2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Undergraduate Courses
000 to 499 subdivided as follows:
000 to 099 designate courses which normally are not counted towards a student’s baccalaureate.
100 to 299 designate Lower Division courses. This category is further subdivided as follows:
100 to 199 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a freshman or sophomore level. Such courses generally do not require any prerequisite course work for fully matriculated students.
200 to 299 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at sophomore level. Courses in this category require specific or general prerequisites which are usually completed at the freshman level.
300 to 499 designate Upper Division courses. This category of courses is further subdivided as follows:
300 to 399 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a junior or senior level. These courses presume specific or general prerequisite course work at the Lower Division level.
400 to 499 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at the senior level. Courses in this category have prerequisites which students have usually completed at the junior level.
Graduate Courses
500 to 899 subdivided as follows:
500 to 599 designate courses offered at the graduate level which prepare students for a graduate degree program or designate professional teacher-training courses.
600 to 699 designate courses at the master’s and credential level.
700 to 799 designate courses at the doctoral level.
800 to 899 designate courses at the School of Law.
5000 to 6999 designate courses at the MBA level.
7000 to 7999 designate courses at the doctoral Nursing level.
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MATH 340 - Differential Equations
Unit(s): 4
Topics include a review of first-and second-order equations, series solutions, systems of linear and non-linear differential equations, numerical methods, qualitative methods, introduction to partial differential equations.
Prerequisite: (MATH 202 or MATH 230) and concurrent MATH 211
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 345 - Mathematical Modeling
Unit(s): 4
The methodology of mathematical modeling will be explored in several case studies from fields as diverse as political science, biology, and operations research. Problems of data collection, model fitting, and model analysis will be explored. Case studies incorporate topics from: analysis of conflict (business, military, social), population dynamics, and production management.
Prerequisite: MATH 110 and MATH 230
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 350 - Math Colloquium
Unit(s): 1
This is one semester colloquium course. Students will be exposed to approximately 7 talks over the course of the semester on various topics of interest in modern mathematics. This course is intended for mathematics majors and minors. A student can take up to 2 units of colloquium for credit, but the unit cannot be applied to count for required classes.
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 355 - Complex Analysis
Unit(s): 4
Topics include integration and differentiation of functions of a complex variable, Laurent series, conformal mapping, residues, and Cauchy’s theorems.
Prerequisite: MATH 230 and concurrent MATH 211
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 367 - Number Theory
Unit(s): 4
Topics include prime numbers, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, number-theoretic functions, and diophantine equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 370 - Probability with Applications
Unit(s): 4
Topics may include discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions functions; mathematical expectation; joint density functions, law of large numbers; central limit theorem, probability models and applications, stochastic processes, Markov processes.
Prerequisite: MATH 110
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 371 - Statistics with Applications
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to theoretical issues and data-driven applications in statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics and data analysis; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests; estimation theory, linear regression, goodness-of-fit tests, and nonparametric tests.
Prerequisite: MATH 370
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 372 - Linear Regression
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to modeling the relationship between a response variable and several explanatory variables via linear regression models. Topics include simple and multiple linear regression, the method of least squares for estimation, hypothesis testing and prediction, model diagnostics, outlier detection, variable selection, nonlinear regression and other methods. Students will use the statistical software R to implement the key methods introduced in this course.
Prerequisite: MATH 371 and MATH 230
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 373 - Statistical Learning
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces students to the foundational theory and key algorithms involved in statistical learning. Topics include principal components analysis, k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, linear and quadratic discriminant analysis, Bayes risk and naïve Bayes classifiers, penalized regression methods, logistic regression, k-nearest neighbors classifiers, random forests and bagging, as well as support vector machines. Issues of over-fitting, the bias-variance trade-off, and cross validation are also covered. Students will use the statistical software R to implement any algorithms taught in this course.
Prerequisite: MATH 372
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 375 - Numerical Analysis
Unit(s): 4
Interpolation, approximation, classical methods for solving nonlinear equations, convex optimization and gradient methods, direct and iterative algorithms for linear systems, condition number and stability, floating point arithmetic, and computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Prerequisite: (MATH 230 or MATH 202) and MATH 110 and CS 110 with a minimum grade of D
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 380 - Foundations of Geometry
Unit(s): 4
Topics chosen from axiomatics, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, vector spaces and inner products, and symmetry groups.
Prerequisite: MATH 110 with a minimum grade of D
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 395 - Selected Topics in Mathematics
Unit(s): 2 to 4
This course treats topics not covered in other Mathematics courses, but of interest to faculty and students. May be repeated for credit. Offered intermittently.
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 398 - Directed Reading and Research
Unit(s): 1 to 4
May be repeated for credit. Offered every semester.
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 422 - Combinatorics
Unit(s): 4
An in-depth study of combinations and permutations, inclusion-exclusion, the binomial theorem, recurrence relations, and graph theory, with additional topics depending on student and instructor interest (for example, generating functions, combinatorial number theory, finite-state machines). Offered every other Fall.
Prerequisite: MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 435 - Modern Algebra
Unit(s): 4
Topics include an introduction to the theory of groups, rings, fields, vector spaces, and other algebraic structures.
Prerequisite: MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 453 - Real Analysis
Unit(s): 4
Topics include sequences and series, topology of the real line, limits and continuity, the real number system, the derivative and Riemann integral.
