Courses
514 Computer Auditing and Control
Those auditing techniques applicable to computer-based information systems. Techniques emphasized: integrated test facilities, snapshots, and generalized audit programs. Prerequisite: ACCOUNTG 311 or 312, or equivalent.
521 Financial Accounting I
A conceptual framework for accounting for a firm’s reported assets. Focus on the nature of assets and issues regarding their recognition, measurement, and disclosure. Assets covered are cash, receivables, inventory, plant and equipment, intangibles, and investments in equity securities. Motivations of management in choosing among acceptable accounting alternatives in each of these areas examined, along with the economic consequences of such choices.
522 Financial Accounting II
Continuation of ACCOUNTG 521. A conceptual framework for accounting for a firm’s reported liabilities. Focus on the nature of liabilities, and issues regarding their recognition, measurement, and disclosure. Liabilities covered include bonds, leases, pensions, other postretirement benefits, and current and deferred income taxes. Also, accounting for stockholders’ equity, earnings per share measures, and statement of cash flows. Motivations of management in choosing among acceptable accounting alternatives in each of these areas examined, along with the economic consequences of such choices. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 521 or equivalent.
590STA Sustainable Startups
The capital markets facilitate the flow of money to investments that optimize financial profitability but often ignore the societal and environmental impacts. Climate change, food and water scarcity, biodiversity, human rights, resource depletion, worker diversity and well-being, corruption, and economic inequality are among the many challenges that make sustainability assessment an imperative for corporations and investors. In this course, we will envision a world in which corporations and investors measure, manage, and account for the impact of their business decisions on different stakeholders, including planet Earth. The course will focus on innovative solutions for a range of sustainability issues outlined in the Paris Accord (December 2015) and in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The course will be taught via the case method using real life start-up companies in the areas of energy, electric mobility, and food technology.
591I Object Oriented Problem Solving for Business with Visual Basic
All standard features of Visual Basic as they relate to the business environment, including object oriented programming and database access.
601 Data Management for Business Leaders
This course teaches students how to maximize Excel as data management tool using advanced functions and formulas. Learn how to efficiently manipulate, format, and automate data. Use Excel as a database, build customized reports and dashboards, create amazing charts, pivot tables and macros. Course is applicable to all disciplines.
602 Business Intelligence and Analytics
This course provides and introduction to Business Intelligence, including the processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and current practices used to transform business data into useful information and support business decision-making. Business Intelligence requires foundation knowledge in data storage and retrieval, thus this course will review logical data models for both database management systems and data warehouses. Students will learn to extract and manipulate data from these systems and assess security-related issues. Data mining, visualization, and statistical analysis along with reporting options such as management dashboards and balanced scorecards will be covered.
603 Legal Aspects of Commercial Transactions
Basic substantive law of commercial transactions. Legal topics include contract law, agency and corporate law, and government influence on business under the Uniform Commercial Code. Recent developments in law emphasized.
604 Financial Accounting and Reporting
This is an immersion course designed to take the student from the very basics of the financial accounting model through more advanced financial reporting topics. The student will gain an appreciation for the role of financial accounting and reporting in the economy and the capital markets and have a good grasp on many of the technical aspects of both financial accounting and financial reporting. Topics include: the role of accounting and governance of the accounting profession; the accounting cycle; revenue recognition; asset and liability recognition and measurement; measurement and reporting of income and cash flows; accounting for investments; comprehensive income; and, associated disclosure requirements. The course serves to prepare students with little or no previous accounting training to study accounting at the graduate level.
605 Exploring Data Analytics for Accounting Professionals
This course provides an understanding of analytics and information technology fundamentals such as business process management, enterprise resource planning and information security. Through hands-on work with applications such as Excel, Tableau and SAP, students learn to extract and transform relevant data from an enterprise system, assess security-related issues, apply data analytic techniques, interpret results and make data-driven decisions.
606 Strategic Cost Management
Cost management information is needed to plan, direct, and control business operations. Topics include determining costs of products and services with various costing systems, cost-volume profit analysis, budgeting, and variance analysis, with a focus on using the information to implement strategy.
607 Principles of Federal Taxation for Individuals and Businesses
Federal income tax law; emphasis on individual and business topics. Topics include determination of income, exemptions, deductions, credits and the taxation of business entities. Problems and tax cases involving the use of tax forms.
608 Assurance Services
This course helps you develop a basic understanding of auditing theory and practice by introducing you to the objectives of auditing and the decision-making process used by auditors to accomplish those objectives. The basic financial statement audit process is discussed including the concepts of evidence, materiality, and risk.
609 Business Application Development
This course provides an introduction to programming with a focus on business and analytics applications. The curriculum supports the development of skills in data extraction and manipulation as well as automating data analysis tasks. Students will become adept in the use of important libraries and will be able to use trusted open-source resources to support continued development of programming skills. No prior programming experience expected.
610 Data Analysis and Visualization
This course builds upon the content covered in Exploring Data Analytics for Accounting Professionals by continuing to develop the skill set and approaches needed to be an analytically-minded accounting professional. Students will learn how to assess and communicate business problems, to evaluate and analyze data and to develop and effectively present data-driven recommendations.
611 Foundation of Accounting
In this course students will learn to prepare and interpret the three major components of the corporate annual report: the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows. The underlying accounting model that produces these statements will be critically reviewed; both its strengths and limitations will be evaluated. Additionally the role of popular ratios in forecasting firm profitability, risk, and liquidity are considered. Student will gain this knowledge through homework assignments, discussion questions, and an integrative case analysis. This course is a prerequisite for Financial and Managerial Accounting SCH-MGMT 633.
612 Foundation of Finance
This is a "high elevation" course covering a wide range of issues regarding financial markets. The short duration of the course will make this coverage summary in nature, but will not prohibit you from learning much about the financial world, and financial markets.
