Department of Accounting

Programs

Master of Science

• •  Accounting - General Concentration, MS
• •  Accounting - Taxation Concentration, MS

Courses

Accounting

• ACC 5000 - Accounting Research and Data Presentation (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Study of methods used in research and data presentation in accounting; practice in using those methods.
  
• ACC 5080 - Taxation of Business Entities (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  Examination of the tax system faced by businesses operating in the United States. Business entities covered include C Corporations, S Corporations and partnerships. Topics include business formations, transactions between the entity and the owners, distributions, liquidations and reorganizations. Projects facilitate knowledge development of a variety of professional skills.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation) or equivalent with a minimum grade of “C-“.
  [Dual-listed with ACC 4580.]
  
• ACC 5180 - Advanced Issues in Corporate Taxation (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An advanced study of the taxation of corporations and shareholders at the federal level, with emphasis on Subchapter C, and tax planning.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation).
  
• ACC 5210 - Advanced Managerial Accounting (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  Focus is on the controller’s role in the decision-making process. Integration of accounting knowledge with other business and non-business disciplines is an important objective of this course. Topics may include, but are not limited to: cost accounting, profit planning and control, data analytics, working-capital management, transfer pricing, tax and risk management, and payroll systems.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5230 - International Accounting (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed to provide students with a background in international accounting. Emphasis will be placed upon the fact that accounting is not just a doctrine that has been handed down from generation to generation, but is actually the product of the environment in which it is used.
  
• ACC 5240 - Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course focuses on the critical role of accounting in helping managers address sustainability issues and measure sustainability performance. Because traditional models in accounting and financial reporting may be difficult to apply when measuring sustainability performance, frameworks such as the Triple Bottom Line concept or the Balanced Scorecard have been developed to accommodate the measurement of a firm’s performance on 3 levels: economic prosperity, environmental impact, and social justice. This course focuses on the challenges faced by managers and accountants in using traditional accounting techniques to measure and report on sustainable activities, and offers guidance on how to overcome these challenges in order to meet the needs of interested stakeholders. The course will examine the current state of sustainability measurement, disclosure, and assurance practices, as well as associated ethical issues, regulatory developments, and reporting standards.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5250 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  In this course, students gain the skills required to succeed in today’s highly analytical and data-driven economy. The course introduces the basics of data management, RFM Analysis, predictive modeling using decision trees and logistic regression techniques, design of experiments, customer segmentation and forecasting. This course includes lab work and a real data project to enhance competency of using analytics in real-world scenarios, and to engage in hands-on experience with SAS software to demonstrate capability of the concepts of data analysis.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MS in Accounting, MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate Program or permission of the program director.
  (Same as MBA 5230 )
  
• ACC 5260 - Advanced Excel and Oracle ERP Analytics for Business (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An in-depth study of leveraging Oracle Business Analytics and key Excel spreadsheet functions that are regularly used in business for data analysis. Development of skills in utilizing Oracle’s analytics module, extracting, loading, and transforming data from an Oracle ERP for external analysis, advanced Excel functions, pivot tables, linking to external data, statistics, and visualization.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MS in Accounting Program or permission of the program director.
  
• ACC 5270 - Current Issues in Technology and AIS (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A current-issues course designed to explore new developments in business technology and accounting information systems.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5280 - Partnerships and S Corporations (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  A study of the tax implications of forming and operating conduit type businesses, with emphasis on planning for tax minimization.
  Prerequisite or Corequisite: ACC 5080 /ACC 4580 (Taxation of Business Entities) or ACC 5180 , or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5310 - Auditing Theory Seminar (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  A study of advanced concepts, theories and techniques applied to external financial auditing and other assurance services. Topics may include forensic accounting, sustainability assurance services, internal controls, risk assessment, and the current regulatory environment.
  Prerequisite: ACC 4560 (Introduction to Auditing) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5340 - Accounting in the Business Environment (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Current behavioral accounting issues are examined, with an emphasis on ethics. Focus is on the roles of accountants in society. Topics are explored in a seminar environment.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5350 - Accounting Capstone Seminar (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course focuses on integrating classroom knowledge to solve accounting-based problems in a capstone experience. Students will complete case studies involving complex decisions, including ethical dilemmas, which require analysis, synthesis, prescription and application of accounting concepts. Domestic and global issues will be explored in a seminar environment with a strong emphasis on research, writing and oral communication.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5370 - Analysis and Design of Accounting Systems (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Focus is on the planning, analysis, and design of information systems. Topics include SDLC methodologies; feasibility analysis; project management; information-gathering techniques; use- case, structural, and behavioral modeling; computing architectures; security; user interface design; data storage techniques; and object approaches.
  
