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Core Classes

current courses

All core courses carry three credits unless otherwise specified. You will need to satisfy 37 credits to graduate.

You are required to complete 11 core courses and 3 credits of electives. In choosing elective courses, students should bear in mind that our course listing is representative and that topics will vary according to research expertise of the faculty, student areas of interest, and current business trends. Elective credits range from one to three. Click here for a representative listing of recently created electives for the Part-Time MBA Program.


Reminder These courses can be taken at any of our live sites (Holyoke, Pittsfield, Shrewsbury) or Online.

You may download the Degree Checklist here.

Core Courses

Accounting

  • 630 Accounting for Decision Making
    A conceptual introduction to financial accounting, covering the complete accounting cycle and resulting financial statements. Topics include asset valuation and reporting, debt and evaluation financing, inter-corporate investments, and earnings management.
  • 631 Managerial Accounting and Control
    Accounting pertinent to managers in making internal decisions. Topics include cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, transfer pricing, evaluation of segment profitability, and activity-based costing.
  • 632 Information Management
    The management of information technology resources to successfully integrate into an organization electronic commerce, network computing, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, transaction processing systems, customer relationship management, information security and other relevant topics.

Finance and Operations Management

  • 640 Financial Analysis and Decisions Basic concepts, principles, and practices involved in financing businesses and in maintaining efficient operation of the firm. Framework for analyzing savings investment and other financial decisions. Both theory and techniques applicable to financial problem solving.
  • 650 Business Data Analysis Statistical methods employed in collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Business applications of sampling, analysis of variance, experimental design, regression analysis, and forecasting models.
  • 670 Production Operations Management Analysis of production problems and solution techniques. Work-flow processes, technology of materials and equipment, and control of availability, quality, cost, and price of products and resources.

Management

  • 680 Organizational Behavior and Theory Addresses questions of organization design and human behavior. Presents perspectives for understanding and analyzing processes of managing complex organizations and the interpersonal dynamics within them. Credit, 4.
  • 689 Organizational Planning and Strategy Capstone course requiring application of knowledge, theories, and techniques derived from previous courses, using integrative cases and empirical observations to formulate improved policies and plans. It is advised this course be taken after completing 12 credit hours in the Part-Time MBA program.
  • 783 Business and Its Environment Relationship between business firms and various environments in which they operate; examines environmental impact of business decisions, issues related to social accountability of firms, and concepts of cost-benefit analysis. Advanced graduate standing or consent of instructor required.
  • 770 Human Resource Management Overview of human resource management theory and practice in organizations. HR activities include: strategy, recruitment, selection, separation; training and career development; health and safety; compensation; EEO issues, labor relations, performance evaluations, and international human resource management.

Marketing

  • 660 Marketing Management Marketing concepts of planning, organization, control, and decision making from viewpoint of the business executive. Stress on tools available for analysis and control of marketing activities.
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