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PROGRAM: Master's Program Course Descriptions
| Prerequisite Courses (Business Majors) | Business Administration | |
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Prerequisite Courses (Business Majors)
| BM 201 | Principles of Management This course is designed to guide students through an understanding of management principles, organizational structure and function, and issues that confront managers in today's workplace. Particular emphasis will be given to elements of responsibility and authority, delegation, communication, change management, ethics, decision-making, organizational strategy and growth, teamwork, motivation, and principles of leadership. |
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| BM 211 | Principles of Accounting I Accounting concepts and methods, transaction analysis and recording, double entry bookkeeping, adjustment and closing procedures, uses of data processing. Formation and operation of partnerships and corporations. |
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| BM 221 | Business Statistics I Prerequisite: ST 151 or Approval of Program Director The course covers the principles of Statistics. Topics include interpretation of statistical data with and without use of probability, random sampling, confidence limits, and hypothesis tests. |
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| BM 361 | Management Science Prerequisite: BM 201 The course will provide an introduction to various operations management functions; organizational structure, product selection, process design, capacity and location management, quality management, forecasting, inventory management, and job design. Survey of current topics in Production, Operations Research, and Statistics. Emphasis will be placed on current literature and computer applications. |
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| BM 371 | Strategic Management Prerequisite: BM 201 This course focuses on some of the important current issues in strategic management. It will concentrate on modern analytical approaches and on enduring successful strategic practices. It is consciously designed with a technological and global outlook since this orientation in many ways highlights the significant emerging trends in strategic management. The course is intended to provide the students with a pragmatic approach that will guide the formulation and implementation of corporate, business, and functional strategies.implementation of corporate, business, and functional strategies. |
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| EC 201 | Principles of Economics This course presents the basic interactions of individuals, firms and government in a market-oriented economy. It includes analysis of market prices, interest rates, international trade and the role of monetary and fiscal policies in promoting economic growth and stability. Also it covers markets, demand, consumer behavior, nature of firms, measuring economic activity, inflation unemployment, money and banking, and the role of the government. |
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| BA 511 | Business Statistics and Analysis The course covers the application of Statistics. Derivation of basic statistical concepts used in business. Topics include probability distributions, moment-generating functions, sampling theory, statistical inference, regression, and correlation. Throughout the course, applications are drawn from business and industry. |
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| BA 512 | Advanced Strategic Management Prerequisite: BA 511 The course focuses on the application of conceptual models that clarify the interactions between external competition, firm positioning, patterns of technological and market change, and the nature and development of internal firm capabilities. We will develop a set of tools which are crucial for the formulation and management of a winning technology strategy. |
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| BA 521 | Leadership and Organizational Behavior This course will review how managers can become effective leaders by drawing on a knowledge of contemporary concepts in the areas of organizational behavior, change and leadership. In addition to developing diagnostic and problem solving skills, a major focus of this course will be helping students develop a professional competency in the interpersonal skills that numerous studies have shown to be critical for being a successful leader in an organization. Case studies, self-assessments, and experiential exercises will be used to develop skills that are at a professional level of competence and to explore practical applications of the concepts covered in this course. |
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| BA 531 | Operations Planning and Control Prerequisite: BA 511 Planning and control systems for the management of short and intermediate range decisions encountered in production and operations. Forecasting, production planning and scheduling, inventory management, MRP, capacity planning, just-in-time, and other current topics are covered. |
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| BA 532 | Advanced Management Science Prerequisite: BA 511 This course focuses on understanding levels for structuring, managing, and improving recurring business processes to achieve competitive advantage in customer responsiveness, price, quality, and variety of products and services. The fundamental principles are explored so that students learn to critically evaluate these and other operational improvement programs. |
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| BA 541 | Financial Management & Analysis Prerequisite: BA 511 This course examines the role of financial statement analysis in the evaluation of the firm and the prediction of its future condition. The major emphasis is on using financial statements for performance evaluation, equity valuation, credit analysis, and business decision-making. |
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| BA 551 | Marketing Management Theory Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course introduces the student to marketing management's role in an organization's total business strategy. Intensive study of marketing management; emphasis on marketing environment; development of marketing strategies and formulation of policies; integration of marketing with other functional areas of business through case studies. |