• ACC 5380 - Multijurisdictional Taxation (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A study of state and local tax laws including income, franchise, property, sales and use and excise taxes. The state and local taxation of individual and business entities is covered and planning opportunities are discussed. Additionally, the course examines the U.S. laws of international taxation as well as tax issues affecting U.S. multinational companies.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5390 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  A seminar approach to exploring contemporary issues facing the accounting profession. Selected topics may include issues related to the current financial reporting environment, regulatory actions impacting the accounting profession, corporate governance, social responsibility, global events, ethical issues and other relevant topics as identified. Students will develop competency in the professional accounting research process, an understanding of applying ethical decision-making frameworks, and improved performance in ethical thinking skills.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• ACC 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  
• ACC 5550 - Accounting for Not-for-Profit and Governmental Organizations (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Theory and practice of budgetary and fund accounting, financial reporting, measures of output and performance, techniques for planning and control, and auditing for non-profit and governmental entities.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5570 - Accounting Systems (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A study of emerging issues in accounting information systems. Students will develop competence in understanding and interacting with various systems.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5580 - Tax Research and Communication (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A research oriented course designed to emphasize the need for communication. Students will be required to conduct tax research and to make written and oral presentations on their findings.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5590 - Advanced Accounting Topics (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An examination of accounting issues related to business combinations and consolidated entities, partnerships, foreign transactions and operations, and other areas of concern as they are identified.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5640 - Accounting Regulation (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  A study of regulation of the accounting profession, with emphasis on taxation, business law, and professional standards.
  Prerequisite or Corequisite: ACC 5080 /ACC 4580 (Taxation of Business Entities) or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5645 - Advanced Study in Taxation and Law for Accountants (1)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An in depth study and review of specialized topics in taxation, business law and professional responsibilities for tax accountants.
  Prerequisite or Corequisite: ACC 5080 /ACC 4580 (Taxation of Business Entities) or equivalent. Admission to the MS in Accounting program or permission of the instructor, MS in Accounting director and department chair.
  
• ACC 5650 - Advanced Study in Business Environment and Concepts (1)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An in-depth study and review of the underlying reasons for, and accounting implications of, business transactions.
  Prerequisites: Admission to the MS in Accounting program or permission of the instructor, program director and department chair.
  
• ACC 5660 - Auditing Concepts and Applications (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  An in-depth study of professional auditing standards and application to audit engagements. Emphasis will be placed on system analysis, the relationship of internal control to audit objectives, and the purpose of selected audit procedures. Cases and simulations will be used where applicable.
  Prerequisite: ACC 4560 (Introduction to Auditing) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5665 - Advanced Study in Audit and Attestation (1)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An in-depth study of professional auditing standards and application to audit engagements. Emphasis will be placed on system analysis, the relationship of internal control to audit objectives, and the purpose of selected audit procedures. Simulations will be used where applicable.
  Prerequisites: ACC 4560 (Introduction to Auditing) or equivalent. Admission to the MS in Accounting program or permission of the instructor, MS in Accounting director and department chair.
  
• ACC 5670 - Advanced Study in Financial Accounting and Regulation (1)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An in-depth study and review of the accounting and reporting represented on the four major financial statements.
  Prerequisites: Admission to the MS in Accounting program or permission of the MS in Accounting director and department chair.
  
