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Doctoral Seminars in Business Administration
  

  • DBA 821 Financial Theory and Applications

    4 unit(s)
    Explores contemporary financial theories and investigates their applications, particularly in the field of corporate finance and risk management. Topics include portfolio theory, asset pricing models, option theory, agency theory and corporate governance, and behavioral economics. The latest developments and research work in financial risk management are also discussed.


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  • DBA 822 International Finance

    4 unit(s)
    This course focuses on the Financial Management of firms that operate in a global business environment. Students will examine the theory and empirical research in International corporate Finance and International Investments. Topics in this course will include international financial markets, foreign exchange derivative markets, risk management, and portfolio management in the global marketplace.


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  • DBA 840 Foundations of Digital Strategy

    4 unit(s)
    A digital strategy is a plan for maximizing the business benefits of technological changes and advancements and aligning with business strategy. This course enables students to analyze and understand how technological change impacts firms, markets, supply chains, and regulatory/policy structures. Information and communication technologies play multiple roles within businesses, organizations, industries, and societies. This course will examine the role technological changes and advancements (e.g., IoT, RPA, Big Data Analytics, AI/ML) play in disrupting, innovating, and transforming businesses in a variety of contexts.


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  • DBA 841 Digital Transformation Promise: Creating Value from Business Innovation

    4 unit(s)
    For a successful digital transformation, organizations require an understanding not only of the capabilities of new technologies, but also of customers’ evolving requirements, and the overall direction of the business. This course will provide key elements of digital transformation such as Process Transformation, Business Model Transformation, Domain Transformation, Cultural / Organization Transformation etc., that are essential for business. This course will enable students to understand the value of digital transformation through application of these key elements to one or more domains.


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  • DBA 842 Jobs of Tomorrow: The Future of Work, Workplace and Workforce

    4 unit(s)
    “The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs, with vast new opportunities for fulfilling people’s potential and aspirations. However, in order to turn these opportunities into reality, new sources of data and innovative approaches to understand emerging jobs and skills, as well as to empower effective and coordinated large-scale action are urgently needed across the globe.” World Economic Forum Report - January 2020. The course provides a high-level overview of digital technologies as applied to different perspectives around the future of work, workplace and workforce taking on the lens of business, policy, and workforce development. Embedded in the approach is the assumption that tackling these complex workplace and workforce issues will require new competencies for executives, including the ability to collaborate with and understand the needs of workforce, policy leaders, and technology.


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  • DBA 850 Managing Data as an Asset

    4 unit(s)
    Data’s single version of “truth” is often missing in companies. It is almost fated that different versions of information about a company exist causing major inefficacies throughout departments. By applying Master Data Management, you will explore a set of processes, used through a collaboration of business and IT professionals, to centrally manage and evaluate, identify, store, share and distribute data or information within a firm. These technology-enabled set of processes will be analyzed by industry and companies to gain knowledge in establishing uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, and accountability of the organization’s shared data elements.


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  • DBA 851 Operational Performance Management

    4 unit(s)
    Operational Performance Management is a dynamic subset of Business Analytics that has yet to be consistently mastered by many successful firms due to an ever-changing business environment. For this reason, Operational Performance Management is a growing field which needs to be fully explored and developed. Both strategic and practical implications related to Operational Performance Management will be discussed infusing decision-making in organizations by top management. Frameworks currently offered in this field will be explored but new ones will be developed as part of this course. Strategy mapping, balanced scorecards, and Key Performance Indicators will be used to holistically analyze and drive a firm to success. Drawing on various sources and analyzing key BIG DATA needed to advance a company’s strategic vision will be explored. Practitioners, who seek competitive advantages through enhancing organizational performance, will grow their expertise in this course through analyzing, mapping, and driving organizations towards their vision and strategic goals.


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  • DBA 852 Application of AI in Solving Business Problems

    4 unit(s)
    Provides the basic knowledge needed to implement Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, data analytics, and tools to improve business efficiency, risk mitigation, and fraud detection. The student will gain a strong footing to cope with the changes that are to come with the ever-growing reliance on computer technology, the evolution of the Internet of Things, and the resulting explosion of data. To utilize the benefits of AI, students will examine how various businesses are leveraging various tools of AI and emerging data analytics technologies to gain insights and improve efficiency, predict risk, and design methods for its mitigation. The students will learn through case studies, the design and implementation of a new class of AI-based business processes as overlays to current business process implementations. After the completion of the course, the student will be able to apply various emerging AI technologies to provide various business solutions.


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  • DBA 870 Marketing Management

    4 unit(s)
    Covers the full range of the principles, theories, and practice of the management of the marketing function. Students will learn the theories of the field including both key seminal literature and current published research. Students will explore problem-solving techniques for practical application through cases and modeling techniques, and will study current developments in marketing from both academic and practitioner perspectives.


