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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides a foundation in Health Services Administration. The course introduces the student to the structure and functions of the U.S. Health Care System. The health care system in the community and its environment are examined to determine how they impact Health Services Administration. Healthcare is a major industry in this region, and graduate courses will help them fill their needs for executives and upwardly mobile managers in the Healthcare field. Topics to be covered include: overview of the U.S. Health Care System (private and public sectors), interface between Public Health and U.S. Health Care System, various health care delivery structures, traditional healthcare and integrative healthcare options, health care workforce, health care resources, types of health services, financing of health services and health care coverage, meeting the health care needs of special populations, and critical issues in health services.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to study the nature of the corporation and other forms of business organizations and the legal problems they face, including the rights and powers of managers to their organizations, to investors, to creditors, to government, and to the public. Also covered is the application of the Sherman, Clayton, and Federal Trade Commission Acts to interstate commerce, collective bargaining, legislation, organization, operation and liquidation of corporations, taxation regulations, and contract law. The course is conceptual and case-oriented.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course covers management of hardware, software, commercial applications, custom developed applications, telecommunications (including LAN, WAN and networking) as well as the processes that govern information systems. Students will learn how to distinguish between a good technology decision and a poor technology decision. This course will also introduce the students to the technology map and the information technology infrastructure in organizations. This enables business professionals without a technology background to identify the various types of information technologies available and make appropriate purchasing decisions.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Directed independent study, research, or work-related projects. Supervision to be undertaken by the graduate faculty. Area of concentration will be appropriately related to the M.B.A. and the special interest of the student.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course requires the students to apply the body of knowledge acquired in the MBA program through an experiential learning project. This course takes the point of view of decision-makers to view the organization from an overall perspective in the context of the firm's internal and external environments. With the facilitation of an instructor and mentors, students will communicate with clients, collect information, analyze data, specify options, and draft the final proposal to clients in a professional manner.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and discusses how the key business processes (including material planning, procurement, and fulfillment) of a business are executed in such a software. The course also discusses how to build and connect analytical dashboards to an ERP to enhance the decision-making capabilities of the ERP. In a business simulation game, teams of four to five students run their businesses in a market by using an ERP software. During the game, the students of a team play different roles (including Planning Manager, Logistics Manager, Stock Manager, and Sales Manager) in the business. The objective of the teams in the game is to maximize their companies' valuations. By utilizing various reports (including pricing, financial, and inventory) from the ERP software, the teams develop and improve their business strategies and execute their business processes. In the initial rounds of the game, the teams compete without analytical dashboards. In the later rounds, analytical dashboards are developed and connected to the ERP to enhance its decision-making capabilities.
  • 4.00 Credits

    First semester (100-101) The Structure and Behavior of Matter. Emphasis is on chemical arithmetic, chemical nomenclature, atomic theory and structure, periodic classification of elements, gas laws, valence, oxidation, reduction and equation writing. Possession of a hand held electronic calculator is required. Second semester (102-103) continues the first; acids, bases, ionization, equilibrium, and rates of reaction are also studied and applied.
  • 4.00 Credits

    First semester (100-101) The Structure and Behavior of Matter. Emphasis is on chemical arithmetic, chemical nomenclature, atomic theory and structure, periodic classification of elements, gas laws, valence, oxidation, reduction and equation writing. Possession of a hand held electronic calculator is required. Second semester (102-103) continues the first; acids, bases, ionization, equilibrium, and rates of reaction are also studied and applied.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the principles of chemistry, including atomic theory, chemical reactions, chemical bonding, kinetic theory, stoichiometry, organic compounds, and nuclear reactions. The traditional topics will be related to contemporary problems. A laboratory course intended for the general education of non-science majors. This course does not satisfy major, concomitant or specialization requirements for Secondary Education Science and/or Liberal Arts Science majors.
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