The Foundation courses build basic knowledge in all the business disciplines, and can generally be waived for recent business graduates or via applicable professional training.

MBA 600A- Financial Accounting:

An introduction to the concepts and procedures underlying financial accounting and to the use of financial accounting information for decision making.
2 semester hours.

MBA 601A - Managerial Accounting:

An introduction to the concepts underlying the preparation and use of accounting data by managers as they plan control and make decisions within the organization. Topics covered include just-in-time (JIT) systems, activity based costing (ABC), flexible manufacturing environment, theory of constraints, and cost of quality. Prerequisite: MBA 600A.
2 semester hours.

MBA 610 - Business Data Analysis:

An introduction to the statistical techniques of collecting, classifying and analyzing data, the fundamentals of probability theory, probability distributions, the central limit theorem and estimation.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 611 - Statistical Techniques for Decision Analysis:

An introduction to methods that are central in generating information for decision analysis. Topics include hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and experimental design. Prerequisite: MBA 610.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 612 Manufacturing and Service Systems:

An introduction to both traditional and modern manufacturing and service systems, including operating philosophies that drive these systems and the important tools and techniques used therein. Prerequisites: MBA 610 and MBA 611.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 620 - Financial Analysis and Markets:

An overview of finance to include the analysis of financial statements, valuation concepts, capital budgeting techniques, capital structure analysis, working capital management, and capital market financing instruments. Prerequisite: MBA 600A.
3 semester hours.

MBA 630 - Marketing Essentials:

Fundamentals of marketing, including macro and micro concepts that affect marketing management. An introduction to marketing terminology, definitions, theories, concepts, and practices. Emphasis on decision variables used by marketing managers, both at the domestic and global level.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 640 - Microeconomics:

Basic microeconomic principles and their applications. Topics include consumer behavior, production theory, and the interaction of buyers and sellers in various kinds of markets.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 641 - Macroeconomics:

Basic macroeconomic principles and their applications. Topics include national income, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the economic role of the government in the United States. 1.5 semester hours.

MBA 650 - Organizations and Their Environments:

A study of the social, cultural, political, and legal environments of organizations (profit and non-profit), and of their impact on management at all levels. Emphasis is given to resultant problems and their resolution to include ethical considerations in the policy decision process.
1.5 semester hours.

MBA 660 - Information Technology and Systems:

An introduction to the basic technology underlying information systems and to the concepts and techniques needed to analyze, design, and manage those systems. 1.5 semester hours.

MBA 670 - Organizational Theory and Behavior:

An introduction to management topics conceptualized at the organization and subunit levels of analysis with primary focus on how organizations generate capacities for change in response to their environments. Emphasis on organizational design as a means of adaptation.
3.0 semester hours.