University Course Descriptions

ACC 2100 Financial Accounting

Financial Accounting focuses on the foundations of financial accounting concepts and methods used to generate, analyze, and interpret financial statements. Learners perform journal entries and record-keeping of transactions with an understanding of how these accounts are measured and reported in major financial statements.

ACC 2200 Managerial Accounting and Cost Analysis

Managerial Accounting and Cost Analysis focuses on the techniques managers use to identify and manage production costs for labor, material, and overhead. Learners engage multiple methods for budgeting and cost reporting and calculate and interpret variances between budgets and actual results

ACC 3250 Auditing and Assurance Services

*Prerequisite - ACC 2100 Financial Accounting and ACC 2200 Managerial Accounting and Cost Analysis

Auditing and Assurance Services focuses on how to plan and conduct an audit of a company’s financial statements and examines the importance of assurance services to users of financial statements. Learners apply techniques to identify and analyze evidence, identify fraud, and determine and publish an opinion report of the auditor’s findings.

ACC 6050 Accounting and Financial Reporting

Accounting and Financial Reporting engages learners in applying the principles of corporate finance and accounting to business decision making. Course topics include financial statements and other reports, the basics of financial forecasting and budgeting, accounting analytics, and the communications and vocabulary related to financial statements. Learners reconcile financial transactions and accounting records and examine the implications of international differences in accounting frameworks and financial reporting requirements.

AIA 2100 Introduction to AI

The Introduction to AI course introduces the fundamental concepts of AI, exploring its transformative impact across industries. Learners examine various AI tools and technologies and their interconnected applications in business, healthcare, education, and manufacturing. Additional topics include the ethical implications of AI, future trends, and strategies for integrating AI into decision-making and operations effectively.

AIA 3200 Foundations of Robotics and IoT

Foundations of Robotics and IoT engages learners in understanding how the interconnectivity of devices via the Internet is harnessed to improve robotic manufacturing processes. This course provides an overview of IoT architecture. Within the context of IoT ecosystems, learners explore software product design with cyber models, application modeling, IoT value modeling, and hardware product design with sensors, embedded systems, and connected sensors. Topics also include an overview of the network fabric in IoT, operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) and fog networks, IoT product cloud, and IoT platforms. This course provides an overview of intelligent process automation (IPA) and five major technologies supporting robotic process automation (RPA): smart workflow, machine learning, advanced analytics, natural-Language generation, and cognitive agents.

AIA 3250 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

Information is the lifeblood for organizations of all types. Therefore, everyone needs to have a fundamental understanding of the interdisciplinary field of cybersecurity. This course provides this fundamental knowledge by taking the learner through the evolution of discipline from information security to cybersecurity. Learners evaluate several important laws, which have significant impact on cybersecurity strategy. Learners also investigate multiple cybersecurity technologies, processes, and procedures and learn how to analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and risks in these environments, and develop appropriate mitigation strategies by applying a mission-focused and risk-optimized approach. This survey course introduces learners to the three primary sources of threats (technology, policy, and people, both internal and external) and the three classes of tools (technology, policy, and people) used to develop an organizational cybersecurity strategy. This course and exercises are designed to emphasize, encourage and enhance the critical thinking abilities of learners. Although the course is not designed to prepare learners for this test, the material covered in this course includes most of the knowledge tested in the CompTIA Security+ exam. Learners will apply their learning by performing systematic case studies of actual organizations.

AIA 6550 Data Sciences for Decision Making

Data Sciences for Decision Making provides a foundation for learners to apply advanced analytics skills to complex data analysis and modes. Learners build an understanding of design, data analytics tools, and advanced analytics translators to communicate complex data-related requirements between data engineers, business, and IT stakeholders. Learners examine four major areas. First, there are momentum gains in the data and analytics revolution. Advances in data collection, machine learning, and computational power have fueled progress due to an exponential growth in the volume of data, continual advances in algorithms, and greater computational power and storage. Second, there are five elements of successful data analytics transformation: cases/sources of value, data ecosystems, modeling insights, workflow integration, and adoption. Third, the mapping value in data ecosystems includes data generation and collection, data aggregation, and data analysis. Fourth, models of distribution are fueled by big data analytics as business models are enabled by orthogonal data, hyper scale, real- time matching, radical personalization, massive data integration capabilities, data-driven discovery, and enhanced decision making.

AIA 6600 Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) considers the business applications of machine learning (ML), and how AI supports the discovery of meaningful patterns in data and adds insights into predicting performance as well as increasing productivity. Learners explore advanced concepts in machine learning, including details of decision tree algorithms, the QUEST algorithm and how it handles nominal variables, ordinal and continuous variables, and missing data. They also explore the C5.0 algorithm and review some of its key features, such as global pruning and winnowing, and dive into advanced topics that apply to all decision trees, such as boosting and bagging. The course covers four major topics. First, machine learning and neural networks. Second, value creation across the value chain phases (project, produce, promote, and provide) and various industry verticals (retail, electric utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and education). Third, elements of successful artificial intelligence transformation. Fourth, artificial intelligence use cases across retail, electric utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and education.

AIA 6650 Robotics and Automation

Robotics and Automation engages learners in examining the Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) five core technologies. These are the following: robotic process automation (RPA), smart workflow, machine learning/ advanced analytics, natural-language generation (NLG) and cognitive agents. Learners will explore the inner workings of each of these five technologies during the course. RPA is a software automation tool that automates routine tasks. Smart workflow is a process-management software tool that integrates tasks performed by groups of humans and machines. Machine learning/advanced analytics includes algorithms that identify patterns in structured data, such as daily performance data. Natural-language generation (NLG) is a software engine that creates seamless interactions between humans and technology. Cognitive agents are technologies that combine machine learning and natural-language generation to build a completely virtual workforce.

BAN 2100 Data Analytics

Advances in data collection, machine learning, and computational power have fueled institutional progress. The volume of available data has grown exponentially, and algorithms have continued to advance along with greater computational power and storage. As organizations become more inundated with data, having systems and processes in place to better understand and interpret data is highly important. This course focuses on how organizations can identify, evaluate and use data effectively. As consumers become increasingly savvy with their use of data, organizations need to change their responses. The use of data for all types of business from a large organization to a small retail shop will continue to become more sophisticated. This course provides an understanding of the data analysis process. Learners examine how technology has improved the ability to collect, analyze and interpret data, and they investigate data analysis tools and technologies to improve the decision making process.

BAN 3200 Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics

Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics helps learners understand how in today’s global business markets organizations have the opportunity to reach a wider consumer base for their products, and as this consumer base expands, the need for a more sophisticated approach to data mining, analysis, and application is increasingly evident. This course focuses on the use of predictive analytics and the use of machine learning to find patterns in data sets; the organizations that can better understand the data they collect along with being able to make predictive calculations from that data will gain competitive advantages in their respective markets. In this course learners examine the tools and techniques of predictive analytics and machine learning, including regression analysis, decision trees, and rule models. Learners gain a better understanding of how to predict outcomes from available data. Learners explore and examine data, apply predictive tools and techniques to predict outcomes from the data, and interpret the results for improved decision making.

BAN 4150 Data Analysis and Visualization

Data Analysis and Visualization helps learners understand how organizations collect, mine, analyze, and interpret data, and how it is important for organizations to understand their stakeholders and customize their data accordingly. At all levels of the organization, especially at the senior level, data must meet the needs of various stakeholders. In this course learners gain an understanding of how to use data analysis and visualization tools and techniques. Learners also acquire the fundamental skills for data analysis and visualization by examining and applying various tools and techniques including MS-Excel, Tableau, and Python to develop dashboards. Learners examine data, apply analysis and visualization tools, and leverage advanced techniques to display outcomes and interpret the results for improved decision making.