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| BA 573 | Project Planning and Management Seminar Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Selected and individualized methodology related to identifying, planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting research related to the culminating special project. |
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| CS 521 | Management Information System Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Analyses information systems from a management control perspective, emphasizing organization environment, technology, decision models and performance evaluation as determinants of information processing requirements. Cases and design projects explore the management of information processing systems, major functional applications, and the impact of information technology on individuals and society. |
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| EC 591 | Economic Analysis and Public Policy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Presents and develops the tools of microeconomic analysis and illustrates their use via applications to current issues. Students also explore the methods of microeconomic analysis of government growth and stabilization policies. |
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| IB 521 | International Management Theory Analysis of the strategic and operational issues that arise from the international nature of multinational corporations' activities. Issues covered include alternative internationalization strategies, interaction between firms and governments, dealing with global competitors, and staffing and organizational implications of cross-border operations. |
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Business Administration (Electives)
| BA 542 | Investment Theory & Portfolio Management Prerequisite: BA 541 A survey of investments including corporate and government securities, real property, and financial intermediaries. A survey of investment theory emphasizing security analysis, valuation, and portfolio management.. |
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| BA 552 | Consumer Behavior Theory Prerequisite: EC 201 or Approval of Program Director The course emphasis is on understanding the processes that influence the acquisition, consumption, and disposition of private and public sector goods and services. A comprehensive study of behavioral models and concepts to help understand, evaluate, and predict consumer behavior in terms of marketing implications. Determinants of consumer behavior are explored to gain understanding of the complex forces as they affect the marketplace. |
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| BA 561 | Financial Accounting Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Financial accounting and reporting related to development of accounting standards, financial statements, income measurement, cash receivables, inventory, property, plant, and equipment, intangibles, and investments |
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| BA 562 | Auditing Seminar Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director A study of advanced auditing and attestation issues, with an emphasis on operational auditing. Topics include professional ethics, risk analysis, internal control, fraud detection, analytical procedures, determining and assessing operational objectives, and reporting and implementing audit findings. |
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| BA 571 | Decision Making Theory Prerequisite: BA 511 An integrated approach to decision analysis in terms of theory and practice with the objective of gaining insights to both individual utilities, subjective probabilities, risk attitudes, use of decision models in decision support systems. Actual cases are discussed and the course culminates with individual student decision projects. |
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| BA 572 | Environmental and Risk Management Prerequisite: BA 511 This course is designed to introduce students to the complexities of making decisions about threats to human health and the environment when people's perceptions of risks and their decision-making processes differ from expert views. Recognizing the limitations of individuals in processing information the course explores the role of techniques such as decision analysis, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and risk perception in structuring risk management decisions. |
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| CS 562 | Data Communication & Computer Networks Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The course emphasizes basic principles and topics of computer communications. The first part of the course provides an overview of interfaces that interconnect hardware and software components, describes the procedures and rules involved in the communication process and most importantly the software which controls computers communication. The second part of the course discusses network architectures and design principles, and describes the basic protocol suites. The third part of the course introduces the concept of internet working, a powerful abstraction that deals with the complexity of multiple underlying communication technologies. |
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| CS 591 | Managing Electronic Commerce Importance of e-commerce and the role of Internet, strategic planning of e-commerce systems, value chain models, customer relationship thinking, supply chain management and industry analyses. The goal of the course is to initiate students into evaluation and preliminary study of data structures of electronic commerce and services from the point of view of companies and organizations, and evaluation of the development in chosen fields from the point of view of electronic commerce. |
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| EC 521 | Business and Economic Forecasting Prerequisite: BA 511 This course covers training for forecasting economic trends with major proprietary computer software used by professionals, main concepts and modeling techniques in forecasting, diagnostic checking, model selection, and forecast evaluation and reporting. |
4 |
