Courses

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• MET AD 712: Financial Markets and Institutions
  Investigates and analyzes organization, structure, and performance of US money and capital markets and institutions. Examines regulation of the financial industry and the role of financial instruments.
• MET AD 713: Derivative Securities and Markets
  Provides an overview of operation, mechanics, and structure of the derivative markets and covers in-depth quantitative valuation of derivative instruments, such as options, futures, and swaps. The course involves risk analysis including risk arbitrage, and risk management. Emphasizes the theory and practice of derivatives-based trading strategies including hedging opportunities for risk mitigation.
• MET AD 714: Mergers and Acquisitions
  Prerequisites: MET AD 504 and MET AD 522. Examines the corporate valuation process by which takeovers and other corporate control transactions take place. Includes financial forecasting, based on expectation models, scenario analysis, and due diligence. Emphasizes the defensive measures by management against hostile bids, buyout transactions, the relation of takeovers to capital structure changes, and the insider trading in takeover contests.
• MET AD 715: Quantitative and Qualitative Decision-Making
  The purpose of this course is to help improve business problem solving and managerial decision-making through the use of quantitative and qualitative decision-making tools and techniques. This course will provide the student with an overview of how decisions are made to solve management problems in the business environment. It introduces the fundamental concepts and methodologies of the decision-making process, problem-solving, decision analysis, data collection, probability distribution, evaluation, and prediction methods. Students will learn how to apply different quantitative and qualitative analytical tools commonly used in business to provide a depth of understanding and support to various decision-making activities within each subject area of management. Through the use of case studies of decisions made by managers in various production and service industries and a business simulation package specifically prepared for this course, the scope and breadth of decision-making in business will be described.
• MET AD 717: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
  Prerequisites: MET AD 522 and MET 685. Develops a framework for understanding the various types of financial decision-making faced by financial managers and provides students with analytical tools for evaluating portfolio construction and management problems in a systematic manner. Includes analysis and determination of securities values. Problems of investment policy are approached through studies of portfolio selection methods and the valuation of special classes of securities. Offers quantitative strategies for portfolio diversification and risk management.
• MET AD 718: Overview of Mutual Funds Industry
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: METAD 630, METAD 731 - Prereq: METAD 630, METAD 731. Provides a comprehensive review of the operations of the mutual funds industry. The organization and management of a mutual funds firm, back office operations, accounting procedures and marketing processes are covered in depth. The course provides a historical context of mutual funds, their development and role of mutual funds in private, corporate and retirement accounts.
• MET AD 719: Fixed Income Analysis
  Prerequisite: MET AD 522. Covers the nature and analysis of fixed income securities and provides an in-depth examination of some of the particular features of some major classes of fixed income instruments, valuation, sensitivity to risks, and management of fixed income portfolios.
• MET AD 725: Negotiations and Organizational Conflict Resolution
  A communications skills course designed to better understand the nature of conflict and its resolution through persuasion, collaboration, and negotiation. Students will learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. Students will assess their own styles, skills, and values, and develop techniques to better resolve disputes, achieve objectives, and exert influence.
• MET AD 737: Innovative Marketing Techniques
  This course will provide you with the theoretical understanding of the Internet marketplace necessary to adapt to its many changes, while also equipping you with the skills you'll need to perform vital daily functions. The course includes discussions of both B2B and B2C and looks at marketing and communications from an integrated, business-wide perspective. The goal is to appreciate principles and practice of online marketing. Topics include integrated innovative marketing strategy, search engine marketing, email marketing, and social media. 4cr.
• MET AD 740: Planning and Operating New Ventures
  Graduate Prerequisites: MET AD741 - Includes opportunity assessment and feasibility analysis, concept development, budgeting and financial operations, financial and human resource management, legal and organizational issues analysis, and comprehension and determination of the roles of boards and external advisors, all leading into the planning and operating of new ventures.
• MET AD 744: Venture Finance
  Provides analysis of the economics of innovation and the means by which firms secure the necessary capital to begin or expand operations. The students learn different procedures for raising venture capital through investment institutions and individuals.
• MET AD 746: Business Law and Regulation for Entrepreneurs
  Examines legal issues that affect high technology firms. Topics include copyright, reverse engineering, trade secrets, patents, international legal differences, the Uniform Commercial Code, and product liability. Cases drawn from high tech industries are used to emphasize current and future developments.
• MET AD 760: International Trade and Logistics
  This course provides extensive insight into international trade practices and corporate decision-making criteria attendant to global import/export and other market entry strategies, and management of international logistics operations including global sourcing, global transportation, facility network design, intermediaries, and trade documentation. Topics include operations, government agencies, import/export channel networks, and the evaluation of international opportunities with the help of a business simulation package specifically prepared for this course. It is designed to provide students with the skills and tools necessary for international trade and international logistics management.
• MET AD 763: Multinational Finance and Trade
  Prerequisites: MET AD 522. Applies the concepts of corporate finance and risk mitigation to the problems of multinational financial management. Major topics include foreign exchange risk, and construction of hedging strategies using derivative instruments such as forwards, futures, and swaps to reduce multinational corporate risk. Addresses international financial flows and their impact on foreign exchange rates, capital flows, speculation, analysis of alternative foreign investments, analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad, multinational tax and profit.
• MET AD 764: Multinational Tactics, Strategy, and Positioning
  Graduate Prerequisites: (METAC730 & METAD731) - Introduces the student to the contemporary word of international business through an examination of the social, cultural, economic, ecological and commercial aspects that impact global operations. Emphasis is on both the thorough understanding of the effect that international business has on the different functional aspects of the enterprise as well as the manner in which firms organize, operate and formulate strategies in order to maximize their chances of successful operations.
• MET AD 782: Project Value Strategies
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: METAD 642 - Prereq AD 642. This course will introduce students to Project Value - a unique perspective on classical Project Management that is focused on assuring that a project delivers value that is aligned with the mission, vision, and values of an organization. This increasingly popular framework with which to view projects and project management is derived from current research, standards, and thought leadership from PMI and other international bodies. Students will learn how to create value in projects even in today's disruptive, turbulent environment. They will learn how to apply the conceptual framework of benefits realization management (BRM) and to use tools to manage a portfolio of programs and projects strategically with an aim of sustainable project value. Value in Agile projects will be discussed. The element of the Triple Bottom Line and a focus on sustainability is part of the subject matter. Case studies and real life experiences, illustrated with guest lectures, will be intertwined with current research in project management.
• MET AD 795: Directed Research I
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of department chairman and instructor. - Independent study of special topics under faculty guidance.
• MET AD 796: Directed Research 2
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of department chairman and instructor. - Independent study of special topics under faculty guidance.
• MET AD 799: Deep Learning for Business Analytics
  Prerequisites: MET AD 599 and MET AD 571. - This course focuses on applying deep learning techniques to solve practical problems in business analytics. Students will explore foundational concepts of deep learning, including MLPs (Multi-Layer Perceptrons), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), and advanced architectures like Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), and Transformers. Through lectures, hands-on projects, and real-world datasets, students will develop the skills to design, train, and optimize deep learning models to extract insights and drive decision-making in business contexts.
• MET AD 800: Master's Thesis 1
  Prerequisites: Six completed program courses. An extensive research project culminating in a written paper and oral defense. Research is conducted under intensive faculty supervision. Requires department approval and thesis supervisor from full-time faculty.