Global Mastery for A Global Economy
After the fundamental courses in finance, financial accounting, business law, and economics, this MBA program gives you the opportunity to master one of six specialty areas that are in demand by multinational and domestic organizations: business analytics and cybersecurity, finance, information technology, marketing, project management, human resource management, or healthcare administration. You’ll partner these technical skills with thoughtful reflection, insightful theory, and leadership training that can help accelerate your career.
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This course examines the theory and practice involved in measuring, reporting and analyzing an organization’s financial information.
ACC5001T
1.5
This course is an introduction to both microeconomics and macroeconomics. The study of microeconomics includes the behavior of consumers and companies and the study of macroeconomics includes large-scale economic factors such as national production, employment, inflation and interest rates. You will learn how a modern market economy functions and factors that determine long-run growth and short-term fluctuations to better understand how economics applies to everyday life, business and world economies.
ECN5011T
1.5
This course provides an introduction to financial concepts and principles for students not exposed to an introductory undergraduate course in finance. Topics include: financial institutions and markets, overview of investment analysis, time value of money, bond and equity valuation, principles of financial risk analysis, cost of capital, essentials of capital budgeting and financial statement performance.
MBA5051T
1.5
An introduction to the impact of the legal system on the business environment. Overview of key legal concepts including contract law, entity formation, employment law, corporations and intellectual property. Effects of landmark statutes and court decisions will be discussed.
MBA5061T
1.5
Total Credits:
6
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Management accounting, or cost accounting, is a business process that helps senior leaders evaluate a company’s financial and profit potential. Cost accounting applies financial accounting methods; however, cost accounting reports are usually intended for top management. Department heads and segment managers generally focus on management accounting and reporting. The examines how accounting information is used for management decisions. Topics covered include variable costing, job-order costing, activity-based.
ACC6003
3
Global Business Economics is designed to prepare students for the business challenges of the 21st Century global economy by enhancing their awareness of the economic, demographic, political, legal, social and cultural changes that are occurring throughout the world as a result of globalization, and their understanding of the profound implications these changes have for effective global leadership and organizational success.
ECN6023
3
Overview of the finance function of the firm, financial analysis, planning and budgeting, and the impact of alternative capital structures on the firm. Emphasis on understanding and utilizing present value and future value concepts.
MBA6003
3
This course will introduce the basic concepts of data analytics as applied in various business contexts. After learning the basic concepts, students will learn how to differentiate between various topics such as statistical analysis, data mining, business intelligence, business analytics, and data science to describe which approach is most suitable given a certain problem. Finally, students will gain exposure to the various tools and programming languages that are relevant to both business and data analytics, and how these tools yield critical analysis leading to improved business decisions.
MBA6103
3
The course is designed to provide professionals and managers with a broad understanding of leadership concepts, theories, and skills necessary for practicing leadership in the global economy. The course focuses on a variety of techniques and applications for assessing leadership competencies and generating action plans for applying leadership skills. The course emphasizes the requirements for effective leadership in multi-cultural organizations and the development of personal leadership skills.
MBA6003
3
This course presents a graduate Classification framework for strategic marketing management. Topics include: adapting marketing to the new economy, marketing research: process and systems for decision making, consumer behavior, market segmentation, product strategy and new product planning & development, integrated marketing communications, pricing strategy, distribution strategy, marketing of services, global marketing, ethics and social responsibility. The course involves cases, lectures, teamwork, and group presentation. Students will adopt a new way of thinking about business known as “marketing orientation” and “value creation.”
MBA6053
3
Operations management is primarily responsible for creating values on business output by transforming the quantity, quality, forms, and place attributes of input variables. Supply chain is the network of all firms, resources, and operations involved in the creation and delivery of products, from raw materials from the suppliers to the manufacturers, and delivery to the end user.
Theoretical and quantitative concepts, models, methods, and strategies covered in the course for designing and managing manufacturing and service systems include: overview of operations & supply chain management, product & service design, manufacturing and service processes & analysis, six-sigma quality, statistical process control, strategic capacity planning, lean manufacturing, demand management & forecasting, facility layout, facility location, aggregate sales & operations planning, inventory management, materials requirement planning, operations scheduling, sustainable operations.
