School of Business

MBA Courses

ACC 5020 Managerial Accounting

This course introduces the financial statements, their sources and functions, and managerial control systems involved with the accounting process, including variance analysis and budgeting. This course is meant to serve as a general overview of the accounting function and its use in the management of other functional areas within the organization. Prerequisites: ACC2051 and ACC2052 or ACC3025
3 credit hours

BUS 5010 Introduction to Graduate Studies and Research

This course serves as the orientation for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, as well as an introduction to available resources, proper citation and style formats, proper presentation formats and techniques, and research. Students will choose a topic in their own business interest area to research, will write an appropriately documented research paper, and will present their papers to the class. This course must be taken as the first course in the MBA program.
2 credit hours

BUS 5030 Organizational Behavior and Development

This course introduces the theories of behavior in management. A critical analysis is performed on the contributors to the organizational behavior discipline and their research as applied to the business environment.
3 credit hours

BUS 5040 Management Information Systems

This course covers the fundamentals of information systems, including an examination of the terminology, alternative methods for the development of information systems, and the impact and application of information systems on organizations. Emphasis will be given to systems analysis and the systems development life cycle as they are used to solve organizational problems.
2 credit hours

BUS 5050 Marketing Analysis and Strategy

This course provides an in-depth study of the four P's of marketing, the identification of the target market, strategy development, and brand development issues facing today's businesses. This course studies these issues from a management perspective.
3 credit hours

BUS 5060 Modern Corporate Finance

This course examines corporate utilization and allocation of funds. Capital budgeting, security valuation, weighted average cost of capital, and other financial issues are studied with a view toward providing the student with decision-making tools for risk and investment analysis.
3 credit hours

BUS 5070 Human Resource Management

This course examines human resource management functions in profit and non-profit organizations. Major topics include human resource planning, legal requirements and major functions, job analysis, recruitment, selection and placement, training and development, performance appraisal, career development, compensation and benefits, and labor-management relations.
2 credit hours

BUS 5080 Legal Environment of Business

This course provides an analysis of the important legal principles affecting the business environment and decision-making. It is a study of the influence of the legal environment on the organization, its industry, and the individual. Emphasis is on contract, tort, property, and corporate law. Other topics including securities laws, environmental laws, the impact of the ADA, etc. will be considered as well.
3 credit hours

BUS 5090 Management Science

This course is an in-depth study of the application of the scientific approach to managerial decision-making. The course is designed to familiarize the student with the quantitative methods used in solving business problems. The student is expected to formulate computer-based solutions to problems related to operations, marketing, finance, and other problems encountered in organizations.
3 credit hours

BUS 5100 Business Management from a Christian Perspective

This course examines the influence that social, cultural, and religious environments exert on institutional behavior, particularly focused on the development of an appreciation for the Christian worldview. Included are the changing nature of the business system, the policy process, corporate power, and organizational and societal benefits of proper ethical behavior will also be examined.
2 credit hours

BUS 5110 Global Business Management

This course provides students with knowledge for operating businesses in a global context. This course examines the problems and opportunities of global marketing and management, international finance, economics, exchange rate risk, and international trade.
3 credit hours

BUS 5120 Managerial Economics

This course studies applications of microeconomics as solutions to organizational pricing, allocation, and production problems. Demand theory, optimal pricing and production levels, the effects of price changes through elasticity concepts, and forecasting issues will be studied. Macroeconomic concepts as they apply will also be considered. Prerequisites: ECO2001 and ECO2002 or ECO3025
3 credit hours

BUS 5130 Applied Business Solutions

This course focuses on research design, data analysis, and results interpretation. The student will learn the practical application of various statistical methods by using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Prerequisites: BUS3090 or equivalent
3 credit hours

BUS 5150 Applied Research in Business

Students will utilize the information gained throughout the program and apply that knowledge in an exploration of a topic area of their choice. A significant thesis/research paper and presentation will be the culmination of this activity and this program. Prerequisite: Completion of all other MBA courses
2 credit hours

BUS 5160 Leading and Managing High-Performance Organizations

Leading and Managing High-Performance Organizations focuses on nature and function of effective leadership in high-performance systems. This course will include a comprehensive history of the study of leadership; decision-making and empowerment; power and influence in organization desiring flexibility and innovation; creating resonance within the organization; and leading organizational change. Places emphasis on leadership of emerging forms of organization such as learning organizations, virtual organizations, and networks.
3 credit hours

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