I. Prerequisite: Admission to MBA Program. Introduction to technical topics as well as team- and culture-building activities.

(2) I. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: MBA 800. This Course provides a foundation on developing, interpreting, and using data for business decisions. Course focuses on building data models, and utilizing them to improve decision making in a business context.

(2) I. Prerequisite or Corequisite: MBA 812. This Course introduces students to business application of data analytics techniques for increasing sales, identifying new customers, improving efficiencies, and automated decision making.

(1) I. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: MBA 800. This course provides an in-depth orientation to the readings, theories, and examples of design thinking.

II. Prerequisite: MBA 813, 815, and 871. Advanced study of individual and team emotion, thought, and action in the workplace with the aim of authentic leadership skillset development and effective employee experience design.

(1) I. Prerequisite: MBA 815. This Course provides a unique series of immersive experiences in innovation and design thinking that prepares participants for real world innovation. Students will collaborate on projects with faculty from all disciplines and community leaders. May be repeated; Maximum of three credit hours.

(2) I. Prerequisite: MBA 883. This course examines the way in which business and society assess, control, and transfer risk.

A. Selected advanced topics in business administration. May be retaken up to 3 hours provided the topic of study is different.

Prerequisites: MBA status or instructor permission Practical business applications of microeconomic and statistical theory. Emphasis on decision making under uncertainty. Topics include: descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, optimization, demand estimation, forecasting, costs and production theory, pricing and output determination, and game theory.

Business research and report writing, communication strategies, and oral presentations for managers.

Prerequisite: MBA 870. This course focuses on data analytics from a managerial perspective, including: business analytics, data management and wrangling, data visualization and summary measures, probability and distributions, statistical inference, data mining, data forecasting, and prescriptive analysis.

Fundamentals of organizational behavior and human resources: resource allocation, human enterprise, employee experience, and the future of work. Topics include: strategic decision-making, competition, workforce development, talent utilization, workplace rewards, recognition. demographics, and the gig economy.

This course focuses on financial and managerial accounting topics and tools relevant to a manager in the context of understanding accounting information and using it effectively to make business decisions.

This course is oriented toward: assessing the dynamic business environment, identifying consumers’ needs, selecting the appropriate market segment, and developing marketing strategy to satisfy consumers’ need and maintain firm sustainable competitive advantages.

Prerequisite/Co-requisite: MBA 870 and MBA 881. This course provides managers at any level with analytical tools for financial management decisions, including financial statement interpretation, financial performance evaluation, financial forecasting, growth management, corporate financing, financial markets, business valuation, and capital budgeting.

A. Opportunity for independent study of a problem/issue chosen by the student and instructor. Approved independent study proposal form required. May be retaken up to 6 hours provided topic of study is different.

A. Prerequisites: Departmental approval. For special topics related to the Business beyond the scope of regularly offered courses. May be taken to a maximum of 6 hours provided subtitle/topics vary.

Prerequisites: MBA 870, MBA 871, MBA 874, MBA 875, MBA 881, MBA 882, and MBA 883. This course focuses on strategic management skills and competencies. It explores why good strategic management leads to good business performance and concepts, examines tools of strategic analysis, and includes applications of methods of integrated decision-making.