BUSINESS, FINANCE, MANAGEMENT

EMBA, DBA, POSTDOCTORAL COURSES

ACC 6001: Accounting

BAN 6002: Banking

GBU 6003: Global Business Studies

ECO 6004: Economics

ITR 6005: International Trade and Commerce

INV 6006: Investments

ADG 6007: Public Administration

HCM 6008: Health Care Management

FIN 6009: Finance

MAL 6010: Leadership & Management

MSP 6011: Sport Management

MAR 6012: Marketing

MAI 6013: International Management

MAP 6014: Project Management

MAH 6015: Hotel & Restaurant Management

MAS 6016: Supply Chain Management

HRM 6017: Human Resources Management

PRE 6018: Public Relations

TAX 6019: Taxation

TTO 6020: Travel and Tourism

REL 6021: Real State

ENT 6030: Entrepreneurship

 

ACC 6001: Accounting (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course is covering concepts and standards underlying financial accounting systems. Several important concepts will be studied in detail, including: revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived assets, present value, and long term liabilities. The course emphasizes the construction of the financial accounting statements – the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement – as well as their interpretation.

The course my covers:

  • Managerial Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Cost Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Financial Statements

BAN 6002: Banking (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course is an explanation and study to the broad area of banking. Topics include the evolution of banking, Federal Reserve System, documents and forms used, rudimentary laws and regulations, as well as a study of the specialized services offered.

  • The course will cover the followings as well:
  • Law and Banking
  • Money and Banking
  • Marketing for Bankers
  • Commercial Lending
  • Consumer Lending

GBU 6003: Global Business Studies (15 Hours – $375.00)

Overview of the unique problems faced by firms engaging in international activities; the importance of understanding the foreign economic, social, political, cultural, and legal environment; the mechanics of importing and exporting; joint venture, franchising, and subsidiaries, international dimensions of management, marketing and accounting, international financial management; the special problems of multi-national corporations; recent problems of the international economic system; country-risk analysis; the increasing use of counter trade.

  • This course will cover:
  • Cross-Cultural Management
  • Global Economics
  • Global Finance
  • Global Marketing
  • Global Management

ECO 6004: Economics (15 Hours – $375.00)

Economics is an inherent part of our world. And, with every passing day, economics becomes more and more pivotal to our survival. From the items we buy at the store and our personal banking accounts to the types of industries in which we work and the resources government employs to sustain our communities, we are surrounded by economically-based challenges on a daily basis.

This Course will cover a wide range of economics topics, including:

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Economics
  • Economics Regulation and Antitrust Policy
  • Monetary Economics
  • Economics of Environment
  • Econometrics

ITR 6005: International Trade and Commerce (15 Hours – $375.00)

Examines theories of international trade in goods and services and relates the insights to empirical evidence. Explains international trade at the level of industries and firms and analyzes the consequences of trade for resource allocation, welfare, and the income distribution. Discusses sources of comparative advantage, motives for trade policies, and the effects of trade barriers and trading blocs on welfare and incomes.

INV 6006: Investments (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course is designed for financial professionals and personal investors who recognize the importance of diversifying their investment portfolios and who have a desire to understand the risk and rewards of various trading styles in several asset classes. Instruction provides an overview of commodity futures and options, computer trading models, managed futures, commodity pools, diamonds, physical gold, Alternative Investments and bitcoins. Topics include a history of futures and the exchanges; mathematical expectations behind many popular investing beliefs and “conventional wisdoms”; behavioral and emotional aspects of investing; orders, including entry and exit strategies, risk management, and measurement; income tax considerations; asset allocation and correlation and non-correlation studies; and an overview of trading data providers and trading software.

ADG 6007: Public Administration (15 Hours – $375.00)

Analyzes the nature of public administration, its structure and limitations; includes staff organization and chain of command, unemployment policies, personnel training and management, employees, organizations, and public relations.