MBA6063
3
This course introduces students to the strategic and operational uses of information systems. The use of information systems is examined for achieving and maintaining competitive advantage, as well as managerial issues concerning the development, implementation, and management of enterprise information systems. Case studies address the impact of information systems on the organization, the challenges involved in managing technological change in organizations, and the impact of emerging technologies. Students will develop a socio-technical perspective on the use of information systems to solve real-world problems.
INT6043
3
Global Strategic Management is the capstone course in the MBA program. This course exposes the student to the many dimensions of strategic business planning and decision making in a fiercely competitive and rapidly changing global environment. The course covers the analysis of the external global environment; the creation of vision and mission statements that define the organization’s strategic direction, role in society and long-term objectives; the development of effective business strategies for creating sustainable competitive advantage and for responding to the opportunities and threats identified in the external environment; and the successful implementation of the organization’s strategies and achievement of its goals. The student will apply knowledge and skills learned from prior courses in leadership, economics, finance, marketing, management, and other disciplines to the development and implementation of an organization’s strategy. The student will learn numerous, unique strategic planning tools, concepts and techniques that are used to conduct the strategic management tasks. Students will understand how to think strategically and connect the disciplines of strategy and leadership to effectively assess, formulate, plan, and implement the strategic plan.
MBA6073
3
Total Credits:
27
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This course is designed to introduce students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of programming through the lens of exploring data. Students will build a core foundation in the Python programming language as well as data analysis and visualization. This course is a hands-on, experiential class that students learn by solving actual business problems using Python under the guidance of the instructor. Topics will include programming fundamentals and logic such as variables, input & output, control structures, functions, data types, data manipulation, and object-oriented concepts. Students will apply the Python programming language and essential data science techniques to solve various problems. At the
end of this course, students will complete a final project as a team which cohesively ties together all the covered concepts.
INT6103
3
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Business Analytics and Intelligence (BA&I) are applications and technologies can be used to analyze data to improve business performance through fact-based decision-making. The demand for building and managing BA&I systems in today’s very competitive and challenging economy is high. This course is designed to provide in-depth Business Analytics knowledge of handling data and Business Intelligence tools that can be used for fact-based decision-making. The class will be hands-on and the emphasis will be placed on the “know-how” aspect – how to extract and apply business intelligence to improve business decision making. This course will cover the complete lifecycle for building, deploying and managing BA&I systems including defining and analyzing the business opportunity, creating a dimensional model, designing the ETL process, developing the data warehouse solution, and supporting the BI solution.
INT7213
3
This course is an introduction to grounded principles and techniques of design, cognition, perception, and human-computer-interaction for visualizing data interactively. Today, the amount of digital data has grown exponentially, which poses a major challenge for business to manipulate and analyze data efficiently. To gain useful insight from business data, the visual analytics techniques have drawn attention to the public. The major goal of this course is to teach business students, typically nonprogrammers, how to use visualization techniques to analyze big data. Students will work as groups and learn a wide array of visualization methods and be able to apply the techniques to our everyday life or research problems.
INT7253
3
This course is an introduction to data mining fundamentals and algorithms for intelligent data representation and analysis, including: data pre-processing, data exploration and visualization, dimension reduction, model evaluation, predictive modeling, classification methods, association analysis, clustering algorithms, and neural networks. This is a project-based course where students solve a business problem through a data mining methodology.
INT7513
3
The emergence of massive datasets containing millions or even billions of observations provides the primary impetus for the business analytics field. Such datasets arise, for instance, in large-scale retailing, supply chain network, marketing channel, and social media. This course will emphasize theoretical foundation of business analytics and practical techniques for working with business data to support decision making. Specific topics covered will include statistical modeling, machine learning, predictive modeling, text mining, web mining, social network analytics in real world topics and case studies. The use of statistical and data manipulation software and basic programming skills will be required.
