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Courses - Spring 2023
BUSI
Part-Time MBA Program Department Site
BUSI600
Fundamentals of Business Decision Making
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's) program OR Permission of BMGT-Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Additional information: Pre-work includes the DISC assessment, and a requires a passing grade on a spreadsheet pre-work course.
Introduces students to the language of business. Topics covered include financial accounting, financial management, data models, strategy, leadership and teamwork, and a brief action learning project on innovation.
In-person meeting dates are: 1/14/2023 and 1/15/2023
BUSI610
(Perm Req)
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Business and Management (Master's); Business and Management (Master's)).
Credit only granted for: BUSI610, BUAC602, BUFN602, or BMGT602.
Overview of financial accounting, periodic financial statements and the financial reporting process. Importance of financial statements as information source for creditors and investors and as a means by which managers can communicate information about their firms.
BUSI611
Managerial Accounting
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Prerequisite: BUSI610.
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Business and Management (Master's); Business and Management (Master's)).
Credit only granted for: BUSI611, BUAC616, or BMGT616.
Use of accounting data in corporate planning and control. Cost-volume- profit analysis, budgeting, pricing decisions and cost data, transfer pricing, activity-based management, performance measures, and standard costing.
BUSI621
(Perm Req)
Digital Transformation in Business
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's); or permission of BMGT-Robert H Smith.
Credit only granted for: BUSI621 or BUSO620.
Introduces students to the strategic role of digital transformation within businesses, and provides an overview for how major information technologies may be used to inform and transform the firm's strategic, operational, and tactical decisions. Topics discussed in the course include the strategic use of digital technologies to generate sustainable competitive value; the contributions of new forms of technology infrastructure; the evaluation of new technology investments and the resulting ROI; acquiring, managing and governing technological capabilities within the firm; understanding the role of enterprise systems and social technologies within the firm; and the management of disruptive technologies within and outside the firm.
BUSI640
(Perm Req)
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Business and Management (Master's); Business and Management (Master's)).
Focuses on the valuation of the real assets of firms as well as the valuation of stocks and bonds, the primary financial assets in an economy. While details vary, the conceptual foundations of valuation boil down to three themes: time value of money, no-arbitrage, and systematic risk.
BUSI690
(Perm Req)
Strategic Management
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Business and Management (Master's); Business and Management (Master's)).
Credit only granted for: BUSI690 or BMGT614.
Analyze and identify profit opportunities and threats in different industry and competitive environments; Analyze and identify a firm's valuable assets, resources and capabilities and how they might be protected, leveraged, and extended in the market; Learn how to organize your company to be the best prepared to adapt its strategy over time as the market environment changes; and how to use organic growth as well as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, alliances, and divestitures to ensure that the firm maintians the proper scale and scope to compete effectively over time.
BUSI740
Valuation in Corporate Finance
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Prerequisite: BUSI640.
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's) program OR Permission of BMGT-Robert H. Smith School of Business.
An advanced topics course in Corporate Finance dealing with valuation. Main topics will be, building pro forma statements, cost of capital, using ratios and comparables to value projects and firms, discounted cash flow valuations, WACC and APV methods of valuation and Real Option Valuations.
BUSI745
Fixed Income Analysis
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Prerequisite: BUSI640.
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's) program OR Permission of BMGT-Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Describes important financial instruments which have market values that are sensitive to interest rate movements. Develops tools to analyze interest rate sensitivity and value fixed income securities. Defines and explains the vocabulary of the bond management business.
BUSI758A
(Perm Req)
Special Topics in Business; Cyber/Enterprise Risks and Resilience Modeling
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg
For students in the Technology Management Certificate program only. In-person meetings on 4/15 and 4/29.
BUSI758B
(Perm Req)
Special Topics in Business; Leadership, Ethics & Technology
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg
For students in the Technology Management Certificate program only. In-person meetings on 5/6 and 5/13.
BUSI758D
Special Topics in Business; Business Decoded
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758E
Special Topics in Business; Business Decoded
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758F
(Perm Req)
Special Topics in Business; Investment Fund Management
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758G
Special Topics in Business; Corporate Risk Management
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758N
Special Topics in Business; Entrepreneurship
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758V
Special Topics in Business; Digital Promotion and Advertising
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758W
Special Topics in Business; Systems and Design Thinking
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758X
Special Topics in Business; AI and Business Strategy
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI758Z
Special Topics in Business; Decision Modeling
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI759
(Perm Req)
Independent Study in Business
Credits: 1 - 6
Grad Meth: Reg
Contact department for information to register for this course.
BUSI782
(Perm Req)
Science and Technology Project Valuation
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's) program; or permission of BMGT-Robert H Smith School of Business.
The application of financial management principles and techniques to science and technology investments and research and development projects. It will enable technology managers to estimate return on investment of R&D projects, value technology assets, quantify risk and make sound replacement and upgrade decisions for S&T projects. By the end of the course, students will be able to build financial models and make presentations to senior executives explaining the value creation potentially arising from investments in R&D, new product development, as well as infrastructure necessary to sustain the enterprise.
For students in the Technology Management Certificate program only. In-person meetings on 3/4, 3/18, and 4/1.
BUSI784
(Perm Req)
Systems Design, Development, Test and Evaluation
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be in Business and Management (Master's) program; or permission of BMGT-Robert H Smith School of Business.
Systems engineering approaches to the definition, design, development, implementation, integration, verification, and validation of successful systems. Particular focus will be placed on the critical collaboration needed between business leaders and IT leaders in the early stages of program definition and how to effectively leverage and assess business-driven enterprise, product, and program development. The course will cover contemporary product lifecycle phases and the systems engineering technical processes associated with research and product development organizations in industry and government. It will explore currently popular development methodologies such as incremental, spiral, evolutionary, lean, and agile and how these are driven by concept and requirements development, systems analysis and modeling, and system architecting and are measured by technology prototyping, research validation, technology testing, and program/product evaluation. The intent is exposure to the systems engineering processes and product/program lifecycle is to help technology management professionals align developmental efforts to business/mission strategy; help them to oversee, collaborate with, and evaluate technology development efforts; and help them navigate challenges of technology development and adoption and advance technologies more efficiently from concept to operational use.
For students in the Technology Management Certificate program only. In-person meetings on 1/28, 2/4, and 2/18.
BUSI788C
Introduction to Global Business Experience; Doing Business in Brazil
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI788K
Introduction to Global Business Experience; Doing Business in South Africa
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
BUSI799
(Perm Req)
Masters Thesis Research
Credits: 1 - 6
Grad Meth: S-F
Contact department for information to register for this course.