UMass Boston | Continuing Education | Summer 08 Graduate Credit Courses

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MBAACM682 Oral Communication for Managers Description: This course helps students improve their oral communication skills. Its purpose is to improve 1) students’ organizational effectiveness as managers, and 2) students’ personal effectiveness as speakers. Course topics include the communication process, communicating in organizations, the substance of oral communication (argument and persuasion), and the form of communication (organization and delivery). Academic Information: Prerequisite: Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	K Hatzis	Jul 15-Aug 21	W-1-010 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 010	TuTh	6-9p	3	3110	$1230	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF601 Economics for Managers Description: Introduces the student to economic principles of particular interest to the firm manager. The course is divided roughly into two parts that deal with macroeconomic and microeconomic issues. In the macro section such key aggregates as gross domestic product, unemployment rate, inflation rate, and balance of payments, which are of importance to the firm manager, are discussed. Discussions focus on a critical examination of how these aggregates are measured and determined in various competing theoretical models. The theory discussed here then serves as an analytical tool in understanding and evaluating economic policies related to such current economic issues as unemployment, inflation, and trade imbalances. In the micro section, emphasis is given to a) the theory of markets, how prices and quantities are determined in markets and factors that affect these prices and quantities; and b) how firms compete in different market environments. Besides concentrating on the theory, special attention is given to how the concepts covered are applied to real-world microeconomic problems. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBAMS 600 and graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 27-Jul 8	M-2-621 McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 621	TuTh	6-9p	3	2012	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF603 Massachusetts in Global Economy Description: TBA Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBAMS 600 and graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	E Cook	May 28-Jul 9	W-1-031 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 031	MW	6-9p	3	2821	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF610 Accounting for Managers Description: Instructs students in the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. The financial accounting component presents techniques used to measure business transactions, preparation of financial statements, recording and valuation of assets, owners’ equity, revenue, cost and expenses. The managerial accounting component deals with techniques for management decision-making, planning, and control. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 601 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 27-Jul 8	M-3-204A McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 204A	TuTh	6-9p	3	2399	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF611 Intermediate Accounting Description: This course acquaints students with financial accounting theory. Particular emphasis is given to the relationship between theory and such practical problems as the limitations of traditional financial statements and asset and current liability items. Students acquire an understanding of issues unique to corporations and complete the study of the balance sheet by examining long-term debt and equity items. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 601 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 27-Jul 8	M-1-213 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 213	TuTh	1:30 - 4:30p	3	2400	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF613 Federal Tax Planning Description: Introduces the concepts of gross income recognition, deductions, tax credits, and the income tax effects of property transactions, with emphasis on managerial decision-making and planning. These concepts are incorporated into discussion of alternative forms of business organization and the tax implications of each. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	J Camp	Jul 14-Aug 20	W-1-047 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 047	MW	6-9p	3	2820	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF614 Financial and Managerial Auditing Description: The objective of this course is to make students aware of, and develop working skills in, the techniques of financial and managerial auditing, and to help them develop judgment in using audit information. Topics include stewardship and the need for auditing; audit evidence and analytical techniques for sampling and drawing inferences; organizational issues in auditing; techniques and methods of managerial and strategic audits, and audit reporting. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 15-Aug 21	M-1-417 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 417	TuTh	1:30 - 4:30p	3	2139	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF615 International Accounting Description: This course examines the international dimensions of financial accounting and analysis; the environmental influence of specific countries on international accounting standards and their related impact on financial reporting; and disclosure and analysis world wide. Specific attention is given to inflation accounting, foreign currency transactions, the translation of foreign financial statements, and the status of international accounting standards. (An international management elective.) Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 15-Aug 21	M-1-614 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 614	TuTh	6-9p	3	2140	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF617 Management Accounting and Control Description: This course introduces students to the important role management accounting plays in helping managers make informed decisions. In particular, the course emphasizes modern theories of product cost, performance measurement, and management control systems. It uses cases to describe real-world problems and to illustrate such concepts as activity-based cost systems, productivity measurement, and total quality. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 28-Jul 9	M-1-213 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 213	MW	6-9p	3	2068	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF620 Financial Management Description: This course is intended to provide the student with a sound understanding and appreciation of the principles of corporate finance. The course covers the theory and practice of financial decision making by managers and describes how financial theory can be used to address practical problems and to illuminate institutional aspecs of the financial world. Topics include the time value of money, capital budgeting, financial statement analysis, asset valuation, portfolio theory, capital structure, dividend policy, long-term financing, and issues of corporate control. The course enables students to develop the skills and intellectual framework for addressing a variety of financial problems. