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BA 510
Managerial Accounting and Control Concepts — Basic cost concepts, measures, methods and systems of internal accounting useful for managerial planning, implementation, control and performance evaluation. Includes cost analysis relevant for non-routine decision-making. Prerequisite: Enrollment in MBA program or consent of department; 410 and MBA program "computer ability" foundation requirement met, or equivalent.
BA 530
Financial Management — A study of financial principles and practices with special emphasis on their relation to managerial planning and control. Prerequisite: enrollment in M.B.A. program or consent of department; 510 and economics foundation requirement, Finance 330 with a grade of C or better; Students who have had Finance 361 or its equivalent or were undergraduate finance majors are not allowed in Business Administration 530 and should take Business Administration 531 instead.
BA 540
Managerial and Organization Behavior — Case analyses of human problems in the business organization. Application of findings of behavioral science research to organization problems. Development of direction and leadership skills. Prerequisite: enrollment in MBA program or consent of department; 440 or equivalent.
BA 550
Marketing Management — A managerial approach to the study of marketing. Emphasis is on the nature and scope of the marketing managers responsibilities and on marketing decision making. Prerequisite: Enrollment in MBA program or consent of department; 450 or equivalent.
BA 560
Management of Information Systems — A survey of information system design, analysis and operations. Topics include systems concepts, systems analysis and design, database management, software and hardware concepts, decision support systems, expert systems, distributed processing and telecommunications and information systems planning. Applications of information technology will be emphasized. Prerequisite: enrollment in MBA program or consent of department, 452 or equivalent.
BA 580
International Dimensions of Business and Management — International business and activities are examined in the international environment. The course will focus on concepts and issues of international business and will analyze the marketing, financial, accounting, managerial, logistical and production functions of international operations. Emphasis is on integrating, learning and creative thinking through lecture and case analysis. Prerequisite: enrollment in M.B.A. program or consent of program; functional M.B.A. coursework should be completed.
BA 598
Business Policies — Study of the development and evaluation of business strategies and policies as they relate to the overall performance of the firm within its environment. Knowledge of the functional areas of administration, available business data and analytical tools will be utilized in solving comprehensive business cases and simulation games. Prerequisite: enrollment for past semester in M.B.A. program.

Students with undergraduate degrees in finance must replace BA 530 with BA 531.

Students with undergraduate degrees in accountancy must replace BA 510 with a 500-level ACCT prefix course.

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