615 Ethics & Professional Responsibilities for Accountants
This course introduces students to important ethical issues in the context of business activities. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between business organizations and society at large, and gain an awareness of the social and economic environments in which ethical issues arise. Students will be introduced to ethical frameworks and theories to help them develop the reasoning and analytical skills essential to addressing these important and sometimes difficult issues. The course will focus on the importance of ethics in decision-making to the long-term success of the business enterprise.
620 Introduction to Forensic Accounting
Students will learn from experienced forensic accounting practitioners and real-life case studies to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of forensic accounting, including its applications in fraud investigation, fraud prevention, corporate and regulatory compliance, litigation support and expert witness testimony. Topics will include leading practices in executing forensic assignments, relevant accounting professional standards, the regulations and legal requirements affecting engagements, the type of scrutiny encountered in courtrooms, boardrooms or other administrative venues, and the linkages between forensic accounting and auditing, internal control and corporate governance.
621 Fraud Examination & Investigation
In this class, students will develop an understanding of the key elements of an investigation of an allegation of fraud, using real-life case studies as the backdrop for the course. Students will work in groups to conduct an investigation, employing skills in interviewing, research, analysis of accounting and non-accounting evidential matter. The workshop will address challenges in structuring an investigation, iterative problem-solving, data analysis and other forensic accounting techniques and communication of results. The course will also discuss the corporate governance and management challenges in managing the response to fraud incidents and whistleblower allegations and the implications for professionals with responsibility for business management, financial reporting, taxation, auditing, consulting and enforcement roles. The course will conclude with a courtroom-style presentation of investigation findings and cross-examination.
623 Cybersecurity Risk Management
Cybersecurity risk continues to evolve at a rapid pace. It is essential for accounting professionals to have a broad understanding of cybersecurity and how cyber risks affect an organization. It is equally imperative to be able to identify, assess, and evaluate the necessary controls to mitigate the risk of a compromise. This introductory course will teach students how to leverage various types of cybersecurity risk management frameworks to accurately assess an organization's overall cybersecurity maturity.
631 Managerial Accounting and Control
Accounting topics pertinent to managers in making internal decisions. Topics include cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, transfer pricing, evaluation of segment profitability, and activity-based costing.
632 Strategic Information Management
This course provides an understanding of the strategic role of Information Technologies (IT) in business, how to successfully integrate IT into the organization, how to manage the challenges associated with conceiving, justifying, implementing and maintaining IT-based initiatives and how to be an active and productive participant in management decisions that involve IT.
633 Financial and Managerial Accounting
An overview of the concepts and language of financial and managerial accounting that covers how accounting information can be used as an effective tool for communication, monitoring, and resource allocation. Topics include the principles and methodologies underlying financial statements and the inherent limitations of that information. Additional topics include cost behavior, cost analysis and tools used to motivate and coordinate business activities.
635 White Collar Investigations
The course will be a study of the relevant federal laws concerning both public accounting and publicly traded companies, and the intersection of those laws with white collar fraud investigations. The course will also emphasize approaches to white collar investigations, including through the application of forensic accounting.
636 Negotiation Theory and Practice
This course examines negotiation fundamentals, including the two core strategies of competitive (win-lose) negotiation and integrative (win-win) negotiation. Course content focuses on negotiation preparation, strategy formulation, determination of goals and objectives, and processes for bringing about a successful settlement. The course will also explore psychological processes, power dynamics, communications at all stages of negotiation, ethical issues and the challenges of cross-cultural negotiations. The format of the course will be organized around a series of bargaining simulations and cases that are supported by readings, videos, and cases.
637 Analysis for General Managers
This course surveys the practical frictions managers encounter when solving problems and getting organizations to move forward and make progress. These frictions include ambiguity, imperfect information, politics, and flawed human beings. In working through a series of difficult cases, drawn from both academic and popular sources, students learn a set of techniques for overcoming these frictions. Students emerge with a broader appreciation for the general manager's job, and with the ability to avoid getting stuck on issues which can otherwise fluster junior executives.
638 Facing Dilemmas: Studies in Decision-Making
The most challenging decisions that business leaders have to make often require particular attention to core values and ethics. These situations can be triggered by a government investigation, ambiguous clinical trial results or product safety concerns. Others may involve a potential employee termination. In each case, the leader must understand the facts, grapple with nuances and consider the deeper dimensions of the required action. Playing the role of CEO, board chair or other decision-maker, students in this seminar will examine dilemmas that test a company's core values and ethics. Using case studies drawn from today's hyperconnected business environment, students will weigh the interests of corporate stakeholders while taking into account issues of transparency, fairness and trust. They will assess who to consult, what to disclose and when to act. And students will look deeper to consider how values-based behavior can be a source of inspiration, excellence and competitive advantage.
640 Corporate Finance
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the area of corporate finance and investments. Students will learn about the basic concerns and responsibilities of financial managers, and gain an appreciation of the methods of analysis employed by them. Students will learn both the theory and practice of corporate finance and investments.
641 Fundamental Principles of Financial Management
Basic concepts, principles, and practices involved in financial budgeting, planning for the cost of capital, and managing financial aspects of organizational sustainability and growth. Both theory and techniques applicable to financial problem solving.
644 Economic Analysis for Managers
This course reviews the foundations of modern economics with an emphasis on its applications in business. Course coverage includes a range of both microeconomic and macroeconomic subjects. Topics include demand and supply analysis, consumer theory, theory of the firm, unemployment, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, the causes and consequences of recessions, and issues in global economics.
645 State and Local Tax
This course teaches students how to use state and local tax concepts, and how to make better organizational and investment decisions as tax professionals. The course focuses on strategic tax planning for enterprises as they are formed, operated, acquired, and liquidated. It will enhance the student's insight with regard to the integration of regulatory costs into management decision making.
