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MBA

52 courses with the subject MBA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

MBA 505Special Topics: Project Planning (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 506Special Topics: Project Scheduling (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 507Special Topics: Quality Management (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 508Special Topics: Risk Management (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 509Special Topics: International Development (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 516Special Topics: Financial Markets and Institutions (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 518Special Topics: Healthcare Policy (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 519Special Topics: Healthcare Systems (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 521Special Topics: Benefits and Compensation (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 522Special Topics: Employment Law (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 523Special Topics: Consumer Behavior (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 524Special Topics: Issues in E-Commerce (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 525Special Topics: Marketing Research Strategies (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 526Special Topics: Advertising (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 527Special Topics: Forensic Accounting (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 529Special Topics: Decision Modeling (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 530Special Topics: Web Analytics (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 531Special Topics: Measuring the Value of Social and Environment Responsibility (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 533Special Topics: Monetary Policy and Central Banks (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 534Special Topics: Financial Crises (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 535Special Topics: Lending (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 536Special Topics: Risk Management, Insurance (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 537Special Topics: Supply Chain ( cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 538Special Topics: Law and Ethics in Environmental Management (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 539Special Topics: Sustainability Marketing (1 cr.)

This course explores current topics for business leaders to build competency through an examination of contemporary issues. The course covers summarized information on the topic assigned, including theories, practical application, and examples.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 600Quantitative Decision Making (3 cr.)

This course is designed to give students a practitioner’s ability to utilize quantitative decision making tools and techniques commonly used in business. The QDM tools and techniques used in operations management, inventory management, marketing, project management and finance are covered. Topics include hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, subjective probability, decision trees, Bayes Theorem, and regression.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 604Managerial Economics (3 cr.)

This course focuses on the application of economic theory to examine how an organization can efficiently achieve its aims or objectives. The tools and applications used by organizations to make decisions and assess their outcomes in a global context are covered. Topics include advanced supply and demand analysis and estimation, production and cost analysis, market structure and price analysis, regulation and risk analysis, and global pricing practices.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 609Operations Management (3 cr.)

This course covers the tools, techniques, and methodologies used by managers to plan, design, and implement control systems that create/produce services and/or goods in an organization. The decisions for which operations managers are held accountable; methods used to make those decisions; and the factors affecting productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency in an organization are covered. Topics include strategic considerations in operations management, operations decision making, quality management, forecasting, just-in-time inventory management, and facility location.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 610Organizations and Human Behavior (3 cr.)

This course examines human behavior and social relationships in the workplace setting from a domestic and intercultural perspective. The theories, history, and practice of promoting effective individual and group behavior in organizations across cultures are covered. Topics include groups and teams, multicultural teams, power and influence, trust, gender and equality, the impact of culture on work behavior, and creating cultural synergy in a multicultural work environment.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 612Executive Communication (3 cr.)

This course gives students the opportunity to study effective organizational communication essential for executive and transformational leadership. Organizational communication structure, ethical communication styles, and executive summary techniques are examined. Strategies for effective leadership communication are explored at all levels of the organization.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 613Ethical Leadership (3 cr.)

This course provides a theoretical framework to analyze and evaluate the ethical dimension of leadership practices. Topics include the implementation of ethical leadership models and practices, ethical considerations in multinational organizational strategy, and building and maintaining international partnerships. The case method is employed to analyze and evaluate the leaders of firms diverse in their perspective and scope.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 614Practicum (3 cr.)

This student-designed course offers the opportunity to actively function in a business enterprise, implementing previously studied theories in a practical environment. Students are required to submit an outline detailing how the experience relates to previous coursework before approval for the practicum is granted. Upon completion of the practicum, a paper summarizing the experience is submitted to the Program Director.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 615Independent Study (1 cr.)

This student-designed course allows the exploration of a topic of special interest. Prior to the granting of approval, the student submits a proposal outlining the objectives, activities and timeline of the independent study. The evaluation of student performance is agreed upon by the student, supervising faculty member and the Program Director.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 616Business and Marketing Concepts (3 cr.)

This course is designed to give students an overview of the principles of marketing function within an organization. Students examine market structures, business cycle and SWOT analysis, and the impact of government economic policy on business. The marketing techniques used by firms operating in a global environment are also covered.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 617Finance and Accounting Concepts (3 cr.)

This course introduces the essential financial tools, principles, and practices used by business. The course addresses risk and rates of return, time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, and working capital management. Accounting topics include financial accounting methods, preparation of financial statements, internal control, and accounting for partnerships and corporations.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 618Business Statistics (3 cr.)

