MBA PROGRAM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS BSG 501 Ethics and Legal Issues in Business..................................................................................... 3 hours This course is designed to help future managers understand and analyze ethical issues in a business environment. Beginning at the individual level, the course progresses to organizational and societal perspectives. The course also examines legal issues in business, contrasting and comparing the impact upon decision-making. Using role-plays and case analysis, the course will help students to confront and successfully manage ethical and legal challenges. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 502 Managerial Economics......................................................................................................... 3 hours This course is a study of the principles underlying some of the key decisions in a modern business enterprise in the areas of production, product pricing and resource demand. Attention is focused on the different industry structures in which firms operate (competitive, oligopolistic, etc.) as well as the nature and characteristics of consumer demand. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 503 Management Science ........................................................................................................... 3 hours This course examines management science techniques used in modern organizations for assisting decision makers in today's complex and uncertain environment. Topics covered include linear and integer programming, decisions under uncertainty, simulation and game theory, and project planning and analysis tools. The course utilizes both lecture and case studies. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 504 Organizational Behavior ..................................................................................................... 3 hours This course examines the human side of organizations. The role of manager is examined to gain insight into those skills that facilitate leadership, organizational change and development, and managing human relationships. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 505 Managerial Accounting ....................................................................................................... 3 hours This course focuses on developing those accounting tools which assist management. Emphasis will be on budgeting, cost derivation and measurement, product costing, cost systems and variance analysis, inventory valuation and control, and capital expenditure analysis. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 506 Marketing Strategy............................................................................................................... 3 hours The course examines the marketing role within the organization. A managerial emphasis is utilized, focusing upon development of the organization's marketing policy and strategy, analysis and selection of markets to target, managing tactical response to a dynamic environment, and implementing the major elements of marketing policy. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 507 Managerial Finance ............................................................................................................. 3 hours This course examines the role of financial management in supporting and sustaining the functional areas of the firm. Using cases and readings, students gain insight into the analysis of financial problems as well as the development of financial strategy. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 508 Global Environment of Business ......................................................................................... 3 hours The course deals with a cross-cultural assessment of business practice focusing upon managerial implications, consumer behavior patterns, cultural values, negotiation styles, financial matters and legal/political considerations. Cases and real world business problems will be used to gain decision-making insight into the challenges of global business. Prerequisite: Graduate Program in Business Administration BSG 510 Economics and Leadership for Educators and Business People .......................................... 3 hours This course works in conjunction with BSG 512 to provide students with a survey of economic principles (emphasis on the market system and the US macro economy). The primary goal of this course is to equip educators and business persons with an understanding of how basic economic principles apply to everyday life.
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