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  • DBA 871 Consumer Behavior

    4 unit(s)
    This doctoral seminar is an introduction to the study of consumer behavior. Students will gain an understanding of judgment, choice, and decision-making processes including attitude theory and persuasion. Classic papers that represent foundational ideas in the field as well as papers about more recent findings and controversies will be examined.


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  • DBA 872 Digital Marketing and New Media

    4 unit(s)
    The dramatic growth in digital platforms has transformed marketing. Via extensive review of the research literature, this course examines a variety of topics in the field including online advertising, electronic word-of-mouth, social media, the impact of mobile platforms, and evolving consumer behavior.


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  • DBA 880 Leadership Theory, Research and Application

    4 unit(s)
    The need for strong organizational leadership has never been greater. Adaptive and nimble leadership is required to succeed in our rapidly changing global marketplace. Yet, the field of leadership is vast with no real consensus on what it takes to be an exemplary leader. Through a review of current and past literature and recent empirical research, students will compare and contrast several leadership theories. Students will choose an in-depth focus on a leadership area of interest and will also be required to apply one leadership theory in their business life. Students will leave the course with an overview of leadership studies, knowledge of important scholarly and practitioner work, and practice applying a theory in the business world.


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  • DBA 881 Leading Complex Change

    4 unit(s)
    This course provides students with a framework to evaluate current theories and research related to leading complex change. Students are introduced to cutting edge theories and leadership practices that will allow them to analyze the environmental, organizational, leadership, and individual factors necessary to successfully lead change in a VUCA world. Students will apply what they are learning to a present-day business challenge and will create a well-researched point of view about how to lead change in a complex world.


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  • DBA 882 Strategic Leadership

    4 unit(s)
    Strategic leaders create a compelling organizational future vision, mission, and values, ensure that a critical mass is aligned and that the organizational culture and systems support that mission and vision. Students will learn about classic and current strategic leadership approaches and empirical research. They will engage in strategic thinking, analyze elements of a strategy, apply what they are learning in the real world, and evaluate and write an in-depth paper about a specific complex business leadership challenge. Students will leave this course with a set of critical skills and a framework to become an effective strategic leader in today’s environment.


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  • DBA 890 Dissertation Topic Proposal

    8 unit(s)
    This course provides the student the opportunity to complete a doctoral dissertation research topic which contributes to the body of knowledge in one’s field.  The dissertation topic proposal includes the topic, the context in which it will be examined, why the topic is interesting and/or important (e.g., expected contribution to knowledge), and the literature review (with a list of references). The literature review should be extensive enough for the committee to be confident that your initial investigation is adequate, and that the topic is both new and worthwhile. The topic proposal concludes with a brief description of the data to be used and expected methodology. Typically, the topic proposal is 10-20 pages long but students may submit a longer document. Graded on a credit/no credit basis.


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  • DBA 891 Dissertation Proposal Defense

    8 unit(s)
    This course provides the student the opportunity to complete and present a doctoral dissertation research proposal defense. Students work with a mentor/dissertation chair to present the first three chapters of their dissertation: the introduction, literature review and research design and methodology. The introduction gives the reader a clear expectation of what is to follow and establishes the context for the research as well as its significance. The literature review provides a “deep dive” into relevant literature and scholarly works so that the reader can see continuity between the dissertation and prior research in the field of focus. The research design and methodology describe how the research question(s) will examined and answered. The proposal must identify testable hypotheses and specify how they will be tested and analyzed, include solid drafts of expected surveys, interview guides, and/or focus group discussion questions. The dissertation proposal defense presents evidence which is factually and logically valid, and which is ordered in an appropriate analytic structure. Graded on a credit/no credit basis.


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  • DBA 892 Dissertation Completion and Approval by Committee

    16 unit(s)
    This course provides the student the opportunity to complete a doctoral dissertation research which contributes to the body of knowledge in one’s field. Upon approval of the  proposal defense, the student continues to complete scholarly research on their dissertation and work with their mentor/dissertation chair to carefully consider conclusions based upon the research results and analyses and which are consistent with the introduction. The Dissertation Committee guides the student through completion of the research and the documentation in the form of a final written dissertation that meets the standards of academic quality and an original contribution to knowledge.  The completed research dissertation includes a statement of the research question(s) and its significance, how the research will make an original contribution to knowledge, a robust literature review, the research design and methodology, an assessment of expected limitations, and some ideas of future research. It ends with carefully considered conclusions, based upon the research results and analyses and which are consistent with the introduction. It should be well-written, in compliance with current APA style guidelines, and present a compelling justification for its value as a worthy research focus. Graded on a credit/no credit basis.

    Students who are unable to complete their dissertations by the end of their first enrollment in this course may extend their dissertation phase by enrolling again for a maximum of four additional times. Students will be charged additional fees for each additional course enrollment. Each additional course enrollment will be for the period of three months. Students who are unable to complete their dissertations after one year following the end of their first enrollment in this course will become ineligible to continue in the program, will be administratively withdrawn from Golden Gate University, and will not be awarded the degree.