• ACC 5680 - Wealth and Tax Planning (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  A study of the federal transfer tax laws, with emphasis on family tax planning; also, a study of the income taxation of estates and trusts.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5780 - Issues in Taxation (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  This course examines specialized issues in taxation. Topics may include exempt organizations, advanced individual tax issues, selected corporate tax issues, and basic concepts in multi-state and international tax.
  Prerequisite: ACC 3580 (Individual Income Taxation) or equivalent.
  
• ACC 5900 - Internship (3-6)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  A full-time work situation for students in the Master of Science in Accounting program. A maximum of three hours may be included toward the thirty credit hours required in the program of study.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the accounting internship coordinator.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  
• ACC 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. ACC 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  
• ACC 5990 - Survey of Financial Accounting (3)

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  When Offered: Summer Session
  An intensive study of financial accounting topics in conjunction with the business environment.
  Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
• ACC 5999 - Thesis (6)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  Graded on an SP/UP basis until the thesis has been successfully defended and received final approval, at which time all grades will be changed to S.
  

Department of Computer Information Systems

Courses

Computer Information Systems

• CIS 5100 - Management Information System (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A study of the methods and procedures of computerized information systems and how they should be used to create viable management information systems. Includes administrative uses and limitations of information systems in a company. Measures of information system effectiveness, documentation procedures, data security, legal implications and personnel requirements as well as system configurations and software are included.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the department chair. 
  
• CIS 5250 - Issues in E-Business (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course examines the concepts and issues associated with using the technologies and processes of electronic commerce to facilitate the operational success of a contemporary organization. Through extensive use of the Internet, students will gain direct experience with the promise, problems and potential of using information technology and electronic commerce in individual and organizational endeavors.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the department chair. 
  
• CIS 5280 - Systems Management (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Introduction to General Systems Theory and its application to the analysis, design, and operation of information systems. Emphasis will be placed on the design and management of information technology, cybernetics, real-time systems, models and simulations, and man-machine systems.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the department chair. 
  
• CIS 5300 - Managing Information Technology (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A seminar course providing a broad overview of the information systems management function. Emphasis on information systems management, with particular attention on planning, organizing, and controlling user services and managing the computer information systems development process.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the department chair. 
  
• CIS 5350 - Advanced Database Concepts (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Investigation and application of advanced database concepts including Database Administration, database technology and selection and acquisition of database management systems. In-depth practicum in data modeling and system development in a database environment will be emphasized utilizing both mainframe and micros.
  Prerequisite: CIS 4790 (Current Topics in Information Systems) or equivalent.
  
• CIS 5450 - Project Management and Visualization (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course will focus on the leadership and presentation skills necessary to properly chose, design, lead and communicate an analytics project to senior business leaders, employees and external stakeholders. The course will include determining the business value of an analytics project; prioritizing various analytics projects and choosing the most important ones; communicating the business value of a project to the project team, clients and senior management; learning the art of making persuasive presentations; learning common presentation and reporting pitfalls. The course will also teach students how to create and deliver effective presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the program director.
  
• CIS 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• CIS 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• CIS 5580 - Data Communications and Networking (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to provide the student with the basic concepts of data communications and networks. Emphasis will be on the technical and the theoretical skills of data communications and networks that will be needed by those who will be involved in the analysis, design and programming of computer information systems. Students will be required to design a network.
  Prerequisite: CIS 3250 (Building Information Systems) (CIS 3250 can be taken concurrently).
  
• CIS 5585 - Advanced Data Communications and Networking (4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is a continuation of CIS 5280  and explores advanced topics in data communications and networking. It encompasses parts 3 and 4 of the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification and, upon successful completion, allows students to take the CCNA certification exam.
  Prerequisite: CIS 5280 .
  
• CIS 5610 - Global Information Technologies (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course presents students with the concepts and issues inherent in global information technology. The course examines the issues associated with using technology in a global environment, how global systems are developed, how culture, language, etc. impact systems and their development, outsourcing, strategies for global systems development and use, and issues facing Far East, European, Latin America, and Third World countries.
  Prerequisite: Graduate status.
  
