Curriculum

     Prerequisites

    Core Courses (36 Hours)


Course Descriptions

MBA 503 Leadership, Management, and Organizational Behavior (3)
This is a course designed to study the behavior of individuals in organizations. Leadership and management will be defined in light of the major theories and research. Students will review research that strives to understand, explain, predict, and change human behavior within organizations. The emphasis will be on motivated behavior. Business and non-business for profit and not-for-profit organizations will be discussed. 

MBA 505 Financial Accounting for Management Decision Making and Control (3)
This course emphasizes financial accounting from the perspective of the non-accountant manager. Students will gain an understanding of accounting theory, vocabulary, and financial reports to allow them to better use accounting information for the benefit of the organization.

 MBA 509 Data Analysis and Decision Making (3)
Examination and use of mathematical analysis and statistics as tools to improve management decision making. Emphasis will be placed on using these tools after developing a basic understanding of the related theory. 
 
MBA 529 Managerial Economics (2)
A course to develop business strategy and critical thinking skills through the use of economic modeling and concepts.  Evaluation of business problems and emphasis on the application of economics to management decision making.
 
MBA 531 Faith, Ethics and Business (3)
This course will explore the challenges of ethical decision making in organizational management. Basic philosophical approaches to morality will be introduced through reading the work of significant ethicists. These approaches will be further studied by application to current case studies of business ethics problems. Emphasis will be on developing an ability to recognize moral dilemmas and resolve them in a manner consistent with Christian concepts of morality.
 
MBA 557 Information Systems for Managers and Organizations (3)
This course explores the use of information systems to improve management decisions. It also examines how those information systems fit within the organizational context. It is assumed the student has a working knowledge of a spreadsheet technology. 
 
MBA 561 Managing Human Resources (2)
Human resource management will be reviewed from a management perspective. Content will include the attracting, developing, and retaining of human resources including legal compliance and contemporary trends. Employee relations will also be discussed.  

MBA 601 International Business (3)
This course examines the issues confronting managers in an international business regardless of size. It covers differing cultures, political systems, economic systems, legal systems, and levels of economic development. Time will be spent identifying management principles which are universal in their application and those which are American and need to be adapted to local situations.

MBA 608 Legal Environment of Business (2)
A comprehensive introduction to the legal principles governing business, the legal system within which business operates, and the role of government in regulating business conduct. 
 
MBA 611 Marketing Management (3)
This course covers management of the marketing function in business and non-profit enterprises. Topics include market environmental analysis and marketing planning, strategy, and control. Development and management of marketing programs is explored through the case method. 

MBA 621 Managerial Finance (3)
An analysis of the policies, procedures, and problems involved in obtaining and managing funds for a corporation.

 MBA 631 Operations Management (3)
Designing, planning, operating and controlling production and operations in manufacturing, distribution, and service organizations. Emphasis is on managerial concepts and strategies applicable to effective and efficient operating systems. Quantitative and qualitative methods and tools will be applied. 
 
 MBA 691 Leadership, Management, and Strategic Planning (3)
This is the capstone MBA course. The course focuses on the general manager's role in defining and leading the organization to achievement of strategic objectives in dynamic competitive as well as non-competitive environments.
 

Prerequisite Courses prior to beginning the MBA Program

ACC 502 Survey of Accounting (2)
Basic accounting concepts, processes, and relationships; methods of business transactions analysis, classification, and recording; preparation of accounting statements.

MBA 501 Foundational Math for MBA (3)
Necessary background concepts and techniques of mathematics and basic business methods used in more advanced courses. Review of basic mathematics, introduction to linear algebra and systems of equations, matrices, and basic concepts of probability.
 
FIN 502 Survey of Finance (2)
A study of methods of financial analysis, valuation, capital structure, and capital budgeting;  includes financial ratio analysis, time value of money concepts and calculations, valuation models, capital budgeting decision techniques, and cost of capital concepts and calculations.

MKT 502 Survey of Marketing (2)
Essentials of marketing strategy are explored, beginning with market analysis and selection, through development of product, distribution, communication, and pricing offers.
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