Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
500 |
Corporate Strategy |
2 hours. |
Analysis of major strategic decisions affecting the long-term performance of a firm and its ability to sustain competitve advantage. Meets eight weeks of the semester. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA Program. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
501 |
Business Concepts and Skills |
2 hours. |
Introduction to concepts and skills required for success in the MBA program including: institutions and vocabluary of US business, game theory; mathematics and statistics; spreadsheets and databases; and business writing and presentation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Credit will not be given for MBA 501 if the student has already completed 12 or more hours of MBA coursework. Meets 8 weeks of the semester. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
502 |
Teamwork and Creativity |
2 hours. |
Basics of guiding classroom and workplace teams to successful productivity and of leading deliberate efforts to more creatively apply knowledge, especially in cross-functional contexts. Meets eight weeks of the semester. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
570 |
Enterprise Decision Making |
4 hours. |
Provides content and frameworks to integrate prior course work to address business problems from a cross-functional and enterprise perspective. Prerequisite(s): Completion of all other core courses in the MBA Program. This course should be taken during the final semester in the program. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
590 |
Professional Topics |
2 TO 4 hours. |
A series of skills workshops designed to develop critical management skills and to explore timely management issues not directly related to core business functional areas. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
591 |
Study Abroad-Master of Business Administration Program |
0 TO 16 hours. |
Lectures, seminars, and independent travel/study abroad in conjunction with admission to the MBA program. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and consent of the director. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
592 |
Master of Business Administration Project |
8 hours. |
Multi-disciplinary team project at an outside company or University office. A written report and an oral presentation of the project is required. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and consent of the MBA program director. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
594 |
Special Topics-Master of Business Administration Program |
1 TO 4 hours. |
An intensive study of a selected business topic not available in current course offerings. Subject matter will vary by section and semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program. |
Master of Business Administration |
MBA |
596 |
Independent Study |
0 TO 8 hours. |
Indpendent study under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment by petition to the director of the MBA program. |