650 Statistics for Business
This course provides an overview of statistical analysis and inference. The language and methods of statistics are used throughout the MBA curriculum, both in the classroom and in assigned readings. In addition, the language and methods of statistical analysis have permeated much of academic and professional writing as well as media reporting, both inside and beyond the business community. The goal is to present a broad introduction to statistical thinking, concepts, methods, and vocabulary. The course has an emphasis on business applications.
651 Taxation of Partnerships and Limited Liability Co
This class provides an in-depth analysis of one of the most popular pass-through entity, the partnership. The life-cycle of the partnership from the creation to the sale or dissolution of the partnership will be studied. In addition, partnership allocations of profit and losses, basis issues, partner distributions, deduction of losses and several other items will be studied in this class.
652 Research of Federal Income Taxation
Students will have the opportunity to develop their tax research skills through practical exercises. The class will expose students to primary sources, including the Internal Revenue Code, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations and the FASB Codification through the use of sample case studies and the use of research and practice tools used by many tax practitioners. Students will also learn how to communicate the results of their tax research through various methods used by professionals. Current tax developments will be addressed in the class as well.
653 - Marketing Research and Analytics
This course explores marketing research and analytics for decision making. Course content includes marketing strategy, research design, sampling, survey design, data collection, website analytics, analytic techniques for developing insights, and effective storytelling/presentations/reports. Industry tools to be used include Google Analytics, Qualtrics, and Excel.
654 Advanced Financial Technology
This course will cover an overview of financial technology and its various applications. The specific topics include fintech and financial service, cryptocurrencies, high-frequency trading, peer-to-peer lending, etc. The course will help students learn fintech industry through case studies. It also provides students with a unique opportunity to delve deep into one aspect of financial technology and write an extensive paper/report on this topic. Topics include (but are not limited to): Data-driven credit models, Cryptocurrencies, Digital wallets, Blockchain and its applications, Financial cloud services, Robo advising, Crowd-funding, Peer-to-Peer lending, High-frequency trading, Payments, Artificial Intelligence, Digital banking, Defi (Decentralized Finance), NFT, etc.
655 Data Mining in Business
This course provides an introduction to topics in managerial data mining, and related data retrieval and manipulation content. Models in regression, clustering, neural nets, classification, and association rule mining are applied to business data sets. In this managerially-focused course, students will learn how to use such models and interpret output. Students will also be introduced to a programming language for extraction and manipulation of data. Experiential exercises will be assigned using leading industry applications.
656 Project Management
This graduate course provides comprehensive coverage of project management, focusing on the methods and competencies needed to effectively manage projects. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand different project management techniques, terminology and trends; define project success measures and methods; improve quality, cost and efficiency with the project management process; and gain basic competency using project management software.
657 Data Science for Business
This course covers essential concepts and methods to foster data-driven decision-making to motivate business insight and innovation. Lessons cover topics in big data, algorithmic thinking, machine learning, data visualization, and communication. Projects spanning several weeks focus on business problems that can be solved through the application of cutting-edge Data Science techniques. Students develop proficiencies in the use of Python, R, and Tableau by completing regular exercises and projects using real data. No prior programming experience is expected.
660 Marketing Strategy
This course provides an executive viewpoint of marketing concepts, such as branding and segmentation, for strategic and organizational decision-making. There is an emphasis on tools available for analysis and control of marketing activities, including the use of new media. Topics also include industry life cycles, customer experience, and pricing strategy.
662 Web Analytics for Digital Marketing
This course explores issues in emerging best practices for operating a business in the online environments of today. We will review various digital marketing efforts which generate web traffic (SEO and organic search vs. paid adverting venues, i.e. Google Adwords). Specifically, this course will explore the collection, measurement and analysis of Internet information for the purposes of improving the customer online experience. Use of a demo Google Analytics (GA) account will provide a practical and applied learning environment. Student will work through the analytics reports available in GA and create user specific dashboards. Students will be able to plan, execute and manage a web analytics strategy, including key performance indicators and a measurement plan. No previous programming or technical skills are required.
663 Supply Chain Analytics
Supply chain constitutes a core competency, spanning most business functions required for the delivery of products and services to consumers. Advances in information technology and analytics facilitate continued improvement in supply chain infrastructure and operations efficiency. This course will introduce fundamental concepts in supply chain management, IT-enabled supply chain operations, procurement management, production planning, inventory management, and logistics and transportation. The course involves the use of Excel to support decision making, the study of selected business case studies, and the use of a team-based supply chain simulation game.
667 Salesforce Essentials for Marketing & Sales
Salesforce is a hugely popular-and powerful-customer relationship management (CRM) platform that provides a variety of tools for managing marketing workflows, including digital marketing and paid advertising. Through this 1-credit course you will be introduced to Salesforce and its applications including managing the lead life cycle within a Salesforce account, tracking vendor expenses, communicating with sales teams, visualizing marketing project success, email marketing, and tools such as Marketing Cloud.
668 Artificial Intelligence in Business
From self-driving cars to digital assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, and cognitive computing platforms, such as IBM's Watson, many of today's revolutionary products depend on artificial intelligence (AI). This course is designed to introduce business students to AI in a thorough but non-technical manner. We will look at the history of AI and then look at developments in machine learning (ML) which have driven many of the recent commercial applications of AI. We will compare and contrast traditional natural language processing (NLP) and traditional expert systems, with ML systems based on deep learning. Student will be assigned readings and instructional videos which will be assessed through a couple of weekly quizzes, there will also be a class discussion and a hands-on ML exercise that will demonstrate how some of these AI systems "learn".