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  • DBA 895 Directed Study

    4 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under the supervision of a faculty member. Directed-study topics are based on seminars in the doctoral program. Directed study may be substituted for seminars under certain conditions, with the approval of the DBA program director. This course may be taken more than once for credit.


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  • DBA 897 Independent Study

    4 unit(s)
    Provides the opportunity for students to conduct research based upon a formal proposal, approved by the DBA program director that results in a research product. Independent study projects are not substituted for required seminars. This course may be taken more than once for credit.


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  • DBA 899 Dissertation Research

    1-12 unit(s)
    May be applied for only after completion of all required coursework and passing the qualifying examination. See the DBA Policies and Procedures Manual for specifics. This course may be taken more than once for credit.


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Economics
  

  • ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the process and analysis of resource allocation in a decentralized market economy. Special focus on the coordination of consumer and producer decisions through price adjustments under alternative market structures and public policies. (ECON 1 and ECON 2  need not be taken in sequence and can be taken simultaneously.) Prerequisite(s): MATH 20  or MATH 50 . 


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  • ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the nature and analysis of data and phenomena that impact the national economy. Special focus on the problems of inflation, recession, unemployment, international trade and financial system instability. (ECON 1  and ECON 2 need not be taken in sequence and can be taken simultaneously.) Prerequisite(s): MATH 20   or MATH 50 .


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  • ECON 60 Principles of Economics

    4 unit(s)
    This is an introductory course covering major topics from the complementary perspectives of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomic topics include supply and demand, consumer and firm behavior, labor markets, and inequality. Macroeconomic topics include GDP, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and government policy. This course may not be audited. Note: Students may not take ECON 60 for credit after taking ECON 61  or ECON 62 . This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • ECON 61 Introduction to Macroeconomics

    4 unit(s)
    This is an introductory course covering major topics in macroeconomics. Topics covered include microeconomics vs macroeconomics; measuring the economy; modeling the macroeconomy; economic growth and business cycles; the Keynesian perspective; the neoclassical perspective; the role of money and the financial system; the central bank; monetary policy; government borrowing: public debt; international finance; and real-world macroeconomic policy. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • ECON 62 Introduction to Microeconomics

    4 unit(s)
    This is an introductory course covering major topics in microeconomics. Topics covered include microeconomics vs macroeconomics; supply and demand; elasticity; utility maximization; production and costs; game theory; market structures; perfect competition; long-run supply; monopolies: monopolistic competition; oligopoly; an introduction to labor markets; poverty, inequality, and discrimination; and international trade. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • ECON 108 International Economics

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys international trade and monetary theory, the forces and institutions that guide our external relations, and the issues and problems that constrain growth in foreign trade. Provides students with a thorough grounding in the interaction of US business and those abroad. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 60 , ECON 1 , ECON 2 , and MATH 30 .


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  • ECON 199 Directed Study in Economics

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed-study course per trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • ECON 202 Economics for Managers

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys macroeconomics and microeconomics, domestic and international economic policies and major issues in business economics; emphasis on the application of economic analysis to current economic issues. Prerequisite(s): MATH 20 .


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  • ECON 340 International Trade and Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the theory of international trade and foreign investments and the foundation of the world trading order; commercial policies of US and major trading countries; national policies affecting trade; commodity agreements and cartels; customs unions, direction, volume and composition of US and world trade; the case for multilateral trade; GATT; US Trade Reform Act of 1979; US export regulations and US government-assistance programs with exports and foreign investments. Prerequisite(s): ECON 202  (or ECON 1  and ECON 2 ).


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  • ECON 380 Financial Markets and Institutions

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the transfer of funds in the economic system through financial intermediaries. Topics include the flow of funds, capital markets, debt, liquidity, nature of money in the US economy, the innovations and interrelationships of institutions within the changing financial services industry, governmental regulation and agencies and the impact of public policy on economic transfers.


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  • ECON 396A-ZZ Selected Topics in Economics

    1-3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in economics. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): will vary based on topic.


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  • ECON 399 Directed Study

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides an opportunity for the advanced student with a specific project in mind to do reading in a focused area and to prepare a substantial paper under the direction of a faculty member. Only one directed-study course may be taken for credit toward a master’s degree. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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English
  

  • ENGL BOOT Graduate Writing Bootcamp

    0 unit(s)
    Prepares students for written communications in academic and professional settings. Introduces the elements and structure of graduate-level writing. Explores strategies for developing critical thinking and systematic analysis.


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  • ENGL 50 Expository Writing

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the comprehensive skills of expository writing and critical reading. Students will learn to analyze various types of reading material and will strengthen their writing skills in a variety of genres. These skills will support their academic work and prepare them to meet the reading and writing demands of professional activities. Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory score on the English Placement Test  or a grade of “C-” or better in ENGL 10B .  Formerly: ENGL 1A.


