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The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years
1997-1998
and 1998-1999; however, all courses are not 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 Microeconomics.
Discussion and integration of the traditional marginal analysis of microeconomic
behavior and the more recently developed behavioral
or managerial theories of the firm. The global economic environment may also be
considered. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School
of Business.
381T. Marketing Management.
Key elements of marketing and distribution activities, and their impact on
organizations and society. Topics include market
analysis, demand stimulation, and physical
distribution. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate
School of Business and completion of Business Administration 386T.
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.
383T. Macroenvironmental Analysis.
The macroeconomic environment in which the firm operates: determination of
national income, the role played by money, the
impact of government, and major public issues.
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.
287T. Legal and Regulatory Environment
of Business.
Examination of relationships between public and private institutions, with
emphasis on
the legal constraints on managerial decision making. Two lecture hours a week for
one semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the
Graduate School of Business.
388T. Corporate Strategy.
An integrative approach to policy formulation and administration (decision
making)
to achieve organization objectives.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of
Business, and completion of background courses or consent of instructor.
389T. Organizational Behavior.
Development of the general areas of theory most central to dealing with the
varieties
of social/psychological behavior of direct import to the administrator and
manager.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business.
390C. Hardware, Software, and
Telecommunications.
Provides a broad familiarity with the latest advances in the fundamental concepts
and terminology of computer architecture and software.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of Business and to the
concentration in information systems management.
190D, 390D. Management Information
Systems.
The use of decision support systems and database management concepts in an
organization for information management and
processing by mainframe and personal computer. One or three lecture hours a week
for one
semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate
School of Business; additional prerequisite for
390D: admission to the concentration in
information systems management.
390E. Business and Systems Change.
Mainframe and microcomputer software used to illustrate prototyping and
computer-assisted analysis. Use of cognitive modeling and
the basic models and concepts of human information processing to improve the
practice
of requirements definition. Prerequisite:
Admission to the Graduate School of Business and to
the concentration in information systems management.
390F. Information Systems Design and
Implementation.
Specification, design, implementation, and testing of information systems.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate School of
Business and to the concentration in information systems management.
390H. Managing Information.
Management and use of information in organizations, including database
management, analytical approaches for effective information management, and
organizational issues. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
390J. Data Communications, Networks,
and Distributed Processing.
Functional aspects of data communications, computer networks, and distributed
information systems, using campus computers and
the network systems available in the classroom.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate
School of Business and to the concentration in information systems management.
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.
Graduate Catalog
Contents
Chapter 1: Graduate Study
Chapter 2: Admission and Registration
Chapter 3: Degree Requirements
Chapter 4: Fields of Study
Chapter 5: Members of Graduate Studies Committees
Appendix: Course Abbreviations
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