This course is designed to give students a foundation in applied math and statistics. The tools and applications used in graduate business courses and by individuals in managerial positions are covered. Topics include ratio analysis and comparisons, descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation, analysis of variance, and regression. Additionally, concepts in algebra, trigonometry, and pre-calculus as used in the analysis of business problems are covered.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 619Graduate School Writing (3 cr.)

The course familiarizes graduate students with the expectations and conventions of graduate writing and research at Saint Mary’s University. It is designed for students with limited graduate writing experience, students who want to refresh their writing skills, and students who need to learn APA style. Course content includes (a) forms of graduate discourse; (b) APA rules of grammar, punctuation, and usage; and (c) methods and resources for graduate research through the Saint Mary’s University Library.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 631Data Visualization (3 cr.)

This course reviews the data analytics lifecycle, and provides practical application of advanced analytic theory. Methods for classifying and predicting relationships within the data are examined. Students learn to translate data into a narrative for communicating to key stakeholders.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 632Case Studies in Business Analytics Strategy (3 cr.)

This course focuses on managing analytics at the enterprise level. Topics include leveraging proprietary data, analytics on the web, predictive analytics in the cloud, and technology and organizational performance. Case studies allow students to apply principles to actual business scenarios.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 633Ethics in Data Analytics (3 cr.)

This course examines the next generation of business analytics and opportunities to use data for the greater good. Concepts such as social marketing, fraud, risk management, mobile intelligence, human capital, and data privacy are explored.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 634Digital Storytelling (3 cr.)

This course explores storytelling techniques and media development processes. Students review industry cases involving a variety of story genres that use platforms such as video games, mobile apps, interactive books, and social media.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 636Ethics in Social Marketing (3 cr.)

In this course, students work through a model of ethical and policy decision-making for social marketing campaigns and learn how emerging technologies raise ethical considerations. The concept of privacy and security with regard to social media is also explored. Topics involving photojournalism, morality, truth in art, and social responsibility are discussed.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 640Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)

This course examines the principles and techniques of managerial cost accounting. It covers various cost accounting techniques and the effective use of accounting information for business decision making. Topics include cost-volume-profit analysis, activity based costing, activity based management, inventory costing and capacity analysis, cost allocation, and budgeting.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 642International Financial Management (3 cr.)

This course applies and expands financial theory and concepts from managerial finance to the case of the multinational firm. Risks arising from exchange rate movements, political events, and regulatory structure are discussed and techniques for hedging developed. Multinational capital budgeting and the management of assets and liabilities are examined.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 643Corporate Finance (3 cr.)

This course examines the principles of corporate finance and the tools and practices used in financial decision making. It examines the treasury function of an organization and the decisions made by the treasurer. Topics include long term financing, capital budgeting decisions, beta, debt-equity options, dividend policy analysis, and IPOs.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 644Financial Markets and Institutions (3 cr.)

This course examines the markets and institutions that comprise the financial system. Topics covered include the determination and structure of interest rates, the impact of the Federal Reserve and other central banks on interest rates and economic growth, and the instruments of the debt market. The commercial bank is explored as a special case of a financial institution.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 645Derivative Securities (3 cr.)

This course provides a survey of derivative securities, including options, futures, forwards, and swaps. The role of derivatives in the financial system and the associated risks are examined. The principles of derivative pricing are explored with an emphasis placed on option pricing.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 648Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 cr.)

This course explores the tools and techniques used to evaluate equity securities, and the management of the risk and return of portfolios. The role of portfolio theory in the construction of portfolios and performance measurement is examined. Topics include industry and competitive strategy analysis, alternative valuation methods, investment policy, asset allocation and protection, and ethical issues in security analysis and portfolio management.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 653Case Studies in Brand Strategy (3 cr.)

This course emphasizes a brand’s ability to simplify customer decision-making, set expectations, and reduce risk. Students gain a deeper understanding of the importance of maintaining, strengthening, and evolving a brand’s value over time.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 655Marketing Strategy (3 cr.)

This course addresses the principles of marketing and the tools and practices used to design and implement a comprehensive marketing strategy. It examines the frameworks and strategies behind making effective marketing decisions that build customer value and drive an organization’s growth. Topics include market research, target marketing, product development and positioning, brand-building, buyer behavior, pricing, distribution, and integrated marketing communications. In addition, the course focuses on achieving competitive advantage within the context of ethics and sustainability.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 669MBA Strategic Management Capstone (3 cr.)
Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu
MBA 671Banking Regulatory Environment (3 cr.)

This course explores the foundations of the banking system, including the stock market, derivatives, the Federal Reserve, and aspects of monetary policy. Special attention is given to banking regulation to combat the rise in economic crimes and economic policy following the financial crisis of 2008.

Subject
MBA
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
2026-2027 SGPP Catalog and Student Handbook
Source
catalog.smumn.edu

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