This course focuses on conducting business on a global level. Students will evaluate the history and dynamics of global industries, global competition, and global strategies and examine topics such as international cooperation among nations, national trade policies, international marketing, technology, as well as the ethical and social responsibility challenges of global businesses. The roles of various stakeholders including the international institutions such as World Trade Organization, will be analyzed.

This course offers students the opportunity to gain awareness firsthand of the knowledge, skills, and styles of successful executives. Students will integrate leadership theory and practice through in-depth discussion with top leaders sharing their successes and failures in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Strategies to successfully guide organizations today and in the future will be explored as students gain insight into the current domestic and global business environment.

The MBA field study requires students to apply their business knowledge and organizational skills on a project of importance to a real-world organization. Acting as consultants to an organization, small teams of students investigate an issue (or issues) and make recommendations supported by findings and a review of literature.

In this course students will start with a real-life organizational case study, and assess, analyze and address the issues the business is facing. In a team setting, students will identify and solve the cases key concerns through use of prior MBA course work, material, and theories. Students will be asked to work collectively, with a team business report and presentation focused on evaluation and action steps as the culminating product.

Students apply research and analysis techniques to investigate and provide options to solve an organizational issue/problem. Experience is gained in defining research problems, designing a project, relating pertinent literature, and in collecting, analyzing, recording, and interpreting data. Prerequisite: 520.

This course addresses key principles of traditional and digital marketing spheres. Topics include market segmentation, product promotions, positioning & distribution of goods and services, brand management, and marketing plans and strategies. Students will also learn and engage in digital-centric thinking in forming a comprehensive and integrative marketing communication strategies.

This course helps prospective and practicing business leaders assess and develop their communication skills relating to managing and leading others. Students will look at communication strategically and practically studying topics that will enhance their management and leadership skills. Communication topics such as presentation development and delivery, conflict management, performance reviews and employee feedback, employee motivation and professional writing skill development will be addressed.

The purpose of this course is to develop skills necessary for students to conduct original quantitative and qualitative research. This course teaches students to design a research question, find literature to motivate and support new research, and develop testable hypotheses. Furthermore, this course develops students quantitative skills in order to apply appropriate statistical methods to answer research questions. Topics in statistics include hypothesis testing, nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis.

Courses on topics of interest to business students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit.

Self-awareness is one of the hallmarks of a great leader. During this course, students will gain systematic feedback from others who have a stake in your leadership development. The 360 Leadership Circle Profile assessment simultaneously provides leadership competency feedback while also revealing the underlying assumptions that determine a leaders pattern of strengths and limitations. This course will help students further develop strengths and create a roadmap for the future.