| MBA Courses Depending on your academic background and GMAT performance, a student may be required to complete additional prerequisite coursework to prepare them for the program. The Craig MBA Program is 36 units, excluding prerequisites. Group I—Prerequisites (MBA 200, 201, 203, 204 and 205)
MBA 200. Managerial Economics (3). Prerequisites: finite mathematics, admission to graduate business program or permission of director. Logic and methods of economic analysis for business decisions. Production, cost, supply; buyer behavior, consumer demand, derived demand; forecasting; market structure, pricing, negotiation; government regulation; risk, uncertainty, macroeconomic concepts. Lecture. MBA 201. Accounting and Information Systems (3). Prerequisites: electronic spreadsheet literacy, and either admission to graduate program in business or permission of director. Concepts and terminology of financial and managerial accounting and information systems. Transaction processing systems and planning and control systems integrated with data capture, data classification, information storage and organization, information access and display/reporting. Lecture. MBA 203. Methods of Decision Sciences (3). Prerequisites: linear functions, familiarity with PC-based micro computing and spreadsheets, and either admission to the graduate business program or permission of director. Statistical concepts, inferential statistical methods, management science techniques. Descriptive statistics; discrete random variables; expected value decision theory; continuous distributions; sampling distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; linear regression and correlation; chi-square tests; time series analysis and forecasting; simulation. Lecture. MBA 204. Global Environment of Business (3). Prerequisite: admission to the graduate business program or permission of director. Introduction to global business environment. Cultural, economic, political, and legal systems. Advances in global trade, marketing, production, accounting, taxation, financial and payment systems. Impact of technological advances, multinational corporations, and nation-states on the performance and competitive ness of businesses. Lecture and case. Lecture. MBA 205. Production and Operations Management (3). Prerequisites: MBA 203 or concurrently, admission to the program or permission of director. Production and operations systems; product development; process selection; facility location and design; transportation management; method analysis; job design; work measurement; planning and control; project management; inventory control; just-in-time philosophy; total quality management. Lecture. Group II courses develop the key managerial and professional skills expected of an MBA candidate. (Click on course for catalog description). All Group II courses are required. MBA 210. Leadership and Organizational Behavior (3) (Required). A seminar that examines management functions and behavioral processes as they relate to complex problems in today's dynamic organizations. Special emphasis on leadership, organizational change, and motivational issues. Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. MBA 211. Management Information Systems (3) (Required). Prerequisites: MBA 200 and 201. Management and technical aspects of computer-based information systems. Emphasis is on issues for non-IS managers in the areas of inter- and intra-organizational systems; system development, acquisition, and implementation; software, hardware, and data resource management and control. (Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. MBA 212. Financial Management (3) (Required). Prerequisites: MBA 200, 201, and 203. Theories, concepts, and techniques in financial management; financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and working capital; risk and return analysis, valuation models, cost of capital and capital budgeting; capital structure, dividend policy and long-term financing. Special contemporary topics in financial management. Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. MBA 213. Managerial Accounting (3) (Required). Prerequisites: MBA 200 and 201. In-depth consideration of several topical areas in accounting analysis related to both profit and not-for-profit organizations, with emphasis on currently controversial issues. Analysis includes budgetary planning, cost analysis, internal control and case studies. Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. MBA 214. Marketing Management (3) (Required). Prerequisites: MBA 200-204; 203 or concurrently. Analysis of the concept of marketing, the marketing strategy development process at strategic business unit level, and segmentation and positioning strategies. The development of product, price, promotion, and distribution strategies. Examination of product, price, promotion, sales, and distribution management topics and issues through case analysis. Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. MBA 215. Regulatory and Ethical Environment of Business (3) (Requirements). Prerequisites: MBA 210-214 or concurrently. Relationships among personal ethics, corporate social responsibility, and regulatory policy on business decision-making. Evaluation of business decisions, corporate goals, and regulatory statutes and process in terms of their ethical quality and adherence to sound policy. Lectures, discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises. Group III—Electives (MBA 220-274) Group III courses allow the student to integrate the knowledge from Groups I and II and specialize in specific subject areas. Students will select three courses based on one of the following options: Agribusiness, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Finance, Management Information Systems or Marketing (Click on option for description option and courses): Agribusiness MBA 279. Seminar in Business Policy and Strategy (3) (Required). Prerequisite: completion of Group II or concurrently. Evolution of strategic management, globalization of strategy, role of multinationals, competitive advantage strategy formulation; implementation; control issues; role of top and middle management; ethics; and culture. Students must complete a “culminating experience” for their MBA that can either be a team or individual management project (MBA 298) or a thesis (MBA 299). Students who choose to take the MBA Team Consulting Project or the individual project (MBA 298) must take one additional elective. Students who choose the thesis (MBA 298) must take a course in research methodology (MBA 216 or equivalent). MBA 298. Management Project (3) Prerequisites: MBA 216, Advanced to Candidacy, and permission of director. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Examination of the work and problems general managers of business units face as chief strategists and organization builders. Independent analysis of an operating industry, business, or a principals functional area of an organization. Case studies and field research project. Approved for SP grading. MBA 299. Thesis (3) Prerequisites: MBA 216, Advanced to Candidacy, and permission of director. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved for SP grading.
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