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Click on the name of an online course offered at Keller Graduate School of Management to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the course by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use and Analysis (FI504) |
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This course introduces students to core concepts and tools of accounting and finance needed by managers. Topics are presented from a user perspective and include transaction analysis; financial statement analysis and interpretation; financial ratio analysis; job-order costing; costvolume-profit analysis; and operational, cash and capital budgeting. |
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Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting Issues (AC559) |
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Accounting |
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This course covers financial accounting practice and theory in relation to consolidations, branch operations, industry segments, partnerships, liquidations, reorganizations and debt structuring, and governmental and not-for-profit entities. |
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Advanced Managerial Accounting Issues (AC563) |
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Accounting |
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This course focuses on analysis and problemsolving skills used in planning and controlling
organizations. Managerial tools and concepts such as target and activity-based costing; activity-based management; strategy and management accounting; measuring and managing quality costs and capacity; and emerging managerial accounting issues are explored. |
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Advanced Managerial Finance (FI516) |
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Finance |
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This course addresses risk, return and the capital asset pricing model; dividend policy; financing flexibility; valuation of securities; derivatives and risk management; and capital
structure with the Modigliani-Miller models. The course provides a comprehensive view of financial management with insight into securities analysis, mergers/acquisitions and financial/futures options. |
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Advanced Program Management (PM587) |
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This course examines how managers plan, budget, schedule and control multi-project programs within an organizational context. Topics include the role of projects in organizations; alternative organizational systems; program planning, budgeting, monitoring, control and management methodologies; team management and leadership; legal and ethical issues; conflict identification and resolution; and advanced applications of project management software. |
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Advanced Project Management Practices and Professional Exam Preparation (PM605) |
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This course examines current topics in the project management field and provides a comprehensive review of the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK). Topics include global project management, leadership, virtual teams and project information systems. In addition, the PMBOK knowledge areas and process groups are covered in preparation for the Project Management Professional certification exam, administered by the Project Management Institute. |
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Advanced Studies in Federal Taxes and Management Decisions (AC560) |
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Accounting |
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This course explores the foundation of tax topics for non-tax accounting and financial
professionals. The course expands the coverage and examines the complexity of corporate and partnership taxation, as well as introduces topics such as estates and gifts, fiduciary accounting, tax-exempt entities, and qualified and nonqualified plans. |
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Advanced Visual Basic (IS575) |
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Computer Science |
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Advanced Visual Basic is a continuation of Visual Basic (IS574). Additional topics include ADO.NET, API calling, exception handling, streams, inheritance, polymorphism, code optimization, IDE add-ins, templates and object-oriented programming techniques. |
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Advertising Management (MM575) |
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Marketing |
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Advertising Management presents a structured approach to managing advertising, sales promotion and public relations activities from a corporate perspective. Students are taught how to determine promotional objectives, select campaign themes, choose media, control advertising costs, design sales promotions and evaluate results. The course also addresses agency selection and management. |
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Applied Managerial Statistics (GM533) |
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Applied Managerial Statistics stresses practical use of statistics in collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data. Both descriptive and inferential techniques are covered. |
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Auditing: An Operational and Internal Perspective Including Fraud Examination (AC562) |
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Accounting |
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This course examines why increased complexity in organizations requires establishing means of monitoring control systems. Coursework examines the audit process using criteria and controls to evaluate causes and effects of ? and conditions for ? operational, performance and fraud audits. Emphasis is placed on standards, objectives, principles and procedures involved in reviewing the reliability and integrity of information; compliance
with policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations; means of safeguarding assets; appraising economical and efficient use of resources; and reviewing achievement of established objectives and goals for operations and programs. |
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Benefits (HR599) |
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This course provides an in-depth presentation of employee benefits including: legally required benefits (social security, and worker and unemployment compensation) and voluntary programs such as health care, 401(k) and other retirement plans, deferred compensation, paid leaves, group insurance, employee activity programs, tuition refunds, stock purchase plans, employee assistance programs, etc. Financial, actuarial, administrative and legal implications of benefit plans are discussed in detail, as is how employees value benefits. |
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Budgeting (AC556) |
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Accounting |
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Budgeting addresses managers? need to understand the goals, technical procedures and effects of budgeting. The course provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to budgeting ? from the details of preparing the many schedules that compose a master budget to fundamental managerial issues affected by the profit planning and control process. |
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Business Economics (GM545) |
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Economics |
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Business Economics provides a basic understanding of managerial economics and the impact of the economic environment on business decision-making. The course develops microand macroeconomic topics, with particular emphasis on marginal analysis, and supply and demand considerations. |
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Business Law: Strategic Considerations for Managers and Owners (GM597) |
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This course provides a foundation in fundamental principles of commercial law and considerations in conducting business. Topics are presented from four interrelated perspectives: the legal and regulatory framework; ethical considerations; the effect of e-commerce; and particular issues relevant to owners/entrepreneurs. Topics include contracts; sales, leases and warranty; agency; business organizations and choice of entity analysis; negotiable instruments; and bankruptcy and creditors? rights. |
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Business Planning Seminar (GM600) |
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Information Technology |
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In this culminating course, MBA students work in teams to formulate, research and develop a written business plan for a start-up venture. The plan comprises sections on management, marketing, operations and financing, including five-year financial projections for the new business. In addition to preparing the written project, each team makes a formal presentation of the plan to the instructor, the class and a panel of business professionals. Because preparing the plan involves reviewing and integrating concepts and skills developed in previous coursework, students are encouraged to complete as many courses as possible prior to enrolling in this course. |
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C++ Programming (IS578) |
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Computer Science |
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C++ Programming introduces object-oriented programming concepts using the C++ language. Topics include the object-oriented paradigm, class hierarchies and inheritance, I/O functions, object arrays and string processing. Students complete a number of programming projects to gain hands-on experience with objectoriented technology. |
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CFA Level I Exam Preparation (FI595) |
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Business |
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This course emphasizes financial analysis tools including economics; quantitative analysis;
financial accounting and statement analysis; and markets and institutions. The course also introduces asset valuation and portfolio management techniques. Ethical and professional standards are also examined. (The course is four semestercredit hours.) |
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CFA Level II Exam Preparation (FI596) |
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This course emphasizes asset valuation and covers applications of tools and factors affecting asset valuation, including economics, accounting and quantitative techniques. Ethical and professional standards are also examined. (The course is four semester-credit hours.) |
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CFA Level III Exam Preparation (FI597) |
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This course emphasizes portfolio management and introduces strategies for applying portfolio management tools and techniques to equity and fixed-income securities. Ethical and professional standards are also examined. (The course is four semester-credit hours.) |
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