BAN 6010 Business Analytics

This course is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, techniques, and tools used in the field of business analytics. Learners will learn how to analyze data, make informed decisions, and effectively communicate their findings to stakeholders. This course will cover various analytical methods, including descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, as well as the role of data visualization in enhancing business insights.

BAN 6420 Programming in R & Python

This course in Python and R is designed to connect foundational coding knowledge to its practical application in a data analytics project framework. Each module builds Python and R programming knowledge using selected open educational resources reinforced with explanatory videos and demonstrations. Through authentic assessments, Learners will get hands-on practice using Python and R for data manipulation, data visualization, and statistical modeling as they solve data challenges. Learners will progressively build programming competencies, demonstrate assimilation through knowledge checks, and extend their foundational understanding of Python and R into a practice that resembles how R and Python are used in the workplace.

BAN 6430 Data Modeling and Mining

This course provides an opportunity to learn about data mining methods and applications. In this course, learners will learn basic concepts and tools for data mining, including data sources, data cleaning tools, methods, mainstream algorithms for data mining, statistical modeling, and popular tools for mining structured data and unstructured data. Learners will also learn how data mining can be effectively used in various application areas and industries to drive decisions and actions. The learners will complete multiple competency-based assignments to demonstrate their abilities in data modeling and mining by using the tools introduced in this course.

BAN 6440 Applied Machine Learning for Business Analytics

This course is designed to provide learners with a deep understanding of the core principles, techniques, and applications of machine learning in the context of data-driven analytics. The course focuses on equipping learners with the knowledge and skills required to develop, implement, and evaluate machine learning models that can be used to solve complex real-world problems in various industries, such as finance, healthcare, marketing, and supply chain management. Learners will explore a range of machine learning algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, reinforcement learning, and deep learning frameworks. They will also learn how to preprocess and analyze data, select appropriate features, and optimize model performance using evaluation metrics and validation strategies. Additionally, the course will cover ethical considerations and best practices in developing and deploying machine learning models.

BAN 6450 Information Visualization & Communication

Analyzing and presenting data visually has become one of the most important skills for professionals who work with data. This course demonstrates how to design effective interactive visualizations of complex data for data discovery, analysis, and presentation. Learners utilize the information visualization and communication knowledge, and techniques presented in this course to create visuals from the information. This course develops a holistic set of skills to ideate, design, implement, and evaluate sophisticated data visualization projects. Concepts including visual encoding, human perception and visualization techniques are introduced so learners can develop effective interactive data visualizations for analysis and presentation through the skills and techniques used in data visualization. The course is structured to leverage authentic and realistic data and use case studies and other resources from the workplace to demonstrate the value of information visualization and communication.

BAN 6800 Data Analytics Capstone

Prerequisite - all core MSDA courses.

The Data Analytics Capstone allows the learner to apply what they learned about making data-driven decisions to a real business challenge faced by global technology companies alike. At the end of this capstone, learners will be able to ask the right questions about the data and know how to use data effectively to address business challenges of their own. They will understand how cutting-edge businesses use data to optimize marketing, maximize revenue, make operations efficient, and make hiring and management decisions. Designed with companies in mind to provide invaluable experience in evaluating and creating data-driven decisions, the Data Analytics Capstone Project provides the chance to devise a plan of action for optimizing data itself to provide key insights and analysis, and to describe the interaction between key financial and non-financial indicators. Once learners complete their analysis, they'll be better prepared to make data-driven business decisions.

BUS 1100 Roadmap to Success

Roadmap to success is the foundational course for the Business program. This course prepares learners for success in the degree program and promotes a journey toward lifelong learning. Learners develop skills for communication, academic writing, self-discovery, career development, and presentation skills. This course is a hybrid competency course and introduces the learner to the competency-based model of Nexford courses in the BBA program.

BUS 2100 International Business and Culture

International Business and Culture is the foundational course for International Business. As the speed of globalization increases, organizations need to be increasingly focused on an integrated global business and culture. This course focuses on international business and the interconnectedness of a global culture. Learners examine how an organization operating in the global environment needs to understand and appreciate how to best leverage both global and local cultures for responsible and successful business practices. Topics from the perspective of a global firm are related to management, leadership, the economy, financial reporting and regulatory compliance.

BUS 2125 The World of Business

The World of Business introduces the domain of business and key elements of the functional areas within the context that an organization operates. Learners examine a variety of functional areas and types of business in order to understand their interconnectedness. Additional topics include the business cycle, global business practices, and impact on productivity.

BUS 2150 Introduction to Business Law

Introduction to Business Law engages learners in understanding how laws, rules, regulations, and ethical standards pervade every area of business. This course provides an overview of US law while considering that nearly all business concerns are global in nature in today’s ever-changing political and economic business environment. This course encourages learners to approach legal scenarios with an eye on international application. Learners apply several key legal concepts to situations based on real-world legal conundrums and cases. Topics include, but are not limited to contract law, business organization setup, employment law and intellectual property law. Learners thoroughly review and research legal concepts and apply knowledge to specific sets of legal issues found in the assigned professional scenarios.

BUS 2151 Business and Culture in China

*Prerequisite - BUS 2100 International Business and Culture

Business and Culture in China examines the position of China within the global economy and how it is leapfrogging development in some areas. This course covers China’s history, civic culture, and public, private, and for-profit sectors, providing learners with the unique and complex components of China’s past, present, and potential on the world economic stage. Through the lens of various stakeholders — those internal and external to business enterprises and those who engage in market-based and non-market-based transactions to influence business — learners acquire a practical literacy which prepares them to engage in business within and among Chinese employers, employees, and business partners. Learners gain an understanding of the specific drivers of economic growth and opportunity in China.

BUS 2152 Business and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Business and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa examines the position of sub-Saharan Africa within the global economy and how it is leapfrogging development in certain areas. This course covers sub-Saharan Africa’s history, civic culture, and public, private, and for-profit sectors providing learners with the unique and complex components of the region’s past, present, and potential on the world economic stage. Through the lens of various stakeholders — those internal and external to business enterprises and those who engage in market-based and non-marketbased transactions to influence business — learners acquire a practical literacy which prepares them to engage in business within and among African employers, employees, and business partners. Learners gain an understanding of the specific drivers of economic growth and opportunity that exist across Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on Nigeria, Ghana, Angola and Ethiopia.

BUS 2153 Business and Culture in India

Business and Culture in India examines how a culturally rich India continues to evolve on the world stage as an economic power. This course examines how these two aspects intersect at every point, from the very history of the region’s birth to the current state and looking forward to the future. Through the lens of various stakeholders — those internal and external to business enterprises and those who engage in market-based and non-market-based transactions to influence business — learners will acquire a practical literacy which prepares them to engage in business within and among Indian employers, employees, and business partners. Learners gain an understanding of the specific drivers of economic growth and opportunity that exist in India.

BUS 2156 Business and Culture in Southeast Asia

Business and Culture in Southeast Asia examines the position of Southeast Asia within the global economy, with a particular focus on the three largest economies: Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. This course covers Southeast Asia’s history, civic culture, and public, private, and for-profit sectors providing learners with the unique and complex components of the region’s past, present, and potential on the world economic stage. Through the lens of various stakeholders — those internal and external to business enterprises and those who engage in market-based and non-market-based transactions to influence business — learners will acquire a practical literacy which prepares them to engage in business within and among Southeast Asian employers, employees, and business partners. Learners gain an understanding of the specific drivers of economic growth and opportunity that exist in Southeast Asia.

BUS 2200 Principles of Management

Principles of Management focuses on how to create a personal and shared vision and communicate effectively with teams as a leader, manager, and team member. Topics include how to set effective goals and expectations, understanding cultures, the difference between management and leadership, team membership and leadership, and the global workplace.

