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2022-2023 GRADUATE CATALOG [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Education |
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ED 6660 - Teaching Secondary School Business Education
(ED 4660)
(3)
Students explore and analyze a variety of approaches to the teaching of business at the secondary level. A major focus is upon the development of curriculum, teaching materials, and learning activities appropriate to the business education curriculum. The integration of business education into the total school curriculum is also emphasized and experience is provided through on-campus demonstrations and visits to local school classrooms. Students develop an original plan of study for one of the business education areas during the course of the semester and they develop the ability to create and evaluate curriculum. This course will prepare the preservice and in-service teachers about the challenges of today’s modern classroom; therefore, it will focus on how to best serve English language learners, underperforming students, and a diverse student body. Critical thinking and problem solving will be central to the training of the students. This course requires non-credit field experiences. The graduate-level course requires independent accelerated additional coursework appropriate for the graduate level.
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ED 6665 - Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs
(ED 4665)
(3)
This course covers curriculum development, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation strategies and procedures relating to skills instruction in vocational business education programs; philosophical, historical, social, economic, political, and educational influencing factors; analysis and synthesis of current research and conceptual models; practical applications for vocational education programs; intervention strategies; resource and support service identification, location, selection and evaluation and interagency collaboration approaches. The graduate-level course requires independent accelerated additional coursework appropriate for the graduate level.
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ED 6700 - Methods of Diagnosis & Instruction of Remedial Reading
(3)
This course focuses on ways to individualize instruction for diverse needs of students who have difficulty reading and understanding texts necessary for school and the enjoyment of reading. Students will review research on ways to support readers who struggle and instructional strategies to develop fluency, comprehension, and word analysis strategies including phonics.
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ED 7000 - Policy, Ethics and Legal Frameworks in Education
(3)
ED 7000 examines the policy context, legal framework, and ethical considerations for education in the United States. The course is designed for teachers and other educators to expand their knowledge of education law and policymaking at the local school board, state and federal levels.
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ED 7010 - Education in a Changing World
(3)
This course will examine critical areas where education efforts can give children the skills they need to deal with rapid change and how our current systems can adapt to cultivate this broader vision of learning; how to reach the world’s most diverse youth. This course will focus on how to bring together the latest evidence and a diversity of perspectives to increase understanding of and take action on educating our youth in a changing world.
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ED 7020 - Educational Assessment
(3)
Students will examine research, purposes, ethics and practice relevant to educational assessments. Focus will be given to assessment strategies that facilitate and evaluate the development of knowledge, skills and conceptual understanding. Students will design, score, and interpret the results of educational assessments. Students will reflect upon the ways in which interpretations from the results of assessments will inform future actions. This course is designed to help participants collect and connect assessment evidence in practical ways, leading to more effective teaching and learning practices.
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ED 7030 - Design Thinking:Pedagogy, Practice and Projects
(3)
Students will research, create, and implement strategies and methodologies drawn from a wide range of creative design practices across content areas and grade levels. The course will explore how these ideas and techniques are imperative for interdisciplinary problem solving and 21st century skills. Emphasis will be given to the intersection of design thinking with real-world problems with innovative outcomes. Department of Education students are encouraged to take ED 6030 and ED 6630 prior to enrolling in this course. This course requires service learning hours.
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ED 7040 - Technology Leadership
(3)
Education leaders need to understand the use of technology for teaching, learning, and managing their school environments. The development of these skills include school/district wide technology planning and leadership that incorporate instructional design, curriculum integration with standards, advanced technology programs, logistics of technology implementation, professional development, and evaluation. Educational leaders will develop an understanding of how to create and support technological change through a systems approach. Topics include understanding the sources of resistance to technology change, tools for planning, decision making and change, creating and supporting a culture for learning and change, and implementing technology to become more efficient and effective in daily practices.
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ED 7050 - Integrating Arts into STEAM Curriculum
(3)
The arts in STEAM makes education more engaging for learners, as they are able to learn in a creative way and apply their knowledge to the real world. In this course, educators will develop strategies for integrating arts into STEAM lessons; designing, implementing, and managing STEAM projects; incorporating the four Cs (collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication) into instruction; and assessing students in a way that supports the development of key 21st-century skills that students need in today’s classrooms and tomorrow’s careers.
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ED 7510 - STEAM and Diverse Student Populations
(3)
Students will investigate classroom practices that contribute to historical and contemporary inequities in STEAM majors based on gender, race, language, and need. Time will be dedicated to explore equity-based STEAM methodologies to increase equity and improve outcomes for all students.
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ED 7520 - Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas
(3)
Educators will expand their knowledge and skills related to classroom technology use with instructional strategies and digital tools for STEAM. Time will be dedicated to technology-infused project designs that motivate students and meet specific curricular standards.
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ED 7530 - Inventing and Reinventing Mathematics Curriculum
(3)
Students will examine best practices to develop curriculum and foster student learning in mathematics. Emphasis is placed on three skills: design, inquiry, and assessment. Students will reflect upon and design ways to engage K-12 students learners as they investigate critical questions, make meaning of essential concepts, and use mathematical reasoning within a science, engineering, math and technology setting.