| IB 591 | International Development Strategy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course covers the fundamentals of strategic management from the perspective of both large and small organizations operating internationally. It thus builds directly on prior studies in international business and focuses on corporate and business level strategies, rather than functional strategies. |
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| BA 511 | Business Statistics and Analysis |
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| BA 512 | Advanced Strategic Management Prerequisite: BA 511 The course focuses on the application of conceptual models that clarify the interactions between external competition, firm positioning, patterns of technological and market change, and the nature and development of internal firm capabilities. We will develop a set of tools which are crucial for the formulation and management of a winning technology strategy. |
4 |
| BA 573 | Project Planning and Management Seminar Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Selected and individualized methodology related to identifying, planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting research related to the culminating special project. |
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| IB 521 | International Management Theory Analysis of the strategic and operational issues that arise from the international nature of multinational corporations' activities. Issues covered include alternative internationalization strategies, interaction between firms and governments, dealing with global competitors, and staffing and organizational implications of cross-border operations. |
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| IB 522 | International Business Strategies This course covers the fundamentals of strategic management from the perspective of both large and small organizations operating internationally. It thus builds directly on prior studies in international business and focuses on corporate and business level strategies, rather than functional strategies. |
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| IB 531 | International Economics Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director An examination of the special problems and issues surrounding the economic interaction of sovereign nations. Topics include gains from trade, patterns of trade, balance of payments, determination of exchange rates, free trade and protectionism, international capital markets, and issues in international policy coordination. |
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| IB 541 | International Trade Policy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The class examines world trade in goods and services. Topics covered include theories of comparative advantage, gains from trade, distribution effects of trade, international factor movements and trade restrictions. Also included is a careful analysis of the political economy of tariffs, quotas and industrial policy. |
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| IB 551 | International Financial Management Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course provides a framework for understanding macroeconomic issues in the world economy. A significant portion of the course will be devoted to understanding exchange rates both in theory and practice. Topics to be covered include: theories of exchange rate determination with particular applications in international financial markets. |
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| IB 552 | Foreign Exchange This course deals with the diverse ways in which a company is exposed to foreign exchange risk and in particular how to manage these kinds of exposures. Emphasis is on the corporate view of international financial management. In additional to theoretical concepts, this course offers ample practical applications in the form of problems and case studies. |
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| IB 561 | International Marketing Theory Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Planning and implementing international marketing programs including those of multinational corporations; micro and macro marketing implications of economic development; consumer behavior, market research and strategy in other cultures. |
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| IB 571 | International Investment Theory Prerequisite: BA 511 This course covers theory and instruments used in developing international investment portfolios. Students gain an understanding of international capital and money markets through the development and management of their own portfolios. The course also covers the use of hedging strategies, asset pricing models and management of exchange risk. |
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International Business (Electives)
| BA 571 | Decision Making Theory Prerequisite: BA 511 An integrated approach to decision analysis in terms of theory and practice with the objective of gaining insights to both individual utilities, subjective probabilities, risk attitudes, use of decision models in decision support systems. Actual cases are discussed and the course culminates with individual student decision projects. |
4 |
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| BA 572 | Environmental and Risk Management Prerequisite: BA 511 This course is designed to introduce students to the complexities of making decisions about threats to human health and the environment when people's perceptions of risks and their decision-making processes differ from expert views. Recognizing the limitations of individuals in processing information the course explores the role of techniques such as decision analysis, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and risk perception in structuring risk management decisions. |
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| CS 521 | Management Information System Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Analyses information systems from a management control perspective, emphasizing organization environment, technology, decision models and performance evaluation as determinants of information processing requirements. Cases and design projects explore the management of information processing systems, major functional applications, and the impact of information technology on individuals and society. |