BUS 2250 Business Career Branding for Success

The Business Career Branding for Success course engages learners in developing and strengthening the business and personal component of one’s own career brand. The learner takes the role of a personal CEO and uses business tools to analyze competitive strengths and weaknesses, create a competency profile, document high-demand marketable and transferable skills, craft a resume, and develop a lifelong learning and career development plan that will be revisited throughout the degree program. This course is divided into two parts: Part one is completed when the learner first enrolls to establish a competitive benchmark pre-assessment and initial lifelong learning and career development action plan to be revisited throughout the program during specific course milestones, and Part two concludes in a capstone post-assessment that enables the learner to re-evaluate competitive strengths and weaknesses, finalize the lifelong learning and career development action plan, and create a personal brand and business plan for the individual career path. This course is continually available to learners to revisit and review throughout their studies at NXU from enrollment to graduation.

BUS 2300 Organizational Relationships

Organizational Relationships examines the interrelationships between business, government and society. Learners gain an understanding of how each of these entities contributes to the overall success of the organization, and if one of these areas is not in sync with the other two, the organization may not achieve its goals. Learners examine the interconnectedness of these three areas through topics of corporate social responsibility, business ethics, the regulatory climate, globalization, and the environment. A key focus of this course is connections between the developed and emerging markets. Learners examine how these markets rely on each other from multiple perspectives, including economics, culture, trade, human capital, and so on.

BUS 4200 Applied Leadership

*Prerequisite - BUS 2200 Principles of Management

This course is designed to provide practical applications for leadership and management challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing environment of global business. Learners examine leadership and management from both a personal and an organizational perspective and apply principles and techniques in order to adapt to the environment in both roles.

BUS 4250 Strategy and Organizational Planning

*Prerequisite - all core business courses

Strategy and Organizational Planning is the capstone course in the BBA program and examines how organizations set strategy and planning as key drivers of organizational success. In any domestic or international setting, the functions of strategy and planning are valuable resources in maintaining or expanding the competitive position. This course encourages learners to take a long-term view of the roles of strategy and planning whose concepts form the foundation for the practice of strategic management. Key topics covered include strategy analysis, strategic planning, and strategy implementation and evaluation. Both strategy and planning are boundaryless functions, thus allowing learners to examine these topics from the perspective of organizations operating in emerging markets.

BUS 6030 Statistics for Business Analytics

This course provides learners with a comprehensive understanding of statistical principles and their application in the field of business analytics. Through a combination of theoretical concepts and practical exercises, learners will develop the skills necessary to collect, analyze, and interpret data, enabling them to make informed decisions in a data-driven business environment. Topics covered include probability theory, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and data visualization. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to utilize statistical techniques effectively, communicate insights to stakeholders, and contribute to data-informed decision-making processes.

BUS 6070 Leadership and Organizational Development

Leadership and Organizational Development examines individual and group interaction and helps learners gain a deeper understanding of how human behavior drives organizational behavior and development. Drawing from neuroscience and cognitive science perspectives, learners transition from manager to leader through the lens of managing self, others, teams, and relationships. Learners examine principles of motivation, communication, leadership, organizational development and change relevant to contemporary issues.

BUS 6100 Global Business

Global Business provides learners with an expansive understanding of international markets and how to manage cross-border transactions in order to effectively operate and compete in global, local, and emerging markets.

The course focuses on the complexities, strategies, risks, and rewards that arise due to liquid borders, technology, cross-cultural and political issues, international organizations (WTO, IMF, World Bank), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), trade agreements, foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging markets, currency risk, challenges and sustainability. Learners develop a market entry strategy analysis for a business operating in the global, glocal, or local environment.

BUS 6110 Organizational Strategy

Organizational Strategy examines how the success of any organization is based in part on how effectively strategy is incorporated into the overall mission and vision of the organization. In Organizational Strategy, learners develop an understanding of how adaptability and flexibility are two key aspects of a successful strategy. In many cases the organization creates, adapts, and remains flexible with its strategy based on the environment in which the organization operates. Learners examine applied principles and frameworks of a successful strategy along with the tools needed to understand how to formulate the appropriate strategy. Learners apply these principles and tools across various industries and markets with the goal of creating a strategy which sustains and/or increases the competitive position of the firm. Strategy places importance on scanning the environment and keeping the strategy flexible and adaptable. This course focuses on the domestic and international strategic approaches needed to solve business challenges, integrating all of the tools related to strategy formulation. Learners perform an external scanning and risk analysis as part of strategy formulation.

BUS 6120 Introduction to Intrapreneurship and Innovation

Introduction to Intrapreneurship and Innovation provides a framework for how employees with an entrepreneurial mindset can navigate the complex and challenging environments within existing organizations to bring about a meaningful, practical, and effective change. This course focuses on the need for an innovative mindset and explores the concept of intrapreneurship and how it can take place from within an organization. Learners identify and navigate radical and incremental innovation. This course provides a roadmap for how individuals can plan, present, and execute innovative and entrepreneurial approaches. Learners explore how supporting this kind of entrepreneurial culture within the workplace environment can help attract and retain employees who are entrepreneurial-minded but not yet ready or able to start or join a new venture, or who desire to drive innovation within existing firms or institutions.

BUS 6130 Corporate Sustainability

Before the year 2000, environmental management for a business was typically driven by the need to respond to restrictions imposed by environmental regulation. However, at the dawn of the new millennium, leading businesses began to change their concept of environmental management to look beyond simply meeting governmental dictates. These organizations began to evolve and utilize environmental strategy to create new ways of growing their business by bringing sustainability to the core of their business strategy. This seismic shift in perspective was accompanied by a bottom-line emphasis that, in some cases, turned sustainability efforts into profit centers.

Sustainability increasingly is not hidden within the silo of environmental, health, and safety departments, but has become much more seamlessly integrated into the operations of corporate functional disciplines. Today, to effectively work in senior management, executives need to be knowledgeable not only about their specific business functions, but also, how their business will be impacted by governmental regulations and policies, corporate sustainability initiatives, green marketing regulations, industry guidelines or best practices, new sustainable technologies, energy planning, environmental performance metrics, and required reporting on the environmental impact of their business unit.

BUS 6140 Business Administration Capstone

*Pre-requisite: all MBA core courses.

Business Administration Capstone concentrates on the many dimensions of the entrepreneurial spirit in alignment with new venture creation and growth on the international stage. The principles and concepts apply to entrepreneurship in corporate for-profit and nonprofit settings. This course focuses on content and process questions as well as formulation and implementation issues related to conceptualizing, developing, and managing successful new ventures both nationally and internationally. Learners will apply and synthesize concepts and techniques from functional areas of strategic management, finance, accounting, managerial economics, marketing, operations management, and organizational behavior in the context of new venture development.

BUS 6410 The Law & Ethics of Information Technology

This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the rapidly evolving field of IT's legal and ethical aspects, exploring the interplay between technology, law, and ethics. Topics covered include intellectual property rights, data privacy, cybersecurity, digital rights management, social media, artificial intelligence, and the societal impacts of emerging technologies. Learners will delve into ethical considerations and legal frameworks, guiding IT decision-making.

COM 1200 Professional Communication

Professional Communication places an emphasis on communication styles and approaches in today's workplace to include digital, verbal and nonverbal communication. The course focuses on the evaluation of case analysis and discussion and on practical business and professional communication skills, including writing, speaking, and listening. Emphasis is on clarity, organization, format, appropriate language, and consideration of audience, for both written and oral communication.

Learners engage in self-assessment of communicative competence and learn strategies for enhancing their skills. The course explores how technology and other tools are integrated into communications within a professional setting and students will be able to identify appropriate and inappropriate professional communications.