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ED 7540 - Inventing and Reinventing Science Curriculum
(3)
Students will examine best practices to develop curriculum and foster student learning in the sciences. Students will work on designing science inquiries, implementing inquiries, and assessing students’ learning. Students will reflect upon helping students investigate critical questions, make meaning of essential concepts, and apply scientific methods in a science, engineering, math and technology setting.
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ED 7760 - Literacy Practicum
(3)
This course is a supervised practicum at the elementary level. Students will gain experience in assessing and planning for diverse, including ELL, elementary students in need of support in literacy acquisition. Students will plan, teach and evaluate the effectiveness of strategy instruction by documenting of the literacy development of the students with whom they work for the semester.
Prerequisite: ED 6700 .
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ED 7800 - Graduate Student Teaching in the Elementary School
(9)
Students serve as interns in local schools and work closely with cooperating teachers to experience firsthand responsibility for planning and implementing instruction in the primary and intermediate elementary classroom. All content area and general education requirements must be met before student teaching. This course is part of the Professional Semester. Certification course.
Fee.
Corequisite: ED 7900 .
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ED 7850 - Graduate Student Teaching in the Secondary School
(9)
Students serve as interns in local schools and work closely with cooperating teachers to experience firsthand responsibility for planning and implementing instruction in their major content fields. All content area and general education requirements and the Praxis II exam must be completed before student teaching. This course is part of the Professional Semester. Certification course.
Fee.
Corequisite: ED 7900 .
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ED 7900 - Graduate Student Teaching Seminar
(3)
This course is taken in conjunction with the student teaching experience. Pedagogy and best practices related to effective instructional, management, and curriculum design strategies are explored in a seminar setting. Topics addressed include learner engagement and motivation, cultural and academic diversity, differentiated learning, authentic assessment, collaboration with colleagues, and legal and ethical issues related to teaching.
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ED 7910 - The Professional Semester Portfolio
(1)
During the final semester of the M.Ed. program, an electronic portfolio, consisting of reflections on the nine Missouri Beginning Teacher Standards, and on Standard 10 addressing the Department of Education Conceptual Framework, is submitted and evaluated by the student’s assigned portfolio mentor. Teacher candidates will also complete the Missouri Professional Competency Profile toward the end of their professional semester examining personal development and future opportunity for growth as an educator. This document, along with the Rockhurst University Jesuit Core Values, and the Department of Education’s Conceptual Framework, will serve as the basis for an oral capstone presentation which is evaluated by the student’s portfolio mentor at the culmination of the professional semester.
Corequisite: ED 7900 .
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ED 7940 - Capstone Project in Educational Studies
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During the final semester of the Master of Education in Educational Studies program, the student, with input from his/her course instructor, will design a capstone project that will apply research methods to consider how to improve educational practices. This capstone project will have a research, written, and oral presentation component.
Prerequisite: ED 6150 .
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ED 8010 - Historical Topics in Higher Education
(3)
This course examines the development and evolution of American higher education from the colonial period to present day. Topics include the purpose of higher education, university types, student life, and the evolution of student learning. Students will choose an individual topic related to American higher education or health care education and explore past and present opportunities and challenges.
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ED 8020 - Legal Aspects of Higher Education
(2)
This course introduces students to the legal and institutional processes that shape educational policy at the federal and state levels. Select contemporary problems involving legal restriction and protections will be explored. Some of these topics include: Accessibility, Distance Education, Governance in Higher Education, Academic Freedom, the Higher Education Act and Title IX and Civil Rights.
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ED 8030 - Curriculum Development and Instructional Design
(3)
Students will focus on the application of theory to practice as it pertains to curriculum development, instructional strategies, and assessment practices in higher education classrooms. To demonstrate knowledge and understanding, students develop a unit that includes coherence amongst standards, assessments, and instructional practices. Specific topics of inquiry will include the practice of instructional planning and implementation with technology, collecting student data, and data-driven decision making in order to evaluate and modify curriculum in response to students’ needs.
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ED 8040 - Active Learning Pedagogies
(2)
This course will focus on the implementation of various active learning pedagogies (e.g. flipped classroom, peer instruction exercises, small group discussion, think-pair-share questions, case-based studies) designed to scaffold students’ content understanding, enhance student learning and increase active engagement in the higher education classroom and online learning environments. A major focus of the course will be to facilitate course participants’ critical and creative thinking in an incorporation of active learning pedagogies in their discipline-specific curriculum.
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ED 8050 - Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
(2)
This course is designed to help participants collect and connect assessment evidence in practical ways, leading to more effective teaching and learning practices. Students will examine and design educational assessments in higher education settings. Focus will be given to assessment strategies for learning. Students will reflect upon the ways in which interpretations from the results of assessments will inform future actions.
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ED 8060 - Program Evaluation
(2)
This course will focus on key theory and practice components in program evaluation for higher education. The course will include issues related to program assessment, outcomes measures, and accreditation processes that impact colleges and universities.
