Serves as the core marketing course in the MBA program. Provides an introduction and overview to the theory and practice of marketing. Explores the theory and applications of marketing concepts through a mix of cases, discussions, lectures, guest speakers, individual assignments, simulations, and group projects. Focuses on understanding and building customer value in consumer, business-to-business, and services settings. Examines strategic marketing elements (segmentation, targeting, positioning), as well as executional elements (pricing, channels, promotion, and value proposition).

A study of economic principles useful to business managers. Microeconomic topics include market behavior, economic costs, and economic decision-making. Macroeconomic topics include macroeconomics performance, financial markets, international trade and finance, and monetary and fiscal policy.

A "capstone" course, focused on industries, companies, and other organizations in operation, and studied through the role of the strategic manager and case examples, with emphasis on integration of materials covered in prior courses, providing students with synergistic knowledge and a "strategy tool kit" to help achieve organizational purpose, excellence, and competitive advantage.

Projects, research, and reading programs in areas required for concentration. Sixty days advance approval of the student's plan of study by adviser and by proposed instructor required. Maximum of 6 credit, except by special permission. Variable credit.