669 Analytics in Social Media
As people are increasingly sharing their daily lives on social media, organizations and celebrities are using it as a channel to directly engage with followers. A lot of data is being generated in these interactions. This course seeks to provide students with frameworks and tools to gather insights from this data. For an organization this might allow them to gain insights into their market structure and their customers' perceptions of the brand. Other areas of interest may be studying the changing perceptions about the brands in response to the exchanges amongst netzines or the organization's marketing campaigns. This course will have several hands-on exercises based on the R language (No previous experience with R is required). Students will work with some near real-time datasets of tweets, US stock market data for select ticker symbols, and some popular RSS news feeds from the instructor's research projects in this field. Students will work in groups on a project that will use these datasets. While there are no prerequires for this course, a few skills would be helpful for anyone intending to take this course and these are; a basic understanding of descriptive statistics, some experience with spreadsheets, and any experience writing spreadsheet macros, database queries or some basic computer programming.
670 Operations Management
The goal of this course is to teach leaders what they need to know in order to build high-performance operations with world-class processes of innovation and continuous improvement. We cover the most current methodologies and tools, together with the most important soft skills required to create efficient and responsive operations that deliver the highest quality services and products.
671 Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Business
The purpose of this course is to provide the essential diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) knowledge and language for business professionals and organizations. We will explore definitions, frameworks, and the most current issues as they relate to DEI in the workplace. This course will provide the basic knowledge needed for more advanced courses such as Inclusive Leadership and Building Inclusive Workplace Cultures.
672 The Practice of Real Estate – Capstone
This course will provide an overview of the practice of Commercial Real Estate from a financial investment perspective, including strategic planning, transaction management, valuation, capital markets, sustainability, construction project management, development, building systems, property management, legal issues, and developing a disruptive leadership mindset. Real estate asset types to which these topics will be applied include multi-family, office, industrial, logistics, retail, eCommerce, and data centers. Course methods will include real-world case studies with a capstone Case Competition.
673 Healthcare Quality & Performance Improvement
This course will examine the history of quality, performance improvement, and patient safety in healthcare. An overview of governmental and non-governmental agencies involvement in healthcare quality and performance improvement will be included. Learn key measures and tools to improve healthcare quality and performance improvement in hospitals and physician groups, including employer and health plans perspectives. Learn how healthcare leadership can improve organizational quality. Discussion topics will include current trends in healthcare quality and performance improvement. Course Objectives: Learn the history of healthcare quality and the quality movement in the United States; Learn how healthcare quality is defined and measured in hospitals, physician groups, employers, and health plans; Learn various tools and techniques to improve healthcare quality.
674 Fixed Income Securities
This course is designed to provide students with the key building blocks necessary for a career in fixed income investment management, with applications to real estate and banking. Students will learn how to select, evaluate and manage fixed income investments. This course makes extensive use of case studies to afford students the opportunity to apply the theory and lessons learned in the text and class, to real world situations.
675 Alternative Investments
The course will include an overview of alternative assets, alternative investments strategies, options theory, real-life examples, hands-on modeling, the use of financial data, and in-depth business applications projects with real clients.
676 Corporate Real Estate
Commercial properties occupied by a business for its operations across office, industrial, logistics, and data centers. This course will provide an overview of the practice and execution of Corporate Real Estate including strategic planning, transaction management, capital markets, construction project management, facilities management and lease administration. Topics will include occupancy planning and trends, co-working, site selection, outsource partners, financing, own vs. lease decisions, sustainability and LEED, and portfolio management.
677 Healthcare Data Analytics
Data is fundamentally re-inventing the healthcare industry, and is enabled by adaptation of technology to healthcare: including machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT). This course provides a chance for students to probe into the world of data analytics and will address the questions of how data analysis can change healthcare. This survey course will provide students a chance to explore the wide range of opportunities and challenges across the healthcare data analysis landscape. It will also provide students with experiential learning by working with data using industry tools for data analysis and presentation.
678 Quality Analytics
Regardless of the industry (e.g., healthcare, finance, retail, etc.) organizations today face heightened regulatory pressures and higher customer demands for quality of products and services. This course provides an understanding of how to leverage data and analytics tools to obtain visibility into operational processes, identify quality issues before they become serious problems, evaluate cost of poor quality and to gain insights about how to drive continuous quality improvements and increase profitability.
679 Data Science for Finance
This course combines three perspectives essential to financial decision-making: inferential thinking, computational thinking, and real-world relevance. Financial decisions are increasingly data-driven, and require more than inferential thinking. Computational thinking and real-world problems are also needed for finance professionals to function effectively. Students will utilize all three perspectives to make better financial decisions.
680 Leadership and Organization Behavior
Provides an overview of different perspectives and approaches to leadership practice and related organizational behavior topics. Relying on a participative multi-learning approach the course goes beyond traditional leadership practices to examine empowering leadership approaches for addressing contemporary organizational behavior challenges such as leading teams. The overall objective is to increase students’ understanding of and ability to apply contemporary leadership and organizational behavior knowledge in work situations.
681 Derivative Strategies and Risk Management
In this class, our objective is to understand the distinctive characteristics of derivative markets, and how these securities can be used effectively in portfolio strategies and risk management. We will cover a number of derivative securities, including options and futures, volatility derivatives, and credit default swaps. We will cover both the theoretical pricing of these securities, as well as their use in trading and risk management. While we will discuss the theory in the classroom, students will be required to continually engage with derivative markets outside the classroom by implementing trading strategies. These trading strategies will allow students a hands-on learning and understanding of the challenges posed by derivative markets. Students will work in teams, and each student is expected to be committed to managing derivative positions in real time through the semester.
682 Hedge Funds
This course will cover major topics on hedge funds, including the industry overview, legal and fee structures, fund characteristics, hedge fund investment strategies, performance analysis, unique risk measures for hedge funds, asset allocation, funds of hedge funds, and the relation between traditional and alternative asset classes. There will be three real world cases related to hedge fund investment strategies and major blowups. The objective of this course is to provide students with cutting-edge knowledge on hedge funds and relevant investment skills.