Prerequisite: MATH 211 and MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 482 - Differential Geometry
Unit(s): 4
Topics include classical differential geometry of curves and surfaces, curvature, the bending of surfaces, shortest paths in a surface, and tensors in geometry and physics.
Prerequisite: MATH 211 and MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 485 - Topology
Unit(s): 4
Topics selected from point-set topology, algebraic topology, geometric topology, and differential topology.
Prerequisite: MATH 235
College of Arts and Sciences
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MATH 501 - Discrete Math
Unit(s): 4
This course is an intensive introduction to algebraic structures, graph theory, combinatorics,and symbolic logic. Topics include logic, proofs, sets, relations, functions, counting, andprobability, with an emphasis on applications in computer science.
Restriction: Course Student Attribute Restricted to Bridge MSCS Program; Level Restricted to Graduate
College of Arts and Sciences
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MBA 6000 - Leadership Communication
Unit(s): 2
Explores effective ways to communicate across different constituencies and organizational levels while recognizing the social contexts and implicit assumptions that influence forms of expression. Students identify traits for communication competency and emotional intelligence and rehearse basic rhetorical skills and communication techniques.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6001 - Business Analytics
Unit(s): 2
This course will prepare you to be an effective analyst in a business setting. You will learn to integrate data, judgment and managerial knowledge in the form of a high-quality analytical spreadsheet model, and to analyze that model to to quantify the financial and operational implications of managerial choices. You will learn to make sense of large datasets, and to communicate actionable managerial insights. We will operate in a business context where productivity, accuracy, and stewardship of spreadsheet model assets are always kept in mind.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6002 - Tech Enabled Operations
Unit(s): 2
This course will prepare you to contribute effectively in today’s technology-enabled workplace by understanding how to leverage processes, systems, and data to create business value. We’ll examine business operations in traditional companies, between firms, and in digital businesses. We will consider the perspectives and needs of both start-ups and established organizations.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6003 - Ethical Decision Making
Unit(s): 2
In this course we will learn to practice moral decision making by assessing personal and organizational ethical climates and their philosophical foundations and cultures. We will recognize the major theoretical systems that shape western ethical thought and conclude with an intensive case study and student-led presentations on current moral dilemmas in the workplace.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6004 - Financial Accounting
Unit(s): 2
Accounting is the “language of business”. It is a measuring process that communicates, in financial terms, the activities of a business in order to aid decision makers. Financial accounting focuses on the accounting information for decision makers outside the organization (i.e. investors, creditors, regulatory agencies, etc.). The key product of this process is a complete set of financial statements and related footnotes. This course is designed as an overview of financial accounting in order to introduce and expand your understanding of accounting information, its framework (and data limitations), and how this information relates to the business decision-making process.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6005 - Financial Management
Unit(s): 2
In this course you will be introduced to the key foundational elements of Finance including: present value, future value, equilibrium rate of return, overall market interest rates and risk analysis for financial investments. You will examine specific applications related to fixed-income securities (bonds), the bond market, equities (stocks) and the stock market. You will also analyze important issues and decision-making techniques for financial management within a typical corporation. Key topics include the cost of capital, capital budgeting, determining the mix of debt and equity in financing the corporation (the capital structure) and corporate valuation.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6006 - Blding & Leading Effect Teams
Unit(s): 2
Examines and applies frameworks for understanding the contexts of tam operation, managemen of team development, and the deploying of leadership behaviors that enable high performance in organzations. This course is designed to improve your effectiveness as both a contributor and a leader within organizational team settings. Learning in this course is accomplished through engagement with assigned readings, reflective writing, case analysis, field research, and in-class activities.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6007 - Bus Modeling & Design Ideation
Unit(s): 2
This experiential learning based course focuses on systems and design thinking in the context of projects that are designed and executed by fast-forming teams, which are typical of the modern tech business enterprise with respect to organizational change, business modeling and strategy implementation. Emphasis is placed on real-world business processes; project management and team dynamics studied through the context of open systems theory and design thinking. Topics covered include: team formation, goal identification, ideation processes, story boarding, sketching ideas, system design and client based systems mapping, and project execution.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6008 - Marketing Management
Unit(s): 2
Despite the complexities of today’s fast-paced, global environment, Marketing remains at its core about creating exchanges. The key to facilitating exchanges and enhancing financial performance in the long-term is customer satisfaction. Composed of lectures, case discussions, breakout sessions, exercises and guest speakers, this class provides an in-depth study of the principles and practices that help to facilitate these exchanges; as well as the orientation needed to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction. A focus is placed on techniques for collecting, analyzing and applying information toward marketing-related problems. Further attention is placed on how firms develop and leverage a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6009 - Strategic Management
Unit(s): 2
This course uses integrative and multi-disciplinary approaches to discuss cutting edge strategic management knowledge. In the course, you will apply strategic management concepts and principles to real businesses. You will use different tools and frameworks to conduct industry, corporate and business level strategic analyses. Since strategy is an integrative discipline, it is by design that some of the topics discussed in this class overlap with the materials you have learned in other classes. Such overlapping is to help you integrate different knowledge and to improve your understanding of the subject.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6010 - MBA Magis
Unit(s): 2
Inspired by the Jesuit concept of “Magis” (discernment, generosity, wise choices, and service to a community), MBA Magis culminates the MBA experience. Students compete in a challenging cross-disciplinary business simulation, engage in structured reflection, interact with guest speakers, and jointly identify and perform a community service project. Students complete and review the Management Exercises to discern how much they have accomplished and intend to accomplish, and articulate what more they can do - in either small or grand ways - to unlock the potential of what already exists.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6014 - Ldr, Teams, & Orgs
Unit(s): 4
Blends the theory and practice of effective leadership in the spirit of the Jesuit Tradition of principled service to others. Although theory is at the heart of this course, practice is where the real leadership learning happens. Through the use of experiential excercises, simulations, cases, dialogue, and reflection, students enhance their authentic leadership skills at the individual, team and organizational levels. Topics explored include: the leadership-managment relationship, motivational models, team dynamics, decision making, power, and organizational culture.