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 15-Aug 21	M-1-213 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 213	TuTh	6-9p	3	2013	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAAF623 Financial Modeling Description: This course introduces the principles and techniques for building financial models, especially in an uncertainty framework. Topics covered include decision support systems, risk analysis, portfolio theory, and capital budgeting under uncertainty. The course integrates financial, accounting, and statistical concepts and techniques to construct financial models and to peform analyses using popular software applications, as well as emphasizing the application of financial modeling techniques in identifying and implementing business solutions. The course will be of special interest to students seeking more hands-on experience in constructing financial models and more in-depth knowledge in financial software. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBA AF 620 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 14-Aug 20	H-UL-0041 Healey Library, Upper Level, Room 0041	MW	6-9p	3	1811	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT653 Organizational Diagnosis and Change Description: This course focuses on the theory, research, and techniques of organizational diagnosis and change. Students will learn how to engage in systematic structural and behavioral analyses and to design effective strategies for intervention and change. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MGT 650 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	S Jackson	May 28-Jul 9	M-1-620 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 620	MW	6-9p	3	2016	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT660 Business and Its Environment Description: This course looks at the relationship of business to the external environment. The course considers business in relation to legal, social, political, and economic systems, focusing in particular on the impact of governmental regulation on business. The course also addresses the functioning of the US business enterprise in the context of the international business environment. Finally, through an examination of the role of ethics in management decision-making, the course explores how business organizations can operate effectively and responsibly in the context of the external environment. Academic Information: Prerequisite: Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	M Calkins	May 28-Jul 9	M-2-214 McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 214	MW	6-9p	3	2017	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT660 Business and Its Environment Description: This course looks at the relationship of business to the external environment. The course considers business in relation to legal, social, political, and economic systems, focusing in particular on the impact of governmental regulation on business. The course also addresses the functioning of the US business enterprise in the context of the international business environment. Finally, through an examination of the role of ethics in management decision-making, the course explores how business organizations can operate effectively and responsibly in the context of the external environment. Academic Information: Prerequisite: Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	T Jones	Jul 15-Aug 21	W-1-061 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 061	TuTh	6-9p	3	2991	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT668 Real Estate and Local Economic Development Description: This course introduces students to the field of urban economic development in the context of real estate development. Students will explore the principles of economic development, focusing on the role of real estate developers, companies, community organizations, and government agencies in the decline and revitalization of neighborhoods, cities, and regions. They will be exposed to diverse issues involved in economic development, with particular emphasis on practical aspects. Topics to be covered in this course include opportunity and impact assessments, stakeholder analysis, and project management. A combination of lectures, site visits, case studies, and group projects will help students to gain an appreciation of the role of real estate in urban economic development and develop the skills required to lead and assess development projects. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBAMGT 660 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 14-Aug 20	W-1-046 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 046	MW	6-9p	3	1812	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT689 Strategic Management Description: Considers the diverse situations typically confronted by upper level management and strategies for managing these situations, using knowledge acquired through study of the MBA Core. These strategies are based on an analysis of the internal conditions of the firm and the constraints and opportunities afforded by the external environment. Students learn to develop strategy implementation plans that provide detailed descriptions of appropriate executive action. Academic Information: Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7720). Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	J Evereteze	May 27-Jul 8	M-1-614 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 614	TuTh	6-9p	3	2983	$1290	The course has reached its maximum enrollment. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT689 Strategic Management Description: Considers the diverse situations typically confronted by upper level management and strategies for managing these situations, using knowledge acquired through study of the MBA Core. These strategies are based on an analysis of the internal conditions of the firm and the constraints and opportunities afforded by the external environment. Students learn to develop strategy implementation plans that provide detailed descriptions of appropriate executive action. Academic Information: Prerequisite: This course is to be taken in the student’s final semester of study. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	S Jackson	Jul 15-Aug 21	M-3-204A McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 204A	TuTh	6-9p	3	2255	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT698 Practicum Description: TBA Academic Information: Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7720). Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 28-Jul 9	M-1-614 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 614	MW	6-9p	3	2243	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMGT698 Practicum Description: TBA Academic Information: Prerequisite: Permission of Department. For more information, please contact department (617.287.7720). Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	Jul 14-Aug 20	M-2-415 McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 415	MW	6-9p	3	2398	$1290	Course has been cancelled. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200 or read more about our Cancellation Policy.
MBAMKT670 Marketing Management Description: This course focuses on the strategic decisions necessary to match organizational resources with market opportunities. Students learn to analyze market opportunities, to develop marketing plans and marketing mix strategies, and to manage implementation and control of the marketing plan. Academic Information: Prerequisite: AF 610 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	R Powers	May 28-Jul 9	M-1-428 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 428	MW	6-9p	3	2242	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMKT672 Services Marketing Description: This course examines what differentiates services marketing from the marketing of products. Special attention is given to the unusually intricate coordination of planning and interaction that the marketing of services requires among the traditional management functions of marketing, operations, human resources, and finance. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBAMKT 670 and Graduate degree student in Management. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	M Agrawal	May 28-Jul 9	M-1-418 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 418	MW	6-9p	3	3044	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMS600 Mathematical Analysis for Managers Description: This course provides the necessary mathematical skills and applications necessary to pursue graduate study at the College of Management. Topics covered include a review of basic algebra; graphing; linear, polynomial, exponential and logarithmic functions; functions of several variables; systems of linear equations; probability; differentiation and integration. Academic Information: Prerequisite: None. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	P Gianoukos	Jul 15-Aug 21	M-1-428 McCormack Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 428	TuTh	6-9p	3	2397	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more information, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMS635 Operations Management Description: This course familiarizes students with the analysis, planning, and control of operations and operating resources in both production and service organizations. Topics covered include product design and process selection, capacity planning, location and layout decisions, and inventory control. Analytical techniques used in system design and operations planning and control problems are also discussed. Students make use of computers and appropriate software to apply what they are learning. Academic Information: Prerequisite: MBAMS 630 or MSIS 630 or MS 630. BUSADM students only. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	Staff	May 27-Jul 8	M-2-213 McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 213	TuTh	6-9p	3	2019	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMS640 Computer and Information Processing Systems Description: Examines the role of information technology (IT) in supporting an organization's operations, strategy, and change efforts. The course offers a comprehensive review of modern information technology architectures covering current approaches to the organization and management of computer technology, telecommunications, data organization, and information system applications. Major emphasis is given to the critical role that computer technology and information systems methodology play in the re-design of business processes under different organizational settings. The course makes extensive use of case scenarios to describe and to research further some issues involved in the planning, development, and implementation of streamlined organizational processes and information system applications. Some modules may involve the hands-on use of personal computers. Academic Information: Prerequisite: None. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	O Gutierrez	May 28-Jul 9	M-2-213 McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 213	MW	6-9p	3	2020	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.
MBAMS697 Operational Excellance-Lean Description: This course will provide students an historical, philosophical and technical understanding of the TPS System now known as "Lean", tracing its roots from Henry Ford’s flow production to recent applications of lean to both public and private organizations and even entire municipalities. The course will contrast and compare traditional business systems to lead and highlight the many challenges as well as benefits that await lean implementers. Academic Information: Prerequisite: None. Distribution I Area: None. Distribution II Area: None. Diversity Area: None.	B Hamilton	May 27-Jul 8	W-1-020 Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 020	TuTh	6-9p	3	3042	$1290	Registration for this session has been closed. For more infomation, contact 617 287 6200.

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