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| CS 562 | Data Communication & Computer Networks Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The course emphasizes basic principles and topics of computer communications. The first part of the course provides an overview of interfaces that interconnect hardware and software components, describes the procedures and rules involved in the communication process and most importantly the software which controls computers communication. The second part of the course discusses network architectures and design principles, and describes the basic protocol suites. The third part of the course introduces the concept of internet working, a powerful abstraction that deals with the complexity of multiple underlying communication technologies. |
4 |
| CS 591 | Managing Electronic Commerce Importance of e-commerce and the role of Internet, strategic planning of e-commerce systems, value chain models, customer relationship thinking, supply chain management and industry analyses. The goal of the course is to initiate students into evaluation and preliminary study of data structures of electronic commerce and services from the point of view of companies and organizations, and evaluation of the development in chosen fields from the point of view of electronic commerce. |
4 |
| EC 521 | Business and Economic Forecasting Prerequisite: BA 511 This course covers training for forecasting economic trends with major proprietary computer software used by professionals, main concepts and modeling techniques in forecasting, diagnostic checking, model selection, and forecast evaluation and reporting. |
4 |
| EC 591 | Economic Analysis and Public Policy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Presents and develops the tools of microeconomic analysis and illustrates their use via applications to current issues. Students also explore the methods of microeconomic analysis of government growth and stabilization policies. |
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| IB 542 | International Logistics Importance of water, railway, highway, air, and pipeline transport modes in modern economy; carrier management, government participation, and use of energy in transportation system. |
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| IB 581 | International Entrepreneurship Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The primary objective of this course is to highlight the implications for managers of the changing world economy. Emphasis is given to the globalization of competition and the changing nature of industry and the multinational enterprise. International differences are discussed in relation to marketing and other management decisions. |
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| IB 591 | International Development Strategy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course covers the fundamentals of strategic management from the perspective of both large and small organizations operating internationally. It thus builds directly on prior studies in international business and focuses on corporate and business level strategies, rather than functional strategies. |
4 |
| BA 511 | Business Statistics and Analysis The course covers the application of Statistics. Derivation of basic statistical concepts used in business. Topics include probability distributions, moment-generating functions, sampling theory, statistical inference, regression, and correlation. Throughout the course, applications are drawn from business and industry. |
4 |
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| BA 512 | Advanced Strategic Management Prerequisite: BA 511 The course focuses on the application of conceptual models that clarify the interactions between external competition, firm positioning, patterns of technological and market change, and the nature and development of internal firm capabilities. We will develop a set of tools which are crucial for the formulation and management of a winning technology strategy. |
4 |
| BA 573 | Project Planning and Management Seminar Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Selected and individualized methodology related to identifying, planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting research related to the culminating special project. |
4 |
| EC 521 | Business and Economic Forecasting Prerequisite: BA 511 This course covers training for forecasting economic trends with major proprietary computer software used by professionals, main concepts and modeling techniques in forecasting, diagnostic checking, model selection, and forecast evaluation and reporting. |
4 |
| EC 531 | Microeconomics Theory Microeconomics is presented as a self-contained, logically consistent set of theorems relating consumer preference, demand, production, cost, supply, and price in both the product and factor markets. |
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| EC 532 | Macroeconomics Theory A study of the measurement, growth, and fluctuation of aggregate economic activity with emphasis on static and dynamic theoretical techniques to ascertain the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policies in dealing with unemployment and inflation. |
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| EC 541 | Advanced Econometrics I Prerequisite: BA 511 Applying econometric techniques to analyze real-world problems in such areas as finance, economics, accounting and marketing; emphasis on empirical data analysis using popular statistical packages, case studies and reports. |
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| EC 542 | Advanced Econometrics II Prerequisite: EC 541 Concepts and methods of time series analysis and their applications to economics. Time series models to be studied include simultaneous stochastic equations and VAR, ARIMA, and state-space models. Methods to analyze trends, second-moment properties via the auto covariance function and the spectral density function and methods of estimation and hypothesis testing and of model selection are presented. |
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| EC 551 | Advanced Monetary Theory Prerequisite: EC 532 Topics are included methods of numerical analysis and econometric testing of equilibrium business cycle models, the role of monetary and fiscal policy in inflation determination, the nature of optimal monetary policy, dynamic games and time consistency in macroeconomic policy formation, central banking, and the theories of price stickiness. |
