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Note: Course descriptions may vary slightly from semester to semester
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| MGMT 170 - Introduction to Business: Survey of business. General knowledge of the modern business world,
the composition and functions of the business organization, as well as business as a social institution. Open
only to freshmen and sophomores. Does not satisfy a College of Business requirement. |
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| MGMT 202 - Business Communications: Creating and managing written and oral administrative communications including the analysis, planning and practice of composing different types of internal and external communications in various administrative and business contexts. To successfully complete this course, a communication competency examination (additional fee required) must be passed with at least 70% accuracy prior to University course drop date. Prerequisite: English 101 and 102 or equivalent. |
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| MGMT 208 - Business Data Analysis: Uses of business data in policy formulation are discussed. Emphasis is
placed on the conversion of raw information into statistics which are useful to the decision maker. Problems
stress solutions to questions typically raised in businesses. Prerequisite: Mathematics 139 or equivalent. |
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| MGMT 304 - Introduction to Management: Basic concepts of the administrative process are considered with
emphasis on executive action to develop policy, direction, and control based on traditional and behavioral
science approaches to decision making. Prerequisite: junior standing; Business 302 for College of Business
students; may be taken concurrently, restricted to business majors and minors or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 318 - Production-Operations Management: An introduction to the design, planning, and control of
manufacturing and service operations. Topical coverage includes Material Requirements Planning, Total
Quality Management, Just-in-Time, and operations strategy, as well as traditional techniques for facility
layout, scheduling and inventory control. Prerequisite: Accounting/Management 208 and junior standing,
business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 341 - Organizational Behavior: The study of human problems in administration including the analyses
of individual, group, and inter-group relations under a broad range of organizational settings. Theory and
case analyses. Prerequisite: ACCT/MGMT 208, MGMT 304, junior standing, business major or minor, or
consent of department. |
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| MGMT 345 - Computer Information Systems: Integrates topics of management and organization, information,
computers, and the systems approach. Emphasizes planning, design, and implementation of information
systems to aid management decision making. Application of computer techniques to develop, manipulate,
and analyze system models. Prerequisite: Computer Science 200b or Information Systems and Applied
Technologies 229, junior standing, and must be a College of Business major or Management minor. |
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| MGMT 345b - Introduction to Information Systems: Principles and concepts of computers and information systems. Topics include: hardware, software, telecommunications, databases, Internet and e-commerce, spreadsheets, database management systems, website design, systems solutions and development. Prerequisite: Computer Science 200a or Computer Science 200b |
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| MGMT 350 - Small Business Management: Identification of small business, its importance and relationship to
the United States economy, and the opportunities and requirements unique to operation and management.
Personal characteristics, interpersonal relationships, organizational systems, and decision-making processes
are examined for their contribution to the success or failure of the firm. Prerequisite: junior standing, business
major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 352 - Management Science: An introduction to mathematical model building in organizations and the
solution techniques commonly used to solve such models. Topical coverage includes decision theory, mathematical
programming, project management, queuing models, and simulation. Prerequisite: ACCT/MGMT
208, MGMT 318, MATH 140 or equivalent, CS 200b or ISAT 229 or equivalent; and junior standing, business
major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 360 - Database Management: This course provides an introduction to database design and management
in business. It covers database management, data modeling techniques, Relational Database Theory, Structured
Query Language (SQL), database applications development and a DBMS tool such as MS Access,
Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB/2, or INFORMIX. Prerequisite: 345 with a grade of C or better, business
major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 360b - Introduction to Database Management: An introduction to database design and database management. The course will cover the issues of relational database theory, database modeling, database design, forms design, reports design, and database management. Lab assignments will be required. |
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| MGMT 362 - Business Applications Programming: An introduction to the principles of computer programming
and business applications prototyping using a rapid application development tool such as (a)
Visual Basic, (b) Delphi (c) Java, (d) Visual C++, or (e) other. It includes basic programming constructs,
language elements, graphical, user interface design and database transaction programming. Prerequisite:
345 with a grade of C or better, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 362a - Business Applications Programming--Visual Basic: An introduction to the principles of computer programming and business applications prototyping using Visual Basic. It includes basic programming constructs, language elements, graphical, user interface design and database transaction programming. Prerequisite: MGMT 345 with a grade of C or better. |
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| MGMT 362c - Business Applications Programming--Java: An introduction to the principles of computer programming and business applications prototyping using Visual Basic. It includes basic programming constructs, language elements, graphical, user interface design and database transaction programming. Prerequisite: MGMT 345 with a grade of C or better. |
