ACC 2101 Principles of Financial Accounting 1 SCH
This course is a practical introduction to financial reporting. Emphasis is placed on financial statements and financial ratio analysis. By the end of this course, participants should understand what financial accounting is, understand and prepare basic financial statements (income statement, statement of retained earnings, and balance sheet), understand and use concepts and standards underlying the accounting practice, and analyze a business financial position and performance using its financial statements.
ECO 2101 Principles of Economics 1 SCH
The main aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of Economics. The first part of the course will cover micro economics topics such as the theory of households making consumption, the theory of firms making input choices and output decisions and different types of market structures that these firms operate in. The second part of the course will cover macro economics topics such as inflation, unemployment, balance of payments. Fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy will also be examined.
MGT 2101 Principles of Management 1 SCH
It introduces management concepts and applications important in all types and sizes of organizations in the global environment. It includes: planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling.
MKT 2101 Principles of Marketing 1 SCH
This course will offer students the ability to view how marketing fits into the business organization and how it affects their lives every day. Covered topics include marketing concepts, marketing functions, products, and services, distribution, and promotion.
GBU 5301 Management Statistics 3 SCH
This course is designed to provide foundations of quantitative methods for managerial decision-making. It examines the use of modern quantitative methods to support the executive decision-making process. It includes hypothesis testing, statistical inferences, forecasting and regression analysis.
ACC 5302 Advanced Managerial Accounting 3 SCH
This course focuses on the use of accounting information for internal planning and control purposes. It explores the analysis and design of systems that provide cost information which is useful in making strategic and operating decisions. At a minimum, the following subjects will be discussed: cost system design, financial responsibility centers, planning and budgeting systems, advantages and limitations of activity-based costing methods, performance measures and evaluation.
GBU 5306 Business Decision Making and Management Science 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5301.
This course is designed to provide foundations of quantitative methods for managerial decision making. It examines the use of modern quantitative methods to support the executive decision-making process. Particular models examined include those which assist in describing and analyzing problems and those devoted to suggesting possible managerial actions. At a minimum, the following subjects will be discussed: how to formulate business problems, how to solve them using quantitative analysis, and how
to simulate and apply the recommended solution.
MGT 5309 Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5306.
This course examines logistics systems that provide the physical supply of raw materials and parts to a firm and the distribution of products to its customers. At a minimum, the following subjects will be discussed: facility location and distribution, tactical and strategic uses of freight consolidation, warehousing operations, and inventory management.
GBU 5315 Econometric Tools for Supply Chain Management 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5301.
This course introduces econometric tools for predicting and forecasting to support decision making in the supply chain. In the first part of the course, causal methods are developed further. This part includes:
simple and multiple regression, logistic regression, and neural networks. The second part presents timeseries techniques, including Exponential Smoothing and ARIMA and GARCH models.
MGT 5315 Project Management 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: MGT 3301 and GBU 5301.
This course provides an overview of the discipline of project management. It is done from both a technical perspective (use of CPM, PERT, work breakdown structure, advanced use of Microsoft Project) and from the perspective of the practice of project management (project planning, estimating costs and activities length, human resource planning and on site management, practical role of an effective project manager, project management vs. quantity surveying, project knowledge management, etc.). This class will also explore the different types of project organizations (IT, for innovation, for change, construction, etc.) and associated concepts such as program management, project finance, etc.
MGT 5316 Logistics of Transportation and Distribution 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: MGT 5309.
This course is designed to be an introduction to the challenges faced by the manager of a physical distribution and supply system. The manager will aim to coordinate the channels of distribution, the transportation and storage of products, and the communications and data processing system, in such a way that costs are cut to a minimum, while the service requirements are satisfied. The application of quantitative methods to the solution of these problems is emphasized.
MGT 5317 Inventory Management and Production Planning 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: ACC 5302 and MGT 5309.
This course will equip the students with the fundamental tools and techniques needed to control and manage inventory, as well as to plan production operations. The list of topics introduced include: the role of inventory, types of inventory, traditional replenishment systems for single-item inventories, multiechelon inventories, aggregate production planning, material requirement planning, and Just-in-Time production planning.
MGT 5318 Information Technology for the Supply Chain 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: MGT 5309.
This course will introduce the students to modern Information Technology practices in support of logistics and supply chain management. It unveils the principles and theory of business data design and integrated information systems support and gives exposure to the most modern implementations of Enterprise Resource Planning software.
MGT 5319 Strategic Supply Chain Management 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: Completion of all Core Courses.
This course explores the knowledge, techniques, and strategies necessary to create value and achieve competitive advantage from supply chains. The students will learn how to build SCM around the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model for increasing both the internal and external productivity of an organization’s supply chain and aligning the supply chain with the overall business goals of the organization.
MGT 5320 Research Methodology and MS Thesis 6 SCH
Pre-requisite: Completion of all other courses in the program.
The first part of the course will offer a broad view of methodology issues related to the planning and implementation of a research process. The main focus will be to present different methodological approaches in theoretical as well as empirical social research. It will cover topics related to issues as scientific theory, the problem formulation, the nature of abstraction, modes of explanation and understanding, the problem of conceptualization, and the process in which concepts and empirical knowledge interact in formulating a research problem, research questions and research strategies. Another important focus of the course will be to present the foundations of a qualitative research
approach versus a quantitative research approach in relation to different methods and techniques. Especially primary and secondary data collection will be emphasized as well as procedures for analysis and presentation of research findings in relation to conclusions and recommendations. In the second part, students complete a comprehensive project. The projects are conducted under the supervision of an SBA Faculty Advisor and involve problem structuring, data analysis, model building, and solution implementation for the supply chain of a real organization in the public or private sector. At the end of the project, students write a thesis that summarizes the methodology and the findings. The thesis is submitted and defended as part of the requirements of the MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
MGT 5307 Quality Management 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5301.
This course introduces the quality management principles and the role of Total Quality Management in the Supply chain. It provides concepts, tools, and techniques relevant to Quality Assurance, control and improvement, including models such as the Deming Cycle, Six sigma programs and Statistical Process Control tools.
MGT 5321 e-Business Management and the Net Economy 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: MGT 5318.
This course deals with concepts and methods related to the new economy and to electronic businesses. It introduces the data-networks and their uses in the daily transactions of businesses. The characteristics of Economies and e-Businesses are also considered before tackling the implied economic, managerial and financial issues. Applications and case studies are also used to emphasize the practical side of this course.
GBU 5313 Simulation Modeling and Analysis 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5301.
This course is an introduction to the main concepts needed to understand and use computer simulation approaches. The focus will be on discrete event simulation, as well as some coverage of system dynamics. The course will enable the students to understand how simulations based on these two models and to learn how to actually build a simulation model using a simulation package.
GBU 5314 Data Mining 3 SCH
Pre-requisite: GBU 5301.
This course covers the most popular machine learning techniques used for "mining" knowledge that lies buried in an information system, including neural networks, decision trees, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic. The course shows how these tools can be applied for making better decisions and discusses case studies that provide good models for such applications