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  • ENGL 60 Research Writing

    3 unit(s)
    Provides extensive practice in research and writing techniques that can be applied in both academic and professional settings. Students will learn to analyze various types of reading material and will practice information-gathering techniques, library and online research strategies, and the use of surveys, interviews, and field observations. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENGL 50  with a grade of “C-” or better or receive a qualifying grade on the English Assessment Exam. Formerly: ENGL 1B.


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  • ENGL 61 College Writing I

    4 unit(s)
    This course is an introduction to the skills and conventions of academic reading and writing. It centers on the close reading of sources, constructing compelling arguments, and marshaling evidence and secondary sources. Students will become intimately acquainted with every stage of the writing process - from pre-writing exercises, through revisions and rough drafts, to crafting a polished final essay. This course will offer students a “writing toolbox” of transferable skills which will aid them in their future college classes in the humanities and social sciences but also in their chosen careers. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org.


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  • ENGL 62 College Writing II

    4 unit(s)
    College Writing II expands and reinforces the critical reading and writing skills developed in College Writing I. College Writing I was tightly focused on the argumentative or expository essay. Students were introduced to the mechanics of academic writing (close reading, asking analytic questions, forming a thesis, summarizing, developing an introduction, structuring an outline, doing research, practicing grammar, etc.) with an eye to forming an original argumentative essay. Students who successfully complete College Writing I have a solid understanding of three genres of argumentative essay: the close reading essay, the comparative analysis, and the multi-source paper. This work will be redeployed in College Writing II as they are acquainted with more creative forms of composition and a broader, more sophisticated approach to research. This course may not be audited. This course is offered only for students enrolled in GGU Degrees+ programs, in partnership with Outlier.org. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 61 .


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  • ENGL 120 Business Writing

    3 unit(s)
    Helps students develop the skills necessary for effective business writing. They will write, edit and format letters, memos, reports and a research paper. They will analyze business articles and other professionally oriented material. Prerequisite(s): Complete ENGL 60  with a grade of “C-” or better.


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  • ENGL 199 Directed Study in English

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under the supervision of a faculty member. Students may enroll in only one directed study course each trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • ENGL 200 Graduate Communications

    6 unit(s)
    Prepares students to communicate in both written and spoken English in academic and professional settings. Explores strategies for developing critical thinking and systematic analysis. Through a variety of instructional techniques, students will produce graduate-level writing and presentations. Note: Students must earn a “B” or better grade, or a “CR” grade if they elect credit/no credit grading , in order to enroll in ENGL 201 Graduate Writing .

    This course may be taken a maximum of two times. Failure to earn a “B” or better grade after the second attempt will result in the student’s immediate academic disqualification without a right to appeal.


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  • ENGL 201 Graduate Writing

    3 unit(s)
    Prepares graduate students to write in both academic and professional settings. Reviews unity, coherence, clarity, conciseness, audience analysis and document formatting. Using library and online research, students will prepare documents appropriate for presentation in the student’s professional field. Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “B” in ENGL 200  or satisfactory performance level on the Graduate Writing Placement Exam.


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Executive Master of Business Administration
  

  • EMBA 300 Accounting Essentials for Executives

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the fundamental concepts and terminology of accounting for business enterprises with an emphasis on the use of accounting and financial information in managerial decision making. Areas of study include financial statement analysis, financial accounting concepts and principles and managerial cost systems such as the generally accepted accounting principles, the financial accounting process, analysis and interpretation of financial statements and contemporary cost management principles.


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  • EMBA 301 Economics of Marketplace Transformation and Disruption

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys macroeconomics and microeconomics, domestic and international economic policies and major issues in business economics; emphasizes the application of economic analysis to current economic issues. Students will analyze the management processes associated with resource acquisition and allocation; theories of demand, production, cost and pricing with emphasis on applications and the forecasting of business and financial conditions. Quantitative methods are stressed.


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  • EMBA 302 Data Analysis for Managers

    3 unit(s)
    Survey of statistical methods widely used in management problem solving and decision making. Course topics include data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics, regression analysis, model building and time series modeling. Emphasis is on learning to use basic statistics and quantitative methodology to better analyze and solve various management challenges. Real world data using spreadsheet applications and add-ins will be used throughout the course.


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  • EMBA 303 Management and Teamwork

    3 unit(s)
    Students will develop skills needed to be a successful team member and a team leader. You will learn the techniques of designing and establishing effective and supportive teams within organizations. This course will introduce management and leadership theory, basic concepts of management and leadership through case study analysis and explore the various forms of organizational structures and the effective use of teams within these structures.