CUL 1100 American Institutions and Culture

American Institutions and Culture focuses on the US as an intricate subject of study, providing a foundation for examining and interpreting the unique economic and cultural impact of the US across the world. This course examines the US throughout its history and currently on the world stage, provides learners with a practical literacy of the features of American institutions and businesses along with a cultural framework for a fundamental understanding of this nation and prepares learners for the skills to work within an American business environment.

CUL 2200 Intercultural Communication

Intercultural Communication exposes learners to the principles of intercultural communication to advance their efforts to understand and attribute meaning to communicative behaviors among different cultures and social groups. Learners study communication and culture, intercultural messages, the role of context in intercultural communication, the impact of culture on one’s identity, and communication style. Learners master the practical skills necessary to improve one’s intercultural communication competence in an international world.

CUL 2300 Cultural Aesthetic Understanding

Cultural Aesthetic Understanding focuses on concepts and theories involved in intercultural, interdisciplinary study of artistic influence and expression. Learners examine interactions among an assortment of modes of creative expression, role of style in daily life, performative representation of cultural identity and difference, and interaction of diverse artistic traditions.

DBW 6300 Doing Business in India

Doing Business in India provides learners with an overview of the current and emerging business landscape within the region, including the largest and fastest growing industries, workforce, regulation, and public and private investment. Learners develop skills for analyzing business opportunities within India and design strategies for starting, sustaining, or growing a business within the region. Learners become fluent in concepts of business, modern history, and culture within the region in order to navigate complex interactions for a variety of business opportunities.

DBW 6350 Doing Business in China

Doing Business in China provides learners with an overview of the current and emerging business landscape within the region, including the largest and fastest growing industries, workforce, regulation, and public and private investment. Learners develop skills for analyzing business opportunities within China and design strategies for starting, sustaining, or growing a business within the region. Learners become fluent in concepts of business, modern history, and culture within the region in order to navigate complex interactions for a variety of business opportunities.

DBW 6450 Doing Business in Sub-Saharan Africa

Doing Business in Sub-Saharan Africa provides learners with an overview of the current and emerging business landscape within the region including the largest and fastest growing industries, workforce, regulation, and public and private investment. Learners develop skills for analyzing business opportunities within Sub-Saharan Africa and design strategies for starting, sustaining, or growing a business within the region. Learners become fluent in concepts of business, modern history, and culture within the region in order to navigate complex interactions for a variety of business opportunities.

DCC 3050 Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing provides a foundation for understanding cloud computing as a digital horizontal enabling technology. Learners assess cloud computing value chain implications across various verticals and examine three architectural options: infrastructure, platforms, and services. Learners analyze tradeoffs of cloud computing offered by various businesses such as telecommunication companies and technology providers. Learners analyze the implication of cyber security on public, private, and hybrid cloud computing hosting models.

DCE 3150 Digitizing Customer Experiences

Digitizing Customer Experiences provides a solid foundation for understanding the building blocks of developing a digital customer facing organization. This course details the three major functional units of customer facing organizations (marketing, sales, and customer care) and addresses the three major capabilities for driving customer journey transformation (people, process, and tool). Learners examine the capabilities’ underlying components including advanced analytics, unified communication and collaboration tools, digitization of business processes in sales and marketing, customer retention, and big data analytics for advanced customer segmentation and targeting in marketing. Learners examine success factors in addressing customer expectations resulting from digital transformation. Success factors include designing and digitizing the customer journey, increasing speed and agility in insight generation, achieving customer adoption of digital customer journey, and developing agility in delivery journey transformation.

DCM 3250 Digitizing Supply Chain Management

Digitizing Supply Chain Management provides a foundation for understanding the digital transformation impact on supply chain management evolution whereby agility is driven at three dimensions: cost, capital, and service offering. Learners examine five functional areas of digital transformation. Digital transformation in planning includes the use of predictive analytics, automation of knowledge work, and advanced profit optimization. Digital transformation in physical flow is warehouse automation, robotics and autonomous vehicles, smart logistics planning algorithms, and 3D printing. Digital transformation in performance management includes automated root cause analysis and digital performance management. Digital transformation in order management entails reliable online order management and real-time planning. Digital transformation in collaboration covers supply chain cloud.

DDF 3300 Digitizing Finance

Digitizing Finance examines and quantifies the social and economic impact of digitizing financial services in emerging markets. Learners analyze financial services delivered over digital infrastructure. Learners examine three building blocks for capturing the benefits of digital finance: building a robust and broad digital infrastructure, ensuring dynamic and sustainable financial services markets, and offering digital financial services that people prefer over traditional methods. Learners perform analyses of digital finance on the financial services value chain. Learners identify and evaluate future horizons for digital financial services including new credit-scoring models, peer-to-peer lending platforms, enablement of micro-payments, and development of ecommerce.

DPM 3200 Digitizing Product Management

Digitizing Product Management engages learners in understanding product management in the era of digital transformation. Learners examine six areas related to the product manager of the future. Customer experience includes developing a customer-centric product by analyzing the customer journey. Business acumen is the ability to develop business strategy, product portfolio prioritization, go to market strategy, and tracking of key performance indicators for market launch implementation. Customer experience entails market orientation and deep understanding of market trends, partner ecosystems, and competitive strategies. Technical skills include deeply understanding technology trends, analyzing technology architectural options, and driving transformational change inside the organization. Soft skills encompass collaboration with diverse teams across several horizontal functions within the enterprise as well as out in the larger partner ecosystems. Innovation culture includes hiring and retaining talent that drives the product management digital transformation.

DTF 2100 Fundamentals of Digital Transformation

(previously Foundations of Digital Transformation)

Fundamentals of Digital Transformation is the foundational course for the Digital Transformation specialization. This course provides a survey of three types of capability transformations that enable digital transformation: people, tool, and process. At the people capability level, digital transformation requires the organization to hire and retain customer-centric and service-oriented talent; this talent search demands more collaboration and knowledge sharing while breaking down the silos between business and technology. At the tool capability level, a horizontal digital enabling layer is required to be developed, covering big data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, IoT, wearables, augmented and artificial reality, and modular manufacturing. Vertical business applications require digitization by the horizontal digital enablers in vertical business applications such as supply chain management, customer experience, finance and administration, and more. At the process capability level, digital transformation requires the business processes to be automated via the horizontal digital enablers.

ECM 6400 Enabling E-Commerce and Digital Strategy

Enabling E-Commerce and Digital Strategy explores ecommerce business classifications in Business to Business (B2B), Business to Consumer (B2C), Business to Government (B2G), and Consumer to Consumer (C2C) analyzing their value proposition to businesses. Learners analyze the primary ecommerce components and applications of the B2B, B2G, and B2C ecommerce infrastructure and markets including business and product models.

ECM 6450 Policy and Regulatory Enablement of E-Commerce

Policy and Regulatory Enablement of E-Commerce serves as a foundation for understanding the various policy and regulatory initiatives that are required to be executed to enable ecommerce. Learners explore barriers that need to be overcome by promoting collaboration among various organizations across the business, civil societies, and government to improve the accessibility of the Internet. The course provides a comprehensive overview of best practices to enable ecommerce. Learners examine the importance of Ecommerce reliable data as an essential component of policy development and technological investments. Learners also examine the utilization of various trade agreements to support the penetration of ecommerce in emerging markets. The course highlights various global initiatives by governments to integrate regional ecommerce.

ECM 6500 Operations Digital Transformation

Operations Digital Transformation provides a holistic overview of the capabilities required to adopt digital transformation depending on the industry vertical. Learners explore the operating model of various industry verticals with core functions specific to each industry vertical and with non-core functions such as service and product management, marketing, sales, customer care, finance and accounting, human resources, and strategy. Learners examine required capabilities: people capability, process capability, and tools capability. Digital transformation people capability includes digital talent acquisition and analytics, agile methodology and collaboration models endorsement, cultural transformation, and employee digital journey. Digital transformation process capability includes five core technologies of intelligent process automation (IPA). Digital transformation tool capability includes horizontal technology enablers such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and blockchain.