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| MGMT 362d - Business Applications Programming--C++: An introduction to the principles of computer programming and business applications prototyping using C++. It includes basic programming constructs, language elements, graphical, user interface design and database transaction programming. Prerequisite: MGMT 345 with a grade of C or better. |
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| MGMT 380 - Managing Information Systems: Management issues related to information and information
technology that confront today’s diverse organizations. Topics include integration and use of information
systems within organizations and organizational partner, business planning for information systems, legal
and ethical considerations with information systems, social and technological trends. Prerequisite: MGMT
345 with a grade of C or better and junior standing, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 380b - Web-based Business Technologies: This course provides a general introduction to the concept of Internet and web. Details include network protocols, network security issues, HTML, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, and XML. Prerequisite: MGMT 345b and Computer Science 200b. |
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| MGMT 385 - Personnel and Human Resources Management: (Same as Psychology 322) An introduction to the
development, application, and evaluation of policies, procedures, and programs for the recruitment, selection, development and utilization of human resources in an organization. Prerequisite: ACCT/MGMT 208, MGMT
304; junior standing, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 411 - Enterprise Networks and Communications: (Same as Accounting 411). This course focuses on
the application of data communications and network technologies for improving business. Coverage includes,
but is not restricted to, an introduction to the principles of data transmission technology, various communication
architectures and protocols, basic network design principles, Internet and Intranet technologies, data
security issues and elements of network management. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 345 with a
grade of C or better, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 411b - Introduction to Data Communications and Networking: This course focuses on the application of data communications and network technologies for improving organizational functioning. Coverage includes an introduction to the principles of data transmission technology, various communication architectures and protocols, basic network design principles, Internet and Intranet technologies, data security issues and elements of network management. |
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| MGMT 421 - Information System Analysis and Design: This course provides an introduction to the techniques
of business modeling such as Entity-Relationship diagrams and data flow diagrams. It emphasizes the application
of software engineering tools such as Oracle Designer 2000 to support modeling, code generation
and reverse engineering. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 360 with a grade of C or better, business
major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 422 - Business Systems Development: An introduction to the concepts of inter-networking, electronic
business transactions, HTML or XML for web interfaces design, client-side scripting, server-side scripting,
distributed components for programming business logics and web data base transaction using Structured
Query Language. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 360 with a grade of C or better, business major or
minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 431 - Organizational Design and Structures: The study of modern theories of complex organizations.
Particular emphasis is placed on open-systems perspectives of administrative theory and the adaptation of
the organization to a changing environment. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 341, junior standing,
business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 446 - Leadership and Managerial Behavior: This course will concentrate on leader and manager behavior at middle and upper organizational levels. Emphasis will be placed on leader and manager effectiveness and the factors that impact effectiveness. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: MGMT 341. |
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| MGMT 452 - Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics: This course examines the areas of transportation and logistics as they relate to supply chain management. Prerequisite: MGMT 318. |
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| MGMT 456 - Managing Global E-Business Systems: The organizational and managerial issues affecting global
e-business today are addressed. Topics included are corporate strategy and IT architecture in a global marketplace;
outsourcing impacts on e-business; legal, social, and ethical issues; information security; and ebusiness
models and IT. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: MGMT 345, business major or minor, or
consent of department. |
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| MGMT 471 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship: Investigation of selected special or advanced topics in seminar
format. Topics may include but are not limited to entrepreneurship, small business analysis, or topics related
to the ownership and management of a business. Activities will include library and field research, data
analysis, report writing, and active participation in seminar presentations and discussions. Designed particularly
for the student who has completed the three small business courses numbered 350 and has discussed
personal small business or entrepreneurial objectives with the instructor prior to registration. Prerequisite:
Restricted to business majors and minors or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 474 - Management's Responsibility In Society: Analysis of the cultural, social, political, economic, and
immediate environment of the organization. Particular emphasis is given to the manner in which the manager
adapts to and is influenced by the environment and its conflicting demands. Not for graduate credit.
