MBA in Accounting

BUS5601 - Essentials of Business Development 1

Requirement(s): First course in a two-course sequence.

Credits: 3

Examines necessary tools required to plan and run a successful business venture. Requires integration of concepts, methods and models from accounting, economics and marketing in forming a business plan for a product or service in a case study.

BUS5602 - Essentials of Business Development 2

Requirement(s): Second course in a two-course sequence. Prerequisite: BUS 5601

Credits: 3

Builds on BUS 5601. Examines and uses concepts, methods and models from the functional business areas of statistics, finance, management and law. Requires students to integrate each component into a complete business plan.

BUS5421 - Managerial Economics

Credits: 3

Provides an understanding of the microeconomic forces that influence firm decision-making. Includes competitive markets and market failure, benefit-cost analysis, demand estimation and forecasting, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, production and cost estimation, and market structure analysis.

BUS5431 - Managerial Accounting

Credits: 3

Focuses on internal reporting to managers for use in planning and control, in making nonroutine decisions and in formulating major plans and policies. Covers cost-volume-profit relationships, flexible budgets and standards, job order and process cost, and cost allocation and accumulation.

BUS5440 - Financial Management

Credits: 3

Studies the concepts and tools of corporate financial management and financial planning, including capital budgeting, capital structure and net working capital. Considers the importance of ethics in financial decision-making.

BUS5450 - Organizational Behavior

Credits: 3

BUS5470 - Marketing Management

Credits: 3

Examines the tools and techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize and solve marketing problems, and effective communication of recommendations. Uses case analysis extensively.

BUS5433 - Advanced Problems and Current Topics

Requirement(s): Instructor approval

Credits: 3

Broadly exposes the accounting major to advanced subjects in accounting; furthers the student’s ability to analyze and present solutions to complex accounting problems, as well as interpret and apply theoretical issues; and develops the student’s communication and presentation skills.

BUS5436 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

Requirement(s): Instructor approval

Credits: 3

Principles and procedures of accounting, financial reporting and budgeting for governmental and nonprofit entities. Includes general funds and special revenue funds, capital project funds, enterprise funds, fiduciary funds, and accounting for colleges and universities, healthcare entities and voluntary health and welfare organizations.

BUS5644 - International Accounting and Reporting

Prerequisite: BUS 5431

Credits: 3

Provides background in international accounting, reporting standards and business operations in a global environment. Includes international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Also includes a comparison of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and IFRS to develop and enhance critical thinking in financial accounting and reporting.

BUS5650 - Strategic Cost Management

Requirement(s): Instructor approval. Prerequisite: BUS 5431

Credits: 3

Uses case studies to analyze approaches to managerial accounting. Covers the application of decision and control models, planning and control under conditions of uncertainty, ethics and current issues in the development and practice of managerial accounting.

BUS5480 - Strategic Management

Requirement(s): Must be taken in the final semester before graduation.

Credits: 3

In-depth analysis of industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level. Augmented by live-case analyses.