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ED 8100 - Introduction to Statistics
(3)
Students will explore statistics from both conceptual and applied perspectives. Basic concepts such as levels of measurement, central tendency, variance, probability and sampling theory, Central Limit Theorem, and the normal curve will be presented. Additionally, measures of association and hypothesis testing techniques such as correlations, t-test, Chi-Square, and regression will be presented. These concepts and techniques, along with proper presentation of results, will be examined through evaluation of published scholarly literature in order for the student to understand the application of the concepts and the value of statistical analysis.
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ED 8150 - Applied Statistics for Education
(3)
This course will build on previous courses in Statistics to prepare students to conduct their own research project. Topics will focus on inferential statistics and applications of statistics to research questions in education. Emphasis will be on inferential methods and practical applications using an appropriate statistical software or programming tool. Students will acquire the ability to use descriptive statistics and the appropriate statistical tests in the design of their own research methodologies.
Prerequisite: ED 8100 .
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ED 8200 - Research Methodology I
(3)
Students will examine the philosophical underpinnings of educational research, differentiate the methodological foundations of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches, and identify the ethical and legal considerations involved in conducting and reporting educational research. Based on a topic of interest, students will locate, read, and synthesize a corpus of research across a broad range of methodological approaches. Students will produce a written review of the literature to advance their understanding of how their topics are situated in a broader field of study and to begin developing a rationale for their future research. This course is intended to enhance students’ abilities to become both consumers and producers of educational research.
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ED 8250 - Research Methodology II
(3)
Students will examine diverse methods and designs used in qualitative and quantitative research. Students will develop the skills necessary to design a research study, develop research questions and hypotheses, and apply the techniques used in analysis. Other topics include the application of techniques to current educational issues, understanding the role of research and policy-making, and an emphasis on real-world data and student individual research projects.
Prerequisite: ED 8200 .
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ED 8300 - Faculty Roles and Responsibilities in Higher Education
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This course will examine the roles and responsibilities of faculty in diverse higher education institutions. The three interconnected activities of teaching, scholarship, and service will be emphasized, along with expectations for faculty roles such as clinical supervision. Additional topics will include the role of faculty members in supporting the mission and values of the institution, general considerations for the tenure and promotion process, as well as professional expectations of faculty around engaging with colleagues, administrators, students, and community members.
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ED 8350 - College Teaching Practicum
(3)
The College Teaching Practicum is designed to create a genuine teaching and learning experience. Students work closely with a higher education faculty member assigned as a mentor. The practicum will provide a guided experience with all aspects of college teaching including: syllabus and learning objective creation, assessment, communication, active learning, and classroom management.
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ED 8400 - Research Capstone I
(3)
The Capstone is a culminating project that allows students to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired during the Ed.D. program. In this first Capstone course, students will define a problem related to an area of practice in their field, complete a literature review, and develop a research methodology that is approved by the appropriate institutional review board (if applicable). Each student will receive individual mentoring from their research advisor as they develop the beginning phases of the capstone project.
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ED 8450 - Research Capstone II
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In this second Capstone course, students will collect data and work through data analysis and conclusions. By the completion of this course, students will submit their written Capstone project in the format of a complete research article that is formatted according to a journal in the student’s field and a research poster to be presented for completion of the Capstone graduation requirement.
Prerequisite: ED 8400 .
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English |
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EN 6750 - History and Structure of the English Language
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A study of the historical origins of the English language, including its relationship to the Indo-European family, its Germanic development into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English with other Latinate influences on the language, the English language in America, and the development of various dialects of English in use today. In addition, the course examines contemporary English grammars, including structural and transformational- generative approaches. (Course fulfills state certification requirements.)
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Finance |
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FN 5025 - Foundations of Finance
(3)
Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program or focus only. An introduction to financial concepts at work in various healthcare organizations and the basic tools available to the financial manager. Health care-related cases are used to simulate the environment in which financial decisions are actually made. Students work individually and in teams. Computer and basic spreadsheet skills are expected.
Prerequisite: AC 5025 or equivalent.
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FN 6010 - Basics of Finance
(.5)
This self-paced course with a proficiency exam provides the basics of finance to prepare the student for their first MBA core finance class.
The Finance Online Course provides a fundamental understanding of the principles, analytical tools, and knowledge needed to make good investment and financing decisions. The course introduces students to finance ratios, forecasting methods, capital structure theory, and risk-return analysis and then asks them to apply these concepts in several different approaches to valuing a business. In the course, students consider purchasing a small family-owned business in northern California. Students work through a series of exercises to determine the value of the investment, analyze current financial conditions, and forecast the firm’s likely performance based on different variables. Course topics are presented in an engaging format using narrated animations and videos. Self-correcting practice exercises and Microsoft Excel worksheets are included to reinforce the concepts. The course includes pre- and post-assessments.
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FN 6310 - Financial Strategy and Decision Making
(2)
An applied course involving the use of accounting information, financial metrics and strategies, and valuation principles to describe and analyze business problems and facilitate managerial decision making. Students are expected to effectively communicate financial results, and identify ethical issues in financial decision making and reporting.
