MBA & PEMBA Electives
The following are the electives offered in Spring 2022, Summer 2022 and Fall 2022. Courses and timing are subject to change based on instructor availability and course enrollment numbers. For the course schedule, please visit the Student Link or the MBA Course Schedule Charts (click on the semester links on the left).
| Course: | Curric- ulum Info: | Pre-requisite: | Semesters: |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC814 Financial Statement Analysis & Investor Decisions (3 cr.) | FIN | ST | QST OB712/713/715, QST AC710/711/712, QST QM711/716/717, QST MK713/723/724, QST FE717/721/722 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening) |
| AC830 Managerial Accounting (3 cr.) | FIN |OTM | QST OB712/713/715, QST PL714/727/FE730, QST AC710/711/712, QST QM711/716/717, QST OM710/725/726, QST MK713/723/724,QST FE717/721/722, QST IS710/711/716 | Fall (Evening) |
| AC831 Sustainability Reporting (3 cr.) | SI | Fall (Evening) | |
| AC847 Intermediate Accounting 1 (3 cr.) | QST AC710/711/712 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
| AC848 Intermediate Accounting 2 (3 cr.) | QST AC847 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
| AC860 Accounting Risk Management (3 cr.) | Fall (Day) | ||
| AC865 Auditing Issues & Problems (3 cr.) | QST AC848 (previous or concurrent) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
| AC869 Principles of Income Taxation 1 (3 cr.) | QST AC847 (previous or concurrent) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) | |
| ES872 Entrepreneur's Communication Playbook (1.5 cr.) | MK | ST | ES700, ES701,ES730, or ES740 | Spring (Saturday) |
| FE820 Corporate Financial Management (3 cr.) | FIN | ST | FE717/721/722 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Evening) & Summer 1 (Evening) |
| FE822 Fixed Income Markets (3 cr.) | FIN | FE717/721/722 | Fall (Evening) |
| FE823 Investments (3 cr.) | FIN | FE717/721/722 | Fall (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
| FE833 ESG Equity Investing (3 cr.) | SI | FIN | OTM | Spring (Evening) | |
| FE850 Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts (3 cr.) | FIN | IE | FE810 or FE820 | Fall (Day) & Spring (Day) |
| FE854 Entrepreneurial Finance (3 cr.) | SI | FIN | IE | AC710/711/712, FE717/721/722 | Spring (Evening) |
| FE870 Analysis and Management of Financial Risk (1.5 cr.) | Fall (Saturday) | ||
| HM703 Health Sector Issues and Opportunities (3 cr.) | HSM (Required) | SI | IE | | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day) | |
| HM710 Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution (3 cr.) | HSM (Required) | IE | QST HM703 | Fall (Evening) |
| HM717 Drugs, Devices, and Diagnostics: New Challenges, Strategies, and Execution (3 cr.) | HSM (Required) | IE | ST | HM703, FE717/721/722, MK713/723/724, SI718/750/751 | Fall (Evening) |
| HM801 Bench-to-Bedside: Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace (3 cr.) | HSM | IE | ST | Fall (Evening) | |
| HM817 Advances in Digital Health (3 cr.) | MSDT | HSM | IE | Spring (Evening) | |
| HM820 Strategy, Economics, and Policy in the Health Sector (3 cr.) | HSM (Required) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Evening) | |
| HM840 Health Sector Consulting (3 cr.) | HSM | Spring (Evening) | |
| HM848 Driving Health Sector Innovation (3 cr.) | HSM | Spring (Evening) | |
| IS717 Systems Architecture in Management and Applications (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Spring (Intensive) |
| IS754 Human Centered Design (2 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
| IS754 Human Centered Design (2 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
| IS756 Digital Project Build (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
| IS811 Responsible AI for Business Analytics (1.5 cr.) | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