• CIS 5620 - IS Strategy, Policy, and Governance (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course examines how to effectively lead an information systems organization. Chief Information Officers are tasked to take part in determining corporate strategy based on information technology and its potential role in corporate objectives - while determining the IS (Information System) strategy to most effectively implement the corporate strategy in terms of information technology, IS personnel, data, and telecommunications. That IS strategy will also be implemented in terms of an IS policy, and then executed as IS governance. IS governance will include personnel issues, legal and financial obligations, data privacy and security, vendor relations, and business unit liaison.
  
• CIS 5630 - Data Management (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course prepares students to understand basic concepts of databases; normalization and denormalization of data in the context of analytics; structured query language (SQL) to extract, manipulate, and transform data for data mining enabled analytical solutions for business problems; use of cloud resources for data storage and access; and emerging trends in data management.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate Program or permission of the program director.
  
• CIS 5680 - Developing Software Solutions (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course focuses on the building of software systems including programming, logic, managing operating systems, and configuring large information systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. In this course, students will use a popular software package to build a working programming interface to solve business problems.
  
• CIS 5710 - e-Business Systems (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This seminar course discusses e-business issues that are current, applicable, relevant, and interesting. Students are expected to develop and execute a team project throughout the course. Relevant areas of e-business studied will include: electronic commerce, personalization management systems, content management systems, customer relations management systems, and community systems. This course ties together concepts from different areas of management and the economic, behavioral, functional and technical aspects of information systems.
  
• CIS 5720 - Advanced Internet Technologies (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  In this course, students will have the opportunity to learn the technologies that are commonly used to develop e-business. These enabling technologies include ASP.NET, VB Script, Java2EE, XML, Web Service, XHTML, DHTML, Java Script, JSP, among others. The technologies that this course incorporates may change based upon current industry trends. This course concentrates on the skills to use these technologies and the business processes that drive Internet development, so that students are able to develop a robust, reliable, functional, and secure industry-level e-business web site.
  Prerequisite: CIS 5710 .
  
• CIS 5750 - Web Analytics (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course proposes to focus on the concepts and technologies every leading organization needs to realize the full potential of their web sites. Students will be introduced to Internet technologies and tools that allow for collection of web data (e.g., web traffic, visitor information), clickstream analysis, search engine optimization, analysis of paid search advertisements, social network analysis of social media sites (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), and information visualization in relation to web analytics. Current and emerging analytics technologies will be covered as well as ethical principles in relation to the use of web and social media data.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the program director.
  
• CIS 5830 - Security, Privacy and Ethical Issues in Analytics (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed as a broad overview of important security, privacy, ethical and societal issues that are relevant to the field of Business Analytics.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate Program or permission of the program director.
  
• CIS 5840 - Advanced Security (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed to cover the main common body of knowledge topics identified by the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification program. Topics include security management practices, access control, security models and architecture, physical security, telecommunications and networking security, cryptography, disaster recovery and business continuity, law, investigation, ethics, applications and systems development, computer forensics and, operations security.
  Prerequisite: CIS 5830 .
  
• CIS 5845 - Unstructured Data Analytics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  This course covers concepts and technologies that apply to the understanding, collection, and analysis of unstructured data from various resources (such as text, images, etc.). Other topics include, but are not limited to, legal and ethical issues when using public data as well as new emerging technologies and/or other forthcoming techniques applicable to unstructured data analysis.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MS in Applied Data Analytics, MBA Program, Business Analytics Certificate Program or approval of MS in Applied Data Analytics Program Director.
  
• CIS 5860 - Applied Analytics Project (1-6)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Students will work on a real world project taking raw data through the preparation, management and analysis phases to the presentation of results and recommendations from the analysis. Repeatable for credit up to 9 hours.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, Business Analytics Certificate or permission of the program director.
  
• CIS 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. CIS 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  

Department of Economics

Courses

Economics

• ECO 5150 - Business Economics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  Intensive study of economic decision techniques for management. Topics include estimation of demand and cost function, analysis of economic forecasts and business cycles, analysis of price and non-price competition, allocation and distributional effects of regulation, taxation, and fiscal and monetary policy, cost-benefit and cost effectiveness analyses for the not-for-profit sector. Primary emphasis will be placed on the understanding and application, rather than the theoretical and computational aspects, of these techniques.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program or permission approved by the Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs in the Walker College of Business.
  