Prerequisite: AC 6110 .
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FN 6320 - Mergers & Acquisitions
(2)
Mergers & Acquisition require input from multiple aspects of the business world and can take on many forms. The world of Mergers & Acquisitions affects every part of a corporate structure and every owner, shareholder, and employee and can also require regulatory approvals. Mergers & Acquisitions require the assistance of lawyers, bankers, accountants, tax, IT, and HR experts in addition to a willing buyer and seller.
Prerequisite: FN 6310 .
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FN 6410 - Venture Capital
(2)
Venture capital is a subset of private equity financing. This survey class is designed to explore the business of venture capital and how this financing fits into business today. Students will be exposed to learning through guest speakers from the field, current events, and a “how to” approach led by the textbook. The goal of the course is to provide the student with insights into how the venture capital investment process works from both sides of desk.
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FN 6420 - Financial Risk Management
(2)
Financial Risk Management overviews the derivatives markets, the instruments traded in these markets (options, futures, forwards and swaps) and the principles underlying price determination of these instruments. Option valuation models such as the Black-Scholes model are covered. The focus of the course is on financial engineering - the use of derivatives in managing risk. Management of interest rate risk, equity risk, currency risk, commodity price risk and derivatives risk is discussed.
Prerequisite: FN 6310 .
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FN 6460 - Personal Financial Planning
(2)
Overall objective of the course is to master personal financial planning topics specific to graduate-level students who want to use this information in their personal and/or professional lives. The following topics will be covered: overview of the financial planning process; cash management, debt management, and saving; income taxes; home and auto buying decisions; insurance & risk management; investments; retirement planning; and estate planning. Speakers will be brought in to the class on occasion to discuss their areas of expertise.
Prerequisite: FN 6310 .
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FN 6600 - Investments
(2)
Course explores how securities markets work, and how individual investors employ systematic methodologies to accomplish investment objectives. Topics include environmental analysis, evaluation of equities, analysis of fixed income securities, fundamental and technical analysis of the stock market and capital market theory.
Prerequisite: FN 6310 .
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FN 6625 - Corporate Evolution in Venture Capital, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions
(2)
A selective “seminar” style course, combining the traditional principles of Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, including tech start-ups, to build a network and create “job readiness” in preparation for a career in one of the aforementioned fields, while providing a comprehensive approach to private company formation, growth and exit from both the “operator” and “dealmaker” perspectives. The course will provide “real-world” application from guest speakers that are not reflected in a textbook, in addition to the application of other critical distinguishing skills such as public speaking, strategic application, critical thinking and problem solving amongst other skills necessary in a professional environment. The course will include an individual project of interviewing or shadowing a current participant in one of the referenced professions with a requirement of presenting findings to the class. All interested students are required to apply and interview to be accepted.
Corequisite: FN 6310 or AC 6110 .
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FN 7100 - Financial Management
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Executive Fellows Program only. Course enables student to complete an accounting and finance project by assessing his or her own organization. Students also practice accounting and financial decision-making at a senior-management level, using a financial simulation, and cover the theories and tools, and develop the skills necessary to understand finance from a senior management/leadership perspective. The project and simulation will allow the student to practice and learn about all the finance functions including treasury and cash management, capital budgets, pro forma financial statements, capital structure, working capital and growth issues.
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HC 6150 - Healthcare Systems
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Course surveys the major components and organizational interrelationships of the United States health care system. Students examine the various health care organizations (HCOs), personnel issues, delivery systems, policy, and payment mechanisms. The course introduces students to the public policy and business practice issues associated with access, cost and quality.
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HC 6200 - Cost Management and Control
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This course examines how medical care is financed and how it is purchased. It looks at methods in which physicians, hospitals, and other providers are reimbursed for their services. This course is meant for the general healthcare manager as well as those seeking information that may be of value in other health management positions. It will examine methods of reimbursement used by commercial payers, Medicare and Medicaid. Emphasis is also applied to evaluating if contracts are profitable for the health care organization. The class will introduce alternative methods of organization and payment including patient centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, and the Affordable Care Act.
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HC 6225 - Strategic Analysis for Health Services
(2)
Course employs financial, strategic and market analysis to analyze situations faced by contemporary health service organizations. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, students learn to apply different techniques to strategic business decisions
Prerequisite: HC 6150 , EC 6000 or EC 6300 , FN 3000 or FN 5025 .
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HC 6260 - Medical Practice Management
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Course surveys the major components and organizational interrelationships of medical practice management in the United States. Students will examine medical practice benchmarking, reimbursement, contract analysis and negotiation, operations management, quality management, budgeting and forecasting in medical practice environments.
Prerequisite: HC 6150 , FN 3000 or FN 5025 .
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HC 6300 - Health Policy
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Course examines political issues affecting contemporary health care services by analyzing policy goals, public policy formulation processes, and external environments. Analysis blends the use of managerial epidemiology, biostatistics, political and economic analysis, with an understanding of public health initiatives. Future health care leaders also gain an appreciation for how political structures determine interactions with local and national governments.