| IS815 FinTech Revolution: Disruptive Technologies, Blockchain and Future of Finance (3 cr.) | MSDT | Spring (Evening) | |
| IS823 Analytics for Managers (3 cr.) | Spring (Day & Evening) | ||
| IS827 Platform Strategy and Design (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | ST | PL714/727/FE730, SI718/750/751, or permission of instructor | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
| IS828 Managing Information Security (3 cr.) | MSDT | IS710/711/716 | Spring (Evening) |
| IS833 Business Analytics in Practice Assuming Introductory Programming (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT Students Only or permission of instructor and Python experience equivalent to IS717 or QM 875 (Python Bootcamp) | Spring (Day) |
| IS834 Business Analytics in Practice Plus Introductory Programming (3 cr.) | Fall (Evening) | ||
| IS841 Advanced Analytics For Managers: Data Mining (3 cr.) | MSDT | MK | IS823 recommended | not offered in 2022-23 |
| IS843 Big Data Analytics for Business (3 cr.) | MSDT | Python basics (e.g. IS717, IS834, QM 875 (Python Bootcamp) or equivalent); Some prior experience with analytics (e.g. IS823, IS833, IS834, IS841, MK842, MK872, MK876); or permission of the instructor. | Spring (Evening) |
| IS883 Synthesizing Digital Efforts to Deliver Better Outcomes (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT Students Only | Fall (Day) |
| IS889 Data Management (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT students only | Summer 1 (Intensive) |
| IS890 Digital Transformation Through Experimentation and Scaled Agile: A Practicum (3 cr.) | MSDT (Required) | MSDT Students Only | Spring (Day) |
| MK820 Consultative Selling (1.5 cr.) | MK | Spring (Saturday) | |
| MK842 Machine Learning for Business Analytics (3 cr.) | MSDT | MK | MK713/723/724 | Spring (Intensive) |
| MK845 Engaging Consumers in a Digital World (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | MK | MK713/723/724 | Summer 2 (Intensive) |
| MK852 Data Driven Marketing Decisions (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | MK | MK713/723/724, QM711/716/717 | Fall (Day) |
| MK854 Branding (3 cr.) | IE | MK | ST | MK713/723/724 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
| MK856 Consumer Insights (3 cr.) | IE | LOT | MK | MK713/723/724 | Fall (Evening) |
| MK859 Strategic Business Marketing (3 cr.) | MK | ST | MK713/723/724 | Spring (Intensive) |
| MK862 Marketing High-Tech Products (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | MK | MK713/723/724 | Fall (Intensive) & Spring (Day) |
| MK864 Pricing Strategy and Tactics (3 cr.) | IE | MK | ST | MK713/723/724, PL714/727/FE730, QM711/716/717 | Spring (Evening) |
| MK867 Purpose-Led Marketing (3 cr.) | SI | EES | MK | MK713/723/724 | Fall (Evening) |
| MK870 Luxury Marketing (3 cr.) | MK | MK713/723/724 | Spring (Intensive) |
| MK876 Digital Marketing Analytics (3 cr.) | MK | QST MK723/724 | Spring (Evening) |
| MK878 Customer Analytics (3 cr.) | MK | MK713/723/724, QM711/716/717, MK852 or IS 833 | Spring (Day) |
| MO830 Leading Mission Driven Organizations (3 cr.) | SI | IE | LOT | Spring (Evening) | |
| MO833 Executive Compensation: Strategy and Practice (3 cr.) | SI | Fall (Intensive) | |
| MO838 People Strategies to Drive Performance (3 cr.) | SI | LOT | ST | MO712/713 (OB712/713/715) | Fall (Day) & Spring (Intensive) |
| MO844 Managing Organizational Change (3 cr.) | IE | LOT | ST | MO712/713 (OB712/713/715) | Fall (Evening) |
| MO847 Managing High Performance Teams and Project Groups (3 cr.) | LOT | Summer 1 (Evening) | |
| MO848 Leadership Challenge (3 cr.) | SI | IE | LOT | ST | MO712/713 (OB712/713/715) | Fall (Intensive) & Spring (Evening) |
| MO853 Negotiations (3 cr.) | IE | LOT | MO712/713 (OB712/713/715) | Fall (Intensive), Spring (Day & Intensive) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
| MO856 Mediation and Conflict Resolution (3 cr.) | LOT | MO853 (OB853) | Fall (Evening) |
| MO858 Necessary Conversations (3 cr.) | LOT | Spring (Intensive) | |