INT7623
3
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This course provides an in-depth study of the fundamental concepts and principles in communications and computer networking. The course examines the technical, design, and management issues related to enterprise computer networking. Students will have deep knowledge and understanding of networking concepts, protocols design, and popular network technologies. Topics covered include network design and architectures, telecommunications and networking standards, approaches to scaling services, virtualization, redundancy, network security and management, data center design, hosting and cloud services, and emerging technologies and trends. The course also covers server architectures, cluster computing, grid computing, storage area networks and network attached storage, and data center design and implementation.
INT6143
3
Pick two of the following classes:
As networks continue to grow and as computing becomes more and more ubiquitous, today’s IT Managers need to have a thorough understanding of security and the risks associated when inappropriate security exists. Students will explore basic security concepts, principles and strategy, how to develop and manage IT security program and how to strategize and plan an IT architecture. Students will also discuss other IT security issues as it relates to current market trends.
INT7223
3
This course will teach students legal and ethical issues related to the collection, analysis, preservation, and transmission of digital data. Students will
understand computer crime laws and analyze key legal cases related to cybercrimes. The course will examine the dynamic nature of the cyberspace, the impact of emerging technologies, and the legal and constitutional guidelines surrounding the use of those technologies within the cyberspace. The course will explore best practices and policies for protecting confidential and independent information.
INT7233
3
Many organizations that encounter an unplanned outage can tolerate only a short amount of downtime before they experience a significant revenue loss or other adverse business impact. In the event of a security breach or natural disaster that halts day-to-day operations, organizations need to recover as quickly as possible. Not having a disaster recovery plan in place can put the organization at risk of significant financial costs, reputation loss, and unintended consequences to customers. This course prepares students to lead an organization’s disaster recovery and business continuity program development. Students will learn how to develop, implement, and evaluate a disaster recovery and business continuity program based on established industry standards. Program components include risk assessment, incident response, technical recovery, crisis management, work area recovery, and pandemic plans. Student will learn how to mitigate risk and protect vital data and physical assets. This course will cover all the subject areas specified for the EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP) Certification.
INT7243
3
This course teaches students how to identify, analyze, and understand the impact of vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications in order to
prevent hackers from exploiting those vulnerabilities. Through hands-on lab activities, students will learn how to perform effective penetration tests using advanced techniques, tools, and methodology that hackers utilize to attack and compromise home and corporate network environments.
INT7263
3
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Analysis of corporate use of financial markets and decision-making, with emphasis on stock and bond valuations and returns. The course further demonstrates corporate decision-making in the areas of capital budgeting, corporate financial structure and dividend policy.
MBA6003
3
Investment opportunities and markets with emphasis on common stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Reviews various approaches to evaluation and selection of investments. Investor assessment and portfolio management. Lecture 3 hours. 3 hours credit
MBA7003
3
Study of money and capital markets and institutions and their managerial and environmental problems, including regulation and supervision by the government. Topics include: financial environment, determination of interest rates and structure of interest rates, functions of the fed and monetary policy, .money and bond markets, bond valuations and mortgage markets, stock offerings and stock valuation, market microstructures and strategies, financial futures and options, swaps and foreign exchange, derivatives, commercial banks and bank regulation, bank management and performance, finance operations and securities operations.
MBA7013
3
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the study of multinational financial management and investment decisions. Topics covered: international financial environment and markets, exchange rate determination, currency derivatives, international arbitrage and interest rate parity theory, relationships among inflation, interest rate and exchange rate, exchange rate risk management, multinational capital budgeting analysis, global capital structure analysis.
MBA7023
3
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Examination of structures and operational opportunities and challenges in healthcare, concentrating on systems management, evidence-based problem-solving, supply chain management, internal and external stakeholders and strategic tools. Current theories related to holistic care for patient outcomes and use of technologies and machine learning as well as organizational administration are compared and applied to the health care system.
HHS6013
3
This is an overview of current USA healthcare organizational leadership, types, and trends including comparison of current management, organization theories and global health systems. Healthcare public policy-making is analyzed and described emphasizing the historical, philosophical and political aspects of public policy including policy development, analysis and constituent advocacy.