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HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care
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Quality improvement is a central topic in health care. “Report cards” are widely available, evaluating the care and service offered by companies and, increasingly, by individual employees. Effective health care managers must understand the array of performance measures and how to implement them. This course will evaluate the issue of quality from a variety of perspectives including customers, purchasers, regulators, and health care professionals.
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HC 6400 - Health Information Technology
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This course reviews the past, current and future status of health information technology and health information exchange in Kansas, Missouri and across the nation. It explores how health information technology and health information exchange provide vital support to health care organizations, local communities, regions, states and the nation in improving health care quality and reducing health care costs. This course will take an in-depth look at health care reform and the role that health information technology will play in Kansas in the implementation of KanCare, Meaningful Use Stage 1 & 2 and across the nation in payment reform initiatives. Students will be expected to have a broad knowledge of health care policy, ACA, HIPAA, local and state health care initiatives and apply this knowledge in solving real health care problems that are confronting local, state and federal leaders.
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HC 6425 - Health Care Leadership Capstone
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Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program or focus only. Course integrates core business concepts and managerial perspectives mastered earlier in the MBA program. Students write, present and critique business plans that define organizational vision, mission, goals, values, structure, systems and strategies for competitive advantage and growth. Student-developed business plans also describe the management processes by which goals and resources allocations will be continuously monitored and adapted.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: Prerequisite or concurrent: HC 6225 . This course must be taken as three of the last nine credit hours in a Health Care Leadership MBA student’s program of study.
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Management |
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MG 6001 - Spirituality and Values in Leadership
(2)
This course explores how the faith and values of a leader can and should shape their leadership. Students will explore the nature of leadership as expressed in multiple faith traditions, including the Jesuit perspective on leadership, and the idea of a “mensch manager.” Mensch is a Yiddish term for a gentle, proper person of integrity, honor and humility. Students will articulate what their own guiding values are, and explore how to remain true to their own principles while in the pursuit of success. They will also examine the implications of relying on one’s faith when working in a religiously diverse context.
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MG 6008 - Managerial Communications
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To explore the various techniques, instruments, processes, and styles employed by leaders to communicate effectively within organizations. Students write, give oral presentations, and learn how to employ electronic media effectively. Exercises employ numerous real or simulated business situations that require communication in different styles, using a variety of forms and methods. This course is designed to provide an introductory experience and orientation to the MBA and establish common communication protocols, determine critical self-awareness profiles, and identify the Rockhurst themes that will be applied throughout the program.
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MG 6068 - Crisis Management
(1)
Students will learn best practices for managing crises, crafting stakeholder communication, and working with the media during a period of organizational crisis. The course includes readings and case studies on crisis management and media training.
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MG 6093 - Global Business Issues-European Union Experience
(2)
This course explores the cultural and business practices in other countries and required international travel. Through travel and participation in business and cultural activities with lectures by government officials, business managers, and university faculty, students study the similarities and differences across specific countries and cultures. Students will study the business and cultural aspects of countries visited and the effect these factors have on international factorsl economics and financial risk; international structure and strategy; and corporate governance models.
Prerequisite: MG 6120 . Recommended: A European Union course.
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MG 6094 - Business of Beer
(1)
This course develops a systematic understanding of the beer industry, focusing in particular on the local craft beer market. After providing an historical overview of how and why the beer market in the US has evolved into its current structure, it applies a series of business management topics to more fully evaluate current brewery and industry performance. Among the concepts that will be applied to the market for beer are Porter’s 5 forces, Strategic Group Analysis, Value Chain Analysis, and the Resource Based View of the Firm. Guest expert speakers will discuss various parts of the beer value chain.
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MG 6098 - Networking for Success
(0.5-1)
This course reveals strategies for building more meaningful, more authentic professional connections by establishing and nurturing mutually beneficial, long-term relationships.
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MG 6100 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
(3)
Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program only. Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
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MG 6110 - Compass Learning Community
(1)
This course provides an orientation to Rockhurst, HSOM and the MBA program. The distinct traditions, values and principles of Jesuit education are discussed in light of their connection to the MBA program. Students will receive an introduction to adult learning theory, personal development, business ethics and team building. Students will complete a number of assessment instruments and begin assignments that will continue to be developed and engaged in subsequent courses.
Prerequisite: This course must be taken during the first semester of the program.
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MG 6120 - Global Markets
(2)
This course focuses on two broad themes: the globalization of production and the globalization of markets. At the core is this class is the study of the Multinational Enterprise. Participants will develop an understanding of the key cultural, legal, political, financial, and economic forces that shape how firms enter new markets and how firms manage their increasingly complex supply chains. Students will focus on issues in cross cultural management and strategic entry into foreign markets.
Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in microeconomics and a course in macroeconomics, or EC 4550.
