MBA Courses

Required Courses

ACCT 6350

Accounting Strategies for Achieving Profit Goals – 3 credits
Action-oriented case studies to demonstrate management accounting techniques to achieve profit goals and business strategies in a variety of organizations. International accounting and ethical issues are addressed.
Usually taught by Dr. Cliff Skousen
Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and 2020 (undergraduate courses), or ACCT 6010 (Accelerated Business Core)

FIN 6420

Financial Problems – 3 credits
Corporate finance case course, dealing with problems in working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital problems, and corporate restructuring.
Usually taught by Dr. Alan Stephens or Dr. Robert Malko
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: FIN 3400 (undergraduate course) or FIN 6410 (Accelerated Business Core)

MGT 6520

Marketing Strategy – 3 credits
Advanced case approach to current marketing management problems. Emphasizes concepts, research, techniques, decision making, and marketing strategy development.
Usually taught by Dr. Michael Parent
Prerequisites: MGT 3500 (undergraduate course) or MGT 6510 (Accelerated Business Core)

MGT 6720

Operations Management – 3 credits
Study of basic process functions in managing a production or service organization, such as inventory control, production control, procurement, quality control, production planning, forecasting, etc.
Usually taught by Dr. Brian Atwater, Dr. Randy Cook, or Dr. Vijay Kannan
Prerequisites: MGT 3700 (undergraduate course) or MGT 6710 (Accelerated Business Core)

MGT 6300

Leadership and Operational Excellence – 3 credits
Introduces the principles of leadership consistent with the philosophy of operational excellence. Presents a framework for leading balanced and comprehensive efforts toward achieving organizational objectives. Topic include: humility in leadership, respect for the individual and ethics, continuous improvement as a strategy, corporate culture as a control mechanism, and measurement principles.
Usually taught by Dr. Randy Cook

MGT 6960

Professional Paper/Field Studies Program – 3 credits
Preparation of paper of a professional quality, designed to demonstrate ability to complete a major project and effectively present the results. This is not a practice class. It is real world consulting. You will be required to provide high level consulting results that make a significant positive impact on your customer’s business. The Field Studies class offers opportunities to enhance and apply the skills you have acquired in school, meet industry leaders and strengthen your resume. There is flexibility in the particular clients that we include in the program; Field Studies can arrange for projects that will be able to help further your career. This course is required for the on-campus program.
Directed by Professor Mark Thomas

MIS 6510

Information Systems for Business – 3 credits
Introduction to information systems at general management level. Includes strategic look at needs of an organization and how the function of information systems can help the organization become more effective.
Usually taught by Dr. David Olsen

MGT 6500

Managing Individuals and Groups – 3 credits
Focuses on development of interpersonal and team skills. Includes development of organizational systems supporting effective use of human resources, including performance management, motivation, selection, training, rewards, and career development.
Usually taught jointly by Dr. Glenn McEvoy and Professor Alan Warnick
Prerequisites: MGT 3110 (undergraduate course) or MGT 6050 (Accelerated Business Core)

MGT 6890

Global Business Strategy – 3 credits
Integrative capstone course, taking a CEO's perspective, addressing global competitiveness, strategic assessment, policy development, and strategy execution. Must be taken at end of advanced MBA program.
Usually taught by Dr. David B. Stephens

Quantitative Requirement (choose one)

ECN 6310

Managerial Economics – 3 credits
Application of concepts and theories, based on managerial economics, to business problems. Addresses cost theory, pricing, market structures, and forecasting.
Usually taught by Dr. Robert Malko

MGT 6740

Decision Making in Operations Management – 3 credits
Selected topics in operations management pursued in depth. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.
Usually taught by Dr. Brian Atwater
Prerequisites: MGT 6720

Research Requirement

BUS 6860

Applied Business Research – 3 credits
Provides students with the capability to design and conduct applied business research projects in all areas of business. Introduces students to the philosophy of science, research design, measurement and scaling, reliability and validity, communication of research results, and other topics.
Usually taught by Dr. Kathy Chudoba or Dr. David Olsen

Off-Campus Elective Options

ECN 6330

Applied Econometrics – 3 credits
Provides graduate-level introduction to applied regression tools, including: simple and multivariate regression analysis; linear, nonlinear, and qualitative dependent variable models; distributed lags; seemingly unrelated regression; and model specification and validation tests. *Also taught as APEC 6330
Usually taught by Dr. Dwight Israelsen
Prerequisites: Background in statistics and calculus

FIN 6440

Financial Decision Making – 3 credits
Presentation of financial modelling techniques impacting firm decisions.
Usually taught by Dr. Austin Kwag or Dr. Alan Stephens