School of Management
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MBA 6050 - Career and Prof Dev I
Unit(s): 0
A series of modules and workshops designed to address the critical career development needs of MBAs. Students will acquire the skills and resources needed to define a career objective, craft a career strategy and execute it to enable them to pursue their career goals. Key elements of the Career Development Module include: self-assessment, career action strategies and job search strategies.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6051 - Career and Prof Dev II
Unit(s): 0
A series of modules and workshops designed to address the career and professional development needs of MBAs. Students will develop and hone key skills in communication needed to succeed in both their academic and professional careers. Key elements of the Professional Development Module will include: training in business analysis, case study method and presentation skills. Prerequisite: Career and Professional Development I
Prerequisite: MBA 6050 with a minimum grade of P
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6052 - Adv Career and Prof Dev
Unit(s): 0
A series of workshops designed to address the advanced career and professional development needs of MBAs. Students will attend a variety of workshops to assist them in expanding their career network, make meaningful connections with external industry professionals, and develop critical professional skills to expand and deepen their leadership and communication capabilities.Prerequisites: Career and Professional Development I, Career and Professional Development II
Prerequisite: MBA 6051 with a minimum grade of P and MBA 6050 with a minimum grade of P
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6098 - MBA Internship
Unit(s): 1
In select cases, internships with a detailed deliverable component may qualify for credit.Pre-requisites: Meeting and approval of MBA Graduate Student Affairs Office prior to receiving faculty sponsorship. All faculty sponsors must be full-term or tenure track. Lastly, student must be in good academic standing to apply.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6100 - Innovation Project
Unit(s): 2
The Innovation Project enables students to apply knowledge acquired and concepts covered in the MBA to forge new ideas, systems, structures, and outcomes in real world companies, organizations, and/or communities in the Bay Area and beyond. Expected outcomes from participation in these projects include the ability of our students to analyze, structure, and present business problems to their clients. They should be able to develop and defend a fact-based set of recommendations rooted in solid analysis. And, they should be able to communicate these soltions effectively.Students will work either individually or in teams of no more than four. Examples of projects could include: A group of three FT MBA students work with an early stage start-up on their go-to-market strategy for an innovative new product. A PT MBA student works on a project that she and her employer have developed and which falls outside her normal scope of work. A FT MBA from Colombia returns to his home country for two months to work on a community-based project that brings sound business ideas to help solve some of the problems the community is facing
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6198 - Directed Study
Unit(s): 0 to 4
The student must propose an independent student project, working with a faculty member intended to facilitate research and the study of topics not normally taught within the framework of the regular curriculum. All directed study petitions must be submitted to the MBA office at least 3 weeks before the semester start date.Students can only take up to four units total of Directed Studies.Pre-requisites: Meeting and approval of MBA Graduate Student Affairs Office prior to receiving faculty sponsorship. All faculty sponsors must be full-term or tenure track. Lastly, student must be in good academic standing to apply.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
School of Management
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MBA 6201 - Investments
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Finance concentration.) This course will help you develop a framework for thinking about and making sound investment decisions. You will become familiar with the investment environment and the characteristics of various financial securities, understand the risk/return tradeoff and the benefits of portfolio diversification, understand the essence of portfolio theory, learn to value and analyze stocks, bonds and derivatives, learn to measure portfolio performance and manage portfolio risk, attain proficiency in the use of financial calculator and excel spreadsheets for investment analysis, and become familiar with the sources of economic and financial information.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6202 - Firm & Project Valuation
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Finance concentration.) We begin by determining best practices for firm valuation, and how to critically analyze a firm’s financial performance. Subsequently, we analyze a complex project, and examine common pitfalls associated with the process. Other topics of analysis include financial forecasting in a small business environment, a look at valuation techniques for small businesses, and finally we simulate an acquisition process, including detailed company valuation and attendant negotiations. A common theme is the creation of economic value, with additional elements of agency costs , ethics, and corporate governance as subtexts. The course is delivered primarily through the case method, with active participation of all students a must.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6205 - Corp Fin Reporting & Analysis
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Finance concentration.) The main objective of this course centers on the recognition, understanding and analysis of corporate financial statements from the viewpoint of various professional users, corporate executives, bankers, creditors, security/financial analysts and investors. Emphasis is placed upon the assessment of quality of the 10K income statement and balance sheet, financial position and cash flows underlying financial valuation. The course blends theory with practical application through the extensive use of actual company examples and cases.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6206 - International Finance I
Unit(s): 2
(MBA 6206 Required for Finance concentration.) (Elective for International Business concentration.) This course will focus on the international financial markets and how the financial activities of multinational firms must be adapted in the global context. Topics include the international monetary system and economic linkages, the foreign exchange markets and instruments, management of the firm’s currency exposure, the global debt and equity markets, and financing of the global firm.