ECM 6800 Digital Transformation Capstone

*Prerequisite - all MSDT core courses.

Digital Transformation focuses on the digital transformation journey for an organization. The concepts in the transformation process apply to any organization that seeks to take advantage of digital technologies in improving business process efficiencies and customer satisfaction. This course focuses on the strategies and evaluation mechanisms in digital change, addressing the valuation of the transformation journey, management, integration, and emerging technologies. Learners will apply the concepts in evaluating digital transformation change value in various verticals, including healthcare, finance, and marketing, as they seek new digital and efficient ways of doing business.

ECO 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics

This course delves into the fascinating world of macroeconomics, giving learners the tools to understand the big picture of how economies function through general economic factors. Learners will cover GDP, consumption, investment, government role, causes and consequences of economics and busts, inflation and deflation, business cycles, and global connections. Learners will gain skills in economic data, policy impacts, data modeling, and international economics.

ECO 2150 Principles of Microeconomics

Microeconomics course unlocks the secrets behind how individuals and businesses make decisions in today's dynamic market. After completing this course, learners will be able to analyze real-world problems according to economic theory, understand concepts such as supply, demand, costs and profits, and explore the impact of economic policies on human behavior.  

EMB 1001 The Language of Banking

The Language of Banking provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals and principles of finance and banking. Learners will gain comprehensive knowledge of different banking methods, products, and services. This course covers a range of key topics relevant to the modern-day banking industry, including accounting, credit fundamentals, compliance, digital banking, agile methodologies, and essential soft skills like emotional intelligence, flexibility, problem-solving, and stress management. On completion of this course, learners will have acquired vital knowledge of the banking industry and how it works.

EMP 1001 Career Strategies for Success

In this course, leaners gain skills to strategically search for a job that aligns with their career goals. The course introduces the knowledge and techniques to prepare, plan, and execute a modern job search in a global market. This course explores the development of a personal brand, the preparation of an effective resume or CV, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile, the building of a strong professional network, and the skills needed to successfully interview for roles that support career advancement.

ENT 2100 Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Introduction to Entrepreneurship introduces learners to the concept of entrepreneurship by exploring the Lean Startup movement to help frame what a startup is and how learners can approach new markets and businesses from a product perspective. Learners evaluate a business idea, assess its viability in a broader market, and create a simple prototype to test the idea with customers.

ENT 2150 Product and Marketing Skills for Founders

Product and Marketing Skills for Founders introduces learners to foundational product and marketing skills that are relevant to building and launching a tech startup. This course builds on concepts of Lean Startup to enable learners to refine their business ideas by gathering reliable customer feedback. Learners are introduced to fundamental concepts in product design.

ENT 3200 Technical Skills for Non-Technical Founders

Technical Skills for Non-Technical Founders examines the technical foundation of digital product development and design. Learners are exposed to the various technical components of a product and develop a framework for vetting technical business partners.

ENT 4250 Founders, Financing, and Legal

Founders, Financing, and Legal prepares learners for the business and legal realities of launching and growing a startup. Learners evaluate the importance of a cofounder, explore the process and need for pitching and raising investor funds, analyze the value of various legal structures, and examine how equity and compensation are unique to startups.

ENT 6000 Entrepreneurial Mindset Seminar

This seminar will examine the aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset that founders need to succeed in their start- up businesses. An entrepreneurial mindset is resilient, resourceful, and solutions-oriented. In this seminar course, aspiring entrepreneurs will assess their readiness for the entrepreneurial journey, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and determine what skills and traits they should look for in a co-founding team.

ENT 6001 Essential Power Skills for Leaders & Entrepreneurs

*Prerequisite - ENT6000 Entrepreneurial Mindset Seminar

This seminar aims to provide leaders and entrepreneurs with soft skills essential for excelling in the dynamic and diverse modern business environment. The program focuses on developing communication, leadership, problem- solving, and adaptability competencies. By the end of the course, participants will have improved their ability to lead their businesses, manage teams effectively, and make informed strategic decisions.

ENT 6100 From Idea to Pitch

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the entrepreneurial process, from developing a business concept to the launch of a new venture. Learners will begin by delving into the ideation and validation processes, then progress to learning the framework for creating a business plan and the associated pitch. Learners will gain an understanding of the entire entrepreneurial journey, from idea to pitch, and put some of those steps into practice.

ENT 6300 Startup Strategy and Development

This practical course explores the strategies necessary for startups to succeed. Startups are resource-strapped and must be creative and innovative with their ideas, strategies, and actions to drive their business to succeed. This course covers concepts including monetization, profitability, and key success measures among other startup strategies. Learners will apply concepts from this class to their own startup ideas so they can further their strategy development.

ENT 6400 Legal Topics for Founders: Navigating the Corporate Landscape

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal aspects of founding a company. Learners will explore various legal entities and companies, highlighting their differences and implications for the business. The course will delve into corporate/constitutional documents, such as Articles of Association, and provide a clear understanding of their drafting and amendment processes. A significant portion of this course is dedicated to understanding investor rights, terms, and jargon, and the business impact of each of these elements, including Right of First Refusal (ROFR) and Anti-dilution. The course will also offer an in-depth look into the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Standards, a set of guidelines most venture capitalists use globally. We will cover topics such as Term Sheets, Subscription/Stock Purchase Agreements, Shareholder agreements, and Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs). Learners will understand how to build and manage capitalization tables and cover core policies like diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

ENT 6800 Entrepreneurship Capstone

*Prerequisite - all core MSE courses.

The Entrepreneurship Capstone is a comprehensive course allowing learners the opportunity to apply what they have learned throughout the Entrepreneurship program to create a comprehensive business plan and investor pitch deck for their validated business idea. During this course, learners will enhance their business research skills. As part of their final project, learners will present their business idea. Learners will be evaluated on their business plan, investor pitch, and presentation and will receive feedback on any needed adjustments. By the end of the course, learners will have a strong pitch deck that they can use to pursue funding for a real business, and the presentation skills to properly present their business idea to potential investors or financial institutions.

FDT 5001 Foundations of Digital Transformation

*Non-credit bearing foundation course for admission into the MSDT program.

Foundations of Digital Transformation is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts, strategies, and technologies that drive digital transformation in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. This course will prepare learners to succeed in their degree programs. Learners will analyze and evaluate the impact of digital technologies on organizational performance, customer engagement, and competitive advantage. Learners will gain the skills and knowledge to lead and manage digital transformation initiatives in various industry sectors.

FND 5100 Business Fundamentals

*Non-credit bearing foundation course for admission into the MBA program and one of the foundation courses required for admission into the MSDA program.

In the Business Fundamentals course, learners will develop their knowledge of business terminology, concepts, and how it fits into the context of the core areas of business (operations, finance, accounting, strategy leadership/ management, and marketing). Understanding the fundamentals of business is necessary to develop and sustain a successful organization.

FIN 2100 Fundamentals of Financial Management

Financial Management focuses on the foundations of finance concepts required to be capable of managing day to day financial operations and to solve complex financial matters. Learners examine the elements of financial statements of an entity and impact of changes in one element on the other. Additionally, learners plan and control cash flows and make decisions in the microeconomic and macroeconomic environment.

FIN 3150 Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis

*Prerequisite - FIN 2100 Financial Management

Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis focuses on financial skills and analytical methods for corporate finance managers and investment analysts. Topics include corporate financial analysis, acquisition and allocation of capital, and financial statement reporting, as well as an exposure to investing in major asset classes, measures of risk and return, and methods for valuing equity and debt.

