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ACC	Accounting
ECO	Economics
FIN	Finance
HCM	Health Care Mgmt.
IT	Info. Technology
MGT	Management
MKT	Marketing
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BUS 598 - Quantitative Foundations and Business Applications (3 credits)
This course is designed to improve the quantitative skills of students starting the MBA program. The course also introduces students to essential topics in ethics, law, management, and marketing. The course covers mathematical functions, system of equations, differential calculus, multivariate functions, descriptive statistics, and utilizes case studies which include key elements of ethics, law, management, and marketing. The course emphasizes the use of business applications in each topic. (replaces MAT 598, effective spring, 2012)

FIN 599 - Financial Management Foundations (3 credits)
This course provides MBA students with a smooth transition into the economics and financial aspects of the MBA curriculum. It provides basic economics background on both Micro and Macro levels where price system, cost structure and stabilization economic policies and their implications in the corporate world are analyzed. Special emphasis is placed on the financial environment, especially financial markets and market participants. The course also analyzes corporate financial performance through financial statements and financial ratios. Students are introduced to evaluating cash flow over time and to the basic models of evaluating financial securities. In addition, basic analysis of investment projects evaluation is included.

MAT 598 - Quantitative Business Foundations (3 credits)
See BUS 598 - Quantitative Foundations and Business Applications