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| EC 561 | Advanced Labor Economics Prerequisite: EC 531 Relations between employers and employees as the latter are represented by organized labor. Collective bargaining as it relates to recognition, wages hours, working conditions, grievance procedure, seniority, health and safety, etc., and the impact of the law upon these. |
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| EC 571 | Managerial Economics & Operations Research Prerequisite: BA 511 Tools, concepts, and factual data used by economists in solving specific business problems; case method applications of principles, analytical tools, and sources of economic information to practical business situations. |
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| BA 571 | Decision Making Theory Prerequisite: BA 511 An integrated approach to decision analysis in terms of theory and practice with the objective of gaining insights to both individual utilities, subjective probabilities, risk attitudes, use of decision models in decision support systems. Actual cases are discussed and the course culminates with individual student decision projects. |
4 |
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| BA 572 | Environmental and Risk Management Prerequisite: BA 511 This course is designed to introduce students to the complexities of making decisions about threats to human health and the environment when people's perceptions of risks and their decision-making processes differ from expert views. Recognizing the limitations of individuals in processing information the course explores the role of techniques such as decision analysis, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and risk perception in structuring risk management decisions. |
4 |
| CS 521 | Management Information System Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Analyses information systems from a management control perspective, emphasizing organization environment, technology, decision models and performance evaluation as determinants of information processing requirements. Cases and design projects explore the management of information processing systems, major functional applications, and the impact of information technology on individuals and society. |
4 |
| CS 562 | Data Communication & Computer Networks Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The course emphasizes basic principles and topics of computer communications. The first part of the course provides an overview of interfaces that interconnect hardware and software components, describes the procedures and rules involved in the communication process and most importantly the software which controls computers communication. The second part of the course discusses network architectures and design principles, and describes the basic protocol suites. The third part of the course introduces the concept of internet working, a powerful abstraction that deals with the complexity of multiple underlying communication technologies. |
4 |
| CS 591 | Managing Electronic Commerce Importance of e-commerce and the role of Internet, strategic planning of e-commerce systems, value chain models, customer relationship thinking, supply chain management and industry analyses. The goal of the course is to initiate students into evaluation and preliminary study of data structures of electronic commerce and services from the point of view of companies and organizations, and evaluation of the development in chosen fields from the point of view of electronic commerce. |
4 |
| EC 562 | Economic Policy Theory Focused on analytical models of political institutions, this course is voting models, menu auctions, models of reputation, and cheap talk games. These models are used to explain patterns of participation in elections, institutions of congress, lobbying, payments to special interest groups, and other observed phenomena. |
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| EC 581 | Economics of Information The measurement and analysis of the role information plays in the economy and of the resources devoted to production, distribution, and consumption of information. Economic analysis of the information industry. Macroeconomics of information. |
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| EC 591 | Economic Analysis and Public Policy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Presents and develops the tools of microeconomic analysis and illustrates their use via applications to current issues. Students also explore the methods of microeconomic analysis of government growth and stabilization policies. |
4 |
| IB 521 | International Management Theory Analysis of the strategic and operational issues that arise from the international nature of multinational corporations' activities. Issues covered include alternative internationalization strategies, interaction between firms and governments, dealing with global competitors, and staffing and organizational implications of cross-border operations. |
4 |
| IB 591 | International Development Strategy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course covers the fundamentals of strategic management from the perspective of both large and small organizations operating internationally. It thus builds directly on prior studies in international business and focuses on corporate and business level strategies, rather than functional strategies. |
4 |
Prerequisite Courses (CIS Major)
| BM 201 | Principles of Management This course is designed to guide students through an understanding of management principles, organizational structure and function, and issues that confront managers in today's workplace. Particular emphasis will be given to elements of responsibility and authority, delegation, communication, change management, ethics, decision-making, organizational strategy and growth, teamwork, motivation, and principles of leadership. |
4 |
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| CS 201 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems Prerequisite: ST 171 or Approval of Program Director Overview of computer, communication, and software systems. This course covers business applications of information technology, managing the acquisition and use of application systems, and working with the information systems organization. |