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Explain what encompasses the field of public administration
  • Explain what it means to be a public administrator
  • Acknowledge that public administration is a wide-ranging and complex subject that involves core activities of government
  • Explain the core activities provided by highly trained public administration experts and specialized organizations
  • Explain the core purpose of public administration
  • Recognize that public administration encompasses a large and dynamic portion of government at all three levels of the federal system, engaging even in nonprofit and private enterprise

HCM 6008: Health Care Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

Overview of key issues in the management and administration of comprehensive health care facilities. Focuses on the administrator’s relationship to the medical and nursing professions and assesses the attributes of the various types of health service organizations.

This course will cover:

  • Organizational Behavior and Culture in Health Care
  • Economics of Health Care
  • Human Resource Management for the Health Care Industry
  • Legal and Ethical Aspects
  • The Health Care Industry
  • Industry Trends in Health Care Management

FIN 6009: Finance (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course presents theories and their applications to demonstrate the advanced implementation of corporate finance. Students analyze stock and bond valuations, capital budgeting and working capital management, leasing, option pricing, risk/return, cost of capital, financial forecasting, capital structures, dividend policy, and investment banking. The implications of market responses to major financial strategies are also examined.

MAL 6010: Leadership & Management (30 Hours – $750.00)

This course presents a comprehensive, integrative, and practical focus on leadership and management. It is based upon a framework that analyzes leadership and management at different levels: individual leadership, team leadership, and organizational leadership.

The course presents leadership and management theories/concepts that have emerged over the past several decades. It provides students the opportunity to apply these theories through case analysis and to enhance personal skill development through self-assessment exercises. Included in the course are identification of current leaders and leadership as well as contemporary perspectives on ethics, networking, coaching, organizational culture, diversity, learning organizations, strategic leadership, and crisis leadership.

MSP 6011: Sport Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

The core curriculum explores the impact of sports on historical and modern society. Students learn industry fundamentals as they pertain to sports law, marketing, promotion, public relations, finance, and economics.

Students also have the flexibility to focus on a specific area of interest including sports administration for aspiring collegiate, community, or high school athletic officials. Concentrations include sports administration for the aspiring collegiate community or high school athletic official; coaching theory and strategy for those interested in leading sports teams; and a general concentration for those interested in business and front-office operations.

MAR 6012: Marketing (30 Hours – $750.00)

This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to marketing. The course focuses on key marketing concepts, the role of marketing within organizations, and the role of marketing in society. Also explores the development of marketing principles and the role of marketing in an enterprise economy. Reviewing current articles and case studies develops an understanding of marketing principles.

This Course will cover a wide range of economics topics, including:

ITR 6005: International Trade and Commerce (15 Hours – $375.00)

Examines theories of international trade in goods and services and relates the insights to empirical evidence. Explains international trade at the level of industries and firms and analyzes the consequences of trade for resource allocation, welfare, and the income distribution. Discusses sources of comparative advantage, motives for trade policies, and the effects of trade barriers and trading blocs on welfare and incomes.

MAP 6014: Project Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course integrates project management theory with practical approaches to establish a fundamental knowledge base to use in a contemporary dynamic business environment. Explore project management concepts from planning and selection through all aspects of the project life cycle. Develop practical techniques to organize and control non-routine activities in order to properly manage and schedule quality, budget, and performance objectives.

MAH 6015: Hotel & Restaurant Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course provides an overview of the lodging management industry. The student will have the opportunity to explore hospitality careers, food service, restaurant organization, hotels and hotel organization, meeting industry, management and leadership, human resources, marketing and selling, marketing communications, management companies, and ethics in hospitality management.

MAS 6016: Supply Chain Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course examines procurement management decision making with the goal of understanding cost drivers and reducing cost impact while increasing procurement effectiveness. Emphasis is on creative methods for reducing or removing costs; inventory cost reduction; specifications and cost reduction; outsourcing; life cycle costs; statistical process control; value analysis; and setting cost ceiling incentives with the supplier chain, price-based costing versus cost-based pricing. Other topics include purchasing role in new product development; standardization; and dealing with uncertainty, types of compensation agreements. Post-award activities also are examined, and close-out issues and processes.

