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Faculty Association	December 4, 2003

ITEM # 3

FA 03-41:

Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee

COGGIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Graduate

4-081

APC 3

MACC - Accounting Track

We are asking to give students a choice between two quantitative courses in their MACC program. Instead of requiring all students to take QMB 6603, we will give them of choice of one of the following courses: QMB 6603 Quantitative Management Analysis or MAN 6501 Modeling and Management of Operations This request does not change the total hours in the program and does not require additional resources.
Summary of Request
The QMB 6603 course is no longer required in our MBA program and is therefore not offered every semester. This situation has caused scheduling problems for some of our graduate students. Therefore, by giving students a choice of selecting one of the two courses shown above, they should be able to complete their program in a timely manner.

04-082

APC 3

MACC - Tax Track

We are asking to give students a choice between two quantitative courses in their MACC program. Instead of requiring all students to take QMB 6603, we will give them of choice of one of the following courses: QMB 6603 Quantitative Management Analysis or MAN 6501 Modeling and Management of Operations
Summary of Request
This request does not change the total hours in the program and does not require additional resources. As well as the QMB 6603 course is no longer required in our MBA program and is therefore not offered every semester. This situation has caused scheduling problems for some of our graduate students. Therefore, by giving students a choice of selecting one of the two courses shown above, they should be able to complete their program in a timely manner.

04 - 083

APC 3

MBA: Other - Concentration in
Construction Management

This will allow MBA students to specialize in Construction Management by taking their six hours of elective courses that focus on Construction Management. This provides students with an extra "credential" and allows them to develop a specific expertise in what otherwise is a generalist MBA program.
Summary of Request
The Coggin College of Business, in partnership with the College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction, seeks to add a new optional concentration in Construction Management in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The CCEC Department of Building Construction Management will provide three elective 6xxx courses in Construction Management. MBA students wishing to concentrate in Construction Management would be required to take BCN 6XXX (3CH) Construction Law, BCN 6XXX (3CH) Construction Planning & Scheduling, and BCN 6XXX (3CH) Environmental Issues in Land Development & Construction. MBA students in this concentration must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while earning no more than 3 Cs in the 9 required 6000 level courses taken in the Coggin College of Business. The 9CH concentration is in addition to the nine required courses (27 credit hours) and the 12 foundation (pre-requisite) hours that are required of all MBA students.

04-149

APC 3

MBA: Other -Concentration in Finance

The proposed change creates a 9-credit hour concentration in Finance within the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. MBA students wishing to concentrate in Finance would be required to take FIN 6406 Advanced Financial Management (required in the program) and any 2 of the following 10 courses: FIN 6315 Banking and Financial Administration; FIN 6516 Investments; FIN 6605 International Finance; FIN 6906 Special Work in Finance; FIN 6936 Special Topics in Finance; FIN 6565 Student Managed Investment Fund; FIN 6566 Student Managed Investment Fund II; REE 6146 Real Property Analysis; REE 6906 Directed Individual Study; FIN 6930 Study Abroad in Finance (may be used only once in the concentration). Allows one remaining Business Elective. The 9-hour concentration is in addition to the nine required courses (27 credit hours) and 12 foundation (pre-requisite) hours that are required of all MBA students. The Finance courses would fill what would otherwise be six hours of business elective courses that comprise the balance of the MBA's 48-hour program of study.
Summary of Request
This will allow MBA students to specialize in Finance, by taking their six hours of elective courses in the program with courses that focus on Finance. This provides them with an extra "credential," and it allows them to get more specific expertise in what otherwise is a generalist MBA program. This will give students in the MBA program an additional option for a concentration, which would increase the number of concentrations within the college from seven to eight.