Business Administration Courses (B A)


The following courses, numbered 7000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 0900-6999, which are offered for undergraduate credit only, may be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.

6000 Financial Reporting: Accounting Module. Cr. 2

Prereq: admission to a graduate program. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Financial statements and principles of accounting. (T)

6005 Basics of Financial Management. Cr. 2

Prereq: B A 6000 or equiv. and admission to graduate program. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Basic aspects of finance: time value of money, financial markets, risk and return, valuation and basic capital budgeting. (T)

6010 Basics of Business Economics. Cr. 2

Prereq: graduate standing. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Survey course; fundamental principles that guide decision making in market-based economic systems. (T)

6015 Marketing Foundations. Cr. 2

Fundamental principles that guide decision making in market-based management systems. (T)

6020 Contemporary Principles of Management. Cr. 2

Prereq: admission to a graduate program. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Basic principles of organization theory and behavior in contemporary organizational settings. (T)

6025 Basics of Production/Operations Management. Cr. 2

Prereq: admission to graduate program. Overview of operations management from a strategic perspective. Emphasis on problems and their solutions. (T)

6090 Quantitative Analysis: Theory and Application. Cr. 2

Prereq: one college course in finite math or higher; admission to a graduate program. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Statistics of association and statistical inference from samples. Correlation, analysis of variance, multivariate regression, non-parametric statistics. (Former FBE 609.) (T)

6100 Analytical Writing for Business. Cr. 2

Prereq: admission to a graduate program. Waived only for students scoring at least 3.5 on GMAT writing assessment. Development of analytical writing skills, based on diagnostic evaluation of GMAT analytical writing assessment. (T)

7000 Managerial Accounting. Cr. 3

Prereq: completion of all foundation requirements. No credit for undergraduate accounting majors; no credit after former ACC 6020. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Fundamental principles; preparation and utilization of financial information for internal management purposes. (T)

7020 Corporate Financial Management. Cr. 3

Prereq: completion of all foundation requirements; admission to a graduate program. No credit for undergraduate finance majors; no credit after former FBE 7210. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Development of tools to evaluate and manage financial policies of modern global corporations; case studies. (Former FBE 721.) (T)

7040 Managing Organizational Behavior. Cr. 3

Prereq: completion of all foundation requirements. No credit for undergraduate management majors; no credit after former MGT 7060. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Contemporary issues in managing and leading people and organizations. Topics include: creativity, culture change, leadership, teamwork, cross-cultural factors, performance management, and organizational change. (T)

7050 Marketing Strategy. Cr. 3

Prereq: completion of all foundation requirements. No credit for undergraduate marketing majors; no credit after former MKT 7030. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Application of theory, concepts, and models to contemporary marketing issues and problems. Developing and evaluating successful marketing strategies through analysis of customers, competitors, the organization, and the external environment. (T)

7070 Social Perspectives on the Business Enterprise. Cr. 3

Prereq: completion of all foundation requirements. No credit after former MGT 7740. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Political, social, legal, ethical, regulatory, environmental, and global issues that interrelate with business decisions in the societal fabric. (T)

7080 Strategic Management. Cr. 3

Must be taken in final twelve credits of graduate program and after all other core courses. No credit after former MGT 7890. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Prereq: contact adviser at 313-577-4510 for consent to register for this class. Application of theory and concepts regarding strategic formulation and implementation from the perspective of senior management, to integrate the functional areas and provide a unified direction for the firm when it is operating in complex local and/or global environments. (T)

7260 Theory of Constraints: Breakthrough Solutions. Cr. 3

No credit after former ACC 7260. Prereq: completion of foundation requirements or consent of instructor. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Problem solving based on Theory of Constraints logic process. Use of cause-effect logic diagrams to identify root cause of problems, discover breakthrough solutions, specify expected results of these solutions (including negative side effects which can thus be avoided), overcome obstacles to implementation, and construct a detail plan for implementation of solutions. Applications to management of business and other operations. (I)

7530 Societal and Ethical Issues in the Information Age. Cr. 3

No credit after former ISM 7530. Prereq: completion of foundation requirements. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Issues such as: computer crime, privacy, copyrighting of software; other ethical issues related to use of business systems and information systems. (Y)

7560 Global Perspectives in Management. Cr. 3-4

Prereq: B A 7040. Open only to M.B.A. students; others by consent of instructor. For any class designated as Web, contact online: (http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu). Current thinking in international management theory and practice. Key topics include management of international corporations, international human resource management, and cross-cultural communication and negotiation. (Y)

7995 Directed Study. Cr. 1-3

Prereq: written consent of graduate associate dean. Advanced readings and research under supervision of faculty member, in area of special interest. (T)

8999 Master's Thesis Research and Direction. Cr. 1-9

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)