ECON 600 Managerial Economics (3 UNITS)
This course teaches students how to use microeconomic analysis to understand the economic environment in which a firm operates and how to make optimal decisions within the firm. Topics may include: demand and supply analysis; production and cost theory; the impact of market setting; price discrimination; moral hazard and incentives; strategic interactions among firms using game theory; and transaction cost economics.

Prerequisite: Admission into the MBA Program

BA 611  Financial Accounting (3 UNITS)
Introduces a set of financial statements used by stakeholders for decision-making. The course examines procedures developed by accountants in the preparation of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Building on the basic understanding of financial reporting, the course presents a framework for corporate managers to analyze a firm’s performance and its financial position. Use of accounting information for firm valuation will also be emphasized.

Prerequisite: Admission into the MBA Program

BA 615  Statistics for Management (3 UNITS)
Methods of statistical inference emphasizing applications to administrative and management decision problems. Topics include classical estimation and hypotheses testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance, nonparametric methods and statistical probability.

BA 616  Organizational Behavior & HR Management Concepts (3 UNITS)
An expansive inquiry into human resources issues from both the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources perspectives. Incorporates many practical applications, as well as an understanding of employment practices and policies from a strategic standpoint.

BA 617  Leadership and Business Ethics (3 UNITS)
Focuses on aspects of leader-follower interaction including ethical decision-making, effective use of power, politics, and influence; understanding what motivates followers both individually and in teams and managing diversity and business ethics.

BA 621  Managerial Accounting (3 UNITS)
Focuses on how corporate managers use managerial accounting as a tool for internal decision-making and control. Examines concepts and techniques of cost allocation, performance evaluation, and compensation to support corporate strategies. Topics discussed include capital budgeting for long-term projects, contracting,  transfer pricing, performance evaluation for corporate executives, and control issues in business organizations based on managerial accounting information.

BA 625  Business Analytics (3 UNITS)
Provides students with insights and improving of business performance based on data and optimization techniques. Makes extensive use of quantitative analysis, predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making. Examines modeling issues and uses state-of-the-art software packages. The main focus is on decision-making applications in Finance, Marketing and Operations.

BA 626  Financial Decision Making (3 UNITS)
Introduces the theory and practice of corporate finance. Provides students with understanding of essential risk and return relationships. Presents concepts and information on which sound financial decisions are based.

BA 630  Marketing Management (3 UNITS)
Introduces students to the issues and challenges of successfully marketing  products, services or intangibles within the context of changing environments.

BA 635  Information Technologies & Management (3 UNITS)
This course offers future business managers a rigorous study of information technologies that support the operational, administrative, and strategic needs of the organization, its business units, and individual employees. Topics include fundamental concepts of information technology, major types of business information systems and their roles in organizations and, current issues in identifying, acquiring and implementing new technology applications. Primary focuses are on the managerial aspects of information technologies for improving productivity and gaining competitive advantage in the global e-commerce environment. The societal and ethical impact of information technologies on organizations and human behavior will be analyzed. Future trends of new information technologies will also be discussed.

BA 645  Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 UNITS)
This course provides a multi-industry study of operations, with an emphasis on integrated design of the supply. We view operations through the framework of business processes at various levels, from an individual process to an entire supply chain and discuss process improvement through the management of capacity, throughput, inventory, lead-time and quality. Focus will be on analytical decision support tools that allow companies to develop, implement and sustain collaborative strategies and coordinate supply chain players and strategic partnership.

BA 650  Strategic Management in the Global Environment (3 UNITS)
Capstone course taught from a global strategic manager's perspective. Focuses on the diagnosis of problems and the implementation of solutions.