MET221 Manufacturing Processes

College of Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology Department

Course Description: This course surveys and introduces common processes and design for manufacturing considerations. Student will learn about methods and equipment used to transform materials; the inter-dependency between geometry (form), materials properties, and processes; their effects on the functionality of the manufactured artifact; and the processing of polymers, metals, and ceramics.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: EET191, MTH200

Corequisites: None

FSM360 Managing Outstanding Customer Service

Food Service Management Department

Course Description: This course is designed to impart to students the art and science of providing outstanding customer service in today’s competitive foodservice operations. Students will learn managerial concepts related to building customer loyalty, enhancing service quality, and exceeding customer expectations.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

BUS226 Managerial Processes and Communications

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course acquaints the students with basic theories and skills, and applications concerning communications within an organization in respect to a manager's point of view. This course focuses on creation of processes, implementation, the communication process, and how a manager uses available skills and logical processes to solve problems. In addition, the course covers essential contemporary business communication including critical thinking, the internet, web, email, and other technological approaches and requirement for effective communication within a complex business environment.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: BUS121

Corequisites: None

BUS624 Managerial Finance

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course examines managerial finance and focuses on financial statement analysis, capital budgeting, capital structure, and the time value of money. Students will interpret financial information in case studies to solve operational problems. Students will also be able to make basic financial decisions involving forecasting, budgeting and capital structure.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: MGT520

Corequisites: None

BUS622 Managerial Economics

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course examines the application of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory as applied to management’s responsibilities, accountability and authority within the organization. Quantitative and qualitative application of economic principles to business analysis will be the central focus of this course.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: MGT520

Corequisites: None

ACC309 Managerial Accounting for Managers

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course introduces students to the foundations of managerial accounting – planning, control and decision making for managers. Students will learn cost behavior, cost-volume-profit relationships, job order and process costing, different cost accounting methods, differential analysis, budgeting, and profit-planning.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: ACC161

Corequisites: None

BUS331 Management Information Systems

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course illustrates how to manage information in context of different management roles within an organization, for instance, decision making, tactical, operational and business strategy. The core functions of an organization will be present in relation to a new era of global competition, technology, enterprise oriented environment, and how organizations approach these methods to sustain a competitive advantage in a constantly changing technological environment. Different frameworks of communication will be discussed within an organization, for instance, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and wireless network.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: BUS121

Corequisites: None

MGT615 Management Capstone

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This capstone course integrates the theories, skills and knowledge gained from previous courses and provides students with the opportunity to make strategic management decisions. A simulation learning environment helps students develop analytical, organizational and managerial skills to analyze complex situations and recommend comprehensive solutions.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: All other courses in MSMG program OR Dean's Approval

Corequisites: None

MGT604 Management and Strategy

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

Course Description: This course focuses on strategic management decisions and processes that sustain an organization’s long term competitive advantage. Students will learn about managing and controlling an organization’s tangible and intangible assets.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: MGT520

Corequisites: None

ECO201 Macroeconomics

Arts and Sciences Department

Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles of economics, with emphasis upon macroeconomic theory and analysis. Topics covered in this course include the scope and nature of economics, ideology and structure of the American economy, national income and employment theory, business fluctuations, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policies and economic growth.

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None