Prerequisite: senior standing, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 481 - Administrative Policy: Development of organizational strategies and policies within environmental and resource limitations. Emphasis upon the application and integration of basic principles from all areas of business by case problem analysis, simulation exercises, and group participation. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 304 and 318, Finance 330, Marketing 304 or equivalent, senior standing, and must be a College of Business major |
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| MGMT 483 - Advanced Production-Operations Management: An in-depth study of production and inventory
management with a focus on preparation for the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
certification examinations. Topics covered include planning for material and capacity requirements,
scheduling, Theory of Constraints, Just-in-Time and Total Quality Management. Not for graduate credit.
Prerequisite: 318 and junior standing, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 485 - Organizational Change and Development: Analysis of problems in personnel management with
emphasis on current trends and techniques. Case problems, special reports and experiential approaches are
used as a basis for examining ways of using an organizations’ human resources to best advantage. Not for
graduate credit. Prerequisite: 341, junior standing, business major or minor, or consent of department. |
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| MGMT 491 - Independent Study: Utilizes special faculty resources to enable individually, the exploration of an advanced area of study through research by means of data analysis and/or literature search. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: consent of department and must be a College of Business major. |
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| MGMT 495 - Internship in Management: Supervised work experience that relates to the students academic program and career objectives. Not repeatable for credit. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: junior standing, consent of department, and must be a Management major. Mandatory Pass/Fail.
Application for Internship Credit |
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| BA 503 - Management of Change: The methods and processes of planned change are examined. Special emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of continuous improvement systems and related issues of managing constant change. Change models are viewed in the context of international competitiveness and a dynamic global environment. Prerequisite: enrollment in College of Business and Administration graduate program or consent of department. |
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| BA 522 - Operations Strategy for Global Competition: Study of the development of competitive strategy for the operations function, how that strategy relates to organizational strategy and how the operations function can contribute to an organizations’ competitive capabilities in the global marketplace. Prerequisite: enrollment in College of Business and Administration graduate program or consent of department. |
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| 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 College of Business and Administration graduate program or consent of department, 440 or equivalent. |
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| BA 543 - Personnel Management: An overview of the field of personnel administration, based on a review of the relevant literature and on practice in simulations of problems typically encountered in the field. Prerequisite: enrollment in MBA program or consent of department; 440 or equivalent. |
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| BA 544 - Advanced Production Planning and Inventory Management: An in-depth study of analytical models and techniques for production planning, scheduling and inventory management. Designed to prepare students for relevant portions of American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) certification examinations. Prerequisite: graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545a - Foundations in Organization Studies: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545b - Advances in Organizational Behavior: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545c - Advances in Organization Theory: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545d - Advances in Strategic Management: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545e - Special Topics in Organizational Behavior : Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545f - Special Topics in Organization Theory: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 545g - Special Topics in Strategic Management: Part of a series of advanced seminars in organization studies. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 546 - Leadership and Managerial Behavior: This Course will concentrate on leader and manager behavior at middle and upper organizational levels. Emphasis will be placed on leader and manager effectiveness and the factors that impact effectiveness. Prerequisite: enrollment in MBA program or consent of department; 540 or equivalent. |
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| BA 547 - Seminar in Production/Operations Management : Series of advanced seminars in Production/Operations Management. Sections (a) through (c) may be taken only once. (a) Total Quality Management. (b) Service Operations Management. (c) Production/Operations Management and Information Systems. (d) Special Topics in Production/Operations Management. Prerequisite: (a), (b), (c) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (d) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 547a - Total Quality Management: Series of advanced seminars in Production/ Operations Management. Sections (a) through (c) may be taken only once. (a) Total Quality Management. (b) Service Operations Management. (c) Production/Operations Management and Information Systems. (d) Special Topics in Production/Operations Management. Prerequisite: (a), (b), (c) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (d) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 547b - Service Operations Management: Series of advanced seminars in Production/Operations Management. Sections (a) through (c) may be taken only once. (a) Total Quality Management. (b) Service Operations Management. (c) Production/Operations Management and Information Systems. (d) Special Topics in Production/Operations Management. Prerequisite: (a), (b), (c) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (d) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 