Curriculum  |  Course Descriptions

Program Foundation Courses

BUS 5601 Essentials of Business Development 1

Examines necessary tools required to plan and run a successful business venture. Requires integration of concepts, methods and models from accounting, economics and marketing in forming a business plan for a product or service in a case study. First course in a two-course sequence.

BUS 5602 Essentials of Business Development 2

Builds on BUS 5601. Examines and uses concepts, methods and models from the functional business areas of statistics, finance, management and law. Requires students to integrate each component into a complete business plan. Prerequisite: BUS 5601

Core Courses

BUS 5421 Managerial Economics

Provides an understanding of the microeconomic forces that influence firm decision making. Includes competitive markets and market failure, benefit-cost analysis, demand estimation and forecasting, decision making under risk and uncertainty, production and cost estimation, and market structure analysis.

BUS 5431 Managerial Accountings

Focuses on internal reporting to managers for use in planning and control, in making nonroutine decisions and in formulating major plans and policies. Covers cost-volume-profit relationships, flexible budgets and standards, job order and process cost, and cost allocation and accumulation.

BUS 5440 Financial Management

Studies the concepts and tools of corporate financial management and financial planning, including capital budgeting, capital structure and net working capital. Considers the importance of ethics in financial decision making.

BUS 5470 Marketing Management

Examines the tools and techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize and solve marketing problems and effective communication of recommendations. Uses case analysis extensively.

Specialization Courses

BUS 5433 Advanced Problems and Current Topics

Broadly exposes the student to advanced subjects in accounting, furthers the student’s ability to analyze and present solutions to complex accounting problems, as well as interpret and apply theoretical issues.

BUS 5446 Investment Management

Investigates the concepts, theories and techniques underlying the development of investment policies and strategies.

BUS 5486 International Business

Emphasizes economic, social, cultural, legal and environmental influences on the formulation and execution of the business policy of firms engaged in multinational business. Students explore the functions, problems and decision-making processes of multinational business organizations. Prerequisite: BUS 5440

BUS 5650 Strategic Cost Management

Uses case studies to analyze approaches to managerial accounting. Covers the application of decision and control models, planning and control under conditions of uncertainty, ethics and current issues in the development and practice of managerial accounting. Prerequisite: BUS 5431

BUS 5840 Financial Management Policy

Introduces the three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range of international financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign operations can have on financial statements.

Capstone Course

BUS 5480 Strategic Management

In-depth analysis of industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level. Augmented by live case analyses.

Note: Subject to change.