Cohort 8 - Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	April 28, 07– June 23, 07	Dr. Susan Kruck
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	June 23, 07– Aug 18, 07	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Organizational Behavior	Aug 18, 07– Oct 13, 07	Dr. Dan Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Oct 13, 07– Dec 8, 07	Dr. Mike Busing
MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control	Dec 8, 07– March 1, 08	Dr. Mike Riordan
MBA 630 Managerial Finance	March 1, 08– April 26, 08	Dr. Hugh Hobson
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making	April 26, 08– June 21, 08	Dr. Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Networks	June 21, 08– August 16, 08	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations Management	August 16, 08– Oct 11, 08	Dr. Geoff Egekwu
MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Fin Management	Oct 11, 08– Dec 6, 08	Dr. Joe Albert
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Dec 6, 08– Feb 28, 08	Dr. Bud Clarke
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	Feb 28, 08 – April 26, 08	Dr. John Nugent
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy	April 26, 08 – June 20, 08	Dr. Theresa Flaherty
MBA 690 Strategic Management	June 20, 08 – Aug 15, 08	Dr. Paul Bierly

Cohort 7 - Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	April 28, 06 – June 24, 06	Dr. Susan Kruck
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	June 24, 06 – Aug 19, 06	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Organizational Behavior	Aug 19, 06 – Oct 14, 06	Dr. Dan Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Oct 14, 06 – Dec 9, 06	Dr. Mike Busing
MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control	Dec 9, 06 – March 3, 07	Dr. Mike Riordan
MBA 630 Managerial Finance	March 3, 07 – April 28, 07	Dr. Hugh Hobson
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making	April 28, 07 – June 23, 07	Dr. Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Networks	June 23, 07 – August 18, 07	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations Management	August 18, 07 – Oct 13, 07	Dr. Geoff Egekwu
MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Fin Management	Oct 13, 07 – Dec 8, 07	Dr. Joe Albert
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Dec 8, 07 – March 1, 08	Dr. Bud Clarke
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	March 1, 08 – June 21, 08	Dr. John Nugent
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy	June 21, 08 – August 16, 08	Dr. Theresa Flaherty
MBA 690 Strategic Management	August 16, 08 – Oct 11, 08	Dr. Paul Bierly

Cohort 6 - Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	Dec 10, 05 – March 4, 06	Dr. Susan Kruck
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	March 4, 06 – April 29, 06	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Organizational Behavior	April 29, 06 – June 24, 06	Dr. Dan Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	June 24, 06 – Aug 19, 06	Dr. Mike Busing
MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control	Aug 19, 06 – Oct 14, 06	Dr. Mike Riordan
MBA 630 Managerial Finance	Oct 14, 06 – Dec 9, 06	Dr. Hugh Hobson
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making	Dec 9, 06 – March 3, 07	Dr. Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Networks	March 3, 07 – April 28, 07	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations Management	April 28, 07 – June 23, 07	Dr. Mo Zarrugh
MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Fin Management	June 23, 07 – August 18, 07	Dr. Joe Albert
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	August 18, 07 – Oct 13, 07	Dr. Bud Clarke
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	Oct 13, 07 – Dec 8, 07	Dr. John Nugent
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy	Dec 8, 07 – March 1, 08	Dr. Theresa Flaherty
MBA 690 Strategic Management	March 1, 08 – June 21, 08	Dr. Marion White

Cohort 5 - Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	April 30, 05 – June 25, 05	Dr. Susan Kruck
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	June 25, 05 – Aug 20, 05	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Organizational Behavior	August 20, 05 – Oct 15, 05	Dr. Dan Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Oct 15, 05 – Dec 10, 05	Dr. Mike Busing
MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control	Dec 10, 05 – March 4, 06	Dr. Mike Riordan
MBA 630 Managerial Finance	March 4, 06 – April 29, 06	Dr. Hugh Hobson
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making	April 29, 06 – June 24, 06	Dr. Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Networks	June 24, 05 – Aug 19, 06	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations Management	Aug 19, 06 – Oct 14, 06	Dr. Geoff Egekwu
MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Fin Management	Oct 14, 06 – Dec 9, 06	Dr. Joe Albert
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Dec 9, 06 – March 3, 07	Dr. Bud Clarke
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	March 3, 07 – April 28, 07	Dr. John Nugent
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy	April 28, 07 – June 23, 07	Dr. Theresa Flaherty
MBA 690 Strategic Management	June 23, 07 – August 18, 07	Dr. Paul Bierly