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| CS 221 | Introduction to Data Structures & Algorithm Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course is an introduction to the design, analysis, and variety of algorithms. This course covers the specification of computational tasks, varieties of algorithms for tasks, demonstrating that algorithms perform given tasks, the structure of algorithms and measures for comparing the performance of algorithms. Also this course considers the implementation of algorithms and relevant data and program structures, and principles of program design. |
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| CS 301 | Information Technology for Networked Organizations Prerequisite: CS 201 Emphasis is placed on examining the information technology and its impact on modern organizations. This course covers the IT, Internet Technologies, E-Commerce and business models, organizing and modeling enterprise data, Network protocol and architecture, development of IT systems and, IT management and organization design. |
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| CS 331 | Principles of Programming Languages Prerequisite: ST 171 or Approval of Program Director Study of the principles relating to design, evaluation, and implementation of programming languages of historical and technical interest are considered as individual entities and with respect to their relationships to other languages. Topics discussed for each language include: history, design, structural organization, data structures, name structures, control structures, syntactic structures, and implementation of issues. |
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| CS 351 | System Analysis and Design Prerequisite: CS 201 or Approval of Program Director An introduction to information system concepts and the system development process. This course emphasizes the development phase of analysis, the application of structured methods, and the use of tools (computer and other). This course is also designed to understand the system life cycle approach and its phases and to apply a structured methodology to the analysis of real-world problems. |
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| BA 511 | Business Statistics and Analysis The course covers the application of Statistics. Derivation of basic statistical concepts used in business. Topics include probability distributions, moment-generating functions, sampling theory, statistical inference, regression, and correlation. Throughout the course, applications are drawn from business and industry. |
4 |
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| BA 512 | Advanced Strategic Management Prerequisite: BA 511 The course focuses on the application of conceptual models that clarify the interactions between external competition, firm positioning, patterns of technological and market change, and the nature and development of internal firm capabilities. We will develop a set of tools which are crucial for the formulation and management of a winning technology strategy. |
4 |
| BA 573 | Project Planning and Management Seminar Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Selected and individualized methodology related to identifying, planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting research related to the culminating special project. |
4 |
| CS 521 | Management Information System Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Analyses information systems from a management control perspective, emphasizing organization environment, technology, decision models and performance evaluation as determinants of information processing requirements. Cases and design projects explore the management of information processing systems, major functional applications, and the impact of information technology on individuals and society. |
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| CS 531 | Information Systems Planning Course applies principles of managerial planning to information systems. Covers strategic, tactical, and operational planning of IS, with special emphasis on linkage between strategic plans of organization as whole and those of IS. |
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| CS 532 | Organizational Transformation This course is targeted towards information systems professionals who are involved in the planning and implementation of large scale, cross-functional enterprise systems. Students will examine the characteristics of technology efforts that change and transform the way people perform their tasks and how the new technology structures the flow of information and decision making using workflow modeling methods. |
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| CS 541 | Staffing the Information Systems Function Prerequisite: CS 521 Systems theory, quality, decision making and the organizational role of information systems are introduced. Information technology, including computing and telecommunications systems, is stressed. Concepts of organization, information systems, and re-engineering are introduced. |
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| CS 551 | Information Systems Project Management Prerequisite: CS 521 or Approval of Program Director Students will be introduced to the processes and tool for the systems development life cycle including; analysis and design techniques; information systems planning and project identification and selection, requirements collection and structuring, process modeling, data modeling, design of interface and data management, system implementation and operation, system maintenance, and change management implications of systems. Globalization issues in systems will be discussed. Students will use current methods and tools such as rapid application development, prototyping, and visual development. |
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| CS 552 | Comparative System Dev't. Methodologies Prerequisite: CS 521 or Approval of Program Director Telecommunications fundamentals including data, voice, image, and video are presented. Students are introduced to the concepts, models, architectures, protocols, standards, and security for the design, implementation, and management of digital networks. Essentials of local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN), and wide area networks (WAN) are covered including transmission and switching efficiency and regulatory and technical environments. |
