Foundation courses
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ACC 600 Accounting Concepts for Managers
Prerequisite: permission of a director of a College of Business graduate program or the director of the Master of Professional Studies program.Comprehensive study of the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Designed for graduate students who have not had an undergraduate course in accounting. Cannot be counted toward the hours required for a College of Business graduate degree.
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ECO 600 Fundamentals of Economics
Prerequisite: College of Business majors must receive permission from a director of a College of Business graduate program.An accelerated course dealing with the fundamentals of micro- and macroeconomic theory, designed for graduate students who have not completed undergraduate principles of economics. This course will not be counted in the hours required for a College of Business graduate degree. May be taught concurrently with ECO 500. Cannot receive credit for both ECO 500 and ECO 600.
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FIN 600 Managerial Finance
Prerequisite: ACC 600 and ECO 600; and permission of a director of a College of Business Graduate Program.Comprehensive study of the finance function in the business enterprise, including financial analysis-planning-forecasting, capital budgeting, leasing, working capital management, capital structure, dividend policy, and multinational finance. Designed for graduate students who have not had an undergraduate course in financial management in the last five years. This course will not be counted in the hours required for a College of Business undergraduate or graduate degree.
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LAW 600 Legal Environment for Business Managers
Prerequisite: permission of a director of a College of Business Graduate Program.Contemporary legal and ethical issues encountered by business managers will be discussed, including issues related to torts, vicarious liability, products liability issues; formation and enforcement of contracts and sale of goods; regulatory environment affecting employment practices/discrimination, product advertising and environmental responsibility; economic development issues associated with environmental sustainability, property rights, constitutional law and city planning. Agency liabilities and fiduciary responsibilities of agents and managers in business organizations will be examined. An overview of the court system and legal dispute resolution mechanisms will be integrated. This course is primarily intended for MBA students who do not have equivalent undergraduate business law coursework, and this course will not be counted in the hours required for a College of Business graduate degree.
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MGT 600 Administrative, Organizational and Operations Concepts for Managers
Prerequisite: permission of a director of a College of Business graduate program.Comprehensive study of the fundamentals of the management function, organizational behavior and design, and production and operations management. Designed for graduate students who have not had undergraduate courses in management or organizational behavior and operations management. This course will not be counted in the hours required for a College of Business graduate degree.
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QBA 600 Statistical Methods in Business Research
Prerequisite: permission of a director of a College of Business Graduate Program.Comprehensive study of the fundamentals of statistics. Designed for graduate students who have not had an undergraduate statistics course. This course will not be counted in the hours required for a College of Business graduate degree.