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MG 6130 - Corporate Social Responsibility
(2)
Corporate social responsibility is the formation and stewardship of policies and processes that lead to a culture of good decision making. The scope of these decisions impacts both the very functioning of the company and its constituencies and the society in which the firm exists. Stakeholder analysis plays an important role in the course not only in examination of internal business decisions and processes, but also externally in understanding, anticipating, and incorporating impacts and responses from social, governmental, and environmental actors into decision making.
Prerequisite: MG 6008 .
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MG 6260 - Quality Improvement Processes for Management
(3)
Performance measurements and quality improvement have become integral to management. “Report cards” are widely available as tools for evaluating the care and service offered by companies and by individual employees. It is paramount that managers understand the meaning and importance of performance measures, as well as how to implement quality improvement programs to enhance service and outcomes. This topic area will help learners to define meaningful quality parameters; describe quality from the perspectives of customers, purchasers, regulators and other stakeholders; and apply basic tools and techniques of quality improvement.
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MG 6275 - Developing Leadership in Organizations
(2)
This course explores how individuals develop as leaders, and how organizations can support that development. Leadership development programs are reviewed, as are organizational strategies to support individual development. Issues relevant to leadership development are explored, including culture and gender. Using their new understanding, students will develop a leadership strategy for a specific organization.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior
(MG/NUA 6310 )
(2)
(This MG Course is provided in collaboration with the MSN Nursing Leadership program, and is equivalent to MG/NUA 6310 . Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
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MG 6320 - Project Management
(MG/NUA 6320 )
(2)
(This MG Course is provided in collaboration with the MSN Nursing Leadership program, and is equivalent to MG/NUA 6320 ). This course introduces students to the process of project management that includes planning, implementation, progress measurement and performance, results and evaluation. Students will learn the knowledge, skills and technical tools for identifying project requirements, establishing project objectives and scheduling, balancing constraints and resources, and considering the needs and expectations of key stakeholders. Students will learn the trade-offs and balance of project scope, resources and schedule and will learn how to compose an effective project management team. Producing project documentation, such as scope, requirements, design, and testing documentation.
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MG 6324 - Executive Presence
(1)
This course will focus on developing executive presence and practice the professional communication skills critical for successful managerial and executive leadership.
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MG 6326 - Effective Communication for Leaders
(3)
Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program only. To explore the various techniques, instruments, processes, and styles employed by leaders to communicate effectively within organizations. Students write, give oral presentations, and learn to employ electronic media effectively. Exercises employ numerous real or simulated business situations that require communication in different styles, using a variety of forms and methods. This course is designed to provide an introductory experience and orientation to the MBA and establish common communication protocols, determine critical self-awareness profiles, and identify the Rockhurst themes that will be applied throughout the program. The course must be taken in the first six hours of the MBA program.
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MG 6328 - Effective Listening
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Listening is a critical communication skill for managers. This course will focus on three areas. First, participants will understand how assumptions about communication actually discourage listening. Second, participants will learn their dominant listening habits, which will uncover unconscious biases. Finally, participants will learn how to listen more effectively to others in an effort to gain greater connections, make better decisions, and impact the bottom line.
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MG 6330 - Corporate Law for Managers
(2)
Course focuses on law as it affects the corporation and other business enterprises. The topics include the formation of various business enterprises, the rules of agency, shareholder rights and liabilities, securities regulations, bankruptcy and an overview of government regulation. Where appropriate, the connections between ethics and law are explored.
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MG 6340 - Health Law
(1)
An introduction to the basics of health care law to include STARK, antitrust, contracts and how they are utilized in the overall health care environment.
Prerequisite: HC 6150 .
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MG 6352 - Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis
(1)
Today’s graduates are hired to solve problems. Today’s managers are asked more than ever to lead their teams to create effective solutions to problems. However, administrative fixes (re-train, checklists, etc.) only place more pressure on management. Someone with a MBA is expected to not only systematically and logically solve the problem, but present the solution in a manner that is clearly understood. This course will provide a review of methods that can be used to accomplish this task.
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MG 6355 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
(2)
This course focuses on the unique issues facing the small business owner and operator, extensive coverage of critical business functions that the small business owner is like to face. The course emphasizes: 1) How to locate and assess a potential business opportunity; 2) How to craft a strategy and plan for developing the opportunity into a business; 3) The stages of building the business; 4) The personnel, professional and personal issues of the small business owner and operator.
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MG 6370 - Introduction to Healthcare Management Principles
(2)
Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program. This course explores basic principles and tools of management, including the planning, organizing, influencing and controlling functions of organizations. This course will further explore competencies, behavioral styles, and values of leadership, as well as roles of leadership and teamwork in driving organizational effectiveness. Ethical challenges often faced by managers and leaders will be highlighted, with identification of frameworks to guide organizations in fulfillment of their responsibilities to serve various stakeholders. Applications specific to leading and managing healthcare organizations, and to leading teams within those organizations, will be addressed.
