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Rady School of Management
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General Catalog,
please contact the department for more information.
M.B.A. Approved Course List
MGT 299. Individual Directed Study (1-4) Individual
study or research under the direction of a selected faculty member. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 401. Professional Seminar
(1) The Professional Seminar presents up-to-date research, professional
skills development, and experts and business leaders as speakers.
Topics may vary by term. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 403. Quantitative Analysis (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, students will be introduced to key techniques for using data
to make informed management
decisions. Covers probability, statistics, decision analysis, and
optimization
techniques. Emphasizes managerial applications in such areas
as operations management, marketing, and finance. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student
or
departmental stamp.
MGT 404. Accounting (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
students will be introduced to the basic concepts and methods used
in financial statements.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 405.
Managerial Economics (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
this course will introduce students to the tools and concepts
of microeconomics to analyze
decision problems
within technology driven firms through the coverage of microeconomic
concepts relevant to managerial decision-making. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 406. Leadership
Skills, Values, and Teamwork in Technology Firms (4) Through
lecture and online delivery, introduces principles of effective
teamwork and leadership and of strategic managerial
communication.
Provides an introduction to case study and to ethical issues
confronting managers in technology or science-driven firms.
Develops
managerial
communication skills. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 407. Marketing (4) By taking an analytical approach to the
study of marketing problems, this course provides an understanding
of customers
and competitors
as a basis for developing, pricing, promoting, and distributing
goods and services that satisfy customer and organizational
objectives. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 408. Finance (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, this course will focus on basic business financial concepts
with particular
attention
to
challenges
of finance in start-up and small- and medium-sized
enterprises. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT
409. Organizational Strategy and Human Resource Management (4) After
identifying characteristics common to technology driven firms,
the implications of living in, managing,
and leading
such an organization
are explored. Covers skills such as leadership of
project teams and negotiations. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student
or departmental stamp.
MGT 410. Strategy (4) Through lecture and
online delivery, this course explores the strategic management of technology-driven
firms
focusing on
the analytical
tools and techniques that support strategy formulation
and the related managerial
skills and decision processes that foster strategy
implementation. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student
or departmental stamp.
MGT 412. From the Lab to the Market: Strategy,
Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Organization
for Technology
Firms (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
this course is designed to provide an integrated
experience
for students
in regard
to all facets of
innovation, production, marketing, and competition
in a technology firm. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 413.
Operations, Information Systems, and Data Analysis (4) Through
lecture and online delivery, students will be familiarized with
the problems and
issues confronting
operations managers,
and to introduce language, conceptual models,
and analytical techniques
that
are broadly applicable in confronting such
problems. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 414A. Technology Workshop I (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, provides broad coverage of leading edge developments
in technical
and scientific
research, with an eye
to their potential applicability and value
in business. Provides basis for project-based
Technology
Workshop
II. An IP grade
will be awarded
at the end of the quarter. Final grade will
not be given until the completion of MGT
414B. Prerequisite:
M.B.A.
student or
departmental stamp
MGT 414B. Technology Workshop
II (4) Project-based course, requiring identification
and completion of major project assessing
potential business
value of
emerging or potential
technology or science. Students work individually
or in teams. Periodic class meetings include
presentation of
interim and
final reports.
Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT
490A. Special Topics in Marketing (4) Through lecture and
online delivery, a course at an advanced level on marketing
topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Communication and Information Technology
Services (CITS) Management track. Prerequisite:
M.B.A.
student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 490B. Special Topics in Marketing
(4) Through lecture and online delivery,
a course at an advanced level on marketing
topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Management and the Life Sciences
and Health Industries track. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student
or departmental
stamp.
MGT 490C. Special Topics in Marketing
(4) Through lecture and online
delivery, a course at an advanced
level on
marketing topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Global Management and Policy track.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
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