Examines the role of data visualization in an organization's decision-making process. Focuses on analyzing and vetting data sources, synthesizing key data elements, and creating visualizations that result in compelling stories to support and influence decisions. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Winter 2026 - Hybrid
Examines the role of information, business intelligence, and management information systems in facilitating and integrating organizational processes. Also, provides an understanding of the strategic role of information systems in organizations and responsibilities of managers to effectively manage their information resources. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Focuses on the application of financial techniques, issues, and concepts to optimize the value of the firm. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving and decision-making in the practice of financial management. Topics include financial statement analysis, risk and return, capital budgeting and structure, and the role of global financial markets. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
Provides students with tools to optimize team performance. Specific topics include collaboration, conflict management, change management, motivation, and a mindset that collective talent is more effective than any one individual. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Immerses students in a real-world leadership competition to develop the skills necessary to excel in leadership and provide solutions to a strategic challenge. Students are given a case to analyze, and give recommendations in a presentation delivered to businesspeople, who are the protagonists of the case and serve as judges. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Develops an analytical framework to understand the economics of production, consumer demand, supply and demand analysis, industry structure and performance, pricing strategies, the economics of business organizations, and government policy. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Examines the role of markets and marketing in the business environment. Provides the knowledge and tools needed to analyze product and service markets and develop marketing strategies to create sustainable competitive advantages. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Focuses on the laws and regulations that affect business decisions. Students will develop an understanding of the legal and regulatory environment, compliance, and the assessment of risk. Class is graded credit/no-credit. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
This course continues the study of ethical problems commonly encountered in modern global business environments. Students will study the ethical issues of character, leadership, decision-making, organizational governance and social responsibility in greater depth than in MBA 677 while also drawing on it. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the Graduate Program Director.
Students learn about the specific tasks for which all leaders are responsible and apply them to their current work situation. Students also learn about leadership aspects such as community leadership, how to have difficult conversations with team members, change management, communication skills, and conflict resolution. Class is credit/no-credit. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: MBA 674 and admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
Examines strategic decision-making to improve organizational competitiveness and sustainability. Develops an analytical toolkit of concepts, frameworks, and techniques for an integrative strategic analysis. Provides a faculty-supervised consulting experience where students will apply business knowledge acquired in the M.B.A. program to pre-identified strategic problems faced by local, regional, or global organizations. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.B.A. program and permission of the graduate program director.
This course provides the opportunity for oral and written presentation of the projects completed in MBA 683 to the companies involved and faculty. A written report and oral presentation are required. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: MBA 683, admission to the M.B.A. program, and permission of the graduate program director.