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  • EMBA 304 Foundations of Business Analytics

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces students to the broad discipline of business analytics. Students will learn the principles, terminology, organizational roles, and application of data analytics in the business, along with the principles and challenges of data strategy and management. They will be introduced to the multi-faceted toolkit of data analytic tools, which will be presented in more detail via the curriculum. Time will be spent understanding the CRISP-DM methodology for developing usable analytics, and the implications of the Internet of Things.


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  • EMBA 305 Personal Leadership

    3 unit(s)
    Develops interpersonal skills and self-awareness to function effectively in today’s business environment. Creates a development plan for effective leadership in order to enhance career and personal goals.


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  • EMBA 306 Finance for Executive Decision Making

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the concept of financial analysis in management decision making. Explores the financial techniques in analyzing business health, risk and returns and capital investment decisions. Learns about the valuation models and their roles in merger/acquisition decisions.


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  • EMBA 307 Marketing for Executives

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces marketing concepts and marketing-related business solutions. Learns about market research and customer behavior, the design of marketing strategies, and marketing mix components including product policy, pricing, distribution, and marketing communications. Explores the role marketing plays in growing a business in collaboration with other business disciplines and in a cross functional environment.


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  • EMBA 308 Operations and Supply Chain Management

    3 unit(s)
    Explores operations management and its role in the broader supply chain management (OPSCM) concept in producing and delivering the firm’s products and services with the emphasis on how OPSCM supports the firm’s core competences and contributes to the achievement of its strategic objectives. Investigates how OPSCM processes are integrated through systems management to achieve internal and external optimization. Examines product and process design for goods and services including strategic planning, structural resource capacity planning including location analysis, tactical planning for performance improvement, execution activities and control techniques. Introduces OPSCM advanced practices such as just-in-time, lean six sigma, demand driven, agile, mass customization, automation, and emerging technology. Project management methodology and application in OPSCM will also be covered. Prerequisite(s): MATH 40  or BUS 240 .


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  • EMBA 309 Innovation and Technology Management

    3 unit(s)
    Explores the theory and practice of managing innovation and technology and their role in competitive business situations in a global economy. You will examine the strategic and managerial issues related to the adoption and implementation of new technologies and to the innovation process. Product, process and information technologies will be covered through case studies, readings and class discussions. Emphasis will be placed on technology planning, development and acquisition, global sourcing and managing the technically oriented business functions.


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  • EMBA 310 Context and Legal Aspects of Business

    3 unit(s)
    This course provides the framework for understanding the critical impact of the international, legal, political, social, environmental and cultural roles played by the business enterprise in conducting its business. It focuses on the obligations of both the individual and managers and the corporation as a whole.


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  • EMBA 311 Managing in a Global Environment

    3 unit(s)
    This comprehensive course provides students with a practical understanding of what it takes to compete successfully in the international marketplace. Students will leave able to describe how and why various countries outside the United States differ in terms of the economics and politics of international trade and investment, the functions and form of the global monetary system, and the strategies and structures of international businesses. They will also assess the special roles of an international business’s various functions. This case-based course will challenge students to apply theories to real-word issues.


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  • EMBA 312 Formulating and Implementing Business Strategy

    3 unit(s)
    Students will learn about the development and implementation of strategies for gaining competitive advantage in a global economy. This course addresses the roles that different organizations within a company play in strategy formulation and implementation. Students will consider the strategic problems encountered by top-level managers in a competitive global market from an integrated perspective. They will learn varied approaches to analyzing strategic situations, developing a competitive strategy and managing policies to implement these strategies including controlling organization wide policies, leading organizational change and the allocation and leverage of resources. Students will be expected to craft a workable strategy, develop an implementation plan for communication to functional areas within an organization.


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Executive Master of Public Administration
  

  • EMPA 300 Theory, Ethics and Practice in Public Service

    4 unit(s)
    Introduces graduate students to key thinkers in public administration, examines the boundaries of the field and its overlaps with political science, international studies and political economy. Upon taking this class - a survey of all the courses in the program - students will better understand and appreciate the rigors and riches in the field of public policy and administration. Advanced critical thinking and analysis is utilized.


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  • EMPA 301 Research Methods and Analysis

    4 unit(s)
    Provides students with the writing, analytical and research tools required of professional public managers. Emphasis is on the methods of problem identification, developing a research strategy and formal research proposal; identification of secondary sources essential to public policy and management research; use of the Internet as a research tool; appropriate research methodologies; and a special emphasis on improving their ability to write concisely and in a persuasive style. Training in the use of multi-media presentation methods will be provided as well.


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  • EMPA 302 Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

    4 unit(s)
    Explores the environment of the policy analyst, including an examination of the frames of reference that both guide and constrain work in the field. Students will be introduced to policy analytical paradigms, examine historical themes in the policy literature and use the major tools used in policy analysis and program evaluation, including benefit-cost analysis, factor analysis and time series analysis. The advantages and disadvantages of these tools will be critically examined. Case studies will be used extensively as example and source material for theory building.