Prerequisite: MBA 6019 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6207 - International Finance II
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Finance concentration.)(Elective for International Business concentration.)This course covers advanced topics in financial management of the multinational firm. Topics include financial goals of the MNE, interest rate and currency derivatives, foreign direct investment and capital budgeting, working capital management, tax and accounting issues, import-export transactions and trade financing, and risk management in the global firm.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6213 - Personal Finance I
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Finance concentration.) This course covers the fundamentals of personal finance to make informed decisions about managing your personal investments. Included are the three stages of every person’s financial life, how personal investing differs from institutional investing (behavioral finance), getting the most from tax-advantaged accounts (401k, 403b, etc.), how to use online calculators and how to build spreadsheets for common personal finance decisions (each student will build his or her own personal Critical Path), understanding FICO scores and managing credit wisely for big ticket purchases (housing, autos, etc.), mutual funds vs. individual stocks, personal taxation principles, what to look for in employer benefit packages as part of overall compensation, insurance and risk management, etc. Extensive use of outside speakers.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6216 - Student Managed Fund I
Unit(s): 2
The Student Managed Fund gives students at the University of San Francisco the opportunity to manage real money in financial markets, bridging the gap between financial theory and real-world applications. The purpose of the fund is to enrich the education of business students through a “hands on” approach and to beat market performance measured by Standard and Poor’s 500 Index. Students will gain many important skills, including: (a) Real-world, hand-on experience managing large sums of money; (b) develop an in-depth understanding of financial markets; (c) acquire skills in teamwork, research methods, public speaking and explaining, and financial analysis; (d) interact with members of the business and finance community; and (e) become a more attractive prospective employee.
Prerequisite: MSFA 712 or MBA 6005
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Financial Analysis Major
School of Management
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MBA 6217 - Student Managed Fund II
Unit(s): 2
This course builds on students’ experience during the first semester of the course. The Student Managed Fund gives students at the University of San Francisco the opportunity to manage real money in financial markets, bridging the gap between financial theory and real-world applications. Students will gain many important skills, including: (a) Real-world, hand-on experience managing large sums of money; (b) develop an in-depth understanding of financial markets; (c) acquire skills in teamwork, research methods, public speaking and explaining, and financial analysis; (d) interact with members of the business and finance community; and (e) become a more attractive prospective employee.
Prerequisite: MSFA 712 or MBA 6005
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Financial Analysis Major
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MBA 6240 - Financial Case Analysis
Unit(s): 2
This course is designed to enhance the students’ knowledge of the fundamentalprinciples and concepts covered in finance, accounting, and economics. Integration of these three areas of business will allow the students to critically analyze issues that influence virtually all business decisions. We will analyze case studies of real world examples to acquire the detailed knowledge of the technology applied in making informed and sophisticated business decisions.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6241 - Management Info Analysis
Unit(s): 2
Accounting is the “language of business”. It is a measuring process that communicates, in financial terms, the activities of a business in order to aid decision makers. Financial accounting focuses on the accounting information for decision makers outside the organization (i.e. investors, creditors, regulatory agencies, etc.). The key product of this process is a complete set of financial statements and related footnotes. Managerial accounting focuses on the information system needed for internal, proprietary decisions. This course is designed as an overview to obtain a functional knowledge of managerial decisions,apply key management skills and techniques, and problem solve from a variety of perspectives.
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6299 - Special Topic: Finance
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Finance concentration.)
Prerequisite: MBA 6005 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6301 - Res Methods in Marketing
Unit(s): 2
This course focuses on understanding the relationship between marketing research techniques and improved marketing strategy decision-making. It provides an overview of problem definition, questionnaire development and sampling. Students learn to appreciate the issues of the design and implementation of marketing research and interpretation of research results that yield managerially relevant marketing information.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6303 - Global Market & Bus Intelligen
Unit(s): 2
This course addresses unique challenges encountered in international markets. It examines cultural, social, political, legal and economic environments in various nations and regions, explores how such factors affect competition and buyer behavior and discusses strategic and tactical alternatives that are suitable to such environments. It evaluates the application of marketing frameworks and tools, including the use of macro-level market data, technology platforms and marketing research techniques, in international settings.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6304 - Consumer Behavior
Unit(s): 2
Consumer Behavior is the study of people and the products that help that shape their identities and consumer decision processes. Students also learn to appreciate how products, services and consumption activities contribute to the broader social world we experience.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Marketing Intelligence Major
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MBA 6306 - Integrated Marketing Comm
Unit(s): 2
Due to rapid changes in how companies and consumers communicate with each other, an integrated approach to marketing communication has only increased in importance. This approach allows companies to carefully manage its many communication channels to deliver a consistent and compelling message about the organization, its brands and their positioning. To this end, the course focuses on a communication mix of both traditional and emerging technology based tools. Students learn how to meet marketing challenges by creating impactful communication strategies that generate strong customer relationships.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6315 - Strategic Brand Management
Unit(s): 2
This course explores the best practices in creating and sustaining a company’s most valuable assets, its brands. Students learn what constitutes a successful brand in terms of the consumer and the firm, how to build brand equity, and how to sustain a brand throughout its lifecycle using strategic tools currently employed by marketing professionals. Specific topics include strategic positioning, brand articulation, measuring brand equity, and brand management.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6322 - Intro to Marketing Analytics
Unit(s): 2
This course represents a comprehensive examination of data analytics from a marketing perspective on four levels: strategically, functionally, methodologically, and technologically. It is designed for students who might seek employment in the analytics arena as well as for students who want to broaden their understanding of the field.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6323 - Marketing Analytics Tech & App
Unit(s): 2
This is a lab-based experience that develops basic tactical skills to formulate and solve real-world problems. The format includes business cases, decision models, and group discussion. In addition, students learn how to solve more advanced analytics problems using analytics technologies such as statistical programming software, advanced spreadsheet functionality, and data visualization programs.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6399 - SpcTpc: Marketing
Unit(s): 2
Special topics courses are contingent on student interest and faculty availability. A wide range of formats and subjects permits the pursuit of specialized interests and opportunities including, but not limited to digital marketing, product design, entertainment marketing strategy, marketing for social change, loyalty marketing, customer satisfaction, B2B marketing, marketing for non-profits and marketing and public policy.
