged to take undergraduate courses in accounting, economics, statistics,
and microcomputer applications.
3 Units
This course is designed to give MBA students a tangible head start in acquiring
and honing numerous core skills essential for success in the MBA program and the
business world. The emphasis will be on the development of professional skills and
perspectives, such as business writing, coaching and counseling, conflict resolution,
effective business protocol, interviewing, intercultural awareness and sensitivity,
negotiating agreement and public speaking.
3 Units
Course Syllabus
This course is an advanced introduction to the major theories and issues in the
study of human behavior in work organizations. Included are the topics of perception,
motivation, leadership, job satisfaction, group dynamics, stress, organizational
climate and communication processes. Organization theory and design concepts are
also incorporated to give the student a more complex framework for managerial decision-making.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530
Course Syllabus
This course is designed to focus on an in-depth analysis of the major functions
of a manager dealing with human resource issues. Issues to be covered include, but
are not specifically limited to, staffing, employee training and development, compensation
and benefits, legal issues, union V non-union issues, safety and health issues,
cross cultural and expatriate issues.
3 Units
Course Syllabus
This course is a comprehensive study of commercial law as it affects day-to-day
business management. Emphasis is placed on development of a manager's ability to
recognize the circumstances under which a legal professional should be contacted
for advice and/or assistance.
3 Units
Prerequisite: MBA 525, plus undergraduate course in economics strongly recommended.
Course Syllabus
This course explores the concepts of economic optimization, the estimation of demand
and cost and pricing analysis. An introduction to economic forecasting and decision
making under conditions of risk and uncertainty are also included.
3 Units
Prerequisite: Basic literacy regarding Windows and Microsoft Office is expected.
Course Syllabus
This course considers the study of decision science and its application in the business
environment through the use of computers. This course is designed to provide the
student with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to understand
and utilize computerized decision support methodology in support of business requirements.
The student will utilize commercial software packages in the laboratory to develop
and use graphical and numerical outputs in business presentations for enhanced decision
making.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530 and MBA 533
Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process are now, and will continue to be,
the major economic force driving the national economies around the world. At the
heart of this movement are men and women who demonstrate the courage to undertake
the creation and management of new business ventures. Across the globe millions
of new businesses are formed each year. Those individuals who possess the spirit
of entrepreneurial leadership will lead the economic revolution that has proven
to repeatedly raise the standard of living for people everywhere. In this class,
students will be introduced to the essential components of entrepreneurship and
the critical knowledge needed to start and manage a new business venture.
3 Units
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in financial accounting and managerial accounting
is strongly recommended.
This course focuses on the study of accounting concepts and standards applicable
to presentation of financial information to interested users, structure, uses and
limitations of financial statements and measurement systems related to income determination
and asset valuation. The course also considers the discussion of internal and external
influences on accounting decisions.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530.
Course Syllabus
This course considers the operational and strategic planning issues confronting
managers in marketing. Topics include buyer behavior, market segmentation, product
selection and development, pricing, distribution, promotion, market research, international
and multicultural marketing.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 540 and MBA 560 or ACC 504
Course Syllabus
This course considers the financial management decision-making role within the organization.
Subjects include valuation concepts, including financial ratio analysis; short-term
financial management, including the management of current assets and liabilities;
management of long-term investments, including capital budgeting techniques; a discussion
of leverage and its relationship to the capital structure; and an introduction to
financial markets and financial institutions.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, MBA 533
Course Syllabus
The student will develop an understanding of international/multinational management
by examining the challenges and opportunities of operating globally. Emphasis will
be on developing an understanding of the complexities of dealing with diverse social,
cultural, economic and legal systems. The role of business in this dynamic world
environment will be analyzed.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, MBA 533
Course Syllabus
This course is an advanced overview of more traditional approaches to understanding
the leadership process and an in-depth look at recently developed perspectives on
leadership of the future. Ethical issues pertaining to leadership are also incorporated.
3 Units
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, MBA 533, MBA 540, MBA 560 or ACC 504, MBA 565,
MBA 570
Course Syllabus
This capstone course integrates knowledge gained in previous graduate business courses.
It centers on the theme that organizations achieve sustained success when their
managers have astute, timely strategic game plans and they implement these plans
with proficiency. Strategic management theory is used in the analysis of case studies
of companies operating in the domestic and global marketplace.
0 Units
For students in the weekend MBA program, the comprehensive final research project
is to be completed as part of MBA 599. The student will have the opportunity to
choose the project topic based upon his or her specific business interests. The
student is expected to synthesize concepts from the functional areas of business
into an integrated whole.