MBA 701 Legal Aspects of E-Commerce
Examines the legal principles, obligations, and rights related to conducting business via technology.  Students will have the opportunity to research and apply this critical and expanding trend in the current business world.  Topics include: Data Privacy and Information Rights, Trademarks and Domain Name Issues, Copyright Clearances and Licensing Issues, Technology Transfer Agreements, Hosting and Telecommunications, Service Issues, Web Site Policy Issues, Disclaimers and User Agreements, Defamation, Online Contracting Issues, Authentication, Signatures, Fraud, Record Retention, Payment Systems and Credit Card use issues, Government Relations, Security, Web site Hacker Issues, Jurisdictional Issues and Tax Issues. Students will not only research and present these topics, but they will also apply them through creating and planning an online business considering all of the legal issues surrounding that endeavor.  3 credits

MBA 711 Writing
Focuses on written communication skills in a professional context. Emphasizes the importance of effective communications. Topics include business/corporate writing, technical writing and proposal writing.  This course also includes a review of grammar and mechanics.  Presentation skills are also addressed.  Students prepare several papers, including a research paper and deliver oral presentations of their research.  3 credits

MBA 720 Communications and Technology
Examines various technologies that work behind the scenes to keep a business operating successfully. Through collaborative learning, hands-on demonstrations, and research, students will learn about and experience these various technologies.  Major topics include personal computers - hardware, software, and troubleshooting; networks - theory, hardware, software, security and wireless technologies; systems - server operating systems and managing and protecting system resources; databases – theory, software, design, and administration; and voice communications – theory, hardware, and software.  3 credits

MBA 722 Strategic Planning
Examines the setting and prioritizing of goals in relationship to the mission, culture, resources, and objectives of the organization in order to gain competitive advantage. Organizational strengths, weaknesses, structure, culture, and past performance will be proactively analyzed. Trends will be identified and alternatives developed for an organizational strategic plan. Tools are introduced to facilitate the process, such as simulations, optimizations, database management, goal setting and decision-making software.  Students will prepare and present a strategic plan for an organization or business in the local community.  3 credits

MBA 724 Research
Focuses on the importance of research in leading a successful business enterprise. This course focuses on understanding the basics of good research design methodology (quantitative and qualitative) and the applications of those methodologies in current business/professional research. As particular aspects of methodology are studied in the more abstract (e.g., participant-observation, survey research, documents analysis), current management and technology literature, which relies upon these methodologies, will be read and critiqued. Students will be introduced to the role of statistical software packages in analyzing data.  3 credits

MBA 726 Professional Ethics
Examines personal and corporate values and ethics and how they are used in the realm of management functions. It actively examines present and future issues of the impact of technology on the workforce and management processes. Environmental and societal issues are also examined. Students will utilize case studies and participate in simulations to explore current ethical dilemmas. 3 credits

MBA 730 Managing Organizational Change
Examines the history of organizational development and organizational transformation. This course offers a solid view of intervention methodologies and guidelines. It reviews in depth the leading change strategies being used in a diversity of organizations today and explores emerging opportunities. This course makes use of numerous reading from the leading experts in the field – including a set of select readings on information technology and organizational change – and culminates around each student developing executive-level, mock change strategies. 3 credits

MBA 732 Financial Planning, Technology and Analysis
Examines corporate financial management, planning and analysis. Topics include: financial statements, financial statement analysis, budgets, stock markets, cost of capital, present and future values. Students will examine corporate annual reports, participate in a simulated stock market competition, prepare cash budgets, analyze capital investment opportunities, and conduct and present a team research project on a financial topic of their choice. 3 credits

MBA 734 Strategic Planning II: Project Management
Provides a thorough examination of the science and art of project management. This course is the capstone experience for the student.  MS Project and Excel are the software programs utilized. This course emphasized the processes involved in project/matrix management and their important role in the strategic planning process. Students will develop an understanding of the Project Management Institute (PMI) concepts, definitions, and approaches.  Students select a project from their workplace or other organization to demonstrate their ability to use project management software to manage a project. This experiential learning approach allows the student to apply the theory of this imperative skill in today’s workplace.  3 credits

MBA  742 Economics
Explores Macroeconomics in the United States and globally. This course will take a nonpartisan approach to analyzing economic principles and theories. The student will examine macroeconomic outcomes such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. The evolution of U.S. capitalism from the Great Depression to the present and major trends in economic policy will be studied. 3 credits

MBA 744 Strategic Leadership
Examines the need for strategic leadership at all levels in any organization, the need for people who know how to lead a team or organization to positive outcomes. This course will challenge the student to consider their own leadership styles, their own concepts of leadership, and the way leadership is displayed in their sector or industry or organization. Based on the study of leadership theories past and present, students determine skills of collaborative leadership which they wish to further develop including: leading in an environment of constant change and honoring the increasing diversity of our workplaces. 3 credits

Electives

MBA 705 Web Page Authoring
Utilizes Macromedia Dreamweaver MX2004. This course begins with an introduction to how the Internet works and then proceeds into the foundations of planning and designing a successful website. The course work covers topics such as adding and formatting text, organizing page content and layout, and adding shared site elements. The student will plan and develop a website using Dreamweaver MX2004. 3 credits

MBA 736 Telecommunications
Studies telecommunications as a business resource, with an emphasis on managing and using telecommunications to meet the goals of the organization.  Telecommunications technology is reviewed and current practices discussed.  Issues, critical to understanding telecommunications from a managerial standpoint are developed. The economic case for investing in telecommunications and organizing the telecommunications resource is evaluated. Topics include systems security and privacy, regulatory issues, and network design and management. Students obtain a solid understanding of both fundamental as well as state-of-the-art telecommunications in business.  3 credits

MBA 750 Professional Seminar: Critical and Current Issues
This course is designed to increase the student’s awareness of critical issues and current trends and philosophies in business management and leadership. The format of this course will include presentations from professionals from the business community, who will speak on their area of expertise; the study of articles and books on contemporary views in business management and leadership and students’ presentations on these current trends, critical issues, and philosophies. Prerequisite – MMT degree or approval of Director 3 credits

MBA 752 Advances in IT and Management
This course discusses emerging IT-related challenges and trends in organizations and is useful for business professionals who will need to deal with these challenges. Topics such as IT and Business Intelligence (BI), Knowledge Management (KM), and IT and Competitive Advantage will be addressed. Prerequisite – MMT degree or approval of Director 3 credits

MBA 754 Marketing Management
This course examines the impact of technology on marketing, and the strategic role of marketing in the overall goal of organizational success in a highly competitive and volatile market. The decision making process of managers will be explored as they lead the decision making and implementation of marketing strategy that encompasses project planning, pricing, supply chain management and promotion strategies. Prerequisite – MMT degree or approval of Director 3 credits