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Accounting Principles
Accounting Principles Concentration
The coursework in this concentration emphasizes practical knowledge of key accounting principles and lays the groundwork for CPA* or CMA exam preparation. Graduates with the MBA Concentration in Accounting Principles will graduate prepared to lead successful careers in governmental or for-profit/not-for-profit controllership.
*While this program lays a foundation for the CPA exam, it will not necessarily give you all of the educational requirements needed to sit for the exam. Visit NASBA.org for more information on requirements.
Note: If a student has not taken or waived MBA 640 they can count either ACCT 800 or ACCT 804 in place of MBA 640 and chose an additional course from the elective list.
Required Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)
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ACCT-800 Graduate Financial Accounting I
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This introductory-level accounting course provides students with a solid base in accounting fundamentals, including U.S. GAAP, the conceptual framework, nature of accounts, journal entries, and ultimately, financial statements. Provides in depth coverage of the process by which accountants analyze, journalize, post, and summarize transactions. Reviews and analyzes multiple examples of current financial statement presentations. Financial ratio analysis and time value of money techniques will be integral to this learning experience. For MSA, GDPA, & MST Students this is the first course in the financial accounting sequence. For MBA students, this potential elective course builds upon concepts learned in MBA 640 which is why it should be taken after completing or waiving MBA 640.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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ACCT-804 Cost and Managerial Accounting
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Examines the concepts and practices of cost measurement: variable costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, setting goals and monitoring performance, standard costing, and variance analysis. Students learn how to work with multiple products; standard mix and mix variances; joint and by-product costing; measurement and control of overhead costs; and constructing operating, working capital, and capital budgets. Students study analysis in support of decisions, such as pricing, setting product line and customer profitability policy, sourcing of products and services, and matching costing systems to strategy. For MSA, GDPA, & MST Students this is the first managerial accounting course you will take. For MBA students, this potential elective course builds upon concepts learned in MBA 640 which is why it should be taken after completing or waiving MBA 640.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
Elective Course (1 course, 3 credits)
Choose one elective from the following list:
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ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
Prerequisites:
ACCT-800 or MSA Program Director permission
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This is the first of two intermediate-level accounting courses that build on students' learning in ACCT 800, going in-depth into measurement and reporting of asset, liability, and stockholders' equity accounts for external financial reporting purposes. Discusses pronouncements of authoritative sources such as the SEC, AICPA, and the FASB. Introduces students to IFRS and their similarities to and differences from U.S. GAAP. Develops strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services
Prerequisites:
ACCT-800 or MBA-640
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Introduces the field of auditing, with a concentration in auditing historical financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and some exposure to auditing the internal control over financial reporting of large public companies. Covers the environment, standards, regulation, and law of auditing in the US, with some exposure to the international environment. Covers audit planning, risk, and materiality assessments, audit evidence, evaluation of internal control, documentation, and audit reports. Includes researching and resolving practice-oriented problems and practice in using computer-assisted audit techniques and electronic confirmations.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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TAX-801 Federal Taxation I
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Focuses on the federal income taxation of individuals with some discussion of business taxation. Explores the basic structure of individual income taxation, including the individual tax formula, income, deductions, and credits, and provides an introduction to property transactions. Emphasizes how tax laws affect everyday personal and business decisions.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
Creative Disruption: Entrepreneurship for New and Existing Businesses
Creative Disruption: Entrepreneurship for New and Existing Businesses Concentration
Students may select three (3), from this list of seven (7) courses, that can be combined to provide actionable knowledge about creativity, innovation, and organizational change all in an entrepreneurial context of creating something new and valuable.
Required Courses (3 courses, 9 credits)
Select three (3) courses from the following list:
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MGES-800 Business Startups
Credits:
3.00
Description:
In this introductory course you will learn a deliberate process of opportunity recognition. You will learn how to generate ideas that fit within your and your team's mindset, as well as your knowledge, skills and abilities intended to improve the likelihood of success. Once your opportunity is identified, you will determine its level of feasibility from the conceptual stage, industry and competitive analysis, through legal and financial risk areas, leading to a go or no go decision. Topics include the individual and team mindset, identifying, growing and seizing opportunities, the founder and the team, and growth strategies. Financial topics include verifying the cost structure, making credible assumptions, identifying financial needs and sources, and preparing forecast financial statements, leading to a final presentation pitching the feasibility of your opportunity.
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MGES-802 Corporate Entrepreneurship
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Corporate entrepreneurship refers to alternative approaches that existing firms use to innovatively generate new products, new services, new businesses and new business models. This course emphasizes the cultivation of each student's ability to evaluate innovations and business models for development in a corporate setting. It emphasizes various kinds of internal corporate ventures and multiple external collaborative approaches that include corporate venture capital investments, licensing and different types of alliances and formal joint ventures. Special emphasis will be placed on skills needed to promote and manage corporate entrepreneurship, including opportunity recognition, selling an idea, turning ideas into action, developing metrics for venture success and strategies for aligning corporate entrepreneurial projects with company strategies and growth opportunities and managing the conflicts that may arise between existing businesses and corporate entrepreneurial ventures. Students will also learn to identify the elements of an organization's culture, structure and reward and control systems that either inhibit or support the corporate entrepreneurship, and analyze how corporate entrepreneurial activities relate to a company's ability to drive innovation throughout the organization.
