Foundation
Please refer to the Course Schedule for course offering dates, times, and semesters.
(18 credits)
Note: Courses appear in recommended sequential order.
- 761.625 Leadership Ethics Proseminar
- 790.616 Statistics for Business
- 790.614 Business, Government, and the World Economy
- 790.611 Financial Accounting
- 790.615 Marketing Management
- 790.609 Financial Management
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761.625 Leadership Ethics Proseminar
The Leadership Ethics Proseminar introduces and explores ethical leadership as a framework for enterprise value creation in a complex environment of competing economic and moral claims. Students examine contemporary models of leadership, the intrinsic ethical challenges of leadership, and the concept of a moral compass as a foundation for responding effectively to the ethical challenges of corporate citizenship and value creation in a competitive global economy. The Leadership Ethics Proseminar also introduces students to the learning methods and platforms of graduate business study including electronic databases and learning technology, case studies, problem solving, and collaborative inquiry.
MBA students begin their program with the Leadership Ethics Proseminar.
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790.616 Statistics for Business
Students learn statistical techniques for further study in business, economics, and finance. The course covers sampling distributions, probability, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, basic modeling, analysis of variance, and chi-square testing. The course emphasizes statistics to solve management problems. Case studies, spreadsheets, and computer software are used.
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790.614 Business, Government, and the World Economy
This survey course in open economy macro-economics emphasizes the role of the government and its effect on the global business environment. Major topics include economic growth, inflation, unemployment, exchange rates, fiscal and monetary policy, and international finance. As a foundation for the MBA curriculum, this course is designed for students to become informed participants in the global economy. The course provides students with the necessary theoretical framework and empirical evidence relevant to the covered topics, and helps them develop an economic perspective for analyzing real-world phenomena.
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790.611 Financial Accounting
This course emphasizes the vocabulary, methods, and processes by which for-profit business transactions are communicated. Topics include the accounting cycle; basic business transactions involving assets, liabilities, equity, account revenue, and expense; internal controls; and preparation and understanding of financial statements, including balance sheets, statements of income, and cash flows. The course also introduces the analysis of financial results.
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790.615 Marketing Management
This course covers principles of market-driven managerial decision making: consumer, competitor, and company analysis; market segmentation; definition of target markets; and product positioning. The management of the marketing function, including product and pricing decisions, channels of distribution, and marketing communications, is also covered.
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790.609 Financial Management
This is the first course in a two-course sequence in financial management. Topics covered include time value of money, risk and return, bond and stock valuation, financial statement analysis, working capital management, and cost of capital.
Prerequisite(s): 790.611 Financial Accounting, and 790.616 Statistics for Business.
