executives, security analysts or money managers. In the area of financial services, positions include personal financial planners and investment advisors. Banking and financial institutions employ graduates for careers in lending, investments, real estate, international divisions of commercial banks, savings and loans, or other financial institutions. Municipal governments, planning and development districts, and state and federal agencies all employ financial managers in large numbers for research and administrative projects.

FIN 305: Personal Financial Planning

FIN 405: Career and Research Skills in Finance and Investments

FIN 421: Cases in Financial Management

FIN 425: Analysis of Financial Statements and Financial Reporting

FIN 450: Investment Analysis

FIN 475: Behavioral Finance

The Business Administration program with a specialization in Management is designed to provide students the necessary basic understanding of management and the managerial role.

Graduates in the management specialization area will possess knowledge and skills necessary to fill professional management positions in corporate, government, or small business in an ever-changing, globally competitive business environment. This program also provides a solid background for students who may want to pursue graduate work in management or related areas.

Graduates should be able to:

Work effectively with others and lead others in a common mission;

Demonstrate analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, quantitative, and information technology skills.

Students who successfully complete the management specialization have the choice of immediately beginning with a professional career, entrepreneurial ventures or continuing with graduate study. Professional careers beginning at the management-trainee or entry level may be pursued in the private or public sectors as well as in the profit or not-for-profit organizations. In the case of graduate study, students may elect a general degree program, such as the Master of Business Administration (MBA), leading to an advanced degree, and the Ph.D. or DBA with a major in management or other business disciplines.

DBA with a major in management or other business disciplines.

ACC 300: Managerial Accounting

MGT 433: Human Resources Management

MGT 452: Transportation and Business Logistics

MGT 455: Operations Management

MGT 460: Human Behavior in Organizations

MGT 465: Entrepreneurship

This curriculum provides students with high quality educational foundation for entry into management information systems related careers and will prepare students to pursue graduate or advanced professional education in business information systems and related fields.

This program provides a practical background for students interested in working in the management information system field. Graduates would possess basic knowledge of MIS, database, e-commerce, and other information system topics.

Graduates should be able to:

Understand the purposes and functioning of management information systems,

. Participate in systems development teams,

Understand the importance of internal control for information systems.

Students who successfully complete the Management Information Systems specialization should be prepared for introductory-level positions in systems design, systems analysis, information system control, and e-commerce. The curriculum also provides a sound background for graduate study in MIS.

MIS 360: Advanced Management Information Systems

MIS 303: Business Database Systems

ACC 324: Accounting Information Systems

MIS/MKT 450: Electronic Commerce

MIS 460: Internet Application Development

MIS 497: Topics in Information Systems

The Marketing curriculum provides a specialization of study for students planning careers in marketing research, advertising, retailing, or sales management.

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