• ECO 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• ECO 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• ECO 5621 - Environmental Economics and Policy (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  Analysis of the interrelationships among economic activity, government policies, and the environment; the benefits and costs of economic growth; the economics of environmental quality; the social costs of pollution; and the intertemporal allocation of natural resources.
  Prerequisite: ECO 2030 (Principles of Microeconomics) or ECO 2620 (Environmental and Resource Economics).
  [Dual-listed with ECO 4621.]
  
• ECO 5640 - International Macroeconomics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  This course aims to provide a basic knowledge of how international financial markets work. It is a combination of lectures and discussions covering theory and real-world policies, events, and evidence. The course can be broadly divided into three parts - foreign exchange markets, international financial transactions, and economic policies. The first part focuses on exchange rate behavior, foreign exchange rate markets, the determinants of the exchange rates. The second part of the course studies international financial transactions in a global macroeconomy. The goal of the last part of the course is to understand how the choices governments make about monetary and fiscal policies, or about exchange rate regime and capital mobility, affect economic outcomes, and why crises occur.
  Prerequisite: ECO 2040 (Principles of Marcoeconomics).
  [Dual-listed with ECO 4640.]
  
• ECO 5660 - Benefit-Cost Analysis (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  The study of the evaluation of competing public policy alternatives. The purpose of benefit-cost analysis is to inform government decision-making and facilitate the more efficient allocation of scarce resources. This course introduces the basic theory and principles of benefit-cost analysis and examines applications of the methodology.
  Prerequisite: ECO 2030 (Principles of Economics - Price Theory).
  [Dual-listed with ECO 4660].
  
• ECO 5720 - Applied Econometrics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  The course introduces statistical methods to analyze data to gain insights and make better decisions. The material focuses on the fundamentals, diagnostics and challenges of regression methods, which are fundamental to understanding causal relationships and trade-offs. The course seeks to equip students to think critically about data and the analyses based on those data, whether conducted by them or someone else. The course enables students to identify opportunities for data analyses to improve insights and decisions making. The course will include hands-on work with data and software.
  Prerequisite: ECO 2200 (Business and Economic Statistics II) or equivalent
  [Dual-listed with ECO 4720]
  
• ECO 5740 - Forecasting and Time Series Models (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  An examination of time series models for purposes of forecasting and performing time series regressions in economics, business, and the social sciences. Topics covered may include ARIMA, VAR, Granger causality, unit roots, spurious regressions, ARCH, and GARCH. Computer software will be utilized in applications.
  Prerequisite: ECO 2200 (Business and Economic Statistics II) or permission of the instructor.
  [Dual-listed with ECO 4740.]
  
• ECO 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. ECO 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  

Department of Finance, Banking, and Insurance

Courses

Finance, Banking & Insurance

• FIN 5020 - Applied Financial Analysis (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  The purpose of this course is to instruct the student in the use of electronic spreadsheets for the purpose of financial analysis. Financial models will be built and used for capital budgeting, working capital management as well as financial structure decisions.
  Prerequisites: Admission to the MBA Program and MBA 5600 .
  
• FIN 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring, On Demand
  
• FIN 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  
• FIN 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. FIN 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  

Department of Management

Courses

Management

• MGT 5040 - Employment Law (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  An examination of regulation of employment relationships in statutory (state and federal), common, and administrative law. Topics will include regulation of hiring, compensation and benefits, termination, and workplace safety. Laws emphasized will include Title 7 of Civil Rights Act, Worker Compensation, Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
  
• MGT 5045 - Introduction to Human Resources and Professional Issues (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  This course provides an overview of the various human resource management functions in organizations, examines current issues that face human resource professionals, and helps to develop students’ teamwork, interpersonal, presentation and professional skills. Students will get an opportunity to employ the science-practitioner model and develop solutions to current issues facing human resource professionals.
  (Same as PSY 5045 )
  
