Ethereal Accelerated Masters in Business Administration

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will introduce the basic tools of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data. In the business community, managers must make decisions based on what will happen to such things as demand, costs, and profits. These decisions are an effort to shape the future of the organization. If the managers make no effort to look at the past and extrapolate into the future, the likelihood of achieving success is slim. In other words, there are four reasons why we need to understand statistics.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will introduce an integral component of the business field and applying finance in terms of making skills that enable students to become more responsible consumers, producers, or business entrepreneurs. We will discuss business finance including where the funds come from and what they are used for; budgeting including planning and preparation, record keeping, taxation, insurance and banking.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will review economic roles and risk management of financial institutions; development of financial institutions. The emphasis will be on operations, regulation, and risk structure of the commercial banking system. Coverage of other financial institutions may also be included.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will review a variety of business environments from a marketing perspective, consumer and business behavior, market segmentation, product/service strategies, new product development processes, pricing, channels, retail/wholesale, marketing communication, and direct selling.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will examine valuation and focus on investment vehicles and strategies used daily in the business field. Important topics we will review include: investors allocation of financial assets by forming, managing and evaluating portfolios containing instruments from stocks to bonds, option contracts and mutual funds.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will emphasize strategic analyses, decisions, and actions that organizations take to create sustainable competitive advantages, with the consideration of both the internal condition and the external environment.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will introduce accounting principles, practices and techniques. Emphasis is placed on accounting for a sole proprietorship. The accounting cycle, financial statements, control of cash, inventories, plants assets, current liabilities and payroll accounting are covered.

COURSE OVERVIEW: This class will review various ways in which microeconomic principles and quantitative tools can be used to aid managers in making sound decisions. Topics include forecasting consumer demand, production and cost analysis, optimal pricing and production decisions, sensitivity analysis, and capital budgeting.