HHS6023
3
Provide opportunity to build the knowledge and skills by utilizing epidemiologic data for evidence-based management in healthcare systems to plan, organize and manage health services. This course focuses on the need for healthcare administrators to evaluate epidemiologic data on incidence and prevalence while addressing the impact of administrative data on cost and quality to improve access and delivery of high-quality services to improve population health.
HHS6033
3
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HHS6043
3
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This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills, tools, and techniques to effectively manage a major project on time, within budget and with successful results. The course focuses on planning and control over the life of the project with an emphasis on Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices and real life scenarios. The course will cover project lifecycle planning, PERT and CPM, computer based project control tools, resource loading, scheduling, costing, and decision making in the project environment.
MBA7063
3
This course provides a methodical approach to implementing computer systems including systems planning, design, testing, implementation and software maintenance. Emphasis is on the strategies and techniques of systems analysis and design for producing logical methodologies for dealing with complexity in the development and implementation of information systems. The course approaches the development of information systems (IS) form a problem-solving perspective.
INT6123
3
This course provides an in-depth study of the fundamental concepts and principles in communications and computer networking. The course examines the technical, design, and management issues related to enterprise computer networking. Students will have deep knowledge and understanding of networking concepts, protocols design, and popular network technologies. Topics covered include network design and architectures, telecommunications and networking standards, approaches to scaling services, virtualization, redundancy, network security and management, data center design, hosting and cloud services, and emerging technologies and trends. The course also covers server architectures, cluster computing, grid computing, storage area networks and network attached storage, and data center design and implementation.
INT6143
3
Other INT courses may be substituted for INT6123 and/or INT6143 based on advisor approval.
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This graduate course will expose students to the digital marketing fundamentals and provide a solid foundation in the key concepts around this constantly changing field. Through a combination of readings, lectures, case studies, and course projects, students will develop knowledge of online social media and networks, mobile marketing, publishing blogs, rules of engagement, publishing podcasts, and mobile computing. Students will exit the course with a solid understanding of digital marketing tactics, tools, and social media marketing plans. The case study method of learning utilized in this course will allow students to learn digital marketing from a practical perspective. Topics include: why social media?, goals and strategies, identifying target audiences, rules of engagement for social media, publishing blogs publishing podcasts and webinars, publishing articles, white papers, and e-books, sharing videos, sharing photos and images, social networks, microblogging, discussion boards, social news, and Q&A sites mobile computing and location marketing, social media monitoring, social media marketing plan.
MBA7073
3
This course presents marketing problems designed to develop the student’s problem-solving and research ability for marketing decisions. Topics include market research, design and evaluation of data gathering techniques, current trends in marketing, the marketing mix, and consumer behavior. Discussion-based, group work, cases and readings, presentations and experiential assignments are basic to the courseware.
MBA7083
3
Students will choose one other graduate-level elective with their advisor.
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This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills, tools, and techniques to effectively manage a major project on time, within budget and with successful results. The course focuses on planning and control over the life of the project with an emphasis on Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices and real life scenarios. The course will cover project lifecycle planning, PERT and CPM, computer based project control tools, resource loading, scheduling, costing, and decision making in the project environment.
MBA7063
3
Pick two of the following classes:
In today’s world of global business management, most companies outsource their projects where much of the project management is being partially or completely performed at domestic and foreign suppliers or service providers. Most outsourced projects contain either an IT component or they may have to do with the creation of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes. This course is designed to achieve satisfactory outsourced projects outputs in helping with the management and leadership of outsourced (international) projects that are carried out in a complex environment.
The three main areas that are covered in this course are outsourcing, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), and the foundation of international project management. The course starts with the coverage of outsourcing and its variants first, then it discusses the historical development and basics of ITIL as the most widely and globally-adopted framework of best practices for developing IT services followed by the application of project management to international projects. Here the course deals with the leadership of projects that are conducted in multiple countries and cultures introducing the many ways that a collaborative project enterprise (CPE) can be structured in alignment with the statutes, laws, or policies of the organizations that are buying and providing services. Also, the cross-cultural leadership intelligence (XQL) model is introduced and applied to manage the CPE which increases the leadership stature of the lead project manager. The Microsoft Project software will be utilized in this course.
