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Accelerated Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program

BUS 500 Environment of Business

BUS 501 Themes for Success in the Organization

FIN 501 Investment Banking (3)
The Course provides a comprehensive overview of major tasks in the field of investment banking and the trend towards one - stop shopping and globalization. Topics include emerging markets, money management, proprietary trading, repurchase transactions and operations. Also, the course describes a broad range of both investment banking activities and the strategic decision making process.

FIN 502 Mergers and Acquisitions (3)
The course examines various topics in Mergers & Acquisitions from a financial viewpoint. Basic theory and empirical findings form the base for discussing such issues as merger strategy; defense measures in merger; the valuation of firms as a whole under different management strategies; impact of financing considerations on various stakeholders.

FIN 503 Policy Making in Financial Institutions (3)
The course focuses on managing return and risk in contemporary financial institutions. A central theme is that risks faced by financial institutions and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are similar whether an institution is chartered as an commercial bank, a savings bank, an investment bank or an insurance company.

HCA 500 Health Care Management Organization & Design (3)
This course is intended to enable the graduate-level health care management student to understand and apply necessary principles and practices important in the operation and organization of health services entities. Management theory and the study of contemporary cases combine to provide an understanding of the role of top management in designing the organization, motivating and developing staff, forming collaborative community relationships, and assessing systems performance that lead to organizational excellence.

HCA 511 Financial Aspects of Health Care Administration (3)
This course introduces students to financial issues faced by health care managers in a managed care environment. Topics include fundamentals of insurance, capitation rate development, risk analysis in managed care systems, cost accounting and management, financial statements and Medicare and Medicaid managed care. The course involves case analysis and team projects.

HCA 531 Ethical & Legal Issues in Health Care (3)
This course introduces students to health care related legal and ethical issues. Students will explore the relationship between law and ethics in the health care field, and debate and research related matters. Upon completion of the course students will be able to identify health care related legal and ethical issues, conduct basic legal research, and have a broad understanding of government regulations affecting health care.

HCA 551 Health Care Operations Management (3)
This course examines operational issues in health care management. Topics include systems analysis, quality improvement and reengineering, demand forecasting, facility location, design models, decision analysis techniques, inventory control models and statistical quality control. The goal is to instill an understanding of the language, applications and limitations of quantitative models with respect to decision making and problem solving in health service organizations.

HCA 561 Strategic Management & Planning for the Health Care Organization (3)
This course is intended to provide the students with a thorough understanding of the strategic management of the health care organization and to enable them to guide the planning process of the operation that reflects strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership. The course provides a structure to facilitate ongoing situation analysis, strategy formulation, and implementation, as the organization is ever-aware of the complexities of its external environment, and the necessity for effective management and renewal of its internal processes.

MGT 500 Case Studies in Management (3)
An examination of contemporary theories and trends in business management using the latest in relevant case studies. Topics will vary to include current management situations.

MGT 511 Financial Decision Making (3)
An examination of the use of financial theories and techniques in making financial decisions under conditions of uncertainty.

MGT 521 Marketing Management (3)
An exploration, through case studies, of the application of marketing principles to the basic products and services decisions of a firm.

MGT 531 Ethical & Legal Environment of Business (3)
An examination of the social and governmental structure within which business operates. A focus on the effective and ethical strategies for addressing issues of public concern.

MGT 541 Leadership and Change Management (3)
The development of an understanding of the difference between management and leadership and the skills necessary for affecting organizational change in a complex organizational structure.

MGT 551 Operations Analysis (3)
A study of the internal processes of an organization, focusing on the analysis of effective methods of operation.

MGT 561 Innovation and Enterprise (3)
The development of the necessary concepts needed by business leaders to help identify and manage research and development technology as a strategic competitive tool.

MGT 571 Managing Technology (3)
An understanding of the technology necessary to run complex organizations and the ability to communicate this knowledge to the technology professional and the non-professional, so as to insure smooth operation of the corporations in today's highly technological world.

MGT 581 Global Strategies (3)
A study of the influence of international economic, political, business, and financial factors on the long-range planning of a firm.

MGT 591 MBA Capstone (3)
An individualized research project, chosen in an area of a student's interest, designed to integrate the knowledge learned throughout the program. This project will result in a written paper and oral presentation.

PUB 501 Public Institution Administration (3)
The Course examines the practices followed in public administration. The Environment in which institutions operate, human resources, development, decision making, ethical practices and codes of conducts, group dynamics and public-private interactions are examined in a constitutional context.

PUB 502 Public Budgeting (3)
The course examines the organization and development of accounting systems for revenues and expenses at various levels of government. Consideration is given to the sources of funds, as well as the processes involved in public budgeting, appropriations, debt financing and service, taxes, capital requirements and forecasting.

PUB 503 Public Policy Implementation (3)
The course provides insight into the formulation, implementation, qualitative assessment and ethical issues surrounding public policy. Administrative, political and legal institutions will be studied for their effort on the development of policy and with respect to their success of failure in the implementation and monitoring of policy.

PUB 504 Public Finance & Legislative Procedures (3)
The course examines the formulation and execution of government programs impacting multiple jurisdictions. Relationships of government levels in matters of legality and responsibility will be investigated, as well as various processes for resolution of intergovernmental conflicts.

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