Strategic MBA

Core Courses

ACCT 6351 Financial Reporting and Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing
As a result of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate financial information with respect to profitability and risk of a firm. Formerly ACC 6351: Financial Reporting and Analysis.
ACCT 6352 Strategic Cost Management
Cr. 3. (3-0) ACCT 6351
This course emphasizes the integration of cost analysis and strategic analysis. Coverage includes activity based costing, target costing, value chain analysis, performance measurement matrices (e.g. balanced scorecard), strategic positioning, and product life cycle costing and management. Formerly ACC 6352: Strategic Cost Management.
BUSI 6351 Business and Society
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing
This course provides an understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of the internal and external environment of business. Formerly BUS 6351: Business and Society
ECON 6351 Economics for Managers
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing
A study of the domestic and global economic environment of organizations. Formerly ECO 6351: Economics for Managers.
FINC 6352 Financial Management
Cr. 3. (3-0) ACCT 6351, ECON 6351, and QMSC 6351
Effects of projects and financial policy on shareholder wealth. This course focuses on the basic concepts and methods of finance, including net present value, the capital asset pricing model, and market efficiency, within the context of the valuation of assets, risk and return, cost of capital, financial planning and forecasting, and agency theory. Formerly FIN 6352: Financial Management.
MGMT 6351 Management and Organizational Behavior
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing
This course provides an overview of managerial functions with an emphasis on the study of individual, group and inter-group behaviors in organizations; focus will be contemporary management theories with an emphasis on practical applications. Formerly MGT 6351: Management and Organizational Behavior.
MGMT 6352 Management Information Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0) Basic computer literacy
This course focuses on current (and future) information technology capabilities that can be leveraged for strategic and operational advantage, as well as the limitations and potential problems involved in the use of information technology. Formerly MGT 6352: Management Information Systems.
MGMT 6354 Leadership and Organizational Change
Cr. 3. (3-0) BUSI 6351 and MGMT 6351
This course examines the key role of the leader as a change agent in organizations. Students will be able to understand various models and theories of organizational change and the role of the leader in the diagnosis and implementation of change. Formerly MGT 6354: Leadership and Organizational Change.
MGMT 6355 Operations Management: Creating Competitive Advantages
Cr. 3. (3-0) QMSC 6351
This course focuses on using operations to compete and win sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. Operations management covers the design, operation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services. Formerly MGT 6355: Operations Management: Creating Competitive Advantages.
MGMT 6359 Seminar in Strategic Management
Cr. 3. (3-0) Completion of all Strategic MBA Core Courses; MGMT 6354 may be taken concurrently
Using cases and recent articles, this course focuses on value creation through strategic formulation and implementation. Formerly MGT 6359: Seminar in Strategic Management.
MKTG 6352 Strategic Marketing Management
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing
The role of the marketing manager in analyzing market behavior, researching marketing opportunities, developing marketing strategies, and implementing and controlling the marketing effort. The emphasis is on the application of concepts to actual case histories. Formerly MKT 6352: Strategic Marketing Management.
QMSC 6351 Statistics and Research Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0) Graduate standing and business calculus or equivalent
This course places a strong emphasis on the application of research methodology and statistical techniques to typical business problems encountered by management. Formerly QMS 6351: Statistics and Research Methods.

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