INT6253
3
Organizations around the world have been switching to agile development for faster delivery, quicker response to customer feedback, iterative product improvements and frequent releases. Portfolio management which can help bridge the gap between agile teams and management to create a winning agile enterprise will be a key element of this course. Specific topics covered in this course are: Understanding Agile; Forming the Agile Team; The Agile Coach; Agile Planning, Customer Focus; Creating and Prioritizing the Product Backlog; Estimating; Release Planning; Building Cadence; Iteration Planning and Execution; Measuring and Communicating Progress; and Adopting Agile Project Management.
INT7563
3
This course studies principles, techniques and strategies to manage a global workforce in a multi-cultural organization. The course explores differences in cultures, the origins of cultural differences, and the multiple and diverse impacts culture has on the management of human resources and performance of global organizations. Issues encountered in recruiting, selection, training, and retaining a skilled global workforce are addressed. The course also examines differences in ethical systems, values and beliefs, and their impacts on the practice of management, and on individual and organizational performance.
MBA7053
3
This course aims to develop and nourish an entrepreneurial mindset, foster innovation & encourage out of the box thinking, by exposing the students to practical tools and techniques. The need for entrepreneurial thinking to differentiate yourself, is perhaps equally important whether you are interested in excelling as an intrapreneur in the corporate world or you are interested in starting/growing a successful business as an entrepreneur.
Topics covered in this course include: Ideation and opportunities assessment; taking calculated risks; business plans that adapt; business structure; funding and business development.
MBA7103
3
This course will provide students with an organized approach for managing the uncertainties to insure continuity and profitability. It also studies the philosophy of Total Quality Management (TQM) and issues concerning its implementation by covering the approaches of well-known leaders in the field. In this class, students will examine and apply essential tools and techniques by identifying, ranking and monitoring risks in the project management environment. The course, also, provides an adequate coverage of Project Quality Management concepts with an emphasis on quality improvement tools, cross-functional teams, leadership for quality, quality planning, quality assurance, statistical-process control, process capability & ISO 9000 standards.
MBA7173
3
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Courses appropriate to the subject of study. Must have approval of qualified faculty member and director of graduate programs prior to registration. Student reviews and develops a thesis proposal which defines a topic of thesis research, outlines the scope and degree of abstraction and investigates issues raised in the field of management. Upon acceptance, the student pursues in-depth research directed by an assigned thesis advisor. All papers must be approved by the advisor and presented before the dean or designated representative.
MBA7123
3
The course offers business and cultural experiences in different countries. This exposes students to the country’s social, political, economic and legal environments to enhance their education. Advance preparation will be required with on campus meetings prior to departure. Students are required to pay for all expenses related to international travel.
MBA7133
3
Student research on a selected problem in the field under the guidance of a faculty member.
MBA7143
3
Student research on a selected problem in the field under the guidance of a faculty member. Continuation of MBA 7143.
MBA7153
3
Application to College of Business and MBA Program must possess an undergraduate degree from an accredited university or its equivalent in another country.
Students seeking admission into the MBA program may be admitted on a regular or conditional basis. The admissions committee will review the student’s educational background and work experience to determine the student’s admission status based on the following criteria:
All international students must follow the same application process mentioned above in addition to the following:
Proof of English Proficiency
If English is not your native language, English proficiency requirements can be fulfilled with one of the following:
Students must submit a Graduate Transfer Credit Request form along with course descriptions, syllabi, and transcripts before completing their first semester. Up to 12 credits may be transferred for the MBA program and up to 9 credits for MSIT and MSBDA programs, provided the courses are graduate-level, from an accredited university, and completed within the last 7 years with a minimum grade of 3.0. Pass/fail courses are not accepted. Additional documentation or proficiency exams may be required.
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