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MGES-810 Social Entrepreneurship
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Social entrepreneurship is about applying innovative financial and operational solutions to ameliorating intractable social problems such as health care, education, poverty, climate change and human rights. This course will not only introduce you to the issues and challenges faced by social entrepreneurs the world over, but will also focus on the various business models adopted by social enterprises. The class will be case-based (2 books) with two short exams, one additional book to read, and an out of class project (individual or group--your choice).
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MGES-842 Global Innovation & New Product Development in Virtual Team
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Corporations place high importance on innovation and new product development for competitiveness and profitability. Since many companies are operating in a global environment, there's a need to find ways to harness the talent of people at multiple locations. This course is designed to teach global innovation and new product development using virtual team and connectivity techniques involving multiple locations/countries, while equipping students with the necessary knowledge, expertise and capabilities towards this goal. This course may also be conducted with Suffolk Law School students.
Type:
MBA International Business
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MGES-843 Business Opportunities Using Design Thinking and Biomimicry
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Ever wonder what great breakthroughs are on the horizon to improve business thinking, processes, products, and services? If you have, this course is for you. We will learn about how businesses are using principles of design thinking and biomimicry to create entirely new ways of meeting the challenges of modern business: those are, needs to reduce costs, increase revenues, minimize waste & energy use, maximize novel approaches, & meet consumer and business needs. You may recognize the term design thinking if you are a follower of Apple, Inc. which has used this process in the development of all of their products and services over the past 15 years. Biomimicry principles are those that seek their inspiration from nature; after all, nature has been problem-solving for 3.8 billion years -- surely there is something to learn from this to be adapted to solving modern challenges. The course will be both conceptual and practical with various experiential learning opportunities.
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MGES-848 Green and Sustainable Business
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Over the past decade, the world of business and the environment has exploded. Beginning as an engineering-driven movement among a handful of companies during the 1980s, many firms have learned that improved environmental performance can save money and create competitive advantage. Much of the focus over the last 30 years has been on larger businesses. But now the big businesses are encouraging their small and mid-sized enterprises vendors and partners to pay attention to these concerns also. Consequently, the greening of Small Business is of utmost importance as many small businesses are a part of the supply chains of larger companies. And improving their performance can strengthen the business relationships of all parties by becoming cleaner, greener and sustainable businesses. This course will cover all aspects of green and sustainable business from innovation to new products to greening of the supply chain. It will cover how small and large businesses like General Electric, General Motors and others are paying attention to this very critical topic and taking actions which benefit the environment as well as their bottom lines and thus creating entrepreneurial opportunities in this growing market.
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MGES-890 E-Project Practicum
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This advanced course is held in an experiential setting to help entrepreneurial-minded students, managers, etc. develop and practice their business skills working with real startups or small business under pro bono consulting arrangements. This course will be under the supervision of a faculty member, coach and advisor. Students will learn to assess client situations, develop alternatives and identify and defend solutions, at times within the client organization. This course is offered as a joint practicum with Suffolk Law School or as an independent study.
Finance
General Finance Concentration
Finance is evolving quickly, and you want to do more than just keep pace. You want to be at the forefront of change, ready to lead. With this concentration, you’ll explore areas such as corporate finance, portfolio management, investment banking, and international finance.
General Finance Concentration
Required Course (1 course, 3 credits)
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FIN-808 General Theory in Corporate Finance
Prerequisites:
Take MBA 650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course extends the body of knowledge acquired in MBA 650. Students expand knowledge of dividend theory, capital structure theory, capital budgeting, long-term financing decisions, cash management and corporate restructuring, market efficiency, and risk and liability management.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
Elective Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)
Choose two (2) electives from the following list:
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FIN-810 Investment Analysis
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Students examine markets for investment procedures, valuation models, basic analytical techniques, and factors influencing risk/return tradeoffs. This course emphasizes the professional approach to managing investment assets. A variety of investment vehicles are discussed, including stocks, bonds, options, and futures.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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FIN-812 Capital Budgeting
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Students examine techniques and decision-making rules for the evaluation and selection of long-term investment projects by corporations and the interaction of investment and financing.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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FIN-814 Options and Futures
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Students explore the pricing of options and futures contracts, the characteristics of the markets in which these contracts are traded, options and futures strategies, and the application of these contracts in the hedging of financial positions. In addition, students are exposed to swap markets and a variety of swaps.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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FIN-816 Risk Management in Banking and Finance
Prerequisites:
Take MBA-650;
Credits:
3.00
Description:
The course introduces students to the structure and management of international financial-services firms and methods through which financial institutions manage risk. The course discusses tools for identifying, measuring, evaluating, and managing risks, such as interest rate, credit, foreign exchange, liquidity, market, sovereign, and operational risk. The course also introduces key regulations and discusses important ethical issues in the financial-services industry.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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FIN-818 Financial Econometrics
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Students are introduced to mathematical statistics and basic econometrics. They study fundamental econometric tools as well as hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, linear regressions, simultaneous equations, and models of qualitative choice.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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FIN-825 International Finance
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course covers corporate financial decisions in an international setting with a focus on foreign exchange management and capital budgeting.