Prerequisite: MBA 6008
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6401 - Advanced Leadership
Unit(s): 2
A retreat seminar, taught off-site, offering students an opportunity to continue to develop oneself as an effective team member and dynamic leader. Through a bond with other fellow students, participants create a highly supportive as well as challenging environment to explore their understanding of the cultural, sociological, and psychological factors that influence self-identity, values and approaches to leadersip. Students explore ideals and visions for the future by working together to promote a supportive learning environment that fosters honesty, creativity, and risk-taking. The goals of the course are to increase participants’ ability to manage the differences, enhance conflict resolution skills, confront issues concerning power and authority, and align career choices with their most deeply held values and principles.
Prerequisite: MBA 6006 or OD 660
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; SOM-CPL Course Materials Fee - 335; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Management
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MBA 6402 - Special Topic OLC
Unit(s): 2
Special topics courses are contingent on student interest and faculty availability. A wide range of formats and subjects permits the pursuit of specialized interests.
Prerequisite: MBA 6103 or concurrent MBAI 5001
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Organization Development Major
School of Management
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MBA 6406 - Negotiation & Barg. Strategy
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Organization Development Concentration) Introduces students to the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of organizational settings. It is designed to expose students to negotiation theory and research and give them practice in applying negotiation strategy and tactics to specific and change situations. This course is skills-based, experiential and participatory in nature.
Prerequisite: OD 660 or MBA 6006
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6407 - Human Resource Management
Unit(s): 2
Considers the critical source of competitive advantage often comes from having an effective system for obtaining, mobilizing, and managing people and not necessarily from having the best product design, marketing strategy or production technology. Although many managers and organizations recognize the importance of managing the work force effectively, frequently firms fail to implement effective human resource management analysis and practices. This course has two central themes: (1) how to think systematically and strategically about aspects of managing the organization’s human assets, and (2) what really needs to be done to implement these policies and to achieve competitive advantage through people.
Prerequisite: OD 660 or MBA 6006
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6413 - Bus Teams & Small Grp Dynamics
Unit(s): 2
Uses the class as a laboratory to discover what makes a high performance team and how to create one. Examines how entering into an already existing team or creating a new one is always a tricky and mysterious process. Through exercises, projects and the study of group dynamics, students understand how to be an outstanding team member and potentially a great team builder and leader.
Prerequisite: MBA 6006
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Biotechnology Major
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MBA 6414 - Managing Across Cultures
Unit(s): 2
(Required for International Business concentration.)(Elective for Leadership concentration.)Working in another culture or working with people from another culture can often feel like visiting another planet. In this course, you will study dimensions of culture such as time, personal space, ethics, and business etiquette as well as a host of other elements. You will also study particular cultures in Asia, Europe, Middle East and others to become more familiar with how individuals from those cultures approach business relationships and work in general. The intent is to become effective cross cultural managers, leaders and negotiators.
Prerequisite: MBA 6006
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6417 - Leading Org. Change & Develop
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Organization Development Concentration) Explores the theory behind and dynamics of organizational change management processes. Students investigate best practices related to developing, implementing, and managing large and small scale change initiatives as an internal change agent and as an organizational development consultant. The course blends both theory and practice in understanding change management models; generating and evaluating change management tactics;and, leading organizational change efforts.
Prerequisite: MBA 6006
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6435 - Consulting Practices
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Organization Development Concentration) Reviews the consulting process, especially with respect to organization development. Focuses on the values and ethics underlying the consulting practice, and the essential skills for a consultant, including entering, contracting, developing client capability, and managing unplanned events in the change process.
