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Master of Business Administration - Specialization in
Finance
The MBA with an Emphasis in Finance prepares students to
assume a larger role in managing their organization's fiscal
policy and operations. Students will be provided with the
knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to lead and perform
creatively, ethically and effectively within any organization
or industry and to use accounting information and financial
management techniques effectively in making management decisions.
The objectives of this program are to provide students
with:
- Ethical standards, to provide a framework for responsible
decision making.
- Increased facility in critical analysis, planning, problem
solving and communication skills.
- Global awareness as more businesses compete in a world
marketplace.
- Management skills for a variety of careers in business,
banking, insurance, mergers and acquisitions, and the
assessment of global financial transactions.
MBA Degree Completion Requirements:
- 36 Total semester credits (11 Courses- 3 semester credits
each)
- A Final Capstone Project- (3 semester credits)
- Two Proctored Exams
Course Descriptions:
500 Management
Management provides a solid foundation for facing the challenges
of a rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment.
This course introduces the fundamental management functions
of planning, decision-making, organizing, leading, and controlling,
as well as the tools and techniques of managing people,
processes, projects, and the work environment. Students
explore current issues in management and gain insights into
how successful organizations operate.
510 Accounting
Accounting, the language of business, provides crucial decision-making
information to business organizations. This introduction
to financial and managerial accounting prepares students
to construct and interpret financial statements, generate
budgets, and to use accounting data for strategic and management
purposes with an emphasis on profitability. Legal and ethical
issues in accounting are also discussed.
520 Quantitative Analysis
Quantitative analysis is a valuable process for decision-makers
and professionals who are responsible for guiding their
organizations in today's dynamic business environment. This
course provides the necessary quantitative tools for analyzing
data, modeling problems, and making informed decisions.
The focus is on construction of models, interpretation of
results, and critical evaluation of assumptions.
530 Marketing Management
Marketing is the epicenter of an organization's strategic
and operational life. This course presents marketing management
within the broader context of the organization's strategies
and operations. Students discover the benefits of market
research and analysis, and develop effective marketing strategies
through segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
540 Managerial Economics
Managerial economics form the overall theory and foundation
for the workings of a corporation. This course deals with
applying microeconomic theory to the management of the firm
by focusing on the use of microeconomics to enhance decision-making.
By exploring the complex relationships between a manager's
decisions and the resulting impact of those decisions on
the demand for the company's products and the profitability
of the firm, students come to understand the economic environment
in which the firm operates and learn how to think strategically
within this environment.
550 Finance
This introduction to finance and investments provides the
framework, concepts, and tools for analyzing financial decisions
by applying the fundamental principles of modern financial
theory. Major topics include the time value of money and
capital budgeting.
551 Corporate Financial Management
This course guides students to develop intuition about decision
making that will hold true through future evolutions in
the financial world. It provides an integrated view of the
theory of finance providing timely, real word examples and
connecting the theory with practice. The course covers important
corporate financial management topics and theories including
options, agency theory, corporate governance, capital budgeting,
long-term financing, risk analysis, and international corporate
finance.
Prerequisites: 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 590.
552 Innovative Finance and Venture Capital
This course provides a connection between finance theory
and venture capital practice. It explores cutting edge financial
tools applied to to venture capital and research and development
investing. Various techniques are explored, including Monte-Carlo
analysis, real options, binominal trees, and game theory.
Prerequisite: 551.
553 Global Corporate Finance
This course provides an overview of the global financial
environment, such as motives for foreign trade and investment,
the balance of payments, and the international monetary
system. It deals with the forces that affect the relative
prices of currencies in international markets. The course
goes on to describe sources of global corporate finance
and discusses the management of assets.
Prerequisite: 552.
560 Business Ethics
This course examines ethics and values in multiple contexts.
It begins with an exploration of individual values and the
integration of mind, body and soul. The perspective then
broadens to include corporate ethics and the role of moral
leadership in business. The course concludes with an examination
of ethical dilemmas created by an expanding global economy.
590 Organizational Behavior
Today, businesses run on hardware, software, and human capital
more than ever before. This course focuses on the people
in the organization and how they work and behave in the
work environment. It examines the behavior of individuals,
the dynamics of teamwork, the processes of small groups,
decision-making, problem-solving, conflict management, and
ways to eliminate barriers to effective communications within
the workplace.
599 Capstone Project
The capstone project allows students to apply the knowledge
and skills acquired in their courses to the work environment.
This project is completely individualized; students are
encouraged to select work-related projects that are of particular
interest to them and that will result in professional growth
and benefit the organization.
Due to the extensive evaluation process, and the quantity
of work and research involved, the Capstone course has a
time limit of 6 months.
Prerequisites: All program courses.
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