Quick Start Foundations for non-business undergraduate majors : Indiana University Southeast

Quick Start Foundations for non-business undergraduate majors

Do you have an undergraduate degree in a field other than Business and wish to pursue an M.B.A. or M.S.S.F. degree? If so, Quick Start is a comprehensive program that will enable you to complete your business foundations courses in just one semester!

Our experienced, caring faculty will equip you with the tools and knowledge you will need to succeed in either our M.B.A. or M.S.S.F. programs.

M.B.A./M.S.S.F. Foundations (7 credit hours)
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
BUSE-F 501	Foundations in Accounting	1.5
Financial and managerial accounting concepts from the business manager’s perspective. Includes analysis and recording of economic transactions, and cost determination and analysis. Undergraduate course equivalents are Principles of Accounting I and II.
BUSE-F 502	Foundations in Finance	1.5
Introduction of basic financial concepts from the business manager’s perspective. Includes use of financial statements, tools and concepts for planning and measuring profitability and liquidity, capital budgeting, discounted cash flow analysis, and valuation. Undergraduate course equivalent is Financial Management.
BUSE-F 503	Foundations in Economics	1.5
Provision of fundamental knowledge in the area of micro and macroeconomics theory. Includes concepts and theories relevant to the broad spectrum of economic trends needed in a graduate curriculum. Undergraduate course equivalents are introductory micro and macroeconomics.
BUSE-F 504	Foundations in Marketing	.5
Emphasis will be placed upon the understanding and application of market concepts and practices, including market planning and strategy principles using pricing, product management, promotion, and distribution. Other topics include buyer behavior, market research, international marketing, ethics, and environmental influences. Undergraduate course equivalent is Marketing Management. This course is a self paced online course.
BUSE-F 505	Foundations in Quantitative Tools	1.5
This course covers basic applied statistics from a business perspective. Topics covered include summary measures of central tendency probability and probability distributions, continuous distributions including the normal distribution, sampling distributions, confidence interval estimation, and hypothesis testing. Undergraduate course equivalent is Applied Statistics for Business.
BUSE-F 506	Foundations in Management	.5
This course discusses production as it relates to the other functions of a business. Techniques and topics such as forecasting, aggregate planning, master scheduling, capacity and material planning, performance measurement, productivity improvement, quality, JIT, TOC, and project management are covered. Undergraduate course equivalent is Operations Management. This course is a self paced online course.

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