Prerequisite: MBA 6006
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6437 - Consulting Practicum
Unit(s): 2
Students serve as on-site consultants to area organizations that have been identified through research and evaluation as being aligned with the vision and values of the University of San Francisco. Student consulting teams face unique challenges as they assess issues, plan strategies, and enact change within these organizations. This course incorporates team building skills as well as real-world consulting and business development practices.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6435
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MBA 6438 - Mgr Dec Making
Unit(s): 2
Provides insight into how people and organizations make decisions, how decision making can be improved, and what it means for a decision to be ‘rational’. This course is intended for leaders and managers of for-profit, nonprofit, educational, and government organizations, as well as anyone interested in how decisions happen.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management
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MBA 6440 - Work and Well Being
Unit(s): 2
Examines the purpose of work in our lives, the intersection between our work and non-work roles and identities, and how organizations can profoundly shape employees’ lives inside and outside of the workplace. Through readings, in-class discussions, professional panels, and assignments, students gain an in-depth understanding of the individual, relational, organizational, and societal-level factors that influence employees’ well-being. Specific topics include: physical health and well-being, burnout and stress, employee engagement, job crafting, work-family conflict and enrichment, high-quality connections in the workplace, supervisor support, and organizational culture. Students are challenged to think critically about these issues and to reflect on their own employment experiences.
Prerequisite: (concurrent MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent MBA 6006 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6441 - Evidence-based HR Management
Unit(s): 2
Explores how contemporary managers are heavily swayed in their thinking and decisions by habit, fads, convention and unrealistic levels of confidence. Managers practicing Evidence-based management (EBMgt) learn how to rethink their approaches to data and knowledge in order to make more effective decisions. EBMgt means making decisions based on best obtainable evidence, that is, scientific findings and unbiased organizational facts. These decisions rely on decision processes that reduce bias and judgment errors and give due consideration to ethical concerns. This course also guides students in developing the skills and knowledge needed to identify, access, and use quality evidence from science and practice in making better decisions.
Prerequisite: (concurrent MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent MBA 6006 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6442 - Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias
Unit(s): 2
Develops theoretical and practical approaches to the issues of diversity, inclusion and bias in the contemporary organizations. This course includes a critical examination of commonly held values, habits, interactions, and concerns of different cultural groups in the workplace. Students identity and practice strategies to overcome barriers and conflict often created and perpetuated by both conscious and unconscious bias.
Prerequisite: (concurrent MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C and concurrent MBA 6006 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6443 - Human Factors Of Bus Performan
Unit(s): 2
MBA CAP Project Course. For MBA CAP students only. The Human Factors of Business Performance (HFBP) focuses on ensuring that an organization’s skill base is both ready and able to adapt to its respective environment as the nature and purpose of work changes. While HFPB CAP appreciates the importance of organizational efficiency, productivity and innovation, it also identifies the management of organizations as an opportunity to develop traits of resilience, learning and growth among employees. Understanding the role that human capital plays in organizational life and the extent to which we can influence its direction allows us the chance to foster work environments that facilitate people’s organizational citizenship, engagement, and self-development. At its core, this CAP focuses on the impact and power that organizational life can have as a transformative experience for organizational advancement.
Prerequisite: (concurrent MBA 6440 and concurrent MBA 6441 and concurrent MBA 6442) and (MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6006 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6499 - ST: Leadership & Orgs
Unit(s): 2
Special topic course varies by offering.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6520 - Predictive Analytics
Unit(s): 2
This course provides the technical knowledge and problem-solving skills to make sense of large, complex datasets. Students learn to apply a number of predictive analytic techniques, with an emphasis on modeling, data visualization, and effective business communication of analytical insights.
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C) or MSIS 660 with a minimum grade of C or ENGY 610 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6521 - Data Mining
Unit(s): 2
This course introduces advanced concepts for extracting insight from data. Topics include supervised methods for prediction and classification, and unsupervised techniques for classification and dimensionality reduction. Special emphasis is given to the application of data mining techniques to improve business outcomes, and the role of data mining in the broader information value chain.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6520
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6525 - Big Data Strat & Visualization
Unit(s): 2
This course explores strategy and management approaches for using big data. Topics include big data strategy, value creation, the big data model maturity index, the role of data scientists and data-savvy managers, and how to employ visualization to generate and communicate insight. Students will encounter a mix of cutting-edge ideas, practical techniques, real-world examples, and hands-on software exercises.
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6526 - Coding for Analytics
Unit(s): 2
This course provides students with basic conceptual knowledge, skills, and experience using industry-standard programming languages to acquire, clean, and prepare data for analysis.
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6540 - CSM and SaaS
Unit(s): 2
“Customer Success Manager” is the fastest growing new role in the technology industry. This course examines this role, with special attention to duties, goals, and performance metrics. We also explore the economics of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) which are driving the increased demand for CSMs.
Prerequisite: MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6541 - Customer Data Analysis
Unit(s): 2
In this course, students learn to work with customer data, including data extraction from relational databases via SQL, methods for organizing and cleaning data, and analysis techniques from the world of business intelligence. Activities will include conceptual presentations, hand-on analysis exercises, case studies, and managerial presentations.
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6542 - Customer Success and Insight
Unit(s): 2
MBA CAP Project course is for MBA CAP students only: The Career Accelerator Platform (CAP) Project provides students the opportunity to apply in real-world setting the skill sets gained in the courses and co-curricular activities that comprise their CAP. Students will work in teams of two-to-four with faculty oversight on client-facing projects with Bay Area located companies and organizations. The teams will develop and defend a fact-based set of recommendations rooted for their client. Deliverables include a formal presentation and white paper. The second installment of the Management Exercises is integrated into the CAP Project as well.
