400

MGMT 402 Business Finance

Prerequisite: ECMG 303. Financial management of business enterprises, with emphasis on financial problems and policies of corporations.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

MGMT 406 Consumer Behavior and Analysis

Prerequisites: MGMT 306 The course uses concepts, principles and theories from psychology, economics, anthropology and sociology to explore the consumer acquisition process. Marketing concepts of product positioning, segmentation, brand loyalty, preference and diffusion of innovations will be considered in context with environmental, ethical, multicultural and social influences.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

MGMT 410 Investment Analysis

Prerequisite: ECMG 303. Analytical techniques for appraising equity securities and short-term, intermediate-term and long-term debt instruments with a view particularly toward portfolio balance. The course will consider both the individual investor and corporate and institutional needs for cash management.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

MGMT 411 Seminar in Strategic Management

Prerequisite: Completion of the Common Body of Knowledge. Open to seniors only. The analysis of cases in management strategy and decision-making with emphasis on the practical application of concepts in human resource management, marketing and finance. Integrates various aspects of managerial activity in a systematic approach.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters

MGMT 423 Marketing Research Methods

Prerequisites: MGMT 306 and MATH 112 or PSY 211 or SOC 261 or ECMG 212, and permission of the instructor. The role of research in marketing is studied; skill in applying various marketing research methods is developed through field work.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

MGMT 424 Marketing Communications Strategy

Prerequisites: MGMT 306 or permission of instructor This course covers how advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, interactive marketing and packaging decisions form a coordinated strategy. Students examine the role of integrated communications and the benefits of integrating all brand elements of the marketing mix. The course also addresses programs for new media and the challenges of a changing marketing environment.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

MGMT 426 Fixed Income Securities

Junior standing and ECMG 303 or permission of the instructor. This course covers the valuation and application of a wide variety of fixed income securities. Fixed income securities are financial claims including pure discount bonds, coupon bonds such as Treasury notes and corporate bonds, floating rate notes, callable bonds, among many others, issued by public or private entities. In this course, we focus on yield curve construction, duration and convexity, and formal term structure models. The goal is to introduce you to at least one equilibrium model and one no-arbitrage model, and to analytical tools used in interest rate modeling and risk management. This course combines theory with practical examples demonstrating the complications that arise when applying theory to realistic situations.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester (Odd Years)

MGMT 427 Financial Derivative Securities

Junior standing and ECMG 303 or permission of the instructor. This course provides an introduction to the fastest growing areas in derivative securities. It builds on the principles of finance to provide insights to the nature of financial derivatives and applications of such instruments used in an investments and corporate setting. This course is divided into three parts: (1) options; (2) futures and forwards; and (3) swaps. Emphasis is placed on derivatives on equity instruments (stocks and stock indices) although short-and long-term interest bearing instruments (Treasury securities, LIBOR, etc.) are also discussed in detail.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester (Even Years)

MGMT 432 Advanced Accounting

Prerequisites: ECMG 303, MGMT 314, MGMT 321 and MGMT 322 This course develops an understanding of the theoretical foundation of GAAP as it relates to business combinations and consolidated financial statements. It includes advanced topics in partnership accounting, foreign currency and hedge accounting, international accounting standards, and accounting for government and non-profit organizations.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

MGMT 433 Cost Accounting

Prerequisite: MGMT 284. An intermediate course in accounting with emphasis on cost control. The course will include definitions and roles of budgets, forecasting, categorization of costs, inventory management, product costing and transfer pricing.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

MGMT 434 Federal Tax Accounting

Prerequisites: MGMT 321 and MGMT 322. The course is a study of personal and corporate tax concepts, structure, and planning. It emphasizes the rules of taxation for individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Students learn estate and gift taxation, income taxation of trusts and estates, deferred compensation, and international tax. State and local taxation are also addressed.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

MGMT 454 Legal Environment of Business

Prerequisite: MGMT 205 or permission of the department. This course provides an overview of the contemporary legal and regulatory business environment. Specifically, it relates various laws and regulations to major business functions such as employment, production, marketing, finance and international operations. The course also provides a brief overview of U.S. political and constitutional systems that are the building blocks of our regulatory environment.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters

ECMG 478 International Financial Management

Prerequisites: ECON 206, ECMG 303, ECON 306 and MGMT 314. Open to juniors and seniors, or by permission of the instructor. This course introduces students to international finance and institutions. Topics covered are exchange rate determination theories, international corporate finance, international portfolio diversification models, foreign exchange risk, hedging strategies, foreign exchange options, and derivatives market.

Credits

3.0

Cross Listed Courses

Double-numbered course; offered with graduate-level ECMG 578

Offered

Spring Semester

MGMT 481 Financial Statement Analysis

Prerequisites: MGMT 281 and MGMT 284, or permission of the instructor. This course examines the accounting principles and procedures underlying a firm’s financial statements. The objective of the course is to assess the success of a firm’s strategies as measured by profitability, liquidity, solvency and asset management relative to the level of risk incurred by the firm. 

Credits

3.0

Cross Listed Courses

Double-numbered course; offered with graduate-level MGMT 581

Offered

Spring Semester

CAMG 499A Departmental Honors

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

CAMG 499B Departmental Honors

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

MGMT 499A Departmental Honors

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

MGMT 499B Departmental Honors

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer