FIN 3233 - Money and Banking is being terminated because it is being replaced by FIN 3XXX - Financial Markets and Institutions (a new course). The new course covers material that is more relevant to the major in finance. Total hours for the program do not change.

Prerequisites: ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Course Description:
This course presents financial markets theory and applies it to the mechanisms of financial markets and institutions. Themes include the supply of and demand for loanable funds; interest rate theory and determination; money and capital markets; and monetary, fiscal and debt management policies by various types of financial institutions. No new faculty or additional resources are required for this course. 

Summary of the Changes:                 
The department of Accounting and Finance is eliminating one of its major requirements (FIN 3233 - Money and Banking) in its Financial Services major and replacing it with a new course (FIN 3XXX - Financial Markets and Institutions). The new course covers material that is more relevant to the major in Financial Services.  Total hours for the program do not change.
Please see the attached document for a complete listing of the program (with changes).
(Click here to view the program of study)

Summary of the Changes:                 
The Department of Accounting and Finance is eliminating the three tracks within the finance major. Currently, students can choose one of the following tracks: Corporate, Investments, or Real Estate. The rapidly changing financial landscape, both in terms of regulatory changes and new innovations, calls for increased flexibility within the finance curriculum. The changed structure will allow finance students to tailor the courses they take to fit their career goals. Moreover, eliminating the tracks within the finance major frees up an additional elective for students to take. Instead of tracks, courses will be recommended to students seeking a specialty in each of the current tracks.
(Click here to view the program of study)

Summary of the Changes:                 
The Department of Accounting and Finance is eliminating the three tracks within the finance major. Currently, students can choose one of the following tracks: Corporate, Investments, or Real Estate. The rapidly changing financial landscape, both in terms of regulatory changes and new innovations, calls for increased flexibility within the finance curriculum. The changed structure will allow finance students to tailor the courses they take to fit their career goals. Moreover, eliminating the tracks within the finance major frees up an additional elective for students to take. Instead of tracks, courses will be recommended to students seeking a specialty in each of the current tracks.
(Click here to view the program of study)

Summary of the Changes:                 
The Department of Accounting and Finance is eliminating the three tracks within the finance major. Currently, students can choose one of the following tracks: Corporate, Investments, or Real Estate. The rapidly changing financial landscape, both in terms of regulatory changes and new innovations, calls for increased flexibility within the finance curriculum. The changed structure will allow finance students to tailor the courses they take to fit their career goals. Moreover, eliminating the tracks within the finance major frees up an additional elective for students to take. Instead of tracks, courses will be recommended to students seeking a specialty in each of the current tracks.
(Click here to view the program of study)

Summary of the Changes:                 
The Department of Accounting and Finance is effectively combining its tracks into one major. In order to accomplish this, the Department of Accounting and Finance is eliminating the three tracks within the finance major. Currently, students can choose one of the following tracks: Corporate, Investments, or Real Estate. The rapidly changing financial landscape, both in terms of regulatory changes and new innovations, calls for increased flexibility within the finance curriculum. The changed structure will allow finance students to tailor the courses they take to fit their career goals. Moreover, eliminating the tracks within the finance major frees up an additional elective for students to take. Instead of tracks, courses will be recommended to students seeking a specialty in each of the current tracks.
Please see the attached document for a list of all the courses in the reconstructed program of study. The total semester hours in the program of study are 60.
(Click here to view the program of study)

Summary of the Changes:                 
The department of Accounting and Finance proposes the following change in its accounting major.
MAN 4550 Introduction to Management Science course would be deleted from the accounting curriculum, and in its place, ECO 3411 Economic Statistics would be required.    The addition of the statistics course gives students additional coverage of this critical topic and most of the other state schools that require a second quantitative course in their curriculum require a statistics course.
Required upper division hours for the program remain at 60, and total hours for the program remain at 120. (Click here to view the program of study)

To update/correct the catalog description for FIN 5405. The current catalog description does not stress the fact that this course combines two disciplines (accounting and financial management) and is taught at a fast pace.
New Course Description:
This is a course for non-business undergraduate majors. This course covers the principles of financial accounting and the processes and techniques applicable to financial management.  This course combines knowledge from two difficult disciplines, in a rigorous course, taught at a rapid pace. This course is intended for M.B.A. candidates who have not had undergraduate or equivalent foundation work in accounting and financial management.

Change the course description of Labor Relations.  This change is requested to better reflect the course content and update the terminology.
New Course Description:
This course provides an overview of union-management relations.  The topics include labor history, labor law, union organizing, collective bargaining, impasse procedures, discipline, grievance procedures, fractional bargaining, grievance arbitration, and labor-management cooperation programs.  Both line managers and HR specialists need to grasp these subjects, so they can more effectively handle conflicts and foster greater cooperation with regard to handling wages, hours and working conditions.

Change the course description of Organizational Behavior.  This change is requested to better reflect the course content and update the terminology.
New Course Description:
This course examines people in organizations from both an individual and a group perspective.  A few of the topics include motivation, leadership, personality, attitudes, values, stress, and politics.  Students will gain a greater understanding of human behavior in organizations and how this unpredictable phenomenon impacts organizational practices.

Change the course description of Organizational Theory.  This change is requested to better reflect the course content and update the terminology.
New Course Description:
This course provides an understanding of the structure of different organizations and examines where they fit in dynamic environments.  A few of the topics include organizational structure, strategy, environment, decision-making, technology, change and culture.  This course gives students a theoretical foundation of organizational principles while providing a macro view of the relationship between an organization and its environment.

Change the name of the course from Production, Operations and Logistics Management to Operations Management to reflect current terminology.
Update the catalogue description to better reflect the course content.
We request modest changes to the course title and description in order to provide a more concise title and to better present the course contents and their linkage to the interests of students in business.
New Course Description:
This course provides an overview of methods and tools for planning and controlling the production and distribution of goods and services. Topics include forecasting, production planning, inventory management, and other functions necessary to properly allocate, evaluate and manage resources in supply chain processes. Managers in both manufacturing and service inter-organizational systems need to understand these topics in order to increase firm value by reducing costs and required assets while at the same time maintaining or increasing output, quality and customer service.

Change the name of the course from Advanced Business Policy to Advanced Strategic Management to reflect more current terminology.
Update the catalogue description to better reflect the course content.
Change the course prerequisites from: 20 credits in graduate business administration which must include MAR 6805 and FIN 6406 to: students must be in their last semester of graduate work, have an overall graduate GPA of 3.0 or better on their program of study courses and have attained permission to register from the graduate advisor.
The above changes are requested to update the terminology, to better reflect the course content, and to better state, the constraints related to prerequisites.
New Course Description:
Advanced Strategic Management (ASM) is the Capstone course of the MBA program.  The course requires the student to assimilate and integrate the knowledge acquired from the functional disciplines through application utilizing a strategic framework.  Further, students utilize various models and theories of firm structure and performance to understand how to evaluate, allocate, and deploy the various resources that an enterprise controls in order to develop and achieve integrated strategic objectives.

The course description needs to be updated to reflect a more global approach.
New Course Description:
This course investigates the link between US culture and US business practices with a focus on communication issues.  Foundations of US business culture, based upon national cultural orientations and their impact on organizational cultures are explored; along with structural variables.  Cultural contrasts among business practices of US organizations and business practices of organizations from other countries are analyzed.

We request the catalogue description be updated to better reflect course content - section D.3
We request a modest change to the course description to elaborate more fully on the course contents and their linkage to the interests of graduate students in business, and to place the description in complete sentences.
New Course Description:
This course provides an overview of methods and tools for planning and controlling the production and distribution of goods and services.  The course includes an introduction to modeling techniques that are useful for allocating resources as well as evaluating and improving organizational processes and decisions across the firm.  Managers in both manufacturing and service organizations need to understand these topics in order to increase firm value by reducing costs and required assets while maintaining or increasing output, quality, and customer service.

Change the course description of Human Resources Management.  This change is requested to better reflect the course content and update the terminology.
New Course Description:
This course reviews various human resource subjects and programs.  The topics include equal employment opportunity, organization culture, job analysis, human resource planning, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, training/development, compensation/incentives, discipline and grievance procedures.  Both line managers and HR specialists need to grasp these subjects, so they can better analyze situations, select suitable situational programs, measure outcomes and revise when necessary.