During the first two years of your Evening MBA program you will take 15 Core courses in the topics listed below and typically one Elective.
Year one and two courses are listed below along with links to the previous year’s syllabi. Course enrollment is limited to Foster MBA students only.
| Evening MBA Year One Core | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Topics | Syllabi |
| Autumn Quarter | ||
| ACCTG 500: Financial Reporting & Analysis | Financial statements Accounting concepts and methods Institutional and regulatory influences Measurement and reporting issues |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| BECON 500: Microeconomic Analysis | Consumer theory Production and costs Monopoly Externalities and welfare |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| Winter Quarter | ||
| FIN 502: Corporate Finance | Investments, diversification, portfolio theory Capital budgeting Capital Structure |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| MGMT 510: eLEAD – Leadership Development & Building Effective Teams | Assessment, instruction, and coaching to develop leadership abilities. Emphasizes team building and collaboration, written, oral, and interpersonal communication, and applied leadership activities. |
Syllabus-Leadership
|
| QMETH 500: Statistics for Business Decisions | Statistical summaries of data Forecasting models Assessment of uncertainty Inference and predictions Methods of quality improvement |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| Spring Quarter | ||
| ACCTG 501: Managerial Accounting | Relevant costs for decision-making Management accounting systems Budgeting and performance evaluation |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| MKTG 501: Marketing Strategy | Market definition Customer analysis Competitive analysis Marketing planning |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| Evening MBA Year Two Core | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Topics | Syllabi |
| Autumn Quarter | ||
| MGMT 500: Leading Teams & Organizations | Effective groups Organization theory Leadership in organizations Human resource management Delegation and empowerment Implementing change |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| OPMGT 502: Operations & Supply Chain Management | Productivity and competitiveness Capacity planning Just-in-time production systems Inventory management |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| QMETH 501: Decision Support Models | Quantitative modeling Linear programming Decision theory Simulation |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| Winter Quarter | ||
| MGMT 502: Competitive Strategy | Analyzing value creation Strategic thinking and planning Strategy implementation Structure analysis of industries |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| MGMT 504: Ethical Leadership | Ethical aspects of conducting business Ethical decision-making Stakeholder management Corporate social responsibility Sustainability and corporate governance |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| Spring Quarter | ||
| BECON 501: Analysis of Global Economic Conditions | Interaction of goods, labor and asset markets International trade Growth of output, inflation, unemployment Interest and exchange rates Monetary and fiscal policies |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
During the first two years of your Evening MBA program you will take 13 Core courses in the topics listed below and typically one Elective.
Year one and two courses are listed below along with links to the previous year’s syllabi. Course enrollment is limited to Foster MBA students only.
| Evening MBA Year One Core | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Topics | Syllabi |
| Autumn Quarter | ||
| ACCTG 500: Financial Reporting & Analysis | Financial statements Accounting concepts and methods Institutional and regulatory influences Measurement and reporting issues |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| BECON 500: Microeconomic Analysis | Consumer theory Production and costs Monopoly Externalities and welfare |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| Winter Quarter | ||
| FIN 502: Corporate Finance | Investments, diversification, portfolio theory Capital budgeting Capital Structure |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| MGMT 510: eLEAD – Leadership Development & Building Effective Teams | Assessment, instruction, and coaching to develop leadership abilities. Emphasizes team building and collaboration, written, oral, and interpersonal communication, and applied leadership activities. |
Syllabus-Leadership
|
| QMETH 500: Statistics for Business Decisions | Statistical summaries of data Forecasting models Assessment of uncertainty Inference and predictions Methods of quality improvement |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| Spring Quarter | ||
| ACCTG 501: Managerial Accounting | Relevant costs for decision-making Management accounting systems Budgeting and performance evaluation |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| BCMU 501: Professional Communications | Persuasive Pitches Audience Analysis/Message Strategy Inclusive Inquiry Navigating Difficult Conversations Message Structure/Building Your Presentation |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| MKTG 501: Marketing Strategy | Market definition Customer analysis Competitive analysis Marketing planning |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| Evening MBA Year Two Core | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Topics | Syllabi |
| Autumn Quarter | ||
| MGMT 500: Leading Teams & Organizations | Effective groups Organization theory Leadership in organizations Human resource management Delegation and empowerment Implementing change |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| OPMGT 502: Operations & Supply Chain Management | Productivity and competitiveness Capacity planning Just-in-time production systems Inventory management |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| QMETH 501: Decision Support Models | Quantitative modeling Linear programming Decision theory Simulation |
Syllabus-AUT/2022 |
| Winter Quarter | ||
| MGMT 502: Competitive Strategy | Analyzing value creation Strategic thinking and planning Strategy implementation Structure analysis of industries |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| MGMT 504: Ethical Leadership | Ethical aspects of conducting business Ethical decision-making Stakeholder management Corporate social responsibility Sustainability and corporate governance |
Syllabus-WIN/2023 |
| Spring Quarter | ||
| BECON 501: Analysis of Global Economic Conditions | Interaction of goods, labor and asset markets International trade Growth of output, inflation, unemployment Interest and exchange rates Monetary and fiscal policies |
Syllabus-SPR/2023 |
| IS 500: Data Management for Analytics | Core concept of database systems SQL queries SQL drill: mini exercise cases |
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