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Certificate
The Management Graduate Certificate Program was designed
for post-graduate professionals who wish to strengthen their business
background. The program is also ideal for those who wish to someday pursue
a Masters in Business Administration. The certificate cuurriculum reflects
the same required core courses that must be completed in the UMass Lowell
M.B.A. program.
Required Core Courses:
12 Credit Hours — 6 courses at 2 credit hours
each with prerequisite coursework in Microeconomics (49.201) and Statistics
(49.211)
60.501 Financial Accounting
Designed to serve as an introduction to financial
accounting within the context of transactions and business decisions.
This course is a broad introduction to using accounting information from
the user's perspective with little emphasis on traditional debits, credits,
journal entries, and ledgers. Emphasis is placed on preparing and understanding
financial statements.
61.501
Business Financial Analysis
This course introduces students to the finance
function in a firm. Students are exposed to a variety of analytical techniques
and to theory applied to financial decision making. Study will include
effects of major financial decisions such as investment, financing and
dividends on the value of the firm, in light of their risk-return relationship
under the assumption that the maximization of shareholder wealth is the
goal of management. (Prerequisite: 60.501)
62.501
Marketing Fundementals
Describes how marketing strategies and plans of
a competitive enterprise are formulated, implemented, and adjusted over
time. Behavioral, quantitative, and environmental aspects of forces affecting
marketing decisions are examined.
63.501
Operations Fundementals
This course is designed to provide students with
an introduction to operations management and operations analysis. The
latter furnishes the student wiith a set of quantitative tools that are
useful in designing and operating the former. These techniques are also
generally applicable to other functional areas/courses within the MBA
program.
66.501
Organizational Behavior
This course introduces students to management and
organizational behavior. Its general purpose is to study and understand
the behavior of individuals and groups in their organizations. It is directed
toward behavioral action components and emphasizes the close relationship
between the study of organizational behavior and the practice of management.
66.511
Global Enterprise and Competition
This course is designed to provide an integrated
investigation of global competitive issues to help students understand
the processes of organization and technological innovation that permit
businesses to achieve competitive advantages in a global environment.
This course also deals with the nature and techniques of industry analysis
necessary to the formulation of effective global strategy for the firm.
(Prerequisites: 60.501, 61.501, 62.501)
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