MGT 560: Human Behavior in Organizations. An analysis of the behavior of persons in organizational settings, including personality, values, motivation, leadership, authority and performance in groups, and informal groups. This course explores how the alignment of these variables with strategic goals promotes an organization's competitive advantage. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

MGT 565 Entrepreneurship. A study of the strategic role of the entrepreneurial process and resulting innovations, based on challenges and opportunities. This course examines how an entrepreneur achieves competitive advantage in the global marketplace. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

MGT 590: Strategic Management. Study of long-term management tasks of strategy formulation and implementation for an organization's competitive advantage. Topics include environmental analysis, strategy development, implementation, evaluation, and organization governance. Should be taken in the final semester of the MBA program. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

MGT 601: Contemporary Topics in Management. An exploration of contemporary topics in business management. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Examples of topics include e-commerce, lean manufacturing, service operations, global competitiveness, leadership, culture, or other current issues. Should be taken in the final semester of the MBA program. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

MIS 510: Management Information Systems. This course introduces a variety of issues relating to managing information systems and strategic role of information technology in enabling an organization to gain and maintain competitive advantage. It addresses both behavioral and technical issues and uses case studies as a means of exploring a number of decision situations in organizations. All issues are considered from the managerial perspective. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

MIS 520: Enterprise Data Management. This course covers fundamentals of database analysis, design, and implementation. The course emphasizes skills needed to analyze and organize business data, as well as to utilize the organized data to answer a variety of business queries. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. Prerequisite: MIS 510 or instructor consent.

MIS 540: Big Data in Business. This course focuses on three aspects of big data – data storage technologies, data management strategies, and analysis of big data sets. Students will learn how to apply these concepts to real-world business problems through hands-on experience with big data technologies and platforms. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. Prerequisite: MIS 520 or instructor consent.