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| CS 561 | Data Modeling and Database Admin. Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The concepts, principles, issues and techniques for managing corporate data resources are introduced. Techniques for managing the design and development of large database systems including logical data models, concurrent processing, data distribution, database administration, data warehousing, data cleansing, and data mining are covered. |
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| CS 571 | Network Planning and Administration Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Approaches to managing the information systems function in organizations, including examination of the dual challenges of effectively controlling the use of well-established information technologies, while experimenting with selected emerging technologies are reviewed. The role of the CIO in the organization will be discussed. |
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Computer Information Systems (Electives)
| BA 571 | Decision Making Theory Prerequisite: BA 511 An integrated approach to decision analysis in terms of theory and practice with the objective of gaining insights to both individual utilities, subjective probabilities, risk attitudes, use of decision models in decision support systems. Actual cases are discussed and the course culminates with individual student decision projects. |
4 |
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| BA 572 | Environmental and Risk Management Prerequisite: BA 511 This course is designed to introduce students to the complexities of making decisions about threats to human health and the environment when people's perceptions of risks and their decision-making processes differ from expert views. Recognizing the limitations of individuals in processing information the course explores the role of techniques such as decision analysis, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and risk perception in structuring risk management decisions. |
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| CS 542 | Information Systems Resource Acquisition Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course introduces students to the management and technical skills required to be an Information Systems Consultant. It requires a working understanding of various technologies including hardware, software, database, telecommunications, and e-Commerce, and therefore should be taken late in the program. The course prepares students to observe, evaluate and make improvements in the way businesses deploy technology to accomplish their goals. |
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| CS 562 | Data Communication & Computer Networks Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director The course emphasizes basic principles and topics of computer communications. The first part of the course provides an overview of interfaces that interconnect hardware and software components, describes the procedures and rules involved in the communication process and most importantly the software which controls computers communication. The second part of the course discusses network architectures and design principles, and describes the basic protocol suites. The third part of the course introduces the concept of internet working, a powerful abstraction that deals with the complexity of multiple underlying communication technologies. |
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| CS 581 | Distributed Systems The purpose of the Distributed Systems course is to learn the state-of-the-art of practical distributed systems and to distill design principles for building large network-based computational systems. The readings and discussions will help in identifying the research frontier and extracting methods and general approaches to implement these advanced systems. Topics include dynamic packet routing, global namespace systems, component architectures, ontologies, resource allocation strategies, distributed security and authentication protocols, fault-tolerant databases, distributed artificial intelligence, and virtual worlds. |
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| CS 591 | Managing Electronic Commerce Importance of e-commerce and the role of Internet, strategic planning of e-commerce systems, value chain models, customer relationship thinking, supply chain management and industry analyses. The goal of the course is to initiate students into evaluation and preliminary study of data structures of electronic commerce and services from the point of view of companies and organizations, and evaluation of the development in chosen fields from the point of view of electronic commerce. |
4 |
| EC 521 | Business and Economic Forecasting Prerequisite: BA 511 This course covers training for forecasting economic trends with major proprietary computer software used by professionals, main concepts and modeling techniques in forecasting, diagnostic checking, model selection, and forecast evaluation and reporting. |
4 |
| EC 591 | Economic Analysis and Public Policy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director Presents and develops the tools of microeconomic analysis and illustrates their use via applications to current issues. Students also explore the methods of microeconomic analysis of government growth and stabilization policies. |
4 |
| IB 521 | International Management Theory Analysis of the strategic and operational issues that arise from the international nature of multinational corporations' activities. Issues covered include alternative internationalization strategies, interaction between firms and governments, dealing with global competitors, and staffing and organizational implications of cross-border operations. |
4 |
| IB 591 | International Development Strategy Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director This course covers the fundamentals of strategic management from the perspective of both large and small organizations operating internationally. It thus builds directly on prior studies in international business and focuses on corporate and business level strategies, rather than functional strategies. |
4 |
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