Foundation Courses
Among the greatest challenges faced by adult students seeking a MBA are the program prerequisites, often as high as six courses. The University of Mary has addressed this concern by including two foundation or “leveling” courses in the 39-hour MBA distance education program. The foundation courses cover the basic concepts and skills typically included in an undergraduate program in business administration.
MGT 531 Survey of Economics
The purpose of this course is to provide you with the most important micro and macro economic tools and their applications to explain real-world economic issues. The course is designed to develop your intuitive, technical, and critical analysis skills concerning the basic operations of the U.S. economy.
3 credits
MGT 551 Foundations for Financial Decisions
This course serves as a foundation for students who have not had courses in principles of accounting and/or finance. The course introduces students to basic accounting principles, the four financial statements, the time value of money, and financial statement analysis. The course incorporates several short cases and projects involving a real company to help students apply the principles learned.
3 credits
Core Courses
The following courses are core content for the four focus areas of study.
MGT 645 Organizational Communication and Change Management
The course is designed to teach an awareness of the managerial communication skills necessary to effectively lead an organization and its members through change and transition. Throughout the course, topics such as group communication, interpersonal communication, leadership, human relationships, and organizational culture and climate will be examined.
3 credits
MGT 576 Ethical and Legal Decision Making
This course presents students with an opportunity to explore ethical decision-making in an organizational context in partnership with the law and how the two can be integrated with strategizing to improve decision-making skills.
3 credits
MGT 571 Executive Economic Analysis
This course presents a wealth of real-world, cutting-edge applications of advanced microeconomic theory. Concepts and constructs used to analyze “Old Economy” as well as “New Economy” markets include: price elasticity and the price consumption curve, consumer choice theory: budget lines and indifference curves, production functions, Isoquants, Isocost lines, returns to scale, economies of scope, network effects and monopoly: static versus dynamic views.
3 credits
MGT 575 Information Systems for Managers
Analyze organizational information systems. Apply a systems approach to problem-solving. Increase knowledge of computerized management tools. Increase knowledge of computerized management tools.
3 credits
MGT 555 Managerial Finance
The primary goal of the financial manager is to maximize stakeholder wealth. Students learn how to analyze the relationship of the financial manager, the manager’s organization, the financial markets, and the tax environment, as well as how to use time value of money valuation tools and risk and return valuation models. By focusing on the more technical or financial aspects of organizational life, the manager will be able to develop some measurable objectives by which to assess organizational goals.
3 credits
MGT 610 Marketing
Analyzes activities that satisfy customer needs through production, placement, promotion, packaging, and pricing of goods, services, and ideas. Enables managers to explore target markets, product and service mixes, and marketing environments.
3 credits
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