Prerequisite: (concurrent MBA 6540 and concurrent MBA 6541 and concurrent MBA 6301) and (MBA 6001 and MBA 6002)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6551 - Advanced Spreadsheet Analytics
Unit(s): 2
This course provides advanced techniques for using spreadsheets to improve business performance. Topics can include sophisticated spreadsheet programming techniques, management science tools, lifecycle and deployment of analytic spreadsheet models, and management of spreadsheet analytic assets.
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Major
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MBA 6553 - Thinking Like a Data Scientist
Unit(s): 2
Intelligent applications are the next wave of digital transformation. Today’s organizations must ask “How effective are we at leveraging data and analytics?” In this course, students prepare to answer this critical question through a variety of frameworks, tools, and hand-on activities.
Prerequisite: MBA 6521 or MBA 6520 or concurrent MBA 6525 or concurrent MBA 6526
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6599 - Special Topics: BAIS
Unit(s): 2
Special Topics Elective
Prerequisite: (MBA 6001 with a minimum grade of C and MBA 6002 with a minimum grade of C)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6601 - Entrepreneurial Mgmt
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration.)In Entrepreneurial Management students apply their creative and innovative talents while sharpening their analytical abilities. Students will develop a new business idea and craft it into a comprehensive business plan that details the qualitative (e.g. business modeling and milestone planning) and quantitative (financial forecasts and valuation) process of bringing a new venture idea to fruition. The business plan that each team develops is an operating plan for a start-up company or a new venture within a larger corporation.
Prerequisite: MBA 6004 with a minimum grade of C or concurrent MBA 6008 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: College restricted to College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6602 - Global Product Development
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration.)(Elective for International Business concentration.)In today’s competitive world of business and technology, getting the correct product(s) to market in time successfully has become a matter of survival. The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding and working knowledge of the new product development and management process. This course will focus on issues involved in selecting, researching and developing, and positioning/marketing new products. Cases of successful new products developed in the medical, biotech, IT, telecom, materials, and consumer fields will be used to illustrate the management processes and issues discussed in class.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6603 - Creativity & Innovation
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration.)
· Want to take any product or service, make it better and more profitable?
· Want to get noticed and fast-tracked as a creative innovator at work?
· Want to learn and apply the practical tool-kit for accomplishing this?
Investigation of innovation in the corporate setting and the personal creative process, with an emphasis on understanding the role innovation plays in corporate success. Students practice methods for sharpening one’s own innovative and creative skills through lectures and personal exercises designed to build both information content and a repertoire of specific techniques.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: College restricted to College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6607 - Corp. Entrepr. & Innovation
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Concentration)Corporate entrepreneurship and developing new business is a daunting task to many established companies. This is because the organizational capabilities and processes required for new business innovation are drastically different from, and sometimes, even in conflict with those required for established business. Many companies tried but failed while others succeeded. This course is to share with you the lessons and effective practices of many companies that tried various innovation and growth strategies. In particular, the course will focus on following topics: -How to generate new business ideas in the strategic context of a company, and funnel internal and external (open innovation) business ideas to a company’s commercialization process.-How to use different funding systems, appropriate organizational structures/homes to manage new business innovation projects. -Managing the milestones and evolutions of new business innovation projects. -Managing the relationships between new business venture projects and existing businesses.-How to fold new business projects back to the core business infrastructure of a company.-How to create and manage robust innovation programs, including budgeting, monitoring and resource allocation among multiple innovation projects.-How to develop and manage talents required for new business projects.-How to become successful entrepreneurs to advance your careers in corporate environments.
Restriction: College restricted to College of Arts and Sciences and School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6609 - Internet Business Applications
Unit(s): 2
(Required for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Concentration.)Internet Business Applications provides an introduction to performing business and entrepreneurial activities through online services. This includes developing prototype ecommerce systems that utilize content management systems, collaboration tools, web services, online advertising and analytics.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6000 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6610 - Social Entrepreneurship
Unit(s): 2
Social Entrepreneurship is an emerging and rapidly changing fielddedicated to the starting and growing of social mission-driven for-profit and nonprofit ventures that is, organizations that strive to advance social change through innovative solutions. Social Entrepreneurship is more than a set of tools and techniques for starting and growing a social venture. It is a mindset, a way of looking at the world in an opportunity focused and creative way. It is about always balancing: economic value, social innovation and financial sustainability, while making a difference in the communities that we serve.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6000
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Major
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MBA 6612 - Family Business
Unit(s): 2
This course is about families, businesses, and the amazing combined organization we call a “family business”. Family businesses are traditionally defined as firms that are actively owned and/or managed by one or more members of the same family.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6613 - Creat & InnovII How to be Game
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration.)
· Want to create “ame-changing” innovations for targeted Bay Area companies, while personally meeting, pitching, and networking with top Corporate Execs and Entrepreneurs?
· Want to learn how to revitalize a business model, expand opportunities, and organize and lead change structures as part of your own decision-making?
Participants will have the opportunity for a ‘hands on’ working weekend with a targeted Bay Area company that must revitalize its core strengths and business model with disciplined, successful innovation.
