This graduate course provides comprehensive coverage of project management, focusing on the methods and competencies needed to effectively manage projects. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand different project management techniques, terminology and trends; define project success measures and methods; improve quality, cost and efficiency with the project management process; and gain basic competency using project management software.

Overview of human resource management theory and practice in organizations. Legal framework; job design; recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, and separation; compensation; benefits; contemporary issues in HRM.

Provides an overview of different perspectives and approaches to leadership practice and related organizational behavior topics. Relying on a participative multi-learning approach, the course goes beyond traditional leadership practices to examine empowering leadership approaches for addressing contemporary organizational behavior challenges such as leading teams. The overall objective is to increase students' understanding of and ability to apply contemporary leadership and organizational behavior knowledge in work situations.

This course provides an executive viewpoint of marketing concepts, such as branding and segmentation, for strategic and organizational decision-making. There is an emphasis on tools available for analysis and control of marketing activities, including the use of new media. Topics also include industrial life cycles, customer experience, and pricing strategy.

Students will have to opportunity to develop their tax research skills through practical exercises. The class will expose students to primary sources, including the Internal Revenue Code, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations and the FASB Codification through the use of sample case studies and the use of research and practice tools used by many tax practitioners. Students will also learn how to communicate the results of their tax research through various methods used by professionals. Current tax developments will be addressed in the class as well.

This course provides an introduction as well as hands-on experience in data visualization. Students will learn how to leverage data visualization for exploration and analysis. Students will be introduced to design principles for creating meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data to facilitate managerial decision-making. We will explore storytelling through a variety of mediums, including presentations and dashboards.

This course provides an overview of statistical analysis and inference. The language and methods of statistics are used throughout the MBA curriculum, both in the classroom and in assigned readings. In addition, the language and methods of statistical analysis have permeated much of academic and professional writing as well as media reporting, both inside and beyond the business community. The goal is to present a broad introduction to statistical thinking, concepts, methods, and vocabulary. The course has an emphasis on business applications.

This course provides an overview of statistical analysis and inference. The language and methods of statistics are used throughout the MBA curriculum, both in the classroom and in assigned readings. In addition, the language and methods of statistical analysis have permeated much of academic and professional writing as well as media reporting, both inside and beyond the business community. The goal is to present a broad introduction to statistical thinking, concepts, methods, and vocabulary. The course has an emphasis on business applications.

This course is made up of on-campus seminars and a study abroad experience in Italy. Studying and traveling in Italy will provide you with a rare opportunity for a first-hand study of a unique economic power that is known for combining business with a deep sense of aesthetics, quality, and culture. The course is designed to be a highly interactive study of Italian culture and business, with the expectation that it will help us all appreciate the dynamics of business in Italy from a globalization, expansion challenge, Made-In-Italy brand, ownership structures, and people management perspective.

This course is designed to help students meet the demand for effective writing and speaking skills in the professional workplace. Topics include rhetorical considerations involving audience and purpose, writing style and tone, organizational strategies, research skills, evidence-based writing, and page design, along with assignments in professional correspondence, report writing, and public speaking and visual aids. This course satisfies the University's junior year writing requirement.