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MG 6375 - Leadership
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Leadership plays an important role in organizations. This course examines the function of leadership at the organizational level, and explores how students might individually prepare to assume organizational leadership roles. The course reviews the leading theories of leadership and challenges students to apply these theories to specific organizational contexts. Students will also examine the unique challenges facing organizational leaders today, including the challenges faced by top level leaders within a global context.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6380 - HR and Managing People
(MG/NUA 6380 )
(2)
(This MG Course is provided in collaboration with the MSN Nursing Leadership program, and is equivalent to MG/NUA 6380 .This course focuses on the best practices of supervision and ways of effectively partnering with HR, including: communicating with employees, planning and delegating to individuals, leading the team, building trust and respect, motivating performance, intercultural communication, evaluating performance, coaching to improve performance, developing and maintaining discipline, and managing conflict.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6391 - Conflict Management
(1)
This course delves into central concepts of conflict management. Through various activities and readings students will develop an understanding of the role of conflict in organizations, appropriate responses to conflict, and alternative dispute-resolution procedures available when necessary. Students will be able to apply concepts to their own experiences.
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MG 6392 - Negotiation
(1)
This course explores and presents strategies for students to be more effective as negotiators.
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MG 6410 - Professional Development
(2)
Professional Development is a course which demonstrates and documents the broad variety of academic, experiential and application-based learning experiences the student has had across the MBA program, assesses the growth each student has attained as a result of the journey, and points them towards the future as they graduate. These experiences may include: content-based workshops; assessment instrumentation to prepare students for personal and professional success in the modern workplace; one-on-one leadership coaching; mentoring; and, career management.
Prerequisite: Typically taken toward the end of the MBA program.
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MG 6420 - Organizational Development and Consulting
(2)
Course increases students’ awareness of organizational processes and practices, including leadership, management, motivation, morale, group dynamics, interpersonal communications, conflict, and group problem-solving. The course provides conceptual insights and behavioral skills needed for successful leadership of continuous improvement in individual, team, and organizational performance.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6430 - Organizational Theory & Design
(2)
The course utilizes theories drawn from psychology, sociology, political science, business and the complexity/information sciences to explain why a given organization achieves the results that it does in a given organizational context. The student will learn the strengths and weaknesses of these theories as they are applied to understanding, appraising and strengthening an organization’s capability to successfully execute its mission. Building on this understanding of organizational dynamics, the student will learn to design or modify an organization’s socio-technical systems to optimize performance in each competitive context. This design optimization will involve analysis of the sense-making and decision-making performance of the organization, appraisal of the appropriateness of various organizational structures, and attention to the interactions between people and technical systems. Moving beyond analysis and optimization of a single firm, the course also prepares students to appraise and optimize the performance of multi-organizational systems that rely on high levels of inter-organizational collaboration.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6460 - Innovation
(1-2)
Peter Drucker claimed “the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation.” This course will take a 360-degree look at the notion of business innovation, ranging from the entrepreneurial to corporate and from the individual (creativity) to the collective (strategic). Students will explore a number of resources that help stake out a definition for innovation specific to business results and explore ways to foster creativity whether it be from an entrepreneurial perspective or an intrapreneurial effort to improve enterprise results.
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MG 6490 - Business and Management Capstone
(3)
In this capstone experience students integrate and apply skills and knowledge learned in their graduate program. Students will engage in comprehensive projects, case studies, or simulations that call for higher order thinking tasks, such as, data and situation analysis, business and strategic planning, and functional skill applications. Students will be expected to demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills as they present their final deliverables. This course should be taken within the last semester of the program.
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MG 6530 - Managing Small Business and Growth
(2)
This course focuses on the unique issues and challenges a small private business faces during the early growth stage of the business cycle. The course emphasizes importance of 1) Regulatory requirements that companies face. 2) Overcoming challenges in obtaining favorable contracts and financing. 3) The decision making process involved in establishing the environment of the business. 4) How to develop and articulate a plan for growth.
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MG 6680 - Organizational Change
(MG/NUA 6680 )
(2)
(This MG Course is provided in collaboration with the MSN Nursing Leadership program, and is equivalent to MG/NUA 6680 . Change management within modern organizations, whether public, private or not-for-profit, is a complex process with many moving parts. The larger an organization becomes the greater the complexity. This course focuses on the fundamental assessments, tools, processes and interventions used to identify, agree upon, and enact a successful change initiative. Using an integrated learning model, students will explore and apply these principles on both written and live case studies. Specifically, the following will be addressed: multiple models of the change process (techno-structural, human systems, balanced metrics), tools of organizational analysis, methods for overcoming stakeholder resistance, and techniques for ensuring buy-in and support from people at all levels of the organization.
Prerequisite: MG 6310 .
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MG 6920 - Ethical Leadership
(1)
This course explores concepts of ethical leadership at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. Students will develop this ability to frame, analyze, and resolve ethical dilemmas in their organization. They will gain new self-insight as they examine their own values and explore processes to produce ethical outcomes when faced with challenging situations.
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MG 7091 - Global Residency
(2)
This course immerses EMBA students in an international learning experience. Students will participate in selecting the destination country (countries), recruit target organizations to visit, research target countries and companies in the Wall Street Journal, maintain a daily trip journal, and design a website for communicating their residency experience.