• MGT 5055 - Leadership, Groups, and Teams (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  This course is designed to provide a broad perspective on leadership and teams in the fields of I-O psychology and human resource management. The course will be divided into two sections. The first section, on leadership, will examine both historical and contemporary views of leadership in organizations. The second section of the course, on work teams, will examine the dynamics that occur when individuals must work closely together toward a common goal. Students will examine the theory and research on teamwork and group dynamics, as well as the ways that teams are currently used and managed in today’s organization.
  (Same as PSY 5055 )
  
• MGT 5065 - Organizational Development (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A study of the process by which behavioral science knowledge and practices are used to help organizations achieve greater effectiveness. Emphasis on nature, history, assumptions, strategies and models, intervention techniques, and ramifications of organizing development.
  (Same as PSY 5065 .)
  
• MGT 5150 - Behavioral Applications in Business (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course aims to give the student practice in applying concepts and techniques useful in solving managerial, organizational and human behavior problems. It will highlight current research and theoretical background in social sciences oriented to the solutions of business problems.
  Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
  
• MGT 5160 - Strategic Human Resource Management (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  Designed as a capstone course in the interdisciplinary M.A. degree in Industrial- Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management. A study of human resource policy and strategy and their application to the solution of strategic problems of the firm.
  Prerequisite: Completion of 24 hours in an Appalachian graduate program.
  
• MGT 5450 - New Venture Management (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An examination of the requisites associated with successful development and implementation of innovative strategies and new ventures in both entrepreneurial and intrepreneurial environments. Among the factors to be considered are the feasibility, operational planning, funding, initiation, and follow-through of innovative ventures.
  Prerequisites: Admission to the MBA Program, CIS 5280 , and FIN 5020 .
  
• MGT 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• MGT 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  
• MGT 5570 - Compensation (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  This course presents practical tools, methods, and a systems perspective to help advance students’ understanding of human resource management. The course covers compensation, benefits and related human resource functions such as performance appraisal, job analysis and selection practices.
  [Dual-listed with MGT 4570.]
  
• MGT 5620 - Managing the Global Workforce (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Focuses on the impact of global competition and multinational status of an organization on the management of human assets. Topics include organizational context; global expansion and HR planning; international recruitment, selection, and repatriation; compensation of expatriates; performance management; and HR issues in international joint ventures and alliances.
  
• MGT 5630 - Employee and Labor Relations (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  This course explores the historical development of U.S. employment relations, the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, and the legal framework of labor relations. The focus is on both union and nonunion settings, however special consideration of issues, terms, and strategies of union contract negotiation and administration are discussed. Strong consideration is given to public policy relating to the employment relationship. In addition to these topics, we will explore union governance and structure, collective bargaining and impasse resolution procedures, grievance procedures, employee involvement and opinions, and deviant workplace behaviors.
  [Dual-listed with MGT 4630.]
  
• MGT 5660 - Staffing (3)

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  When Offered: Fall
  A study of techniques used in employee selection and placement. Emphasis is on job and task analysis and the application of psychology in recruitment, biographical data, interviewing, work samples, assessment centers, rating scales, and testing.
  (Same as PSY 5660 .)
  
• MGT 5661 - Performance Management (3)

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  When Offered: Spring
  The study of methods used to describe and measure work behavior. Specific attention is given to developing competencies in job analysis and performance management in order to facilitate the evaluation of employee contributions to organizational success.
  (Same as PSY 5661 .)
  
• MGT 5671 - Training and Development (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  A study of the roles, functions, and skills of human resource development professionals. Consideration given to such topics as the philosophy and psychology of HRD, the design and implementation of training and development programs, and the major program areas and organizational settings for HRD.
  (Same as PSY 5671 .)
  
• MGT 5672 - Advanced Organizational Psychology (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An examination of theory and research focused on individual and social processes in organizations. Topics include organizational research methods, job attitudes, mood, work stress, motivation, leadership, work groups and teams, prosocial behaviors, organizational culture and climate, and organizational theory and structure.
  (Same as PSY 5672 .)
  
