Business and Public Policy
Political, legal, economic, and ethical forces acting on business. Interaction of the market system and public policy process in the development of law and regulation.

Financial Accounting
Basic concepts and methods used in financial statements. Use and preparation of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows; application of concepts to accounting and reporting issues, including revenue and expense recognition, cash, receivables, inventory, marketable securities, long-lived assets, and debt and equity securities.

Financial Management
Theory, policy, and practice in financial management; financial analysis, sources of funds, investing, capital budgeting and structure, risk analysis, cost of capital, and dividend policy.

Information Systems Technology
Management information systems, databases and database management, telecommunications, and enterprise networks. Emerging technologies, including neural networks, multimedia, virtual reality, and videoconferencing. Functional information systems, systems life cycle, knowledge-based systems, computer security and control, and information resource management.

Managerial Accounting
Cost information in managerial decisions and operations of the firm. Cost data collection and analysis. Cost accumulation process. Techniques for using cost data in decision making, planning, control, and performance evaluation and in financial reporting and performance evaluation by others.

Managerial Economics
Intermediate microeconomic theory, with emphasis on production and costs, market structure and pricing, risk analysis, and investment theory and capital budgeting.

Marketing Management
Emphasis on the marketing process from the viewpoint of the firm. Market analysis, product planning, channels of distribution, pricing, and promotional decision making; developing an integrated marketing plan.

Operations Management
Fundamentals of operations management and strategic and tactical decision making. Inventory management, resource allocation, production planning, project management, location and transportation analysis, investment planning, queuing systems, equipment selection and maintenance.

Organization, Management, and Leadership
Integrative approach to organizational concepts, management principles, and the effects of leadership styles and human resource policies and practices on organizational performance in a global and competitive work environment.

Statistical Analysis for Managers
Statistical concepts employed in the solution of managerial problems. Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability, sampling distributions, statistical inference and testing, correlation analysis, regression modeling, analysis of variance. Introduction to forecasting and statistical process control. Statistical software is used for applications.

The World Economy
Key dimensions of the global economy, including international business opportunities and risks. Trade theory and policy, the balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, exchange rate systems and risks, and international payment systems. Foreign direct investments. The changing role of multinational corporations; elements of international corporate strategies.

Capital Formation
Determinants of saving and investment and resultant funds flow are evaluated. Special emphasis on the level and risk structure and term structure of interest rates. The role and management of financial institutions is stressed.

Financial Decision Making
Theory and practice of business finance, emphasizing the impacts of long- and short-term uses and sources of funds on the firm's value.

Financial Statement Analysis
Analysis and interpretation of financial statements for the guidance of management, directors, stockholders, and creditors; establishing firms' business profiles; balance-sheet restructuring and the identification of financial and accounting correction measures from financial statements.

Global Investment Banking
Examination of investment banking as practiced in a global context from a strategic perspective using case studies and readings. Topics covered include securities underwriting and derivatives instruments, risk management, and business development strategies.

Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Risk-reward analysis of security investments, including analysis of national economy, industry, company, and market; introduction to portfolio management; emphasis on theory and computer methods.

Applied Forecasting and Time-Series Analysis for Managers
Introduction to various forecasting techniques, including time-series regression models, cyclical trends, exponential smoothing methods, seasonal and nonseasonal ARIMA processes, and the Box-Jenkins approach. Application of forecasting methods in economics, finance, and marketing.

Cases in Financial Management
Advanced case studies in domestic and international financial management; working capital policy, capital budgeting, financing with debt and equity, dividend policy, valuation, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

International Business Finance
Analysis of major issues and developments in international business financial management and their impact on multinational corporations and financial institutions.

International Portfolio Management
Theory and practice of international investment. Portfolio construction and optimization. Effects of exchange rate changes on portfolio risk and return. International asset pricing models and trading institutions.

Strategy Formulation & Implementation
An integrative approach to strategic management, stressing formulation, implementation of strategy and policy, and evaluation and control of strategy in various types of organizations.

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