They will pitch their changes and innovations live to an invited panel of Bay Area Entrepreneurs and Corporate Managers with designated time for reviews and networking with those Panelists.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Major
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MBA 6614 - Thought ldrshp in Entr & Innov
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for Entrepreneurship and Innovaiton Concentration)In “Thought Leadership in Entrepreneurship and Innovation” students will review the current and seminal literature in the essential elements of field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Students will also learn key insights from entrepreneurial executives, and from these scholarly and professional experiences students will develop a solid theoretical and applied understanding of key success factors in the practice of entrepreneurship and innovation. Building upon these theoretical and professional underpinnings, students will develop an individual white paper that addresses a topic which supports their objectives for career advancement, corporate innovation, or entrepreneurial development. Through the preparation and presentation of these conceptual white papers, students will advance their own reputations as thought leaders in their chosen fields.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6698 - Sales, Mktng, Bus Developmnt
Unit(s): 2
Elective for Entrepreneurship Concentration
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6699 - Special Topic EIS
Unit(s): 2
Special topics courses are contingent on student interest and faculty availability. A wide range of formats and subjects permits the pursuit of specialized interests.
Prerequisite: concurrent MBA 6005
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6702 - International Business
Unit(s): 2
This course is a core requirement for MBA IB Concentration students. It focuses on the interplay between firms that compete in the global economy and the changing dynamics of the global marketplace. The objectives are: (1) to offer a omprehensive overview of the broad context within which businesses operate, including the economic, political, legal and cultural environment around the world, (2) to introduce an integrated framework and a set of leading concepts and theories to understand contemporary issues in international business, and (3) to help students deepen their understanding of the most fundamental question in global business: What determines the international success and failure of firms around the globe? In this course, students learn to: 1) evaluate the implications of the dynamic environment of global business and its effects on day-to-day business operations and strategy, 2) understand how institutions, both formaland informal, impact business decisions, 3) analyze the dynamics and directions ofinternational trade and foreign direct investment in the global economy, 4) understand how firms strategically enter into foreign markets and how local firms compete and/or collaborate with foreign entrants, and 5) better understand what determines the success and failure of companies around the globe.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6715 - Globalization of Chinese Bus.
Unit(s): 2
(Elective for International Business concentration.)This course is designed for students who have the ambition andaspiration to develop a career related to globalization of Chinesebusiness. The phenomenon of Chinese outbound foreign directinvestment has become a defining feature of China’s current economicdevelopment and the 21st century global economy. China is the engineof global economic growth. The rate of globalization of Chinesebusiness continues in defiance of the economic crisis. There is anincreasing demand of businesses looking for graduates who combinesound management skills with a good understanding of the Chinesebusiness and culture. This course will provide an overview of thetrends and patterns of globalization of Chinese business, explore theopportunities and challenges facing Chinese firms expandinginternationally, introduce you to the strategic management of Chinesemultinational firms, and engage you in the strategic choices thatChinese multinational firms face in the global environment throughcase studies, company-based research projects and industry guestspeakers.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MBA 6797 - Academic Global Immersion
Unit(s): 2
(Required for International Business concentration.)Two week academic global immersion course. Students visit selected corporations and organizations, and complete research projects.
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin; Level Restricted to Graduate
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MBA 6799 - Spc Topics: International Bus
Unit(s): 2
(International Business elective)
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Business Admin
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MS 100 - Intro to Media Studies
Unit(s): 4
Critical introduction to contemporary issues and debates in media and society. Offered every semester. Applies to Core E. Pre- or corequisite Core A2.
Prerequisite: concurrent RCOM 120 or concurrent RHET 120 or concurrent RCOM 130 or concurrent RHET 130 or concurrent RCOM 131 or concurrent RHET 131 or concurrent RCOM 126 or concurrent RHET 126 or concurrent RCOM 140 or concurrent RHET 140 or concurrent RHET 204 or concurrent RCOM 250 or concurrent RHET 195 or concurrent RHET 250 or concurrent SII 120 or concurrent RCOM 301 or concurrent RHET 301 or concurrent RCOM 310 or concurrent RHET 310 or (concurrent HONC 130 and concurrent HONC 131)
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MS 101 - Multi-Media Storytelling
Unit(s): 4
Multimedia Storytelling is a required production course offered to Media Studies majors, minors and other students enrolled in the University.
In this dynamic, multimedia production class, students will learn to tell stories across a variety of digital media platforms. Students will craft unique, interactive stories in video, audio, and the written word. Students will then learn how to distribute those stories using tools like instagram, WordPress, and Soundcloud to help disseminate their pieces.
The focus will be for students to give voice to underreported people and places, and to explore the social, political and cultural issues of our times thru media. Regardless of the medium used - video, audio, or print - quality storytelling is a critical element necessary to engage and influence audiences. This is a foundational course for all Media Studies majors, who will leave this course with a thorough understanding of the practical and theoretical skills of storytelling.
Restriction: Class restricted to Freshman and Sophomore; Field of Study restricted to Media Studies Major, Media Studies, Journalism Minor
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MS 102 - Intro to Film Studies
Unit(s): 4
This class is designed to introduce students to the world of films from a semiotic, historical and critical perspective. The main objective of the course is to provide students with the formal and rhetorical devices to understand film language in its own terms. Offered every semester. Applies to Core F.
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