FIN 3200 Corporate Tax Strategies

*Prerequisite - FIN 3150 Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis

Corporate Tax Strategies focuses on strategies for corporations to legally minimize their tax liabilities. Learners learn analyze financial transactions, calculate realized gains and losses, and determine whether to recognize gains and losses now or in the future.

FIN 6060 Financial Decision Making

Financial Decision Making prepares learners to apply financial data to make financing, investment, and business decisions that create value for the firm and align with internal financial priorities. Learners evaluate the firm’s capital needs by applying their corporate finance and decision-making skills to financial statement analysis, capital budgeting, operational and investment options, and the use of fintech and emerging financial services. Learners build advanced financial models and apply them to corporate finance situations and financial risk management. This course prepares learners to apply key technologies to inform financial decision making.

FIN 6300 Funding for Startup Founders

Funding for Startup Founders provides a comprehensive overview of securing funding to build a startup. This course covers various funding options, including bootstrapping, microloans, bank debt, crowdfunding, angel investment, and venture capital. It also explores strategies for developing a funding plan, preparing accurate financial projections, and delivering a compelling investment pitch.

FNT 6100 Financial Planning and Analysis

Financial Planning and Analysis is a comprehensive course designed to provide learners with a thorough understanding of the principles, methodologies, and tools essential for effective financial planning and analysis in today's dynamic business environment. The course focuses on the key components of financial planning, including budgeting, forecasting, financial statement analysis, and valuation. Through a combination of lectures, case studies, and exercises, learners will learn how to create strategic financial plans, evaluate investment opportunities, and make data-driven decisions to drive business growth and profitability.

FNT 6150 Block Chain for Finance

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of blockchain technology and its applications in the finance industry. Learners will learn the fundamental concepts of blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and smart contracts. They will also explore the characteristics of decentralized systems and their implications for the financial sector. The course offers an overview of various types of blockchain networks, including public, private, and consortium blockchains, and their use cases in the finance industry.

FNT 6200 Machine Learning Technology for Finance

This course aims to provide learners with a deep understanding of the application of machine learning techniques in the financial industry. The course will cover essential concepts, algorithms, and tools used in machine learning for finance, enabling learners to develop and implement innovative financial models and solutions. Learners will gain practical experience in applying machine learning techniques to real-world financial problems through content, interactive activities, multimedia, and case studies. Key topics that will be covered in this course includes financial data preprocessing and feature engineering, supervised learning algorithms for finance, unsupervised learning algorithms for finance, reinforcement learning for algorithmic trading, natural language processing for finance, portfolio optimization and risk management, regulatory compliance and ethical considerations.

GBL 6850 The Art of Communication

What is the number one job skill American and global employees are lacking, according to LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner? Communications. The Art of Communication is designed to strengthen and promote a leadership-driven communications model that extends from an audience-centered communications approach. How do leaders persuade shareholders? How do leaders negotiate with clients and business partners across cultures? How are the psychology and cognitive principles of negotiation influenced by audience awareness? This course introduces learners to a foundation in rhetorical awareness that will transfer through a variety of contexts, including corporate communications, public speaking, negotiation, and a range of executive leadership scenarios. Coursework includes genre analysis, professional writing, presentation design and delivery, and negotiation workshops.

Learners interested in developing leadership communications skills in both public and private sectors should attend.

HRM 2100 Managing People Resources

This course provides an in-depth survey of concepts, skills, and practices in human resource management. Learners are introduced to innovative approaches in human capital management at the local, national, and global levels

HRM 2200 Staffing and Development

Staffing and Development encompasses the activities involved in building and maintaining a workforce that meets the needs of the organization. The focus is on managing talent during recruitment, selection, retention, and development. Learners develop a plan to identify individual and organizational needs within the appropriate regulatory framework.

HRM 3150 Compensation & Benefits

Compensation & Benefits examines the development and administration of compensation and benefit practices, as well as challenges faced in managing total rewards in the multigenerational, competitive global economy. Learners analyze the strategic components of pay structures and reward systems, and the impact on employees and the organization.

HRM 4250 Strategic People Operations

*Prerequisite - HRM 2100 Managing People Resources

Strategic People Operations prepares learners to apply the strategic management process from the Human Resource (HR) perspective. Learners examine how to manage talent effectively in the dynamic regulatory and competitive environment. The course emphasizes integrating human resource management concepts related to the formulation and implementation of HR strategy and practices to support the overall global business strategy.

HRM 6150 Building and Scaling an Organization

One of the key skills every startup founder needs to know is how to identify, find, and hire the right team to build their business, starting with a co-founder. This course will cover management skills, basic HR skills for founders, key needs for new businesses, and the roles to handle those needs. The course will additionally cover how hiring needs and the organizational chart change as a business matures and scales. Topics include motivating and inspiring employees, leadership development, conflict management, intercultural relations, and change management.

MHY 6700 Internet of Things

Internet of Things engages learners in examining IoT operating systems architectures, standards, and ecosystems. Learners delve into industrial automation value proposition for IoT, device management, cybersecurity analysis, best practices in IoT ecosystem design, and monetizing IoT under different commercial models and across the value chain.

MHY 6750 Cybersecurity Leadership

Explore how our hyperconnected world, comprised of a myriad of networks – both machine and human – has brought us to the precipice of a fundamental revolution and redefinition of the human experience and our socio-political and military world order. Crime, news, and even warfare is digital today. Examine cybersecurity goals, cybersecurity tools, cybersecurity strategies, and how cybersecurity leadership underpins every aspect of cybersecurity strategy.

MHY 6800 Product Management with Agile and Lean

Product Management with Agile and Lean explores the techniques that product managers apply to minimize execution risk for a team. Learners examine two main types of execution risk: technical risk, which is the risk that the product fails because the team utilizes bad software management practices, and product risk, which is the risk that the product fails because it is not what the customers or market want. Learn how to apply the Agile framework to minimize technical execution risk and the Lean framework to minimize product risk.

MKT 2100 Marketing Fundamentals

Marketing Fundamentals is the foundational course for the Marketing specialization and is an introduction to the role of marketing in advancing the success of a product, service, experience or organization. Learners explore the evolution of marketing to include a review of the key marketing principles relevant in today’s workplace, an overview of the evolution from the traditional to digital marketing platform, and the differentiation between marketing a product or service versus marketing an experience. Learners examine functions and trends that are critical to staying competitive in the marketplace. This course introduces the functions of an organization for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers. Designed to meet customers’ needs and organizational goals, these functions include marketing and behavioral science research, environmental monitoring, target market selection, product selection, promotion, distribution and pricing.

MKT 2150 Digital Marketing Fundamentals

Digital Marketing Fundamentals provides an understanding of the digital marketing landscape, key trends impacting the industry, the changed customer journey, and the role each channel can play in that journey. The course also examines the advantages and subsequent challenges of this expanding marketing venue. Learners explore the tools that currently exist and the potential for future applications of the digital platform for marketing purpose. The course will further explore the digital platform as a tool for businesses in general in order to increase its levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and competitive position in the market space. Learners define and develop a digital strategy to help a business achieve its goals.

MKT 2200 Content Marketing and Social Media

*Prerequisite - MKT 2150 Digital Marketing Fundamentals

Content Marketing and Social Media emphasizes the importance of content and how different content types can be used to support brand and business goals. Learners identify not only the content type, but the literal content as well, in conjunction with a focus on the most appropriate demographic(s) for various content. Additionally, learners develop a content strategy and create engaging content for the right audience and channel.

MKT 3250 Branding and Creative Direction

The Branding and Creative Direction course examines the process of defining the vision and personality of an original brand or a re-brand, and how to develop guidelines to ensure the brand values are calibrated across all marketing and communication channels. Emphasis is placed on the communication and execution of the brand promise to attract and retain customers. Learners master communication competencies and skills that can be used when interacting with stakeholders and team members to develop effective creative direction for brand creation and campaigns. Learners critically evaluate brand perceptions that have been defined by brand strategy and supported by marketing and communications.

