During the first year of your MBA program you will take three intensive core courses (BA 500, 501 and 502), each of which contains several modules of varying lengths in the core topics listed below.  In addition, you will take up to eight credits of electives during your spring quarter. 

Year one courses are listed below along with links to the most current course syllabi (when available). As new syllabi become available, they will be posted on this page.

Permission of MBA Program Office is required to enroll in these classes.

MBA Year One Core
Syllabus Course Title	Details	Syllabi
Autumn Quarter (BA 500) - 16 credits
Financial Reporting and Analysis	Financial statements Accounting concepts and methods Institutional and regulatory influences Measurement and reporting issues	Syllabus Fall 2012
Managerial Finance	Investments, diversification, portfolio theory Capital budgeting Capital structure	Syllabus Fall 2012
Leadership Development	Prof. Morela Hernandez	Syllabus  Leadership Fall 2012
Building Effective Teams	Prof. Gregory Bigley	Syllabus  Teams Fall 2012
Marketing Strategy	Market definition Customer analysis Competitive analysis Marketing planning	Syllabus Fall 2012
Statistics for Business Decisions	Statistical summaries of data Forecasting models Assessment of uncertainty Inference and predictions Methods of quality improvement	Syllabus Fall 2012
Winter Quarter (BA 501) - 14 Credits
Applied Strategy: Business Consulting Project	Defining project scope Customer relations Project management Presentation skills	Syllabus  WIN 2013
Micro-Economics of Competition and Strategy	Analyzing competitive dynamics Economics of competition Strategy analysis for various competitive circumstances	Syllabus  WIN 2013
Leading Teams and Organizations	Effective groups Organization theory Leadership in organizations Human resource management Delegation and empowerment Implementing change	Syllabus WIN 2013
Competitive & Corporate Strategy	Analyzing value creation Strategic thinking and planning Strategy implementation Structure analysis of industries	Syllabus
Spring Quarter (BA 502) - 8 Credits
Information for Decision Making and Performance Evaluation	Relevant costs for decision-making Management accounting systems Budgeting and performance evaluation	Syllabus   SPR 2012
Operations and Supply Chain Management	Productivity and competitiveness Capacity planning Just-in-time production systems Inventory management	Syllabus  SPR 2012
Decision Support Models	Quantitative modeling Linear programming Decision theory Simulation	Syllabus  SPR 2012