St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Graduate Curricula
in a specific discipline rather than take two
Individual Career Needs courses. A concentration
concept has been developed for this purpose.
Students electing this concentration concept
will take 17 three-semester hour courses (13
required courses, 4 concentration courses).
Currently the four areas of concentration are:
Finance, Human Resource Management,
Management Information Systems, and
Marketing. Concentration courses are available
on the main campus in Davenport, Iowa and in
the satellites if sufficient demand warrants.
Course Descriptions
Leveling (CPC) Courses
MBA 500. Mathematics for Management
and Economics
3 credits
Functions, graphs of elementary functions, matrices
and determinants, systems of linear equations.
Emphasis on applications to management, decision-making
and economics. Prerequisites: May
not be taken without GMAT results.
MBA 506. Financial Accounting 3 credits
Discussion of the generally accepted accounting
principles as they relate to recording of financial
transactions and the preparation, use and analysis
of financial statements. Topics include an
overview of the accounting cycle, income measurement,
financial reporting, cash flow statement,
and financial statement analysis.
Prerequisites: None. MBA 506 can be waived if
the student has an undergraduate or graduate
degree in accounting; or has successfully completed
at least 18 hours of accounting within the last
five (5) years; or has a CPA or CMA certificate.
MBA 507. Managerial Accounting 3 credits
Discussion of methods for analyzing and reporting
accounting information for planning, controlling,
and decision making. Topics include product
costing, budgets, performance measurement,
quality costs and international operations.
Prerequisites: 506 or permission of instructor.
MBA 507 can be waived if the student has an
undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting;
or has successfully completed at least 18 hours of
accounting within the last five (5) years; or has a
CPA or CMA certificate.
MBA 526. Macroeconomics Analysis for
Business
3 credits
This course provides for a review of introductory
economics. Topics include the production possibilities
curve (transformation curve), market supply
and, circular flow, and the production function
(Law of Diminishing Returns). An analysis
of the nation’s economy and its impact on business,
employment/unemployment, price levels,
consumption, investment, interest rates, business
cycles, forecasting, general growth theory, government
policy and international business.
Prerequisites: None.
Core Courses
MBA 505. Statistical Methods for Decision-
Making
3 credits
Basic statistical techniques for decision-making:
frequency distribution, descriptive measures,
probability, sampling, estimation, tests of
hypotheses, regression and correlation analysis.
Prerequisites: May NOT be taken without 35%
on quantitative portion of GMAT or MBA 500,
if required.
MBA 621. Organizational Theory, Behavior and
Communication
3 credits
Study of the organization (for profit and nonprofit)
as a complex system: line and staff functions,
administration/leadership styles, motivation
and group dynamics – and impact of each on the
achievement of organization goals. Special
emphasis on organization communication.
Prerequisites: None.
MBA 626. Managerial Economics 3 credits
Application of economic principles to management
decision-making: decision theory, demand
theory/sales forecasting, linear programming,
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