This course develops skills in prescriptive analytics for business process modeling and optimization. It examines systems where scarce resources must be allocated in a manner that furthers the goal of the decision-maker. It focuses on model building using linear and mixed-integer programming for applications arising in production, logistics, supply chain management, and finance, among others. Innovative modeling techniques, the use of state-of-the-art commercial solvers, and insights into specially-structured models are explored in the context of business and engineering applications.

A conceptual overview of federal tax laws, focusing on the broad structure of the income tax law and how that law relates to many business investment and personal activities. Includes basic tax policy issues and the many social and political implications of our current tax system.

A conceptual overview of federal tax laws, focusing on the broad structure of the income tax law and how that law relates to many business investment and personal activities. Includes basic tax policy issues and the many social and political implications of our current tax system.

Course will address the needs of students considering starting their own business or purchasing and managing a business or franchise. Areas to be covered during the class are as follows: Idea generation ? differentiate or die; discuss the importance of ?differentiation? and why most new businesses underestimate this critical concept. Choosing the appropriate business structure: Limited Liability Company, Subchapter C Corporation, Subchapter S Corporation. Developing the business plan: gathering and preparing the proper information to attract financing. Funding your business: identifying sources of funding such as Venture Capital, Private Equity, partners, lenders. Human resources: hiring your first employee, evaluating potential sales people, choosing incentive programs. Successful marketing strategies: numerous examples of creative and effective marketing decisions propelling companies forward. Successful sales strategies: numerous examples of tactics designed to get consumers to buy. Exit strategies: selling to private firms, going public, maintaining partial ownership while remaining in management.

This course offers a broad overview of real estate investments and addresses some of the concepts and techniques involved in analyzing these financial decisions. Topics include valuation of real property, investment performance measurements and ratios, cash flow analysis, and financing strategies.

This course addresses the essentials of marketing management as applied to service industries such as health care, hospitality, financial, technology, consulting, and other service providers. Such topics as service quality, segmentation, positioning, consumer expectations, service recovery, internal marketing and relationship marketing are presented, discussed, and analyzed.

This course addresses the essentials of marketing management as applied to service industries such as health care, hospitality, financial, technology, consulting, and other service providers. Such topics as service quality, segmentation, positioning, consumer expectations, service recovery, internal marketing and relationship marketing are presented, discussed, and analyzed.

Students will use audit concepts and auditing standards covered in undergraduate auditing class to further enhance their understanding of the audit environment and audit issues that professionals face. The class will center on case studies and scenarios in applying concepts and critical thinking skills in an audit context. Students will be expected to evaluate the case materials, identify important issues, and communicate those in a clear, coherent manner. Some cases will require students to work in "audit teams" and then present their audit findings to the class and professor. The class will also discuss current audit research being conducted, with a focus on research that can impact professional practice and/or professional standards.

This course examines the generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental entities (as issued by GASB) as well as accounting principles applicable to not-for-profit entities (as issued by FASB). The focus will be on the financial statements and reports prepared by state and local governments and financial reporting for the wide array of not-for-profit entities with an emphasis on the contrast of these entities with for-profit accounting.

This course helps students to apply their knowledge of financial accounting, business strategy, and finance in the evaluation of corporations using financial reports. Decision settings include stock evaluation, credit analysis, bankruptcy prediction, and general-purpose evaluation. The course is a mixture of concepts underlying financial statement analysis and their application to real companies' financial statements.