MKT 3251 Marketing Strategy and Planning

Marketing Strategy and Planning provides learners with the opportunity to develop and master competencies required to execute marketing strategy. Learners perfect skills for planning and implementing a marketing strategy, including evaluating current brand positioning in the marketplace, identifying target audiences, setting objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs), and defining evaluation metrics to determine effectiveness. Key elements of strategic planning are examined, including pricing, brand positioning, and setting up the framework of a strategic marketing plan.

MKT 3252 Marketing Channels, Tactics and Management

The Marketing Channels, Tactics, and Management course examines the contemporary range of marketing channels, common tactics unique to various channels, and how to plan an integrated approach to reach consumers at critical points. This course provides an overview of marketing channels with more focus on digital channels covered throughout the Brand, Strategy & Digital Marketing Certificate and Specialization. To deliver on the core components of any brand’s success, customers and stakeholders must feel assured that the brand exists, be clear on its offering, and see clear value in relation to themselves. Based on rapid changes in technology along with the way we distribute, consume and share media, understanding channel differentiators and designing an integrated marketing approach are essential for business goal attainment in today’s competitive landscape.

MKT 3253 Digital Advertising and Search Engine Optimization

Digital Advertising and Search Engine Optimization provides an understanding of the different performance marketing channels and how they can help a business grow traffic quickly and sustainably. Learners set up campaigns and develop strategies to optimize for performance.

MKT 4100 Digital Marketing Analytics

*Prerequisite - MKT 2150 Digital Marketing Fundamentals and MKT 3252 Marketing, Channels, Tactics, and Management

Digital Marketing Analytics provides emphasizes the importance of data and analytics in today’s business environment. Learners measure digital marketing activity performance, set up dashboards using tools such as Google Analytics, and report on the results of data analysis.

MKT 6080 Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy focuses on the advanced marketing and leadership skills required in today’s fast-paced technology driven global economy. Learners prepare for roles within the field of marketing and gain a solid understanding of the role of marketing, both in traditional and digital platforms, in defining and maintaining a brand and in meeting business objectives. Learners examine how technology and transformational approaches are critical to developing future-forward marketing strategies. Topics include leadership, strategic partnerships, and negotiating skills that are key contributors to successful business growth and company culture.

MKT 6400 Product Go-to-Market

The course covers crucial elements of go-to-market strategy, including identifying market needs and the definition of the product-market fit for new product offerings. Learners will gain practical insights into product launch strategies, product positioning, and sales enablement. The course also delves into defining product priorities, understanding market sizing, performing competitive analysis, and developing effective pricing and packaging strategies. The course ensures learners are well-equipped to navigate the dynamic and competitive landscape of product marketing.

MKT 6450 Mastering Personal Marketing & Sale Skills

*Prerequisite - ENT6000 Entrepreneurial Mindset Seminar

This seminar course delves into the art of personal marketing, understanding how to present skills and abilities in the most attractive and compelling way. Learners will develop communication skills relevant to selling, including active listening, persuasion, and product knowledge. The course will cover the intricacies of relationship management, and learners will gain insights into objection handling, a critical skill in sales that allows them to address and overcome any potential barriers to a deal. It will identify the importance of persistence, self- motivation, and goal setting in the sales industry, providing them with the tools and strategies to stay motivated and driven, even when faced with rejection or obstacles. Learners will gain a well-rounded understanding and practical skills to market themselves and effectively sell their ideas.

NWL 2100 Nutrition and Wellness

Nutrition and Wellness focuses on highlighting strategies for a healthy lifestyle. Two changes have led to a significant increase in preventable diseases: a global increase in the consumption of heavily processed food, and cultural shifts in many parts of the world where people are moving away from preparing food at home. Learners are equipped with practical skills to be healthier consumers of food and consider the importance of a wellness lifestyle with an emphasis on self-responsibility, physical fitness, stress management, and environmental sensitivity. A key focus of UN SDGs for 2030 is Sustainable Economic Development.

OPL 6500 Conflict Management & Negotiation Seminar

*Prerequisite - ENT6000 Entrepreneurial Mindset Seminar

This seminar course will enhance learners' negotiation skills and build their ability to persuade effectively in both personal and professional contexts. Learners will also learn the art of successfully managing conflict. The course includes class discussions, negotiation assignments, and a practical exercise, allowing learners to identify their own negotiation styles and develop the tools and techniques to manage conflict effectively.

OPM 6090 Technology & Operations Management

Technology and Operations Management provides a comprehensive overview of technology utilization to drive a competitive advantage for company operations. Learners explore various technology solutions for business process automation, including value proposition analysis across organization functions. Learners also analyze how technology can be leveraged to improve product development during the four lifecycle phases. The course provides a detailed overview of the impact of technology on various operating models such as manufacturing, supply chain management, customer facing, product development, and support functions (for example, HR and finance).

PBS 2250 Problem Solving & Critical Thinking

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking considers how most successful professionals of the 21st century will be able to assess an environment, analyze a situation, design alternative solutions, and assist organizations in creatively overcoming challenges and reaching strategic goals. This course focuses on the development of reasoning and problem-solving skills by using the scientific method to analyze case studies and controversial topics. Learners consider cultural differences in reasoning, inductive and deductive logic, and how to use positive inquiry and synthesis to solve individual and organizational problems. Emphasis is placed on successful models and proven methods that are transferable within the work environment.

PRD 2100 Introduction to Agile Product Management

Introduction to Agile Product Management focuses on the technique’s product managers use to guide a team through the agile management process. Learners examine the role the product manager plays in an organization and how to apply agile concepts to balance build time, cost, quality, and team morale.

PRD 2150 Software Skills for Digital Product Managers

Software Skills for Digital Product Managers focuses on the software skills that a product manager needs in a digital organization context. Topics include high level programming and technical design concepts as well as terms that developers would expect managers to know when interacting with them.

PRD 3200 Product Design Skills for Product Managers

Product Design Skills for Product Managers focuses on how to build a product that looks great and delights customers. Learners examine concepts that user interface and user experience designers would expect a product manager to have some familiarity with. Learners consider marketing from the perspective of understanding what the user wants.

PRD 4250 Agile Leadership

Agile Leadership focuses on the soft skills a manager needs to effectively communicate with different teams and management. The focus is on how a manager plays the role of mediator between different organizations with different priorities.

PRD 6080 Achieving Product-Market Fit

As a founder, learners must evaluate customer problems and identify solutions with the right product-market fit. This course will use a lean and agile product strategy and design approaches and processes to validate learners' ideas and implement their vision. In this course, learners will learn how to refine their ideas, define their target customer to ensure product-market fit and set themselves up for long-term success as a founder.

PRD 6100 Executing a Vision: Product Design & Development for Entrepreneurs

Learn how to bridge the gap between abstract ideas and tangible products. This course is designed to equip learners with the necessary skills to validate ideas, conduct effective user research, and apply design thinking principles. Learners delve into the creation of personas, story mapping, and prototyping, all crucial elements in the design thinking process. The course also offers an in-depth look into engineering strategies, focusing on decision- making processes such as build vs. buy, and leadership. Learners explore Agile development and SCRUM practices, providing them with a solid foundation in modern, efficient product development methodologies. The course also covers the business aspects of new product development, ensuring learners are well-versed in the complete product lifecycle. This course is perfect for aspiring product designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are eager to turn their innovative ideas into reality.