547d - Special Topics in Production/Operations Management: Series of advanced seminars in Production/Operations Management. Sections (a) through (c) may be taken only once. (a) Total Quality Management. (b) Service Operations Management. (c) Production/Operations Management and Information Systems. (d) Special Topics in Production/Operations Management. Prerequisite: (a), (b), (c) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (d) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 548B - Seminar in Management Information Systems: A series of advanced seminars on Management Information Systems (MIS). Sections (a) through (d) may be taken only once. Section (e) may be repeated as topics vary. (a) Advances in Management Information Systems. (b) Decision Support and Information Systems. (c) Quantitative and Computer Methods for Decision Support and Information Systems. (d) Strategic Management of Information. (e) 3 to 6 Special Topics in Management Information Systems. Prerequisite: (b) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (a), (c), (d), (e) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. Topic for BA548e for Spring 2004 will be "Telecommunications and Project Management." |
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| BA 548a - Advances in Management Information Systems: A series of advanced seminars on Management Information Systems (MIS). Sections (a) through (d) may be taken only once. Section (e) may be repeated as topics vary. (a) Advances in Management Information Systems. (b) Decision Support and Information Systems. (c) Quantitative and Computer Methods for Decision Support and Information Systems. (d) Strategic Management of Information Systems. (e) 3 to 6 Special Topics in Management Information Systems. Prerequisite: (b) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (a), (c), (d), (e) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 548b - Seminar in Decision Support and Informaiton Systems: One of a series of advanced seminars on Management Information Systems (MIS). Prerequisite: Graduate student in business administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 548d - Strategic Management of Information: A series of advanced seminars on Management Information Systems (MIS). Sections (a) through (d) may be taken only once. Section (e) may be repeated as topics vary. (a) Advances in Management Information Systems. (b) Decision Support and Information Systms. (c) Quantitative and Computer Methods for Decision Support and Information Systems. (d) Strategic Managemnet of Information. (e) 3 to 6 Special Topics in Management Information Systems. Prerequisite: (b) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (a), (c), (d), (e) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 548e - Strategic Management of Information: A series of advanced seminars on Management Information Systems (MIS). Sections (a) through (d) may be taken only once. Section (e) may be repeated as topics vary. (a) Advances in Management Information Systems. (b) Decision Support and Information Systms. (c) Quantitative and Computer Methods for Decision Support and Information Systems. (d) Strategic Managemnet of Information. (e) 3 to 6 Special Topics in Management Information Systems. Prerequisite: (b) graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department; (a), (c), (d), (e) doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| 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. |
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| BA 561 - Database Design and Applications: Database planning, design and implementation; application of data modeling techniques-entity-relationship diagrams, hierarchical, network, relational and object-oriented data modeling; physical design and data administration; Distributed and Expert Database Systems. Prerequisite: graduate student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 562 - Information Systems and Design: Principles and concepts; strategic systems planning; tools and techniques for analysis and design; construction and quality management; reusability; methodology evaluation; full life cycle CASE tools. Prerequisite: enrollment in College of Business and Administration graduate program or consent of department. |
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| BA 573 - Planning Systems and Strategic Decisions: A critical review of theory and research on the structure, content and process of strategic decisions. The design and implementation of planning systems also is emphasized. Prerequisite: graduate student in business administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 574 - Advanced Research Methods in Business Administration: A capstone research course in business administration that exposes the student to a full range of research experiences. Emphasis is on integrating learning and creative thinking in the execution of the research process. Prerequisite: doctoral student in Business Administration or consent of department. |
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| BA 574b - Advanced Research Methods II: This course is a practicum in advanced research methods. It will focus on analysis of data, interpretation of results and synthesis of conclusions based on a clear understanding of the objectives of research, the characteristics of data and techniques for manipulating data. Prerequisite: enrollment in Ph.D. program in Business or consent of department. |
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| BA 583 - Global Operations Management: A study of issues and problems related to managing global operations and current practices. Topics include international operations comparisons, international operations improvement and competitive leverage, issues critical to global operations, international cross- functional coordination, coordinating international material flow, coordinating international process and product design, among others. Prerequisite: 580, enrollment in MBA program or consent of department. |
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| BA 584 - Global Business Strategies: To examine decision-making in international business via a broad study of the opportunities and problems encountered when business operations cross national boundaries; to impart current knowledge regarding the theory and practice of functional aspects of global marketing, international finance and global operations management; to focus on the multinational nature of international managerial decisions. Prerequisite: 580, enrollment in MBA program or consent of department. |
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| 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. |
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