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  • EMPA 303 Organizational Development and Leadership

    4 unit(s)
    Examines the development and current emphases in organization theory from scientific management to the present. Focuses on the uses of pertinent theories in public management as well as the specific diagnosis and intervention tools and strategies employed in organizational development and change. Specific emphasis is given to experiential skill-building techniques, action research, work design and organizational development methods.


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  • EMPA 304 Public Enterprise Management and Public Sector Business Relations

    4 unit(s)
    Focuses on the growing trend toward market-based public service delivery systems. Public administrators in many levels of government are being challenged to become more entrepreneurial in their management of public enterprises. Contracting with private firms to provide public services is becoming the norm, rather than the exception. The course examines these trends and provides students with needed competencies related to contract management, marketing, customer service and quality management.


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  • EMPA 305 Budgeting and Financial Management

    4 unit(s)
    Examines financial administration in public and not-for-profit organizations. Topics include concepts and activities in public financial management, budgeting, taxation, revenue planning, borrowing, fiscal controls and the analytical skills needed to direct and control public fiscal activities. Particular attention is given to the nature of public expenditure controls, the budget cycle (preparation, submission, review, adoption, execution and evaluation), financial management and legislative and accounting analysis of budgets.


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  • EMPA 306 Public Service and the Law

    4 unit(s)
    Introduces public service managers and executives to administrative law and related administrative procedures. The major constitutional and statutory provisions that impact public service activities are discussed. Major topics include constitutional law and special provisions of the California Constitution, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal and California Administrative Procedures Acts, the Brown Act and the Privacy Act. Cases will be used extensively to illustrate concepts and the application of the law.


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  • EMPA 307 Personnel Management and Labor Relations

    4 unit(s)
    Covers contemporary issues surrounding employer/employee relations in public sector organizations. Topics include images of public service, work life in organizations, staffing, training and development, merit systems, labor relations, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and job evaluation. Particular attention is given to developments in public service employees’ collective bargaining legislation, improved employee-participation programs, and strategies and techniques used in conflict resolution.


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  • EMPA 311 Current Issues in Law Enforcement

    4 unit(s)
    Students apply practical and innovative approaches to managing the complexities facing law enforcement agencies and officials that include recruitment, retention and succession planning. In addition, students will discuss the position of leadership roles, its effect on organizational behavior, effective negotiations and personnel, ethics and laws. Students will understand the importance and impact of media relations, public outreach, and collaboration with the private sector and non-governmental organizations.


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  • EMPA 312 Disaster, Emergency and Security

    4 unit(s)
    Students will critically examine preparation, coordination and actions of first responders to emergencies, disasters, terrorism, and civil disobedience. Directives and guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, CDC, TSA, and other federal agencies will be discussed in relation to the role of state and municipal law enforcement officials and administrators. This course will also consider detection, prevention, and communications strategies to such threats and acts.


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  • EMPA 313 Law Enforcement Ethics, Training and Accountability

    4 unit(s)
    This course addresses the ethical, moral, and accountability dilemmas that face law enforcement practitioners in preventing and controlling crime. Students will explore and apply the key practices of the audit and oversight functions in law enforcement. The social, political, economic and organizational factors affecting law enforcement policies along with recent development of law enforcement innovations will be discussed, such as the use of Zero Tolerance Enforcement, CompStat, Law Enforcement Community Partnerships, and Restorative Justice Practices. The role in Law Enforcement training will be examined.


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  • EMPA 320 Growth, Technology, and Competitiveness

    4 unit(s)
    This course delves into the critical economic concerns and crafts creative solutions associated with the urbanization of cities and regions. In this course, students will discuss and debate intractable problems that follow smart growth, rapid gentrification, redevelopment, technology, and immigration as cities transform into competitive megalopolises. Then, students will determine if practices applied in the past are still appropriate solutions.  If they are not, students will design innovative but practical strategies to address them. Chosen responses must harmonize the diverse interests and resources of business, government, and society.


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  • EMPA 321 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility

    4 unit(s)
    This course examines crucial social problems and determines creative solutions associated with the urbanization of cities and regions. In this course, students will analyze diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility issues, and explore concepts, theories, and paradigms related to transportation, housing, health, and human services in municipal and metropolitan communities. Then, they will determine if best practices applied in the past are compatible solutions.  If not, students need to design innovative but practical alternatives to address them. Chosen strategies must take into high consideration vulnerable and marginalized urban populations.


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  • EMPA 322 Resilience, Livability, and Sustainability

    4 unit(s)
    This course examines the critical environmental problems and formulates creative solutions associated with the urbanization of cities and regions. In this course, students will discuss and debate policies on disaster preparedness, sustainable ecosystems, recycling, waste management, urban resilience, and funding adequacy. Then, students will determine if past and present approaches are still relevant.  If not, students will craft innovative but practical strategies to address them.


