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| BUSN 505 Financial Performance of the Firm - Accounting - 1.50 credits |
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| This course provides detailed coverage of the financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholders' equity, and statement of cash flows) and their construction. Students will also learn how to analyze the impact of corporate transactions on companies' financial condition and operating performance. |
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| BUSN 506 Financial Performance of the Firm - Finance - 1.50 credits |
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| Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a firm and examining the effects of decisions on future performance. Topics include ratio analysis, cash flow measurement, pro-forma financial statements, external financial requirements, and time value of money. |
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| BUSN 651 Healthcare Business Practice I: Foundations - 3.00 credits |
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| This is an introductory course in the business aspects of the delivery of health services and pharmaceutical/life sciences. This course will offer an overview of the healtcare marketplace and focus on the unique features of this industry. It is a multi-disciplinary survey course that will establish a foundation to develop the skills necessary for a successful business career in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industry. |
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| ORGB 625 Leadership & Prof Development - 3.00 credits |
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| This course helps students develop knowledge and skills to enhance their professional development and to become effective leaders. Students will understand trends in contemporary organizations, enhance their self-awareness, and refine their interpersonal skills, and apply these skills to improve their work effectiveness. |
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| BUSN 507 Essentials of Economics I - 1.50 credits |
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| This course teaches basic microeconomic theory and how to apply it to the analysis of real world issues. Students will study supply and demand, the economics of production, and the economics of market structures such as competition, monopoly, and oligopoly. |
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| BUSN 508 Essentials of Economics II - 1.50 credits |
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| This course teaches basic macroeconomic theory and how to apply it to the analysis of real world issues. Students will learn national income accounting, price indexes, inflaction, unemployment, aggregate demand, aggregate supply, fiscal policy, the banking system, monetary policy, capital flows, and exchange rates. |
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| MKTG 601 Marketing Strategy & Planning - 3.00 credits |
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| Emphasizes application of strategic planning in marketing to achieve competitive advantage. Examines the role of strategic planning in developing effective marketing programs that enhance the overall performance of the firm. |
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| MGMT 601 Managing the Total Enterprise - 3.00 credits |
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| Business Simulation focusing on the need to integrate strategic and operational concepts, issues and decisions in moving technological enterprise from start-up to success. |
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| STAT 601 Business Statistics - 3.00 credits |
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| This course covers the basic principles and implementation techniques of analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression analysis, and statistical process control. An understanding of how these tools can support managerial decision making is also emphasized. |
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| BUSN 652 Healthcare Business Practice II - 3.00 credits |
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| This is a continuation in the business aspects of the delivery of health services and pharmaceutical/life sciences. This course is designed to develop more specialized knowledge and skill necessary for a successful business career in the healthcare, pharmeceutical, and life sciences industry. |
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| MKTG 653 Healthcare Marketing - 3.00 credits |
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| Examines the current and potential future realities for the healthcare industry in the new marketing environment. Students will be challenged to think at not only the marketing level, but also at the organizational systems level. |
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| ECON 601 Managerial Economics - 3.00 credits |
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| Covers demand and cost analysis, pricing policies, and selected topics of economic analysis as they relate to business policies. |
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| POM 601 Operations Management - 3.00 credits |
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| Intended as an introduction to the fields of production and operations management (POM). Production and operations activities, such as forecasting, capacity and inventory, scheduling activities, and assuring qualities will be discussed from the perspective of supply chain. The philosophy of Just-In-Time (JIT) and responsive manufacturing/service is highlighted. |
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| ACCT 601 Managerial Accounting - 3.00 credits |
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| Discusses management accounting as part of the firm's information system, drawing on modern cost accounting and budgeting systems for planning and controlling business operations. |
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| MGMT 602 Managing Technol Innovation - 3.00 credits |
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| This course focuses on the role of technology and innovation in building, sustaining and leveraging competitive advantage for firms. It examines how industries are transformed by new technologies of technology. Touches upon the challenges of managing innovation in firms. |
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| FIN 601 Corporate Financial Management - 3.00 credits |
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| The analysis of corporate investment and financing decisions, including capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital management. |
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| BUSN 653 Healthcare Business Practice III: Capstone - 3.00 credits |
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| This is the third course in the LeBow Healthcare concentration focusing on the business aspects of the delivery of health services and pharmaceutical/life sciences. This course is designed to finalize students' prepartations for a successful business career in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industry by focusing on specialized knowledge areas and by providing an intensive experiential learning experience that will integrate students' knowledge of the business of healthcare. |
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| MGMT 780 Strategic Management - 3.00 credits |
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| Provides an integrative study of the functions and responsibilities of top management and the strategies that affect the character and success of the total enterprise. Uses case studies and assigned readings to develop the viewpoint of top management charged with responsibility for the enterprise as a whole. Requires attendance at first class. |
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