Cohort 4 - Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	May 1, 04 – June 26, 04	Dr. Susan Kruck
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	June 26, 04 – Aug 21, 04	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Organizational Behavior	August 21, 04 – Oct 16, 04	Dr. Dan Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Oct 16, 04 – Dec 11, 04	Dr. Mike Busing
MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control	Jan 8, 05 – March 5, 05	Dr. Mike Riordan
MBA 630 Managerial Finance	March 5, 05 – April 30, 05	Dr. Hugh Hobson
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making	April 30, 05 – June 25, 05	Dr. Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Networks	June 25, 05 – Aug 20, 05	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations Management	Aug 20, 05 – Oct 15, 05	Dr. Mo Zarrugh
MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Fin Management	Oct 15, 05 – Dec 10, 05	Dr. Joe Albert
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Jan 10, 06 – March 4, 06	Dr. Bud Clarke
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	March 4, 06 – April 29, 06	Dr. John Nugent
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy	April 29, 06 – June 24, 06	Dr. Theresa Flaherty
MBA 690 Strategic Management	June 24, 06 – August 19, 06	Dr. Marion White

Course Listing and Objectives

The listing is in sequential order. Each course is three credit hours.

MBA 640 Management Information Systems

Recognize the relationships between business pressures, organizational responses and information technology
Understand information architecture and infrastructure
Describe strategic information systems and explain their advantages
Appreciate the information technologist as an agent of organizational change
Discuss new forms of organizational practices facilitated by information technology

MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security

Become familiar with the terminology and vocabulary used in the modern information security realm.
Develop an understanding of the three primary areas of information security (access, availability, integrity) and the application of this understanding to develop a mental structure for information security analysis. The mental structure, in turn, will serve as a basis for continued learning and knowledge accumulation in the arena of information security.
Gain an appreciation for the three major classifications of controls and countermeasures (preventive, detective, and recovery) used in the modern Information Security realm, and be able to identify examples and samples of controls and countermeasures within each classification. For each control and countermeasure identified, the student will be able to describe the conditions under which the example is appropriate and inappropriate.
Develop an appreciation for the trade-offs inherent between the need for tight security and the need for efficiency, ease of use, and user freedoms. The student will be able to identify system design characteristics that contribute to a pareto optimal balance between the two needs.
Gain an appreciation for the advantage of constant alertness, learning, and awareness of the advancement of the Information Security art, and to develop an individualized and personalized strategy for maintaining knowledge and awareness of future InfoSec developments.
Be able to integrate the above knowledge and understanding to develop a basic Information Security Plan applicable to the student's personal employment situation.

MBA 600 Organizational Behavior

Develop change strategies for organizations facing dynamic environments
Understand theories of personality and their impact on individuals in the workplace
Design jobs so as to enhance employee's job satisfaction and performance
Manage organizational conflict in a functional and constructive manner
Develop effective motivational approaches
Identify and adopt leadership styles appropriate for the situation being faced

MBA 610 Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decisions

Apply statistical and quantitative techniques to business situations
Employ computational skills in a software-assisted environment
Explain, interpret and compute a variety of measures and tools including; mean, median, standard deviation, variance, interquartile range, percentile, proportion, decile, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, relative frequency distributions, contingency tables, ideas of expected value
Conduct linear and multiple regressions, forecasting, linear programming, simulation and decision analysis

MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control

Understand how accounting meets information needs of managers, investors, creditors; how accounting information is used to make short-term management decisions; how accounting is used to improve an entity's efficiency
Be able to read and interpret financial statements, distinguish among fixed, variable and mixed costs, prepare operating budgets, identify relevant costs for decision making, use cost-volume-profit analysis as a decision tool