683 Private Equity and Venture Capital
The growth of private equity and venture capital globally has been dramatic, to the point that the asset class has been identified as both the solution and the cause of current economic problems. Over the past two decades, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds and to certain degree absolute return funds (i.e., hedge funds) have come to play an increasingly important role in shaping our global economy. Their promise of above market steady returns has attracted investments from pension and endowment funds. Yet private equity organizations often operate in mysterious ways, with little public visibility. This course provides an overview of how the industry works, who the players are and the sources of capital.
684 Sustainable Finance: Environmental, Social and Governance issues on Capital Markets
The capital markets facilitate the flow of money to investments that optimize financial, societal, and environmental impacts. Climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity, human rights and community relations, resource depletion, supply chain breakdowns, worker diversity and well-being, corruption, and economic inequality are among the material challenges that make sustainability assessment an imperative for successful organizations and investors. In this course, we will envision a world in which all forms of capital are accounted for and managed, and explore how sustainability factors, and economic, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can be financially material to public and private entities, and across the spectrum of investment and business opportunities.
685 Emerging Markets
This course provides a thorough examination of the competitive and volatile environment of emerging markets, in order to help participants identify opportunities and risks associated with investment choices in these settings. In the context of this course, the necessary macroeconomic tools are developed, in order to understand the complicated interactions in international finance and the role of the key players in the global financial system (investors, governments, central banks, international financial organizations). The course reviews special features of emerging markets, as vulnerability to financial crises, the importance of legislative provisions, the weak enforcement of contracts, capital controls, barriers to entry and exit, corruption and political interventions.
686 Real Asset Investing
Explore and experience vicariously through various case studies the difficulties of investing in real assets where models predicated on homogeneity within the asset class or assumptions of some market efficiency, fail. Unlike traditional courses in real estate investing, issues arising in, e.g., private-public partnerships, international clienteles, and sustainability are examined.
687 Managing the Managers: Asset Allocation, Funds of Hedge Funds and Due Diligence
This course serves as a capstone course for the MF in Alternative Investments program. In previous courses, you have learned all about hedge funds, private equity, real assets, and other alternative investments. In this course, we will put all the pieces together. That is, how are asset allocation models built with knowledge of the specific characteristics of alternative investments? Once the asset allocation weights are determined, the manager selection process begins. This includes both investment due diligence and operational due diligence to ensure that the right set of risks are included in the portfolio and that operational risks are minimized.
688 Survey Development and Analysis
This course is designed to teach students the skills necessary to develop, implement, analyze, and interpret survey data. Specifically, the course covers types of surveys and how to design a questionnaire or survey with different levels of measurements and scales. By the end of the course, students should be able to design and conduct an original survey using online platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey), and descriptive analysis of data using such programs as SPSS, JMP, Excel.
689 Organizational Strategy
Capstone course requiring application of knowledge and techniques derived from previous courses. Course presents strategic management theories and frameworks, uses integrative cases, and leverages empirical observations to guide students in the formulation of successful firm-level strategies.
690R Advanced Real Estate Investment and Analysis
This course provides students with the fundamental concepts, principals, and tools needed for making financial decisions regarding real estate assets. Financial decisions along the entire life cycle of an income producing property will be covered. Investment decisions will be evaluated from both a before tax and after tax perspective. Students will analyze how to structure and finance a deal through a combination of equity and debt. A review of income leases and types will be conducted, along with an analysis of property repositioning and financial risk management. Industry standard tools, such as Argus software, will be used for analyzing decisions made in real world property case studies.
690STE Sport Analytics
This course will look at the role of ethics in business decision-making. Students will learn about significant aspects of business law and legal compliance issues, as well as important ethical frameworks. Additionally, students will explore ethical challenges faced by businesses, looking at current business decisions made by well-known companies. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with ethical perspectives that will allow for a better understanding of how modern businesses function and the role of ethics in business today.
690STF Business Ethics: Strategies for Leading with Integrity
The course provides an introduction to business analytics within the context of the sport industry. It first examines the range of cross-disciplinary concepts and techniques that form the foundation for the field of business analytics. It then applies these concepts and techniques to both the administrative side of the sport business - like pricing decisions, stadium management, etc. - and to the on-field side. With the latter, topics include player performance measurement, in-game decision making, and player selection/team building.
690STG Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Business
In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big data and how to advance business strategy through the use of these technological advancements. Artificial intelligence applications covered will include blockchain, 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, robotics, and IoT. The course will explore these topics both in breadth and depth. From a breadth perspective, students will explore the current status of tools, solutions and business uses of artificial intelligence. From a depth perspective, students will learn basic skills with machine learning.
690STJ Data Visualization in Business
This course provides an introduction as well as hands-on experience in data visualization. Students will learn how to leverage data visualization for exploration and analysis. Students will be introduced to design principles for creating meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data to facilitate managerial decision-making. We will explore storytelling through a variety of mediums, including presentations and dashboards.
697FM Fundamentals of Product Marketing
Product Marketing holds a unique and powerful position within any organization, accountable for the overall go-to-market strategy and success of the product. This course is designed to introduce you to the core principles of Product Marketing, primarily focusing on positioning and messaging, sales enablement, competitive intelligence, buyer personas, analyst relations and corporate and industry events. By understanding these concepts, both theoretically and practically, you will be better positioned to land a job in Product Marketing and other relevant careers in marketing.
701 ECommerce Logistics
Ecommerce continues to accelerate at a rapid pace, now accounting for more 10% of US retail sales and much more than that in other countries. While both start-ups and long-established brick and mortar businesses are relying on ecommerce for growth, logistics has become a major impediment. The shipping of orders is fraught with operating issues and a big drag on profits:
- Should shipments originate from a retail location or a separate warehouse?
- When should additional shipping locations be added and where should they be located?
- What parts of ecommerce operations can be outsourced?
