Announcements:
New Section of Executive MBA Program starting January 2010, locations tentatively include Elkins, Summersville and Morgantown
Please call 304-293-7811 for more information.
EMBA Information Session
Wednesday, October 14
5pm - 7pm
Stop in at any time
Panera Bread
357 Patterson Dr.
Morgantown, WV
Graduate Courses and Schedule (Please note that Semester 1 refers to the initial starting semester, either fall or spring. Also note that the initial course in the fall semester, for tuition and scheduling purposes, is counted as a summer course.)
| Semester 1 |
| BADM 535 Organizational Behavior (3 hrs.) This course provides students with an understanding of the behavior of individuals, groups, and formal organizations. Emphasis is placed on employee performance and satisfaction and in applying theories of human behavior to solving problems in organizational administration. |
| BADM 621 Business Research & Statistics (3 hrs.) This course develops skills in data-driven, fact-based decision making; develops the ability to critically evaluate research proposals and studies which rely on business research; provides a basic understanding of reading and conducting empirical research. Survey of major statistical methods used in business and economics. |
| BADM 622 Financial Accounting (3 hrs.) This course encompasses 1) understanding the processes involved in the development and preparation of financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in owners’ equity and statement of cash flows, 2) investigating the underlying conceptual/theoretical foundation of financial reporting, 3) analyzing business transactions, including operating, investing and financing activities and the affects of each on the financial statements, and 4) analyzing financial statements and other financial information as a basis for decision-making, including analysis of the quality of the financial statements. |
| BADM 591 External Business Environment (4 hrs.) This course explores the impact of the external environment on the profitability and success of the firm. This course emphasizes the theme that the odds of business success are enhanced by a strong grasp of the global business environment, including business cycle trends, socio-economic and demographic trends, political factors, and industry-specific characteristics. Economics, international business, and strategic management topics are covered. A program requirement of a visit to Washington, D.C. for sessions about the government-business interface is incorporated into this course. Note: This course is offered in the Fall only, thus Spring admits will take this course in their second semester. |
| Semester 2 |
| BADM 644 Law, Ethics, Accountability (2 hrs.) This course offers an overview of a wide array of ethical, social and legal issues that relate to the interface between business and government. It provides an opportunity to explore the ethical and legal reasoning through the analysis of case studies. |
| BADM 631 Micro/Managerial Economics (3 hrs.) This course provides a solid foundation of economic understanding for use in managerial decision-making. Topics covered include supply, demand, markets, pricing practices, and firm strategies in contestable markets. Note: This course is offered in the Spring only, thus Spring admits will take this course in their first semester. |
| BADM 636 Managerial Accounting (3 hrs.) This course provides an introduction to internal accounting techniques used by an organization's managers when they are faced with planning, directing, controlling, and decision-making activities in their organizations. Accounting information can be used to identify and analyze alternatives and to guide the manager to a course of action that will yield the greatest benefit to the organization. While the major emphasis in financial accounting is on the accumulation and presentation of accounting data to external decision makers, the emphasis in managerial accounting is on the analysis and presentation of that data to internal decision makers. Note: This course is offered in the Fall only, thus Spring admits will take this course in their fourth semester. |
| BADM 591 Marketing Management (3 hrs.) This course develops the student's understanding of evaluation and analysis of marketing strategies in a global environment. It also provides techniques for examination of the relationships between buyer behavior and the elements of the marketing mix. |
| Semester 3 |
| BADM 641 Management Science and Operations (3 hrs.) This is a quantitatively oriented course and, as such, relies on skills that you have acquired in earlier courses. The central theme of the course is decision model building and solving these decision models utilizing various combinations of spreadsheets. This also refers to the art of facing a real-world problem and expressing it in quantitative terms in order that an improved understanding of the situation can be achieved. This will often require skills learned in functional areas as well as the experiential learning accumulated through work experiences in the real world. One focus in the course will be on the use of cases to present issues and develop the student’s problem solving skills. The applications discussed will focus on a variety of managerial decision making issues and problems. |
| BADM 611 Information Technology/ Information Systems (2 hrs.) This course provides the student with an overview of the theory and implementation of today's business information systems. The student will study the flow of information through the organization's functional units, and how managers at different levels use information as a strategic resource. The course will also cover basic web site development, and the use of the basic Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access. |
| BADM 591 The Executive Project (1 hr.) The course is the first part of a two semester project in which students develop a major project for their employer or business. Example projects include: developing a market entry or expansion strategy for a new product or for an existing product in a new market, completing a merger and acquisition analysis or plan, developing a business plan for a new or existing venture, analyzing the profitability of a division, product line, region, etc., creating a financing strategy for a major undertaking, developing a regional, city, or state economic development plan, improving customer experience for an existing product or service, or re-engineering a process or operation for a major functional area. |
| FIN 500 Business Finance (3 hrs.) This course deals with the financial management of commercial firms. Topics include how assets should be managed, what assets should be purchased, and how these purchases should be financed. |
| BADM 591 Elective (3 hrs.) |
| Semester 4 |
| BADM 551 Global Strategic Management (3 hrs.) This course is designed to give insight into the current economic, business and political issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the world--to acquaint students with strategies, trends, and forces that shape the 21st century. Note: An international trip or major country/region project, a program requirement, is part of this course. Also note: This course is offered in the Spring semester only, thus Spring admits will take this course in their third semester. |
| BADM 653 Capstone (3 hrs.) This course, typically employing a business simulation, explores the various strategic planning options available to companies in order to compete in the global market place. The course places emphasis on entrepreneurship, growing a business, developing a business plan and shopping that plan with the goal of securing additional financing to support global expansion. The course will also integrate knowledge and skills developed in other coursework throughout the EMBA experience. |
| BADM 591 The Executive Project (2 hrs.) The course is the second part of a two semester project in which students develop a major project for their employer or business. |
| BADM 591 Elective (3 hrs.) |
