MS/MBA Course Descriptions

Click here for a list of all required courses for the dual degree. All courses are three credits unless otherwise specified. Courses are subject to change, and not all courses are offered in every semester.

Sport Management Courses (33 credits)

Students enrolled in the Dual Degree (M.B.A./M.S.) program are required to take 33 credits in the Masters of Science Degree program during the second academic year. Click here to view the course descriptions in the Masters Program.

MBA Required Courses (42 credits)

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 in a New Economy
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.

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.

644 Managerial Economics
Microeconomic analysis and application to business decisions: cost and profit analysis; demand and pricing; investment analysis and capital budgeting; and economic forecasting. (Required for full-time MBA only)

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.

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.

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. Restricted to final semester or by consent of instructor.

691F Professional Seminar
A professional seminar series presented by prominent alumni and business leaders addressing topics of business etiquette, e-commerce, women in management, small business management, new technology challenges and international finance.
Students in the full time MBA program must also take a semester-long practicum. All MBA and MBA Professional program students will select elective courses to complete their course requirements.

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.
Marketing

Representative Elective Courses
In choosing electives, students should bear in mind that this is a representative listing of courses and that topics will vary according to research expertise of the faculty, student areas of interest, and current business trends. Elective credits range from 1 - 3.