Administrative Studies
Note: the courses on this page reflect Summer Term 2008 offerings.
Please check back on December 15 for a list of courses available during Summer Term 2009.
Metropolitan College
MET AC 630 Financial and Managerial Accounting
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems of financial and
managerial accounting. Includes data accumulation, accounting principles, financial
statement analysis, measurement and disclosure issues, cost analysis, budgeting
and control, production costs, and standard costs. 4 cr.
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MET AD 657 Economic Sustainability, Development, and Competitiveness
of a Tourist Destination
This course allows the student to understand and learn how to develop
and manage tourism destinations that have the capability to perform effectively
in an increasingly competitive international marketplace in ways that are environmentally,
socially, and culturally sustainable. Topics include: the evolving nature
of competition and sustainability, dimensions of competitive destination and
sustainable destination, the global macro-environment for tourism, the competitive
micro-environment, core resources and attractors, supporting facilities, and
destination policy, planning, and development. 4 cr.
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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. 4 cr.
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MET AD 733 Leadership in Management
Provides a comprehensive overview of leadership skills and abilities
through an examination of traditional and contemporary models of leadership.
Students examine personal attitudes and perceptions as they relate to their
leadership abilities and explore such areas as team building, motivation and
reward. This course includes a weekend at the Boston University Sargent Center
for Outdoor Education in New Hampshire. The program fee includes
room and board and
transportation for this weekend of experiential learning.
4 cr.
Sargent Center Overview
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MET AD 742 Program and Project Management
Examines concepts and applied techniques for cost-effective management
of both long-term development programs and smaller short-term projects. Special
focus on planning, controlling, and coordinating efforts of multiple individuals
and/or working groups. 4 cr.
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MET AD 745 Competitive Strategies for Dynamic Environments
Reviews the process whereby organizations establish and pursue goals
within internal and external constraints, resources, and opportunities. Topics
include strategy and tactics; the process of strategic choice and adjustment;
resource assessment; environmental and competitor analysis; stakeholders and
values; and strategy implementation, control, and valuation. 4 cr.
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MET AD 754 International Commerce: Middle East
Explores the geopolitical environment of the Middle East and its interaction
with business. This course integrates the cultural impact on trade via governments,
economics systems and local labor. 4 cr.
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MET AD 773 International Business Simulation
Prereq: MET AC 630 and FI 631. Through the use of an international
business simulation, students develop the ability to manage in the shifting international
environment by integrating finance, strategy, and marketing skills to expand
their company globally. By selling, exporting, or manufacturing in up to fourteen
countries the simulation is intended to provide the student with a "real
life" approach to international expansion, environmental stability, inflation
and currency issues, financial operations as well as international sales and
manufacturing issues. The objective of the course is to offer an overview of
the factors affecting global business operations in a stimulating learning environment
that is enjoyable and challenging. Intensive course. 4
cr.
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MET AD 893 Politics, Public Relations and Public Policy: The Boston
Harbor Clean Up
Offers a unique investigation of how business, advocate groups, environmentalists
and government can affect the outcome of large projects through negotiation,
regulatory process and interaction. Students will gain insights into the legal,
social, environmental and historical context that led to the billion dollar
twenty year project that took the Boston Harbor from a sewage infested environment
to a swimmable national park. The instructor, Mr. Berman, has served as communication
director and spokesman for Save the Harbor/Bay for nearly ten years. He is
one of the region's foremost experts on the restoration as well as the flora
and fauna of the Harbor area. Intensive course. 4 cr.
This course was featured in the BU Bridge: Learning
about the Boston Harbor Cleanup from the waterway’s eyes, ears, and
mouthpiece.
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MET FI 631 Financial Analysis
Prereq: MET AC 630. Emphasizes issues of accounting, finance, and
economics that are important in most management contexts. Stresses understanding
financial statements, planning and control, cost and benefit evaluation, cash
flow analysis, and capital budgeting. Permission required. Note: Section A1 is a hybrid course, combining on-campus meetings with online instruction. 4 cr.
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MET FI 709 Case Studies in Current Corporate Financial Topics
Prereq: MET AC 630 and FI 631. Finance forecasting and planning; capital
budgeting, cost of capital, dividend policy, rate of return, and financial aspects
of growth. Readings and extensive use of case studies. 4 cr.
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MET FI 712 Financial Markets and Institutions
Prereq: MET FI 631. Investigation and analysis of organization,
structure, and performance of U.S. money and capital markets and institutions.
Examines regulation of the financial industry and the role of financial instruments.
4 cr.
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MET FI 717 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Mechanics of securities markets, types of available investments, an
introduction to determination of securities values, and portfolio optimization.
Problems of investment policy are approached through studies of portfolio selection
methods and the valuation of special classes of securities (e.g., growth stocks).
4 cr.
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MET FI 744 Venture Capital and Financing Innovation
Prereq: MET AC 630 and FI 631. Provides an analysis of the economics
of innovation and the means by which firms secure the necessary capital to
begin or expand operations. Procedures for raising venture capital through
investment institutions and individuals are discussed. 4 cr.
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MET MG 721 International Business Law
Provides the student with an understanding of different legal systems
as they relate to international business transactions. The course builds the
analytical skills required to evaluate legal processes, law, and legislation-related
events in international business dealings. 4 cr.
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MET TM 670 Multimedia: Tools, Design, and Application
Prereq: MET TM 648. Introduces creative aspects of web design using
application programs such as Flash and Rixio/Adobe multimedia.
Students have an opportunity to develop applications that integrate text content
with video, digital photographs, computer animation, and computer graphics
for website enhancement. Also focuses on the exploration of a range of issues
such as principles of good web design and use of multimedia/Flash in
major business applications. Students create projects that integrate digital
media, digital sound, and computer animation for e-learning, e-commerce, and
related application areas. 4 cr.
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MET TM 750 Supply Chain Management
Provides an overview of the supply chain management process relating to the
major, and often competing, supply chain challenges concerning the simultaneous
standardization and differentiation of consumer preferences for products and
the continued minimization emphasis in supply chains. Topics evolve from historical
supply chains that focused on efficiencies and execution to more competitive
strategy oriented chains that involve getting the “right” products
to the consumer/marketplace at the right quality/price and quantity. Note: This is a hybrid course, combining on-campus meetings with online instruction. 4 cr.
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