PRO 3200 Project Management

Project Management highlights a key tool for any organization, which is the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to achieve positive results. This course examines from an organizational perspective the tasks associated with project management. The focus is on the four components of the project life-cycle in an international business setting: organizing, planning, monitoring, and controlling. Learners identify and apply relevant project management tools and methods designed to execute projects in an effective manner that maximizes efficiency and minimizes cost.

SCI 1150 Science of Happiness

Science of Happiness offers evidence-based approaches to living a more meaningful, successful, and happy life by applying practical strategies to improve every domain of life, including home, work, and community. Despite the enormous hardships that many people face around the world, this course explores how to manage cognitive biases and the impact a positive mindset can have on personal, biological, relational, cultural and global aspects of life. Learners implement strategies which foster a positive behavior change.

SCI 2150 Environmental Science

Environmental Science engages learners in examining how health and food is significantly impacted by the physical environment. Learners explore various topics within environmental science to include global warming, pollution, waste, and recycling. Learners examine how humans in increasingly industrialized countries, and the earth itself, are impacted by environmental pollutants and contaminants. This course reviews major environmental policies and their impact on the health of communities and the preservation of the earth or lack thereof. Learners discuss the scientific evidence of emerging environmental issues and the focus of the UN SDGs for 2030 is Sustainable Economic Development.

SCM 2100 Introduction to Supply Chain Management

Introduction to Supply Chain Management is the first course in the Supply-Chain specialization. Learners examine how, as the world becomes more automated along with an increased use of sophisticated technologies, the traditional supply chain is set to evolve. The digital transformation of the supply chain will have an impact on supply agility as well as on the dimensions of costs, capital and service offerings. The ability to be adaptable, flexible, and integrated with technology are defining concepts for future supply chains. As supply moves forward, digital transformation will impact key supply function including: the physical flow of goods, warehouse automation, and smart logistics planning. Organizations such as Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Alibaba have complex supply chains that incorporate advanced technologies such as AI and robotics. Each of these organizations has revolutionized and re-shaped the approach to both logistics and supply chain management. A supply chain risk management strategy must now include considerations for non-traditional risks such as cyber attacks, biological attacks, and political attacks. In this course learners are provided with an overview of the field of supply chain management including the logistics management functions and the interrelationships among the different organizational functions. Learners examine effective supply chain strategies and logistics functions from a global perspective.

SCM 3200 Transportation and Reverse Logistics Management

In moving goods and services within and across the supply chain, organizations need to adapt and respond in a timely and strategic manner. A key concern as the transportation industry evolves is the shortage of skilled labor balanced against the need for increased automation. Organizations will need to make strategic decisions regarding resource allocation. This course provides an overview of the transportation industry from a global perspective. Learners examine ways to apply global transportation strategies across the supply chain. This course also highlights best practices in reverse logistics, moving goods back through the supply chain.

SCM 3250 Impact of E-Commerce on the Supply Chain

Impact of E-Commerce on the Supply Chain helps learners understand how E-commerce, a reality for almost all organizations, has given rise to the need for evolution in supply chain management. The increased use of, and sophistication in, technology has driven consumers to demand goods and services in an almost instantaneous manner. The idea of waiting weeks to receive goods or the concept of services taking days to complete has been replaced by consumers demanding goods and services delivered as fast as they can perform the Internet search. This change in consumer behavior has made the supply chain a top priority for organizations. A real-time, highly visible, and highly accurate approach to key supply chain functions as they relate to ecommerce is needed. In this course, learners examine the principles and practices of ecommerce as they relate to the supply chain initiatives at the regional and global level, including an omni-channel approach as an effective way for organizations to manage the supply chain, and the role that ecommerce data has played in the evolution of supply chain management.

SCM 4250 Integrated Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Operations

*Prerequisite - SCM 2100 Introduction to Supply Chain Management

Integrated Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Operations explores different approaches needed by organizations as they evolve in the 21st century. A key aspect in creating sustainable operations is minimizing the use of natural resources. Two key components of an integrated supply chain are value creations and the reduction of waste across the entire chain. The supply chain is a complex network of independent functions within the organization that rely on each other. Integrating these functions requires a multifaceted approach addressing strategic, operational and technological capacities. As technology becomes more sophisticated, one way to increase the value of the entire supply chain is through the use of artificial intelligence. The first part of this course examines the principles, practices, and applications of integrated supply chain management. Achieving sustainable operations requires a concerted effort from organizations to shift their thinking to a triple bottom line approach: people, profit, planet. The Triple Bottom line approach requires organizations to examine ways to reduce waste by compartmentalizing the different aspects of growth with a focus on sustainability. The second half of this course examines the principles, practices, and applications of sustainable operations as they relate to UN SDG #12. Learners examine the wider framework of building sustainable operations by incorporating an integrated supply chain.

STA 1300 Statistics

Statistics emphasizes the analysis of data collection and statistics through the use of current technology. This course introduces learners to statistical terms, distributions, displaying and interpreting of data collected (probability, validity and reliability), effect size, measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) and determining statistical significance. Learners analyze hypothesis testing and apply statistical techniques.

SUS 6160 Food and Agribusiness

Food and Agribusiness explores how the next wave of innovation in the food and agribusiness industry represents the biggest transformation since the industrial revolution. Through case analyses and practical agribusiness scenarios, learners examine global challenges faced within the food and agriculture industries and develop a sound understanding of what it takes to manage an agricultural business. Learners investigate how insurance and financing, supply chain management, global food trade, and innovative technologies such as machine learning, sensing, and customer behavioral understanding can improve the efficiencies and cost-effectiveness of food and agribusiness industries (FAEs). Catalyzing the growth of food and agribusiness enterprises (FAEs) can enhance the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 UN SDG Goals 2030. FAEs will have a positive role in accelerating growth, alleviating poverty, and creating jobs and wealth. The food and agribusiness value chain are one of the largest and most important industry sectors in the world. This course explores emerging issues (geo-political, technological, economic factors) with emphasis on their potential impact on FAEs. Learners broaden their knowledge and understanding of the global challenges being faced within the food and agriculture industries and develop and apply solutions to address current industry challenges.

SUS 6170 Renewable Energy

The Renewable Energy course provides learners with a foundational understanding of the applications of renewable energy practices. This course focuses on key business skills and competencies needed to determine successful economic, technical, and societal applications of renewable energy practices. Learners examine basic energy principles, terminologies, policies, and applications for domestic and international markets. Learners apply industry wide and/or industry sector renewable energy practices, and execute relevant management practices, principles, and perspectives related to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. These practices include corporate and executive management, operations management, entrepreneurship, venture capital and finance activities, infrastructure investment, management consulting, and other business related, technical specializations. This course links to two United Nations Sustainable Development Goals UN SDG Goal # 7, UN SDG Goal #13 and the Renewable Energy Competency Model (US Department of Labor, 2017).

SUS 6180 Managing Healthcare

Managing Healthcare is designed to help learners develop competencies for identifying and evaluating emerging markets within the healthcare industry. In this introduction to organizations in healthcare, learners will examine the wide-ranging complexities encountered by management and critique current thinking in management and leadership. Through case analyses and practical healthcare scenarios, learners analyze the global challenges faced within the healthcare industry and develop a sound understanding of what it takes to manage a global health business. Learners gain a solid foundation in understanding and aligning the national health agenda with personal and organizational pledges to population-based wellness. Relationship management with physicians, other providers (such as. physician assistants, APN, RNP), nurses, senior leadership, and other stakeholders is key in building effective networks for achieving common goals. In this course, learners examine applied principles and assessments for developing best practices that enhance individual and team development, self-awareness, innovation, and ethics and professionalism in healthcare settings. Learners will examine the healthcare industry from the perspective of UN SDG Goal #3. Learners will draw upon practices and applications to consider the principles underpinning health services. Learners will gain an overview of global health systems in order to compare and contrast contemporary thinking and practice (including the role of leapfrogging in emerging markets).