Management Courses
MANG101 Introduction to Management Information Systems
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Provides an introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS) including management concepts and the use of information and information technologies within and between business organizations. It provides students with the tools and background to understand and interpret information issues from a managerial perspective.
Prerequisites: COMP150
Corequisite: None
MANG105 Introduction to Business
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Introduces Business and Accounting majors to the university learning environment, effective learning strategies and study skills, their chosen program of study, and career choices in the field. The course addresses each business function, and provides fundamental understanding needed for more advanced courses in the field of business.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MANG220 Personal Financial Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
An introduction to personal financial planning concepts and techniques. Financial planning for decision making and comprehensive lifetime money management are emphasized. The course is a major elective for students majoring in Business Administration or Accounting.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MANG302 Business Law 1
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Introduces students to the US legal system and fundamental principles of business law, particularly in the areas of contract law, tort law, criminal law, constitutional law, intellectual property law, sales law, and employment law.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
MANG305 Operations/Production Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Introduces students to the operations and production functions of a business organization. Topics in managing and designing operations will be investigated both conceptually and quantitatively
Prerequisite: ( COMP250 AND MATH180 ) OR ( COMP250 AND MATH141)
Corequisite: None
MANG307 Budgeting Theory and Practice
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
An advanced seminar focusing on budgeting practices and theories. The central purpose is to develop an understanding of the institutional arrangements, issues, and processes involved in budgeting of resources in private, governmental, and non-profit organizations. Students will develop and improve their analytical skills, giving them the ability to function in careers in financial analysis and budgeting.
Prerequisite: ACCT115 and COMP150
Corequisite: None
MANG315 Management:Concepts & Strategies
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Introduces students to basic concepts, theories and skills of management within organizations and their importance in supporting the organization's purpose and achievement of objectives.
Prerequisite: None
MANG317 Entrepreneurship
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
An examination of the organization, implementation, and management of firms in terms of innovation with an emphasis on creating, planning, and development phases of entrepreneurial activities.
Prerequisite: MANG315 and MRKT200
Corequisite: None
MANG320 Human Resource Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
A knowledge and skill-based examination of issues, policies, and practices that deal with the management, needs, and activities of the organization's people. Topics include the study of workforce planning, recruiting, selection, job analysis, employee appraisal, training and development, compensation, employee relations, workplace safety, international differences, and legal constraints that impact human resource management.
Prerequisite: ( MANG315 )
Corequisite: None
MANG322 Innovation
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1 sh]
An introduction to innovation. Students will learn where and how to find new venture ideas, and how to evaluate them. Included will be various forms of differentiations from existing products, services, processes, and target customers.
Prerequisite: None
MANG325 Financial Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Introduces students to the concepts of financial management with emphasis on the corporate sector. Financial analysis techniques are demonstrated for both short- and long-term planning and control within the firm.
Prerequisite: ( ACCT110 AND ECON102 AND ECON103 )
Corequisite: None
MANG326 Fundamentals of Investment Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
An introduction to investments including investment analysis, portfolio management, and capital markets. Designed to provide the basic concepts and principles of investing, the course examines investment policies, types of securities, factors that influence price changes, timing purchases/sales preparing investment programs to meet objectives, investment risk and return, and portfolio balancing.
Prerequisite: MANG325
MANG342 Fundamentals of Management Science
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Introduces students to Operations Research/Management Science (OR/MS) and its application to improving managerial decision-making. The focus will be on developing models of business problems and generating solutions using software applications. Course topics include application of linear programming, integer programming, and network, queuing, and simulation models to business problems.
Prerequisite: COMP235
MANG345 Sustainability Entrepreneurship
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Investigates entrepreneurial opportunities created by environmental and social degradation. Students will learn to identify opportunities that offer feasible, sustainable growth potential and will develop strategies for starting and running a sustainable business.
Prerequisite: MANG317
MANG346 Entrepreneurial Leadership and Ethics
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
An introduction to understanding leadership skills, especially in a small, quickly-growing venture. It also covers the basics of business ethics, specifically as they pertain to new venture situations.
Prerequisite: MANG315 or MANG317
MANG347 Funding an Entrepreneurial Venture
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
An examination of the primary sources of entrepreneurial funding: family, friends, patrons, venture capitalists, crowdfunding, banks and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Students will learn the difference, for each of these groups, in what is required, the documentation necessary, and the steps needed for success.
Prerequisite: None
MANG348 How to Hire, Fire, Train, and Handle Regulations
[Minimum Semester Hours: 1 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 1sh ]
An introduction to understanding human resource management issues, policies, and practices. Topics include the study of recruiting, performance appraisal, training, equal opportunity and employment law.
Prerequisite: MANG315 and MANG317
MANG350 Small Business Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Designed to help students develop practical knowledge and skills needed to think and operate as successful small business practitioners. Management process skills critical to successful performance will be covered. The course is structured in three parts: one on franchises, one on family businesses, and one on firm valuation.
Prerequisite: MANG315 and MANG317
MANG352 Organizational Behavior (3.0 sh)
Integrates management concepts and strategies with the study of individual, group, and managerial behavior in organizations. Students will prepare for managerial and leadership roles in modern organizations. Topics include personality, values, perception, emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, communication, motivation, culture, conflict, stress, and power/politics.
Prerequisite: MANG315
MANG355 Social Entrepreneurship
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Introduces concepts, opportunities, and challenges in applying business and private sector practices to solve social, cultural, or environmental problems. Topics include social and environmental problems, entrepreneurial solutions and applications, management skills for social entrepreneurial organizations, social performance measurement, and microfinance.
Prerequisite: ( MANG317 )
Corequisite: None
MANG360 Finance and Accounting for Small Business (3.0 sh)
An examination of foundational concepts of financial management and accounting issues specific to small businesses. Students will review capital budgeting and working capital management theories and apply them to small business problems via the case study method. The course also explores valuation of the small business with limited information, the venture capital process, and more traditional sources of debt financing.
Prerequisite: MANG325
MANG400 Business, Society and Government
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Explores the interdependent relationship between business, society, and government, with emphasis on the social responsibilities and ethical problems related to management.
Prerequisite: ( MANG315 )
Corequisite: None
MANG425 International Business
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Provides a broad knowledge of international business concepts, theories, and strategies. The course adds an international emphasis to the student's knowledge of the management concepts. Using a global perspective, the course integrates content from such functional management courses as accounting, finance, information technology, marketing, human resources, and operations production.
Prerequisite: ( MANG315 AND MANG325 )
Corequisite: None
MANG430 International Financial Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3 sh]
Exploration of contemporary economic and financial events and trends in the context of a multinational corporation. Students are introduced to advanced concepts including financing international business operations and investments, decision making in the multinational firm, the international monetary system, foreign exchange transactions, and international financial institutions.
Prerequisite: MANG325
MANG475 Capstone Seminar in Strategic Management
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
Explores major concepts and topics of the field of strategic management. As a capstone seminar, it is an integrating experience in which students apply knowledge and skills gained from previous coursework in the functional areas of business.
Prerequisite: MANG325
Corequisite: None
MANG480 Topics in Business
[Minimum Semester Hours: 3 sh; Maximum Semester Hours: 3sh ]
An in-depth exploration of a topic in business, management, or finance. Topics will be determined prior to the semester in which the course is offered.
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