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  • EMPA 396 Graduate Research Project in Public Management

    4 unit(s)
    Presents the capstone course taken in the final term of the EMPA program. The student will undertake a major research project to integrate and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in the program. The research project is expected to involve rigorous research, primary data gathering, creative analysis, policy recommendations and have practical utility in relationship to their organization or society. Prerequisite(s): EMPA 301 .


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  • EMPA 397 Internship: Public Service

    4 unit(s)
    Offers students the opportunity to receive executive public service immersion and internship experience(s) in a job directly related to their academic major and career goals. Students are responsible for their own placements in internships approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite: Consent of the department.


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  • EMPA 398A-ZZ Selected Topics in Public Policy and Administration

    1-4 unit(s)
    Address significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in public policy and administration. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): will vary based on topic.


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  • EMPA 399 Directed Study

    4 unit(s)
    Provides an opportunity for the advanced student with a specific project in mind to do reading in a focused area and to prepare a substantial paper under the direction of a faculty member. The project to be undertaken should include an element of creativity and lend itself to completion within 150 hours. Ordinarily, directed individual study courses must be completed within one trimester. Only one directed-study course may be taken for credit toward a master’s degree. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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Finance
  

  • FI 100 Financial Management

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces financial analysis and management in terms of its most important functions: raising funds at minimum cost and risk and allocating those funds between competing short- and long-term uses. Topics include financial statement analysis, discounted cash flow analysis, financial markets and interest rate determination, stock and bond valuation models, capital budgeting methodologies and working capital management. Concepts of risk and return, cost of capital calculation and capital structure are introduced. Prerequisite(s): ACCTG 1A  and MATH 20  or MATH 30 .


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  • FI 101 Strategic Decisions in Financing and Investment

    3 unit(s)
    Expands and completes the discussion of issues raised in Finance 100 and extends the examination of the field of finance to include such important areas as dividend policy, leasing, mergers and acquisitions. Case analysis is used extensively. Prerequisite(s): FI 100 .


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  • FI 102 Financial Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces tools for an applied approach to the analysis of financial problems. Topics include funds flows, ratio analysis, cash-flow budgets and projections, and financial and operating leverage models. Includes identification of sources of financial information. Prerequisite(s): FI 100 .


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  • FI 105 Modeling for Financial Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Presents the techniques of financial analysis and modeling using electronic spreadsheet tools. Includes basic operations such as organizing spreadsheets, entering numbers and text, performing calculations, using financial commands, creating charts, embedding spreadsheets in word processing documents, file management, etc. It emphasizes advanced spreadsheet methods for doing sensitivity analysis, break-even ratio analysis, capital budgeting, sales forecasting, funds forecasting, cash budgeting, cash flow and financial ratio analysis, and capital structure analysis. This is a hands-on course that develops spreadsheet skills and shows how to use the results to make better financial decisions. It highlights the use of spreadsheets for communicating as well as calculating. Prerequisite(s): FI 100 .


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  • FI 120 Investments

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the theory of portfolio analysis and the characteristics of various investment instruments with a focus on securities investment analysis, with some consideration of other investment forms. Topics include sources of investment information, risk/return analysis, money-market investments, measuring investment performance. Satisfies part of the educational requirements to sit for the CFP examination.* Prerequisite(s): FI 100 .


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  • FI 141 International Banking and Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys operational aspects of international banking. Topics include financing international operations, sources of capital, the foreign-exchange market, transaction and translation risks, international financial institutions (including the Euro-currency market), international collections, lending policies, government regulations and services available to the global manager. Prerequisite(s): FI 100 .


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  • FI 160 Personal Financial Planning

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the process of comprehensive personal financial and estate planning. Topics include historical context of personal financial planning and services, career opportunities, analysis of personal financial statements, time-value-of-money applications, consumer decision-making analysis, personal risk/insurance analysis, house-buying analysis, savings and investment strategies and income/retirement/estate tax planning. Satisfies part of the educational requirements to sit for the CFP examination.


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  • FI 197 Internship: Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Offers students the opportunity to receive work experience in a job directly related to their academic major and career goals. Students will be responsible for their own placement in an internship approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • FI 198A-ZZ Special Topics in Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Addresses significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in finance. Topics will be selected by the department chair. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.


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  • FI 199 Directed Study in Finance

    1-3 unit(s)
    Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. Students are limited to one directed study course per trimester. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department.


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  • FI 300A Managerial Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces the principles of financial management at the level of the strategic business, in the departments and divisions of the firm. Students will focus on understanding capital budgeting and on planning and control decisions: how the firm’s funds are to be allocated across the universe of investment opportunities and how the successes of these efforts are to be monitored and evaluated. In addition, liquidity or cash management, a daily preoccupation of the financial manager will be explored. Students will learn the concepts, tools, and techniques necessary to making value-adding decisions in the SBU. In the process, the integration of finance with the other functional areas and strategic concerns of the firm will be emphasized. Case analysis and team projects are used as appropriate. Prerequisite(s): ACCTG 201  (or ACCTG 1A  and ACCTG 1B ) and BUS 240  (or MATH 40  and MATH 104 ).


