ACCT511 – Financial Accounting 3 Credit Hours

Discusses accounting perspectives, principles, concepts, and assumptions used in preparing financial statements of organizations for use by external parties. Emphasis is placed on interpretation and uses of the financial statements, and how this requirement relates to independent audits of management assertions as contained in financial statements. Topics include introduction to financial statements, transaction analysis, accrual accounting, internal control, accounting for various categories of assets and liabilities, cash flow analysis, and analysis of financial statements.

Prerequisite

None

BUS599 – Research Project 3 Credit Hours

Helps students to acquire scientific research skills, prepare an applied research tackles one of the contemporary issues in the students’ field of specialization that has practical and scientific importance, and to train students to apply the rules of scientific methodology in management research. At the end of the course, a student submit an applied research report that follows the scientific method in research papers, and which has a practical and scientific contribution. For the student to pass this course, his/her research must be to the level of the possibility of acceptance for publication in an academic journal.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MGT522 – Strategic Management 3 Credit Hours

Discusses strategic management processes and of the formulation and application of functionally integrated business policy by top management. Sharpens students skills in designing strategic management processes, linking strategy of business with organizational missions and visions, conduct internal and environmental assessment, implement strategy analysis based on multiple approaches, making strategic decisions of the choice of policy directions and develop a framework for policy evaluation.

Prerequisite

ACCT511 – MKT521 – OM512 – MIS510

MKT521 – Strategic Marketing 3 Credit Hours

Discusses conceptual frameworks and analytical tools used in formulating marketing strategies for organizations. Focuses on developing students’ competence in effectively managing the strategic marketing function of an organization to develop and nurture a sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include the strategic role of marketing in the organization, industry analysis, market segmentation and targeting, competitive strategies, etc. Emphasis will be placed on applications through the use of case studies and/or computer game simulation of competitive interaction and the development of a strategic marketing plan.

Prerequisite

None

OM512 – Production and Operations Management3 Credit Hours

Provides an understanding of how the operations function in an organization is performed. Examines how do the operations activities of a firm that include both manufacturing and services activities create value and the competitive advantage in our increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economy.

Prerequisite

None

MIS510 – Management Information Systems 3 Credit Hours

Components of MIS technologies: Hardware, software, and networking components. Databases and their structures. Information systems applications including enterprise systems, ebusiness, and Decision Support Systems. Concepts and tools of systems development. Ethical and security issues.

Prerequisite

None

MIS512 – Business Data Communication and Networking 3 Credit Hours

Principles of modern computer networking, data communications, network security, and associated technologies. Design, implementation, administration, and security of computer (wired and wireless) networks and data communications. Network architecture to support network-based applications, such as Web, email, ftp, telnet. Management of enterprise information security, contingency planning (incident response, disaster recovery), security policy programs, and risk management.

Prerequisite

MIS510 – ACCT511 – MKT521 – OM512

MIS515 – Systems Analysis Methodologies 3 Credit Hours

Overview of Systems analysis & design methodology. Approaches (tools and techniques) used by today’s IS developers to gather requirements, design and model, and then construct and implement successful system solutions. Application of Object-Oriented (OO) tools and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Description of objects, diagrams for functional (use case), structural & dynamic models, hierarchies, dependencies, message flows, state transition, and user interfaces.

Prerequisite

MKT521 – ACCT511 – OM512 – MIS510

MIS518 – Database Systems 3 Credit Hours

Data resource management concepts. Database support for various levels of management. Relational database model. Database life cycle. Conceptual data modeling. Database logical and physical design. Database integrity. Database languages and technologies. Data and database administration.

Prerequisite

ACCT511 – MKT521 – OM512 – MIS510

MIS520 – Information Security and Assurance 3 Credit Hours

Concepts and methods associated with security of information and information systems planning, designing, implementing, managing, and auditing security at all levels and on all systems platforms, including worldwide networks. Risk management and disaster recovery. Techniques for assessing risk associated with accidental and intentional breaches of security. Legal and ethical issues related to the uses of information systems.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MIS522 – Decision Support Systems 3 Credit Hours

Introduction to Decision Support Systems (MSS): Decision Support Systems, Collaborative Work Systems, Executive Support Systems, Expert Systems, and Neural Networks. Impact of MSS on decision making. Exposure to MSS tools and development methods. Integration of MSS. Team projects to develop MSS.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MIS525 – Web Applications Development 3 Credit Hours

Understand, design and develop dynamic web pages that retrieve its data dynamically from database Ability to connect to different Database Systems (DBMSs) using different technologies such as ODBC, JDBC and other available data-binding controls in the used programming/development language. Know how to mix HTML tags and the sever-side script/code of the development tool; how to maintain the state in web pages; how to secure and personalize web pages; Debug and handle errors and exceptions; be able to use SQL to store/insert, retrieve, update, and delete databases’ data; be able to deploy developed web sites.