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FIN-881 Real Estate Finance
Prerequisites:
Take MBA-650;
Credits:
3.00
Description:
Students are introduced to the language and principles of real estate. Includes an overview of decision-making in the field, with particular emphasis on investment and asset management.
Term:
Offered Fall Term
Marketing
Marketing Concentration
Marketing has become a rapidly evolving field with the onset of globalization, new technologies, and modern lifestyles. Having expertise in areas such as consumer behavior, strategy, and research methods can increase your marketing career opportunities.
Required Courses (3 courses, 9 credits)
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MKT-810 Marketing Research for Managers
Prerequisites:
MBA-625, OR SBS-604, OR MBA-622; AND MBA-660
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course explores the role of research in marketing decision-making, including the cost and value of information. The course uses cases and problems to explore problem definition, research design, sampling, questionnaire design, field methods, data analysis and reporting.
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MKT-814 Strategic Marketing
Prerequisites:
MBA 660
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course is designed to provide you with both a sound theoretical and an applied approach to developing and implementing marketing strategy at multiple levels of the organization - corporate, division, strategic business unit, and product. Special emphasis will be placed on dealing with contemporary marketing issues in the highly competitive global environment. The course presentation will combine lectures, case studies, guest speakers, and a semester-long, team-based project.
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MKIB-819 Global Perspectives in Consumer Marketing
Prerequisites:
Take MBA-660;
Credits:
3.00
Description:
A key to successful marketing is cracking the code of consumer behavior. The scope of this course is analyzing consumer behavior both at home and abroad, particularly contrasting the emergent markets in the East with more established Western markets. This comparison highlights issues such as the role of consumption in negotiating modernity while honoring tradition, responses of consumers to innovations, the role of social class and status in consumption, and value placed on authenticity in different cultural milieus. This course is constructed in three modules. The first focuses on the globalization of consumption, the second on the adoption and consumption of innovations, and the last on special topics in cultural and cross-cultural studies.
Type:
MBA International Business
Strategic Management
Strategic Management Concentration
This concentration gives you the tools to understand and analyze business organizations in a holistic way as they relate to their competitive and institutional contexts. You will understand how firms mobilize and reinvent their resources, outperform competition, and deliver superior performance to shareholders and other key stakeholders.
Required Courses (3 courses, 9 credits)
Choose three (3) from the following list:
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MGSM-800 Business Consulting
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course prepares you for the practice of consulting either within the organization or as an external consultant. Topics include: The practice of consulting, finding opportunities, managing the consulting firm, facilitating the consulting engagement including by focusing on client problems, and review of popular models and tools for problem solving.
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MGSM-833 Corporate Innovation
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course is designed to provide you the tools to analyze your organization's competitive situation and develop innovative strategies and proposals that disrupt your competition and are game changers for your industry. You will also learn how to develop blue ocean strategies that create new growth opportunities and bring new customers into your industry. Next, you will learn how to assess existing business models and design business models supportive of your overall innovation-based strategy offerings. Lastly, you will learn how to access and leverage external sources of innovative ideas through the processes of open innovation, including crowd sourcing and co creation and their application in diverse industry settings.
Term:
Offered Both Fall and Spring
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MGSM-834 Mergers and Acquisitions
Prerequisites:
MBA-650
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course is designed to examine the underlying theoretical foundations and practice of decisions central to corporate strategy development. Since this subject is important to scholars in strategic management, financial economics, and public policy, it is approached from an integrative, interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include: the history of merger waves in America and comparative global trends; types of mergers; merger financial and economic motives; strategic and managerial motives; acquisition processes; synergy of the diversified corporate portfolio; empirical evidence of merger success; post-merger integration; divestment; takeover defense strategies; leveraged buyouts; and public policy issues. Students will develop conceptual and analytical skills required for effective merger and divestment analysis through class lectures, selected readings, case discussions, and guest speakers.
Term:
Offered Spring Term
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MGIB-835 International Strategy
Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course addresses the creation of competitive advantage in a multinational firm. Topics include: analysis of the nature of globalization, the formulation and implementation of international strategy, market entry and organizational forms, and the management of global operations.
Term:
Offered Fall Term
Type:
MBA International Business