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  • FI 305 Financial Reporting and Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Combines practical techniques of financial analysis with theoretical concepts underlying the presentation of financial statements. Students will improve their understanding of accounting as an information system that helps users make good business decisions. Topics include accounting principles; examination of the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows; application of the various quantitative techniques such as ratio analysis, equity valuation methods; credit evaluation and performance measurement. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 307 Financial Modeling

    3 unit(s)
    Presents the theory and practice of financial management with emphasizing computer-based modeling and forecasting. Uses spreadsheet and other software products to analyze the impact of financial decisions related to financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, cost of capital determination, capital budgeting and capital structure choices. The course covers a variety of techniques, such as sensitivity and scenario analysis, optimization methods, Monte Carlo simulation, regression and time-series analysis and neural network models. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 312 Capital Budgeting and Long-Term Financing

    3 unit(s)
    Analyzes capital budgeting and long-term financing decisions in depth. Topics include interaction of investment and financing decisions, project cash flow analysis, risk analysis, alternative valuation methods, capital structure theory and the selection of various financing methods. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 314 Working Capital Management

    3 unit(s)
    Examines financial decisions that affect the value of the firm in the short run. Topics include receivables management, inventory management, marketable securities management, short-term liability management and cash management. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 317 Mergers and Acquisitions

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys the field of mergers and acquisitions using case studies. Topics include accounting for acquisitions, tax implications of mergers, legal aspects of mergers, the role of investment bankers in mergers, valuing business, merger negotiation, risk management, leveraged buyouts, tenders and defenses. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 318 Venture Capital and Start-Up Financing

    3 unit(s)
    Examines the strategic and financial issues facing start-ups and venture capital investments. This course examines the entrepreneurial process, focusing on financing - how new ventures are funded, applying the perspective of both the venture seeking financing and investors considering how to identify and manage good opportunities. Topics covered include the history and current direction of the venture capital industry; alternative financing sources, notably venture capital and angel investors; business planning methods; screening new venture opportunities; valuation techniques; capital raising practices and methods; management of new ventures; and harvesting or exit strategies, including IPO’s and mergers. Students will be able to attend investor forums, and guest lecturers will supplement the course content. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 320 Financial Strategy and Value Creation

    3 unit(s)
    Demonstrates the use of competitive strategy to create shareholder value, industry attractiveness, firm-based resources and competitive advantage in a variety of settings, including technology-intensive and mature industries. Introduces the use of transaction cost economics and the capital-asset pricing model to analyze vertical integration, diversification and global strategies. Extensively uses case studies to build strategy development skills. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 340 Investments

    3 unit(s)
    Presents the theory and practice of investment analysis. Topics include efficient market theory; risk and return analysis for stocks, bonds and cash equivalents; modern portfolio theory; asset pricing models; bond pricing and the term structure of interest rates; effects of taxes and inflation on investment choices; and derivative asset analysis and alternative investment. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 343 International Corporate Finance

    3 unit(s)
    Surveys the international aspects of financial management. Topics include the international currency arrangement for the settlement of private and public transactions; the theory of international financial adjustments; functions of financial institutions including the Federal Reserve System, the Euro-currency market, IBRD and IMF; financing of trade including EXIM and FCIA and commercial banks; foreign-exchange markets; management of currency exposure; estimating country debt-servicing capacity; and external debt-financing problems. Prerequisite(s): FI 100  or FI 300A .


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  • FI 344 Equity Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Presents the concepts and theory underlying equity analysis and a case-based practitioner’s approach to Investing. Topics include understanding financial statements; income manipulations; common stock valuation techniques; industry analysis; company analysis; efficient market theory and its inefficiencies. Prerequisite(s): FI 340 .


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  • FI 346 Derivative Markets

    3 unit(s)
    Introduces theory and practice in the forward, futures, swap and options markets. Topics include commodity derivatives, currency derivatives, stock options, stock index futures and options, interest rate derivatives, arbitrage strategies, Black-Scholes and Binomial option-pricing models and computer applications. Prerequisite(s): FI 300 .


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  • FI 347 Financial Engineering and Risk Management

    3 unit(s)
    Covers risk-management techniques for corporations and managers of equity, bond and derivative portfolios. Topics include measurement of corporate risk exposure, portfolio risk exposure and value at risk for financial institutions; hedging the price risk of commodities, exchange rates, interest rates and equity markets; credit risk management; portfolio insurance; portfolio immunization; synthetic assets; and computer applications. Prerequisite(s): FI 340 . Corequisite(s): FI 346 .


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