pdf filesGraduate Programs : EMBA : Course Requirements
The Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Program consists of foundation courses, functional courses, specialized courses, and a research project. This following is a sample of course offerings. The actual courses to be offered are subject to change and will depend on faculty availability.
Foundation Courses
Economics for Managers
Micro- and macroeconomic analysis for business decisions. Numerical, geometric, and essay applications of intermediate-level economic theory to business operations and management decisions on a local, national, and global issues.
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Preparation and use of corporate financial and managerial accounting information. Measurement and reporting of financial statements. Use of managerial accounting information in planning, control, decision making, and cost management.
The Political, Social, and Legal Environment of Business
Role and impact of business in society. Contemporary social, political, legal, and ethical issues that demonstrate mutual impact of economic and non-economic institutions both domestically and abroad.
Statistics and Operations Analysis
Operations planning and control and related computer applications. Elements of probability and statistics, quality management, inventory control, project management, and demand forecasting. Quantitative analysis and computer applications.
Functional Courses
Managing Organizational Change
How organizations evolve, how they are structured and designed, and how they function. Provides a basis for the application of practical models to increase organizational effectiveness. Diagnosis of organizational problems, management of change, and influence on organizational structure.
Seminar in Advanced Computer Applications and Information Systems for Management
Information systems architectures and internet/ intranet sites in information technology (IT) strategy, N-tier IT solutions development tools, and project management methodology for IT solutions. In-depth treatment of IT solution specifications, IT architecture development, IT development tools, and IT infrastructure.
Corporate Financial Management
Financial management. Corporate finance: financial statement analysis, valuation, capital budgeting, capital structures, dividend policy, and risk management.
Strategic Marketing Management
Strategic marketing management: the development, evaluation and implementation of marketing plans for product-markets. Strategic decisions, decisions which have a long-term impact on the organization.
Culminating Experience in Strategic Management
Case study analysis as a culminating experience option in fulfillment of the requirements for the master's degree. Strategy formulation, implementation, techniques and decision-making in the context of the economic, social, political and competitive global environment.
Specialized Courses
Seminar in International Business
Themes of culture in business, and computing and business. Themes of culture and environments; the multinational enterprise and forms of international structure and strategy; rationalization of value chains, locational decisions and FDI; foreign exchange; global and regional economic integration.
Seminar in Leadership Patterns and Opportunities
Analysis of leadership patterns and opportunities in increasingly complex organizational environments.
International Business Negotiating
Development of intercultural negotiating skills through cases involving protagonists, organizational contexts, and situations.
Courses in the Cohort with Sustainable Business Emphasis
Managing the Sustainable Business
Skills and perspectives required to manage and operate a sustainable business. Focus on the tools necessary to perform each business function (such as marketing, manufacturing, distribution, purchasing, HR, R&D, information systems, finance, accounting) taking environmental and social implications into account.
Business Management, Ecology, and Environmental Leadership
Impact of business organizations on the natural environment. Approaches to effectively respond to environmental issues.
Sustainability and Business Opportunities
Focus on business innovation to meet society's emerging needs. Practical knowledge and experience in understanding needs not met effectively by current business practices and in developing innovative business strategies to address them.
