Concepts and models of financial accounting are introduced. Included are the analysis, interpretation and reporting of financial events.

Stresses fundamental communication principles and techniques for effective business writing in diverse managerial situations. Participants complete a variety of writing activities, including responding to management communication cases and evaluating written communications using holistic and analytic tools. Within this context, participants are provided an opportunity to achieve an understanding of syntactical and grammatical patterns while improving analytical and logical business writing skills.

Note: This requirement will be waived for students who achieve a score of 4.5 or higher on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) exam. Graduate Writing Intensive (GWI) course.

Intensive study of important aspects of law for managers, including law as an instrument of social and political control. Analyzes selected problems in areas of private law such as contract, tort, business organizations, and agency. In addition, selected issues of administrative law and government regulation of business will be investigated.

Computer-based course in data analysis. Business case studies are used to differentiate between common and specific sources of statistical variation and to construct statistical models such as multiple regression, times series, and statistical quality control. Emphasis is placed on intuitive statistical thinking and communication of results.

Management accounting data characteristics and application to internal decisions made by managers. Topics cover management accounting as a tool of business management. Topics generally include product costing, managers' use of accounting data in specific decision frameworks, performance evaluation, and relevant versus strategic analysis. Class participation is encouraged.

Financing of corporations and management of corporate resources, short-term and long-term, stressing maximizing shareholder wealth. The case method is used extensively. Both oral and written communication skills are stressed.

Advanced concepts and techniques essential to asset valuation. Key topics include, but not limited to, free cash flow, price multiples, asset-based and contingent claim valuations. Applications of various valuation techniques are emphasized.

Prerequisite: MBA 220 or instructor permission.

Behavioral science theories, concepts, and practices in current use in private and public organizations. Critical evaluation of research supporting those practices.

Contemporary problems, issues, and objectives relating to the management of personnel are analyzed. The principle functions comprising the personnel program including those of employee assessment, utilization, supervision, and remuneration are studied in the context of the current social, economic, and political conditions with which the personnel policies and practices of the organization must be concerned.

Marketing policy for channels of distribution, pricing brands, advertising, and sales as interrelated at the executive level. Designed to develop capacity for sound decision making by marketing managers.

Consideration of current problems and issues in marketing from the perspective of the individual firm or public agency.

An in-depth coverage of a marketing function(s). Explores traditional and contemporary theories, strategies, practices, and issues of the selected functional area(s).

Prerequisite: MBA 240.

Use of information technology (IT) as management resource. Focus is on management decision-making related to telecommunications, data-bases, system development, and decision support systems. Use of technology to reengineer the business organization.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status.

Provides graduate students an understanding of the management approaches of multinational corporations in dealing with operational differences in various countries. Topics include such areas as: foreign investment decisions, relations with host governments, and organizational planning.

To study the current state of productivity in American industry from an operations management point of view and to discuss timely issues of concern to the manager of operations systems in business, industry, services, government, for profit and nonprofit organizations. Topics, which may vary from time to time, will be selected from areas affecting productivity such as: industrial policy, adoption of technological advances, impact of economic, social and environmental policies, work design, legal decisions, safety, quality control, and others.

Supervised work experience in business, governmental service, or agencies for the purpose of increasing and enhancing student understanding of the nature and scope of the organization's operations. Supervision is provided by the faculty and the cooperating agencies.

Note: Open to second year MBA and MSBA/MIS students. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 2065.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status; minimum Sacramento State GPA of 3.0 required.

Supervised work experience in business, governmental service, or agencies for the purpose of increasing and enhancing student understanding of the nature and scope of the organization's operations. Supervision is provided by the faculty and the cooperating agencies.

Note: Open to second year MBA and MSBA/MIS students. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 2065.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status; minimum Sacramento State GPA of 3.0 required.

Supervised work experience in business, governmental service, or agencies for the purpose of increasing and enhancing student understanding of the nature and scope of the organization's operations. Supervision is provided by the faculty and the cooperating agencies.

Note: Open to second year MBA and MSBA/MIS students. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 2065.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status; minimum Sacramento State GPA of 3.0 required.

Supervised work experience in business, governmental service, or agencies for the purpose of increasing and enhancing student understanding of the nature and scope of the organization's operations. Supervision is provided by the faculty and the cooperating agencies.

Note: Open to second year MBA and MSBA/MIS students. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 2065.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status; completion of graduate foundation courses plus 6 units of the second year requirement, minimum Sacramento State GPA of 3.0 required.

Supervised work experience in business, governmental service, or agencies for the purpose of increasing and enhancing student understanding of the nature and scope of the organization's operations. Supervision is provided by the faculty and the cooperating agencies.

Note: Open to second year MBA and MSBA/MIS students. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 2065.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status; completion of graduate foundation courses plus 6 units of the second year requirement, minimum Sacramento State GPA of 3.0 required.

Individual projects or directed reading for students qualified to carry on independent work.

Note: Admission requires approval of faculty member supervising work in addition to the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate and External Programs. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 1035.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status.

Individual projects or directed reading for students qualified to carry on independent work.

Note: Admission requires approval of faculty member supervising work in addition to the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate and External Programs. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 1035.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status.

Individual projects or directed reading for students qualified to carry on independent work.

Note: Admission requires approval of faculty member supervising work in addition to the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate and External Programs. Petitions are obtained from Tahoe Hall 1035.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status

Individual projects or directed reading for students qualified to carry on independent work.

Note: Admission requires approval of faculty member under whom the individual work is to be conducted in addition to the approval of the Associate Dean for Graduate and External Programs. Petitions to be obtained from the CBA Graduate Programs Office, Tahoe Hall 1035.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status.

Individual projects or directed reading for students qualified to carry on independent work.

Note: Admission requires approval of faculty member under whom the individual work is to be conducted in addition to the approval of the Graduate Program Office. Petitions to be obtained from the CBA Graduate Programs Office, Tahoe Hall 1035.

Prerequisite: Classified graduate status.

Completion of a thesis approved for the Master's degree.

Prerequisite: Advanced to candidacy; completion of MBA 244.

Completion of a project approved for the Master's degree.

Prerequisite: Advanced to candidacy; completion of MBA 244.

This MBA capstone course covers the principles and practices of strategic management from analysis and recommendation through implementation, evaluation and control. Students will analyze and present solutions to case studies. Successful completion of this course will be one of the ways to satisfy the culminating experience for the MBA degree.

Note: A grade of "B-" or better is required for successful completion.

Prerequisite: Completion of all MBA core classes; advanced to candidacy; final term of MBA program enrollment.