MBA 630 Financial Management

Understand the concepts of operating leverage, financial leverage and total leverage and how to calculate them
Calculate a breakeven analysis for a project
Estimate the relevant cash flows associated with a capital budget project
Implement capital budgeting techniques to decide which capital budgeting projects should be accepted or rejected
Calculate an organization's overall cost of capital, which is the weighted average of the various capital components
Forecast an organization's financial needs based on its strategic planning

MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making

Apply the basics of markets including supply and demand concepts to explain movements in prices and quantities
Explain the vertical and horizontal structure of firms and industries
Understand the cost of production and be able to differentiate: accounting vs. economic costs, fixed vs. variable costs, average vs. marginal costs, and the nature of costs applied to the scale and scope of operations
Recognize and interpret the behavior of firms in situations of price competition, nonprice competition and collusion
Understand antitrust and regulation and apply competing theories of public policies toward competition and exhibit familiarity with major cases in antitrust and regulation

MBA 681 Managing System Networks

Understand the components that comprise the voice and data network
Develop a basic understanding for how to design discrete and integrated voice/data networks
Learn how various organizations allocate and develop reporting structures to manage their networks
Recognize the role that customer support and customer service support plays in network management
Work with tools that measure network throughput, availability and other Quality of Service measures
Learn about and work with tools that aid in configuration management
Learn how network managers perform capacity planning
Learn about the role of the auditor in the network management process
Learn about security organizations and tools used by network managers.
Understand how the network must be included in an organization's overall Disaster Avoidance and Recovery Plan.

MBA 642 Operations Management

Understand the strategic importance of operations management and its role in creating a competitive advantage
Be able to develop, apply and interpret the results of basic procedures for forecasting, aggregate planning, master production scheduling, inventory planning, capacity management, and shop floor control
Be able to explain how marketing and finance affect operations management

MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Financial Management

Identify conditions of market efficiency
Set up the cash flows associated with the acquisition of a capital asset
Utilize financial ratios to evaluate the operating and financial performance of a management team
Effectively communicate to management the various problems, and potential solutions facing the firm
Identify financial restructuring possibilities which will lead to an increase in the value of the firm
Identify the attributes that make a firm a good merger partner or take-over target
Evaluate financial data and identify problem areas of a firm

MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management

Identify the steps of a marketing management process
Conduct a detailed situation analysis including macro-environmental, customer, competitor and industry data
Create marketing strategies including identification of product-market segment opportunities, development of product/service positioning and development of measurable marketing objectives
Devise and strategically implement, evaluate and control marketing plan

MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics

Understand and be able to articulate the types and nature of computer crimes
Understand and be able to articulate how computers and transmission facilities can be used in the commission of a crime
Understand and be able to articulate the role of, and interplay between, managers, systems administrators, auditors, attorneys, law enforcement personnel and the judicial process in digital forensics
Understand and be able to articulate the process of identifying, preserving, and analyzing digital data where a crime is believed to have committed such that it will stand up in court under cross examination
Understand and be able to articulate the dynamics and interplay between computer science and forensic science.

MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy

Obtaining a working knowledge of government policies related to information technologies, including issues of protecting an individual's privacy
Reviewing and understanding the legal environment and the constraints placed upon operations in the information realm
A review of ethical principals and practices pertinent to the information age
Understanding the information security concerns pertinent to strategic planning and forward thinking in an organization
Developing an awareness of the battlefield in information warfare
Exploring the information security capabilities inherent in various hardware and software standards (i.e., such as operating systems).

MBA 690 Strategic Management

Understand the fundamental aspects of strategic planning, industry analysis, strategy implementation, competitive dynamics, organization design, cooperative strategies, global strategies and corporate governance
Understand real-world issues faced by managers and apply skills and knowledge gained from previous course work
Blend functional with strategic management and apply to various situations such as evaluating new markets, capturing returns from innovation, managing production
Understand best new thinking to come out of companies, consulting and research
Understand ethical and global issues related to strategic management