Master of Business Administration (MBA)

This course provides the students with an opportunity to review accounting cases and to
conduct research. This course will expose the students to advanced accounting topics such as consolidation of financial statements and the Equity Method of Accounting for investments
in other companies. The cases presented in the course will assist the student in building strong critical thinking skills and sound theoretical knowledge. An emphasis is placed on advanced accounting theory and the preparation of consolidated financial statements (Prerequisites: This course is designed to be taken during the final semester of the program) (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

This course focuses on the applicability of communication as an art, theory, science, and
technology in the business field. Emphasis is placed on the nonverbal aspects of business
communication. Significant components of verbal communication in the business discipline are addressed. Attentiveness is given to the ethical objectives of communicating in the managerial environment. Essential techniques and skills needed to be an effective supervisor are identified. Comprehensive discussions on business communication topics are covered in this course that will assist students with transitioning into their managerial roles: interpersonal communication, public speaking, ethics, written correspondence, interviews, research,
leadership, and small group communication (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A study of strategy and how to put together a strategic business plan focusing on the international business activities required to develop the reliable policies and methods to
successfully achieve objectives of a company. The course also teaches how to marshal
resources for the execution of the plan, how to evaluate the success of a strategy, and learning
from strategic errors (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A course which presents economic analysis tools that can be used by managers to make
increasingly difficult and complex business decisions and managerial decisions. Concepts
discussed include forecasting, regression modeling, forecasting, cost analysis, and elasticity.
Case studies are used to reinforce principles discussed in class. Also presented are game
theory, international topics and e-commerce issues (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A managerial perspective on the field of finance, including asset valuation, risk management and optimization. This includes management of day to day operations of a business and keeping within a budget by valuing projects and firms, risk and return, capital budgeting and structure, valuing stocks, long-term financing, working capital management, debt and taxes.
The course also covers key concepts related to financial modeling, international corporate
finances and international flow of capital for purposes of investment and trade (Offered in
Spanish for online programs).

Portfolio Management is the decision making process implemented in investment strategy and day to day management of trading portfolios. The portfolio manager is responsible for domestic and/or international investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and examining risk against performance, requiring the balancing of debt vs. equity, growth vs. safety, domestic vs. international, and other tradeoffs while optimizing return on investment. This course provides a study of securities and markets; analysis of several categories of corporate securities, public securities, and other investments; types of risks and taxes that effect investment policy, timing, selection, and
investment values from an organizational and planning perspective (Offered in Spanish for
online programs).

Business Statistics is the science of good decision making in the face of uncertainty through the collection, classification, summary, organization, analysis and interpretation of two
categories of data: descriptive and inferential. It is used in financial analysis, production and
operations in domestic and international business. Through the use of probability, sampling, binomial and normal distributions, interpretation of estimate, confidence intervals, correlations techniques, analysis of variance, etc., business statistics is used to make good and sound decisions for a business. This course discusses descriptive and inferential statistics used to solve complex problems in business and management (Offered in Spanish for online
programs).

Strategic Management of Organizational Behavior is designed to form managers that will
understand both group and individual performance activity within an organization, domestic or global, and enhance organizational cultures to create positive job structure, performance, communication, motivation, and leadership. The manager, through work done by others, allocates resources, directs activities of others, and makes decisions to attain organizational goals. This course provides an advanced examination of organizational behavior with an emphasis placed on employee training and retention issues. A case study approach is used as part of this study of advanced management techniques (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

This course examines the concepts, issues, and practices that compromise the core of organizational leadership from a global perspective. It will focus on managerial functions to maximize efficiency to achieve expected organizational goals in domestic and international markets (Offered in Spanish for online programs)

A study of the field of operations in the service industry and in manufacturing, this course
introduces concepts, techniques and administration in a domestic and global environment needed to increase efficiencies in the conversion of materials and labor into goods and services for maximizing profit. The operations manager plans, organizes, coordinates and controls the resources used to produce goods and services, and directs the associated supply chains and logistics. Topics discussed also include product design and manufacturing, service design, capacity and location decision making (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

Taken during the final semester of studies, this course integrates core business knowledge
across all organizational functional areas gained from several business disciplines, and
achieved through the courses of the Master of Business Administration program. Candidates
for completion of the MBA degree will demonstrate their conceptual, analytical, research and practical skills in the development of a comprehensive and strategic business plan for a new business venture. The plan will be segmented in five deliverables and include sections such as legal and organizational structure, capital requirement and budgeting, marketing, operations management, talent acquisition, and sample financial statements. The capstone project will be closely supervised by the capstone faculty resulting in a complete business plan developed in good scholarly form with references, and bibliography as required by APA guidelines (Prerequisites: Standing as master’s student in final semester of program) (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

A graduate course which utilizes a managerial approach to investigate, among other topics,
market analysis, relationships, strategy formulation, the technology adoption life cycle, and internet strategies, and the changes in marketing theory and practice in today’s globalized, competitive, and technical environment. The practical application of marketing techniques, activities and methods are also explored (Offered in Spanish for online programs).