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MG 7120 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
(3)
Executive Fellows Program only. This course studies personal, social, technological, and organizational aspects of human behavior and examines effective leadership and management processes within organizations. The student will learn to integrate the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, physical, moral and spiritual components of effective leadership. Competencies of leadership, communication, conflict management, and team development will be explored through experiential learning activities including simulations, cases and small group activities, and supplemented by various instruments.
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MG 7301 - Strategy & Innovation
(1)
Course explores various theories regarding corporate and business strategy. The idea of being able to identify and plan for opportunities will be learned and practiced. The nexus of strategy and innovation will also be explored, including the areas of design thinking, business innovation, market innovation, and social innovation. Managerial practices that encourage and support innovation practices will also be explored.
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MG 7510 - Executive Development
(3)
For Executive MBA program only. This course tees up the leadership sequence of the EMBA. Using standardized leadership assessments, and other relevant self-reflection and peer-feedback tools, students develop a Professional Development Plan to focus their EMBA program learning goals. A one-on-one executive coaching relationship is used to create clear focus for executive development and support the student’s ability to meet the day-to-day challenges of leadership. Students will also learn how to develop executive presence and practice the professional communication skills critical for successful executive leadership.
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MG 7786 - Global Markets
(1)
Globalization presents both new opportunities and new challenges, and executives must gain experience in evaluating and analyzing these new developments. This course focuses on two broad themes: the globalization of production and the globalization of markets. Participants will develop an understanding of the key cultural, legal, political, financial, and economic forces that shape how firms enter new markets and how firms manage their increasingly complex supply chains.
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MG 7788 - Issues in Global Management
(1)
This course provides an opportunity for EMBA students to study the business and cultural aspects of the countries that will be visited during the global residency with an emphasis on the impact these factors have on global business markets. Specific issues to be investigated include global strategies; cultural, legal, and environmental factors; innovation and change; and leadership models.
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MG 7812 - Leading Change
(1-3)
This course introduces the skills prerequisite to designing, implementing, and leading change in complex organizational environments. Leadership development topics include: creating vision, soliciting involvement, catalyzing action, transforming resistance, and tracking/evaluating change results.
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MG 7825 - Strategic Management
(2-3)
This is an executive development course from the perspective of thinking strategically and managing and leading as the person in charge. The course is a comprehensive exploration of the role of the general manager and the specific mindset and skills required to lead units and companies. The course will look at the skills of delegation, managing performance, gaining cooperation, and aligning people in order to get results. The course takes a comprehensive look at being in charge and the requisite management and leadership skills necessary to do so effectively.
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MG 7851 - Key Topics in Executive Intelligence
(1)
Executive Fellows Program only. Business success often hinges on the art of executive decision. This course takes a topical look both internal skills for building executive intelligence as well as various tools of decision making, including but not limited to strategic uses of business analytics, financial analysis, personnel and HR recruitment, and business growth. The course will be seminar based and application focused borrowing on both scholarly work and the experience and work of proven practitioners.
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MG 7910 - Executive Project I
(1)
For Executive MBA program only. This course establishes a comprehensive project for students to apply strategic planning, research, and analysis skills. Students identify and articulate an organizational issue or specific business situation to be analyzed and addressed in the form of an Executive Project. This will lead to a prospectus of a project that will be completed in Executive Project II.
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MG 7915 - Executive Project II
(3)
For Executive MBA program only. This course represents the culminating project where students identify, research, plan, and begin implementation of an opportunity identified in Executive Project I course taken the prior semester. The main deliverables for this course are 1) a formal, comprehensive report articulating the opportunity, detailing the literature, and representing the findings and 2) a presentation of the main part(s) of the report.
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MG 7920 - Worldviews and Ethical Principles in Business
(2)
Executive Fellows Program only. This course is concerned with the general understanding and application of ethical principles in business. The aims of the course are to explain the nature of a worldview, and various philosophies of the human person, in order to provide an overall structure for an understanding of ethical approaches to business; to learn how to identify and apply these ideas both in life generally and in the business world; and, to help students to clarify, develop and support their own worldviews in order to cultivate a moral compass in business practice and decision-making. Many related issues will be discussed along the way including moral objectivism vs. moral relativism, freedom and pluralism, morality and law, issues of liability and practice, and consumerism and materialism and their effects on society, and on our understanding of the human person.
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MK 5025 - Foundations of Marketing
(2)
Students enrolled in the Health Care Leadership program or focus only. Course examines the role of marketing in business strategy and planning. It covers marketing practices such as market research, environmental and competitive analysis, market segmenting and targeting, brand positioning and pricing. It also covers integration of marketing communications including advertising, promotion, publicity and sales—both online and traditional media. The course also covers product management in new, growing, mature and declining markets, both domestically and globally.
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MK 6000 - Essentials of Marketing
(.5)
Basic introduction to marketing course for MBA students without prior marketing classes in undergraduate degree. Course focuses on how marketing adds value to an organization.
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