Prerequisite

MIS520 – MIS522 – BUS599

MIS528 – IT Project Management 3 Credit Hours

Project management fundamentals and strategies. Project plan. Project estimation. Project risk management. Human aspect of project management. Project implementation issues. Managing IT projects from initiating, planning, executing, controlling, reporting, and closing a project. Project integration, scope, time, cost, quality control, and risk management. Software size and cost estimation. Work Breakdown Structure. Loading of Resources. Monitoring progress.

Prerequisite

MIS520 – MIS522 – BUS599

ECON511 – Managerial Economics 3 Credit Hours

Integrates various economic concepts and tools with managerial decision-making and policy formulation in business organizations. The course will focus on demand and consumer Behavior, production analysis and Costs, market structure and competition, and pricing strategies.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

FIN521 – Corporate Finance3 Credit Hours

Provides the skills needed by financial managers to create value through good investment and financing decisions. The course focus on financing decisions through capital structure theory and dividends policy; investing decisions through advanced project evaluation and advanced capital budgeting; and valuation through modern portfolio theory, cost of capital, security and firm valuation. Other topics include leasing, mergers and acquisitions; corporate restructuring, risk management, corporate governance, and international issues.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MGT512 – Organizational Behavior 3 Credit Hours

This course is based on the proposition that managing people and their behavior in organizations is one of the most challenging tasks anyone could face. Traditional approaches dealing with human behavior in organizations that worked a decade ago or even a few years ago are currently being questioned, modified or rejected. This course will provide students an opportunity for them to look inside the organizations and to develop their own perspectives and skills for managing organizational behavior in the modern era.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MGT531 – Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours

The new world economy requires nations to harness, develop and preserve their capabilities to innovate and to be entrepreneurial. Mention is frequently made of the ‘entrepreneurial revolution’, signifying the fact that the ability to innovate and be entrepreneurial has become a powerful economic force across the globe. Entrepreneurial endeavor is a prerequisite for economic growth and entrepreneurs and small business leaders constitute a significant contributing force to economic activity in general and job creation in particular. However – entrepreneurship is not only about new ventures or small business organizations. An increasingly volatile and global environment is forcing organizations from small to extremely large to be more responsive and innovative in order to maintain or improve competitiveness internationally. You as a leader or manager of an organization(s), therefore, have to deliberately work towards establishing organizational environments that are well aligned with this new environment. This calls for leadership and managerial competencies that can unleash the creative potential and individual and collective innovative thinking and capabilities of all organizational members and stakeholders. This course is aimed at developing your entrepreneurial capabilities as a current, future leader or manager, with a particular emphasis also on your creative and innovative abilities. Through developing your knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurial endeavor and enhancing your capabilities to be creative and innovative, this course serves to lay the foundation for enhancing your chances of entrepreneurial success in the new world economy.

Prerequisite

None

MIS532 – Knowledge Management 3 Credit Hours

Theory and practice of Knowledge Management (KM), with an integrated interdisciplinary presentation. KM perspectives arising from artificial intelligence, information systems, and organizational behavior. Technical components of computer tools and technology for managing knowledge. Leverage knowledge effectively within an organization. Evaluation the nature, computer representation, access, and utilization of knowledge versus information within a human context. Preparation for managerial, technical, and systems workers alike in today’s modern knowledge-based economy.

Prerequisite

None

MIS535 – Enterprise Resource Planning3 Credit Hours

This course covers architecture, setup, configuration, operations and management of system that is of “enterprise class”. Fundamentals of business process and business process re-engineering concepts are also taught in this course. Emphasis is given to the ERP selection, process mapping, GAP analysis, implementation, and configuration of ERP systems. Students receive an in-depth coverage of enterprise modules and decision analysis tools. Project management techniques are used to emphasize team dynamics and management skills.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518

MIS538 – Business Intelligence and Data Mining3 Credit Hours

Principles of business intelligence and Data Mining techniques. Data warehouse and decision making process. Identification, collection, organization, and analysis of data from various sources such as the Internet, electronic banking, point-of-sale devices, bar-code readers, and intelligent machines. Data mining techniques drawn from Statistics, Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence. Use of modern software tools. Examples will be drawn from several areas including applications in marketing, risk management, and fraud detection.

Prerequisite

None

OM531 – Supply Chain Management3 Credit Hours

Provides an understanding of the dynamic nature of supply chain management for products and services and addresses the impact of the global economy on the managerial decisions. Examines the theory of supply chain design, which includes strategies for sourcing, supplier relationships, quality, logistics, inventory management, and integrated supply chain management.

Prerequisite

MGT522 – MIS512 – MIS515 – MIS518