- How can ecommerce operations be made more efficient?
- Returns: a big problem every business must contend with
- Managing and measuring logistics costs: difficult for the big players, a death knell for start-ups
This course will provide answers to all of the above and will outline how more successful ecommerce companies manage logistics.
SCH-MGMT 703 - New Venture Finance
In this course, students will learn about the major sources of financing for new products: traditional venture capital, corporate capital, and angel capital. How those sources are accessed will be done through reading and individual research projects. The thinking process investors use to evaluate new venture deals will be explained. A major outcome of the course will be fluency in the terminology of entrepreneurial finance: cap rates and cap tables, burn rate, accredited investor, CAGR, dilution and anti-dilution, clawback, drag-along rights, exit strategy, multiples, and many more. Methods of learning will include Harvard case studies, problem solving, and individual research projects.
705 Financial Statement Analysis
This course helps students apply their knowledge of financial accounting, business strategy, and finance in the evaluation of corporations using financial reports. Decision settings include stock evaluation, credit analysis, bankruptcy prediction, and general-purpose evaluation. The course is a mixture of concepts underlying financial statement analysis and their application to real companies’ financial statements.
706 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
This course examines the generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental entities (as issued by GASB) as well as accounting principles applicable to not-for-profit entities (as issued by FASB). The focus will be on the financial statements and reports prepared by state and local governments and financial reporting for the wide array of not-for-profit entities with an emphasis on the contrast of these entities with for-profit accounting.
707 Personal Finance for Business and Professional Leaders, Module 1: Basics
This course will provide critical personal finance skills vital in life for financial stability and success. The course is especially useful for mature students with business and professional experience who have a desire to learn about the basics, including what information needs to be gathered, setting financial goals, implementing strategies to achieve goals and understanding and recognizing opportunity costs. By covering such topics as Time Value of Money, Financial Aspects of Career Planning, Personal Financial Statements, Budgets, and Introduction to Taxes, students will gain a foundation for making sound personal financial decisions.
708 Special Topics- Personal Finance for Business and Professional Leaders, Module 2--Cash Management
This course will provide critical personal finance skills vital in life for financial stability and success. The course is especially useful for mature students with business and professional experience who have a desire to learn about cash management including types of financial institutions, using, determining the cost of and choosing a source of credit, making smart purchases of consumer items, determining your housing needs, renting vs. owning, and understanding mortgages. By covering such topics as Cash Management, Savings and Payment Accounts, Consumer Borrowing and Credit, Purchasing Strategies, Warranties, Housing Decisions and Mortgage Strategies, students will gain a foundation for making sound personal financial decisions.
709 Advanced Audit
Students will use audit concepts and auditing standards covered in undergraduate auditing class to further enhance their understanding of the audit environment and audit issues that professionals face. The class will center on case studies and scenarios in applying concepts and critical thinking skills in an audit context. Students will be expected to evaluate the case materials, identify important issues, and communicate those in a clear, coherent manner. Some cases will require students to work in "audit teams" and then present their audit findings to the class and professor. The class will also discuss current audit research being conducted, with a focus on research that can impact professional practice and/or professional standards.
711 Strategic Technological Innovation Management
Innovation is one the major forces that enable organizations, regardless of industry (i.e. healthcare, finance, retail, etc.) to strategically gain and sustain competitive advantage. The objective of this course is to equip you with relevant skills necessary to identify innovative ideas, effectively manage innovation and technological change, and to become a positive participant in an organization that is undergoing change. Topics include: sources, types and patterns of innovation, standards and design dominance, timing of entry, collaboration strategies, protecting innovation, and managing new product development. The course addresses issues such as managing innovation in small vs. large organizations, closed vs. open innovation, how to connect to the market and more.
713 Services Marketing Management
The essentials of marketing management as applied to service industries such as health care, hospitality, financial, technology, and consulting. Topics include service quality, segmentation, positioning, consumer expectation, service recovery, internal marketing, and relationship marketing.
714 Real Estate Investment
This course offers a broad overview of real estate investments and addresses some of the concepts and techniques involved in analyzing these financial decisions. Topics include valuation of real property, investment performance measurements and ratios, cash flow analysis, and financing strategies.
715 Sport Marketing
Application of traditional marketing strategies within the spectator sport industry. Issues such as fan identification, relationship marketing, and sponsorship explored, using weekly case studies.
716 Personal Finance Series, Module 3: Insurance, Retirement and Estate Planning
This course provides critical personal finance skills vital in life for financial stability and success. This course is especially useful for mature students with business and professional experience who have a desire to learn about personal finance risks and a financially-sound way of planning with insurance to provide funds to handle those risks, retirement and estate planning. By covering such topics as Insurance Fundamentals, Health and Personal Insurance, Financial and Living Aspects of Retirement, and Estate Planning, Wills and Estate Taxes, you will gain a foundation for making sound personal financial decisions useful for the rest of your life.
717 Personal Finance Series, Module 4: Investments
This course provides critical personal finance skills vital in life for financial stability and success. This course is especially useful for mature students with business and professional experience who have a desire to learn about how to choose investments on their own or for their 401(k) plan, risk and returns, building an investment portfolio, passive and active investing, portfolio theory and terms, asset allocation, risk reduction and investment expenses. By covering such topics as Investment Fundamentals, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual, Exchange Traded and other types of Funds, Alternative and Real Estate Investments, you will gain a foundation for making sound personal financial decisions useful for the rest of your life.
718 Business Turnaround Strategies
This course will begin by determining when and why a "turnaround or workout" is necessary for an organization. An assessment of warning signs both qualitative and quantitative will be undertaken. We will look at alternative strategies employed successfully in manufacturing and service industries ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 sized firms that have led to a more vital positioning. Leadership characteristics necessary for turnaround strategy employment will be studied. Students will subsequently develop a "business turnaround plan" within a project format.