• MGT 5700 - Contemporary Issues in Management and Leadership (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to explore theories and practical applications of management and leadership in organizational settings. The major emphasis is on building the managerial and leadership skills necessary to diagnose and provide remedies for organizational level problems. Subjects covered include: management, leadership, strategic vision, organizational culture and values, motivation and empowerment, teams, leading diversity, and leading organizational change.
  Prerequisite: MGT 3630 (Intro to Organizational Behavior) or MGT 3010 (Survey of Management).
  [Dual-listed with MGT 4700.]
  
• MGT 5730 - Small Business Institute (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  The Small Business Institute provides graduate students an opportunity to act in a consulting capacity; under faculty supervision, in an operating small business. The purpose is to provide an experiential learning opportunity generally not available in the classroom. Each student is assigned to a business and is responsible for determining the source of the problem being addressed, proposing alternative solutions, and estimating the costs and benefits associated with implementing the proposed solutions.
  Prerequisites: Acceptance into the MBA Program or graduate standing and permission of the instructor.
  
• MGT 5770 - Business Ethics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  A study of the economic, political, social and legal environments within which business processes take place and how such environments affect the decisions that businesses and managers make.
  [Dual-listed with MGT 4770.]
  
• MGT 5900 - Internship (6)

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  When Offered: Summer Session
  A full-time work experience for a minimum of ten weeks in a setting expected to provide meaningful and challenging exposure to issues of human resource management. Prerequisites: admission to candidacy in the interdisciplinary masters program in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management, and permission of the internship coordinator.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  
• MGT 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. MGT 5989 does not count toward a degree
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  

Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management

Courses

Marketing

• MKT 5045 - Marketing Research and Information Systems (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An examination of the techniques and procedures involved in the collection, processing, analysis and organization of marketing information both in the U.S. and abroad. Emphasis is placed on how information is stored, disseminated, and used in order that the firm can formulate marketing strategies and develop marketing plans. An ethical perspective will be stressed.
  Prerequisites: Admission to the MBA Program, MBA 5420 , CIS 5280 , and FIN 5020 .
  
• MKT 5050 - Marketing Analytics (3)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  An examination of the techniques and procedures involved in analyzing marketing information for the development of marketing strategy. Analytical procedures that will assist managers in the areas of pricing, revenue management, forecasting, identifying customer needs, choice analysis, customer lifetime value, allocation of marketing resources, market segmentation, new product development, retailing and advertising will be reviewed.
  Prerequisite: MBA 5420  
  [Dual-listed with MKT 4050.]
  
• MKT 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• MKT 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  
• MKT 5550 - International Marketing (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An analysis of cultural, legal, political, and economic factors affecting marketing in world markets. Emphasis is placed upon the differences in life styles, beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and their influence upon the marketing decisions of the foreign firm.
  Prerequisite: MKT 3050 (Principles of Marketing) with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).
  
• MKT 5610 - Consumer Behavior (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  An examination of the psychological, sociological, and economic theories of buyer behavior. This is followed by analysis of the major current and classical empirical research studies designed to test the different theories of buyer behavior.
  Prerequisite: MKT 3050 (Principles of Marketing) with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).
  
• MKT 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. MKT 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  

Supply Chain Management

• SCM 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• SCM 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)

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  When Offered: Fall, Spring
  
• SCM 5690 - Global Supply Chain Management (3)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Global supply chain management is one of the most critical functions in organizations due to the competitive business environment. In order to gain global business opportunities, it is important for a business entity to actively participate in a global supply chain network. This course introduces students to global dimensions of supply chains, logistics and global transportation management, sourcing, facility management, supply chain infrastructure, and the management of global supply chains. A case-based approach pertaining to current topics that reflect the dynamic business environment will be used to reinforce and enrich course content.
  Prerequisite: Admission to the MBA Program, MS in Applied Data Analytics, MS in Accounting or permission of instructor.
  
• SCM 5900 - Internship (1-6)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  Graded on an S/U basis.
  
• SCM 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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  When Offered: On Demand
  This course is designed to provide access to University facilities for continuing graduate research at the master’s and specialist’s levels. SCM 5989 does not count toward a degree.
  Graded on an S/U basis.