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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course develops the advanced theoretical constructs of corporate financial decision making. Students are involved with the fundamental decisions and compromises of financial managers as they face the issues related to capital management. The course presumes that students have a thorough understanding of the concept of the time value of money and have been introduced to the basic techniques of the financial systems and corporate financial management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An organization's operating system converts input , materials, people, knowledge, machines, buildings, technology, cash and other resources into products and services in a scientific, socially responsible and ethical manner. This course will focus on five basic areas: operations strategy and the four dimensions on which businesses compete cost, quality, timeliness and flexibility. Emphasis will be placed on concepts and methodologies applicable to manufacturing and service.
  • 2.00 Credits

    The overall goal of this course is to provide students with a disciplined perspective on important international issues and trends that are of particular relevance to the business community. The course is divided into four modules: critical economic concepts; the institutional structure of international trade; the institutional structure of international finance; and industry/country issue case studies in globalization.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses attention on problems of an international nature and injects the broadest possible perspective into the development and application of accounting thought. The subject matter covers basic accounting concepts, such as the use of replacement values in accounts or the most reasonable premise of financial statement consolidation for purposes of reporting to stockholders. It also covers differences in methods and procedures, for example, in the translation of foreign currency amounts and in international peculiarities of providing for depreciation.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Special attention is given in this course to the more selective areas in accounting requiring specialized study. Basic course content will change as the emphasis on pertinent subject matter becomes more demanding. Areas such as hospital and municipal accounting, estates and trusts, and accounting for pensions are examples of topics that will be considered.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Cost accounting is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the role of accounting systems in providing information about the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization's activities. This course focuses on the operation of traditional cost systems in providing such information. Topics covered include job-order cost systems, process cost systems, standard cost systems and variance analysis, joint and by-product costing, cost allocation and budgeting. Special attention is given to the flow of costs through the organization's accounting system and to the development of product costs.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Fundamental techniques of financial analysis; examination of the application of these techniques to reporting, planning, controlling and evaluating business activity.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is concerned with business decisions in areas where taxation plays an important role. It deals with the tax background that management must have in order to make its day-to-day decisons, and describes those phases of taxation which are general elective responsibilities.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course teaches students about the process of planning and implementing business strategies. Students will be challenged to apply their understanding of the business disciplines studied in MBA Foundation and MBA Core courses in order to develop a future direction for an organization. The fundamentals of formulating business strategies will be stressed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Equity Portfolio Management builds on modern portfolio theory to develop a framework for active portfolio management. Within the context of portfolio optimization, the course provides a general framework for designing, evaluating and implementing a variety of active strategies for selecting common stock portfolios. The essence of active management lies in forecasting abnormal returns and, to this end, the course reviews a number of empirical regularities in stock returns. Using software and data available through the Investments Center, students apply these concepts in the development and evaluation of their own portfolio strategies.
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