719 Entrepreneurship
Course will address the needs of students considering starting their own business or purchasing and managing a business or franchise. Areas to be covered during the class are as follows: Idea generation, differentiate or die, discuss the importance of differentiation and why most new businesses underestimate this critical concept. Choosing the appropriate business structure: Limited Liability Company, Subchapter C Corporation, Subchapter S Corporation. Developing the business plan: gathering and preparing the proper information to attract financing. Funding your business: identifying sources of funding such as Venture Capital, Private Equity, partners, lenders. Human resources: hiring your first employee, evaluating potential sales people, choosing incentive programs. Successful marketing strategies: numerous examples of creative and effective marketing decisions propelling companies forward. Successful sales strategies: numerous examples of tactics designed to get consumers to buy. Exit strategies: selling to private firms, going public, maintaining partial ownership while remaining in management.
723 Advanced Topics/Financial Reporting
The fourth course in the Financial Accounting sequence providing an overview of consolidated financial statements, non-controlling interest and the consolidation process; understanding the components of comprehensive income, other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive income and clean surplus; an overview of fund accounting; valuing and reporting derivatives and other complex financial instruments. The course includes a research component and an introduction to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification system requiring students to research and opine on highly-technical financial reporting cases.
731 Advanced Managerial Accounting
A conceptual and analytical approach to the use of cost and revenue estimates in the planning and control of manufacturing and service firms; statistical estimation of cost and revenue behavior; transfer pricing and performance measurement in decentralized organizations. Prerequisite: introductory coursework in management accounting, management economics, and statistical analysis.
736 Taxes and Business Decisions
A conceptual overview of federal tax laws, focusing on the broad structure of the income tax law and how that law relates to many business investment and personal activities. Includes basic tax policy issues and the many social and political implications of our current tax system.
740 Money, Capital, Markets and Institutions
Impact of financial intermediaries on U.S. capital and money markets. Analysis of market efficiency, structure and performance, and role of monetary, fiscal, and debt-management policy. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
741 Investments
Development of general theory of investment management and its application to individual and institutional investors; computer portfolio management. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
742 Growth, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Analysis of financial problems and im-plications of corporate growth. Mergers and acquisitions as instruments for achieving growth. Text and cases. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
743 International Finance
Introduction to foreign money and capital markets and international financial institutions: financial planning for corporations with overseas operations; analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad; criteria for choice among alternative foreign investments. Text/case approach. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
745 Financial Models
Analytical approach to financial management. Emphasis on theoretical topics of financial decision making. Through use of mathematical, statistical, and computer simulation methods, various financial decision making models are made. Prerequisites: SCH-MGMT 640.
746 Portfolio Theory
Factors affecting investment values of securities, and methods used in their analysis. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 741.
747 Theory of Financial Markets
In-depth study of portfolio analysis and stochastic processes in security markets. Emphasis on quantitative solution techniques and testing procedures. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
749 Seminar in Finance
Seminar in current issues and developments in corporation finance, investments, and financial institutions and markets; emphasis on application of analytical techniques and decision models. Advanced graduate standing in finance or consent of instructor required.
751 Management Science Applications in Business
Application of probability theory (discrete and continuous), stochastic process, linear, quadratic and dynamic programming, waiting lines, sequencing, and computer simulation models to selected problems in management science. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 632.
752 Business Process Optimization
This course develops skills in prescriptive analytics for business process modeling and optimization. It examines systems where scarce resources must be allocated in a manner that furthers the goal of the decision-maker. It focuses on model building using linear and mixed-integer programming for applications arising in production, logistics, supply chain management, and finance, among others. Innovative modeling techniques, the use of state-of-the-art commercial solvers, and insights into specially-structured models are explored in the context of business and engineering applications.
753 Probabilistic Models in Management Science
Introduction to probabilistic models and statistical techniques relevant to business problems. Consent of instructor required.
758 Supply Chain Management
Basic concepts of supply chain management such as synchronized information, product and financial flow, channel design and configuration, supplier relationships, internal and external logistics, and inventory deployment and replenishment. Supply chain modeling for the optimization and monitoring of a supply chain, or a segment thereof, using network (mathematical programming) models.
759 Value Investing
Value Investing is designed to equip students with an historical perspective of the stock market and to acquaint them with some basic techniques for analyzing opportunities for investments in publicly traded companies. Such opportunities, it is assumed, are based in market inefficiencies that detach price from value and on the value-creating role of companies. As such, the course draws deeply on what we know about crowd psychology and as well on the approaches to analyzing the profit potential of specific companies. In effect, Value Investing is about investing in public companies the old fashioned way ? one company at a time. Along with concepts/tools from psychology, strategy and finance, this course draws upon the teachings of Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Warren Buffet, and on more modern practitioners such as Bill Miller and Seth Klarman.
761 Consumer Behavior
Social, psychological, and economic roles of consumer in decision making and market behavior. External and internal determinants of buyer behavior.
762 Research Methods in Marketing
Applicability and utilization of quantitative research techniques to marketing problems and processes. Prerequisites: SCH-MGMT 650 and 660.
764 International Marketing Management
Impact of political, social, economic and cultural forces of divergent societies upon managerial decision-making process in international marketing operations. Problems associated with design of marketing strategy. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 660.
765 Product Management
Analytical, decision-making, and planning tasks of marketing and product management in competitive environments. Includes formulation of product-market strategies, new product development, product-line deletions, and formulation of marketing plans and budgets. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 660.
767 Management of Marketing Communications
Development of effective marketing communication strategies based on understanding of characteristics of audiences. Integration of conceptual material from communication theory as applied to advertising and other promotional problems. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 660.
769 Advanced Topics in Marketing
Seminar in current issues and developments in field of marketing, including trends in public policy, new research applications, and techniques for formulating marketing strategies. Advanced graduate standing in marketing or consent of instructor required.
