Business Administration

The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001; however, not all courses are taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The Course Schedule may also reflect changes that have been made to the courses listed here since this catalog was published.

Unless otherwise stated below, each course meets for three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Business Administration: B A

380M. Management Science.
Introduction to the structure and use of mathematical models and methods for analyzing managerial decision problems. Development and application of modeling concepts and skills underlying the analytical techniques used to solve such problems. Introduction to a range of computers, and use of the latest in computer-based decision support systems. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

380N. Operations Management.
Study of modeling and computer concepts, focusing on applications in production and operations management, including resource allocation, production scheduling, inventory control, and waiting line problems. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

380S. Managerial Economics.
Microeconomic and macroeconomic forces that influence an organization's decisions: interest rates, business cycles, financial systems, input demand and supply, industry factors, market structure, and externalities. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

381T. Marketing Management.
Key elements of marketing strategy and tactics development. Topics include analysis of the marketing and business environment, customer analysis, pricing, distribution, product development and management, promotional strategy, and marketing program evaluation and control. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

382T. Managerial Accounting.
The conceptual and operational relationship of planning and control with management and accounting information systems. Topics include data collection and analysis for short-range and long-range organizational decisions. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

384T. Financial Accounting.
The information needs of capital market participants in a dynamic and complex socioeconomic system; emphasis on normative and conventional valuation models. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

385T. Financial Management.
Concepts and techniques employed in the determination of optimal capital structures, procurement of resources from financial markets, and allocation of resources to productive investments. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

386T. Statistics.
A unified approach to basic concepts in collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, emphasizing capabilities of different statistical methods and business applications. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.

191, 291, 391, 691. Special Studies in Business Administration.
Conference course in any of the areas offered by the Graduate School of Business. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 1: Finance.

Topic 2: Management.

Topic 3: Real Estate.

Topic 4: Risk Management.

Topic 5: Accounting.
Some sections are offered on the credit/no credit basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule.

Topic 6: Marketing.

398R. Master's Report.
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in business administration, completion of the core courses for the degree, and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser.

398T. Supervised Teaching in Business Administration.
Teaching in the College of Business Administration for two semesters under the close direction of the course instructor or supervisor; weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports throughout the teaching period. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, approval of the department chairman and the dean, and appointment as a teaching assistant.

About the Program: Business Administration

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