HRM 6017: Human Resources Management (15 Hours – $375.00)

This advanced course is designed for HR professionals who wish to make an effective contribution at a strategic level in today’s rapidly changing organizations, internally or as external consultants. Students will integrate the knowledge gained through previous coursework and experience and build on that conceptual foundation through lecture, class discussions, presentations, real-life case studies, and practical application. Emerging issues in human resource management will be discussed. Covered topics include: transforming HR from the outside in, HR professionals as strategic partners, the six domains of HR competencies, advanced communication and negotiation tactics for effective dialogue with senior management, designing strategies to re-engage employees and heighten productivity, understanding and addressing the increasing multi-generational issues, and implementing a retention strategy that addresses the needs of all generations. Advanced HR management skills such as consultation skills, coaching, change management, and facilitation skills will be explored and practiced. Students will learn how to safeguard their organization’s bottom-line by acquiring the high-level skills needed to excel as an HR leader.

PRE 6018: Public Relations (15 Hours – $375.00)

This advanced course is designed for professionals intended to provide theories, principles and methods of public relations practice. The emphasis in this class is on problem solving and the tools and techniques of the trade as applied to real-life situations. The scope of the course is intended to present the social, behavioral, psychological, ethical, economical, and political foundations of public relations and the theories of public relations as a communications discipline. This course will also examine the nature of various public relations audiences and the different channels used to reach them. The course will offer insight and perspective in determining the advanced public relations career for your profession. Written reports, oral presentations, in-class projects and quizzes are an integral part of the curriculum.

TAX 6019: Taxation (30 Hours – $600.00)

This course explores income taxation issues, including tax determination; personal and dependents exemptions; concepts and inclusions of gross income; general deductions and losses; deduction of certain business expenses and losses; depreciation, cost recovery amortization, and depletion; deduction of employee expenses; itemized deductions and losses; passive activity losses; property transaction gains and losses; nontaxable exchanges; and capital gains and losses.

  • This Course will covers
  • Federal Income Taxation
  • Federal Income Tax Procedures
  • Income Taxation in Personal Financial Planning

TTO 6020: Travel and Tourism (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course providing an overview of the structure and scope of the travel/tourism and hospitality industries. This course examines the components of the tourism industry: transportation, accommodation, food and beverage, and attractions. Other topics include the history, political, social and cultural impacts tourism has on local, state and global environments. Students will review marketing, motivation and other forces that draw more guests.

This course also will cover:

  • Tourism Product Development
  • Tourism and Hospitality Management
  • Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality
  • Tourism & Community Development
  • Cultural Tourism
  • Global Issues in Travel &Tourism 

REL 6021: Real State (15 Hours – $375.00)

This course explores the techniques of financing commercial, industrial, residential, and special-purpose projects through the various phases of development: site analysis, land acquisition, plant development, construction, and marketing. Other topics include documentation procedures, legal aspects of real estate lending, interim and permanent lending procedures, use of income and expense statements, construction disbursement schedules, sales and leaseback, leasehold financing, and case studies and workshop problems.

This course will cover Global Real State, Property Management and Real State Development as well.

ENT 6030: Entrepreneurship (30 Hours – $750.00)

Hone the ability to generate and implement new ideas and lead innovative teams and organizations. Taught by world-renowned faculty, these courses are engaging, interactive, and full of useful practices and strategies that can apply immediately:

  • Use the design thinking framework
  • Maximize success in early-stage enterprise
  • Manage the interplay between ownership and growth
  • Apply rapid prototype concepts
  • Transfer technology ideas to market

INS 7001: Information Systems (45 Hours – $1,125.00)

Fundamentals of information systems, what they are, how they affect organizations. Technical and organizational foundations of information systems, building information systems, managing information system resources. Laboratory emphasizes using computer to analyze, coordinate, and solve organizational decision-making problems.

The elements of modern formal logic and program semantics. Modern formal logic uses symbolic techniques for an analysis of validity, and related notations such as grammatical form and truth. This course addresses logical notations (syntax) and how to assign meaning to them (semantics), which are essential for an understanding of many aspects of contemporary philosophy, mathematics, and informal processing.

The course also will include Information Technology Management and Programming as well.