770 Human Resource Management
Overview of human resource management theory and practice in organizations. Legal framework; job design; recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, separation; compensation; benefits; contemporary issues in HRM.
771 Special Topics- Forecasting and Futuring
The goal of this course is to improve students' decision making in today's highly complex and uncertain world. It does so by first teaching prediction and forecasting skills for business managers. Then, the second part of the course builds on those topics and skills to teach "futuring," the process of envisioning and considering future outcomes and making business decisions accordingly. The course teaches students to better understand and describe what may happen in the future and act optimally. The ultimate goal is to improve managers' effectiveness in dealing with change.
772 Compensation Administration
Direct and indirect compensation; wage and salary criteria, policy, and methods; performance appraisal systems; incentive and non incentive systems; payment methods for managers and professionals.
778 Advanced Topics in Personnel Management
Three-module seminar covering: A. Compensation and Benefits, 1st 3rd of semester; B. Performance Evaluation, 2nd 3rd; and C. Training and Development, final 3rd. Any or all modules may be taken.
782 Organization Development
Role of organization development consultant and cycle of events involved in assisting clients. Emphasizes development of skills in problem diagnosis, formulation of solutions, and managing organizational change. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 680.
783 Business Law
Examines and evaluates legal problems as they relate to the business environment. Course will deal with areas of law including contracts, agency, ethics, bankruptcy, business organization and other areas of commercial law.
795L Leadership and Beyond
An overview of different perspectives and approaches to leadership practice. Goes beyond traditional leadership practices to examine empowering leadership approaches and contemporary leadership challenges. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 680.
802 Foundations of Organization and Management Studies
Examines classic and contemporary texts in management commonly considered pioneering works. Participants read and critically evaluate the books to gain understanding of their importance in shaping the organization studies field. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
803 Theory and Research in Organizational Behavior
Theories and empirical applications of organizational behavior in contemporary research. Topics include motivation, organizational justice, attitudes, leadership, and groups. Participants critically analyze research on current issues. Focus on building knowledge and research skills.
804 Research Methods I
Introduction to issues in research styles, data handling approaches and measurement; topics include multimethod research, qualitative, quantitative data preparation, measurement and psychometric techniques.
805 Multivariate Methods for Business Research
Techniques of multivariate statistical analysis as applied to business research; multivariate analysis of variance and covariance, regression with OLS and maximum likelihood, regression with limited dependent variables, panel regression and other advanced regression techniques, SEM, conjoint and cluster analysis.
833 Organization and Administrative Theory
Examines research and scholarly approaches to organization theory by investigating both the concept ‘organization’ and the concept ‘theory’. Presents such perspectives as decision theory, structural contingency theory, institutional theory, transaction cost economics, and network theory.
845 Theory and Research in Sport Organizational Behavior and Sport Strategic Management
A critical examination of the literature pertaining to organizational behavior and strategic management within the sport context. Emphasis on theory development and empirical research approaches.
846 Theory and Research in Sport Marketing and Sport Consumer Behavior
An overview and analysis of current research issues within sport marketing and sport consumer behavior. Topics include socialization and motivation, social identity theory, viewership and attendance, brand management, loyalty, and sponsorship.
847 Theory and Research in Sport Law and Sports Economics
Examination of the key contributions to the sport law and sports economics literature. Taught as two separate modules, with each module emphasizing theory development and empirical research approaches within the respective fields.
851 Theory and Science in Marketing
The state of marketing knowledge; content and validity of marketing thought, theories, and other substantive and methodological contributions to development of marketing science.
871 Micro Theory of Finance
Optimum financial policies and decisions of nonfinancial firms. Theory of competition and optimum asset management of financial firms.
877 Teaching Seminar
Teaching fundamentals and teaching philosophy to prepare future educators in business. Students who complete this course will have a strong foundation of various teaching tools and techniques.
878 Marketing Management
Review and discuss the marketing literature from primarily the Journal of Marketing.
879 Experimental Design
Fundamentals of experimental design couched within a marketing and consumer behavior/psychology paradigm, intended for graduate students planning a research career.
883 Seminar in Tourism Theory and Research
Theory construction as it applies to the tourism phenomenon and its impacts. Students review published research and develop an understanding of classic theories to create a foundation framework for their dissertation research.
885 Research in Services Marketing and Management
Surveys classic and current conceptual and empirical research in services marketing and management in the context of the hospitality and tourism industry and other sectors including health care, educational, and financial services.
888 Seminar in Hospitality Research
Selected topics of current significance to researchers and practitioners in the hospitality industry. Emphasis on identifying advancements in theories and their applications in hospitality cultures of inquiry.
890D Machine Learning
Machine learning algorithms and their implementation in Python. The course will cover the fundamental concepts of machine learning, including supervised and unsupervised, reinforcement learning, deep learning, recommendation systems, and networking and graphical models.
891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897 Seminar in Advanced Topics in Business Administration
Advanced topic section in each general or functional field of study. Investigation of current literature and research in these areas.
892B Seminar-Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Research in Organizational and Social Contexts
Algorithms are being increasingly deployed in organizational processes. Such algorithms are based on machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. They learn from past data to predict and execute business decisions such as loan approval and product recommendation, and societal decisions such as medical triage and social classification. They give rise to new forms of work such as app-based car sharing and task execution. Indeed, given the current accelerated digitalization of almost every industry and government sector, algorithm mediated tasks are expected to dramatically increase in both the organizational and societal contexts. This course will introduce you to research that examines the emerging and distinctive Information Systems phenomena associated with the deployment and use of algorithms, in organizational and societal contexts.
896 Independent Study in Business Administration
Individualized secondary or applied research in special areas of guided doctoral-level investigation. Consent of instructor required. Credit, 3-6.
899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.