| MO860 People Analytics (3 cr.) | QST MO712 or 713, QST QM716 or 717 | Spring (Evening) | |
| OM832 Blockchain and Social Impact (3 cr.) | SI | OM725/726, QM716/717 | Spring (Intensive) & Summer 1 (Intensive) |
| OM840 Managing and Improving Quality: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (3 cr.) | MSDT | HSM | LOT | OTM | OM710/725/726, QM711/716/717 | Spring (Evening) |
| OM851 Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains (3 cr.) | SI | OTM | Spring (Day) | |
| OM855 Project Management (3 cr.) | MSDT | LOT | OTM | OM710/725/726 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Evening) & Summer 1 (Evening) |
| OM880 Product Design and Development (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | MK | OTM | OM710/725/726 | Fall (Evening) |
| PL834 Macroeconomics in the Global Environment (3 cr.) | Spring (Evening) | ||
| PL843 Business Law and Discrimination (3 cr.) | SI | Spring (Evening) | |
| PL855 The Energy Sector: Structure, Markets, and Regulation (3 cr.) | SI | EES | Spring (Evening) | |
| PL861 Emerging Issues in Business and Law (3 cr.) | IE | Summer 1 (Evening) | |
| QM870 R Bootcamp (1.5 cr.) | not offered in 2022-23 | ||
| QM875 Python for Data Science Bootcamp (1.5 cr.) | not offered in 2022-23 | ||
| QM877 Intro to Python Bootcamp (1.5 cr.) | Spring (Saturday) | ||
| QM880 Business Analytics: Spreadsheet Optimization and Simulation (3 cr.) | MSDT | OTM | QM711/716/717 | Spring (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
| SI814 Intellectual Property Strategies (3 cr.) | MSDT | HSM | IE | ST | OB712/713/715, MK713/723/724, QM711/716/717, AC710/711/712, FE717/721/722, or permission of the instructor. | Spring (Intensive) |
| SI830 Corporate Strategies for Growth (3 cr.) | LOT | ST | SI718/750/751 | Fall (Day & Evening) |
| SI835 Real Estate Management (3 cr.) | IE | QM711/716/717, OM710/725/726, MK713/723/724, FE717/721/722 | Fall (Evening) |
| SI836 Energy and Environmental Sustainability (3 cr.) | SI | EES | IE | ST | PL714/727/FE730 | not offered in 2022-23 |
| SI839 Design Thinking and Innovation (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | LOT | MK | ST | QST SI718/750/751 | Spring (Day & Intensive), Summer 2 (Intensive) |
| SI842 Real Estate Development (3 cr.) | IE | ST | QST SI718/750/751 | Spring (Evening) |
| SI845 Technology Strategy (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | ST | AC710 or 711, PL727 or 730, MK723 or 724, FE721 or 722, OB712 or 713, SI750 or 751 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day & Intensive) |
| SI845 Technology Strategy (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | ST | AC710 or 711, PL727 or 730, MK723 or 724, FE721 or 722, OB712 or 713, SI750 or 751 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Day & Intensive) |
| SI849 Corporate Sustainability Strategy (3 cr.) | SI | EES | ST | QST SI718/750/751 | Fall (Evening) |
| SI852 Starting New Ventures (3 cr.) | HSM | SI | EES | IE | ST | QM711/716/717, OM710/725/726, MK713/723/724, FE717/721/722 | Fall (Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
| SI855 Entrepreneurship (3 cr.) | IE | ST | AC710 or 711, MO712 or 713/715, QM716 or 717, MK723 or 724 | Fall (Evening), Spring (Day) & Summer 2 (Evening) |
| SI859 Strategy Implementation (3 cr.) | MSDT | IE | LOT | ST | OM710/725/726, MK713/723/724, FE717/721/722 | Fall (Day & Evening) & Spring (Evening) |
| SI868 International Consulting Project (3 cr.) | IE | ST | QST SI718/750/751 | Fall (Evening) |
| SR801 Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment (3 cr.) | Social Impact (Required) | EES | Spring (Day & Evening) | |
| SR841 Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management (3 cr.) | SI | LOT | AC710/711/712 | Fall (Evening) |
| SR850 Global Entrepreneurship (3 cr.) | SI | IE | LOT | ST | Fall (Evening) |
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