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2006-2007 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
School of Management
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As a student in the School of Management, you will develop a strong foundation of professional knowledge, critical awareness, and creative thinking to help you to achieve success in your chosen field.
The School of Management offers students many ways to grow and learn:
- Scholarly Diversity: Our undergraduate degree programs offer majors in Accounting, Business Administration, Business Education, Economics, and Information Technology. In addition, we offer a Master of Science degree in Management and a joint B.S./M.S. in Accounting.
- Teaching Excellence : Our full-time faculty is comprised of highly-respected professionals and scholars, all at the top of their fields.
- Individual Attention: Small class size leads to big ideas. In a School where the student to professor ratio is 12 to 1 and the average class size is 21, you get personalized, individual attention to focus your program and reach your goals.
- Off-Campus Learning: Classroom learning meets the workplace, giving you real-life experience to take with you as you enter your chosen profession. We have many alliances and internship opportunites with organizations in the greater Rochester area.
Nazareth College’s School of Management offers all these, and more. Become a student of the School and let us help you to achieve your personal and professional goals. Accounting
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ACT 501 - Advanced Accounting Theory
The course is intended for the graduate student who has completed
intermediate and advanced topics in accounting. The overall objective
is to identify significant elements of accounting theory and relate
these elements to significant problem areas in accounting.
Credits: 3
ACT 503 - Advanced Tax
The course will have an emphasis on tax concepts and the income
taxation of individuals. Tax research procedure will be covered and
practiced as part of the course.
Credits: 3
ACT 505 - Advanced Auditing
The course will provide thorough coverage of the theory and practice of
auditing using both the transactional cycle and account balance
approaches. It will emphasize the development of judgment by the
auditor and other factors in decision-making.
Credits: 3
Business Education
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Additional/Professional Certification Program(s)
Inital Certification Program
BED 558 - Methods of Teaching Business I
Principles of business education with a focuson the New York State Learning Standards andcurricula. Topics include the history of businesseducation, inclusive strategies and methods ofteaching the basic business subjects. Students will maintainjournals and are required to document theirlearning in a philosophical essay. Course offeredspring semester only; taken the spring beforestudent teaching. 35 fieldwork required.
Credits: 3
BED 566 - Methods of Teaching Skills Subjects
Methods of teaching advanced keyboarding,
electronic information processing and business
communications. Includes strategies for teaching
business computer courses, instructional inclusion
strategies and classroom management. Students
will be required to design, execute and document
a conceptually based unit of instruction that
demonstrates an understanding of the
constructivist approach to learning. Course
offered fall semester only; taken in the fall of
the student teaching semester.
Credits: 2
BED 568 - Methods of Teaching Marketing and Law
Methods of teaching consumer economics, retailing,
salesmanship, management, business law and the
cooperative work experience program. Inclusive
strategies and classroom management are also
discussed. Students will be required to design,
execute and document a conceptually based unit of
instruction that demonstrates the understanding of
the constructivist approach to learning. Course
offered fall semester only; taken in the fall of
the student teaching semester.
Credits: 2
BED 612 - Organization and Administration of Work Experience Programs
An examination of work experience programs in New
York State; history and development of programs
and future prospects; expansion and implementation
of areas of occupational education; organizational
and administrative patterns and techniques;
involvement of business community in establishing
competency standards and assessment procedures.
Credits: 3
BED 618 - Supervision and Coordination in Diversified Cooperative Occupational Education
The organization, development, coordination, and
supervision of cooperative vocational education
programs including business and marketing
education and diversified cooperative programs
under current legislation. May be used for
certification in Diversified Cooperative Education
with other supporting course work-BED 612.
Credits: 3
BED 665 - Student Teaching and Seminar
Full-time teaching experience provides direct andsupervised experience in a business educationclassroom. Students will assume increasingresponsibility for instructional planning,teaching and evaluating in a businessclassroom. Students will have a placement that includes all grade levels (9-12). Please
note than an additional “Application for Student Teaching” (available from the Office of Field Placement Services or on the Nazareth Website)) is due 6-8 months prior to student
teaching, accordinging to the schedule published in the Graduate Course
Schedule Brochure. Student teachingis available only in the Fall semester. 20 hours fieldwork required.
Credits: 6
BED 699 - Master’s Portfolio Presentation
Degree candidates must successfully complete and exhibit a master’s portfolio
at the time of completion of the graduate program
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite: EDU690
Credits: 0
Human Resource Management
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HRM 520 - Human Resource Management
This
course is intended to provide an overview
of the human resource
management function in the
modern organization. Special
emphasis is given
to improving productivity,
quality of work
life and fair treatment of
employees.
Credits: 3
HRM 525 - Managing Human Resource Issues
The course focuses on the
management of a
multicultural workforce.
Special attention is
given to issues
affecting an organization’s
human resources such
as flexible career paths,
sexual harassment, substance
abuse, the impact
of mergers and acquisitions,
and restructuring.
Credits: 3
HRM 530 - Legal Environment of Human Resources
Students will explore the
complex and ever
changing regulatory
context in which human
resources managers operate.
The role of human
resource professionals as
experts on human
resource legislation,
educators and advocates for
the creation of progressive
policy will be
examined, along with
the global implications of
legal regulation.
Credits: 3
HRM 535 - Organizational Development and Change
Students
will examine the role of human resource
management as a change agent
for the organization
and the individuals who work
in it. Traditional
and progressive perspectives
of organizational
development will be studies,
in addition to the
methods used for training and
developing employees
at all levels.
Credits: 3
HRM 540 - Workforce Planning and Placement
Students will learn
about the challenges of
designing and managing a
successful staffing
process. The course operates
from the perspective
that effective planning,
sourcing, and selection
of human resources is a key
driver of an
organization’s ability to
achieve its strategic
objectives.
Credits: 3
HRM 550 - Compensation and Benefits
Students
will be introduced to the traditional and
emerging approaches for
compensating and rewarding
employees. The behavioral
science implications of
compensation, as well as
diversity and
globalization are examined as
they relate to
compensation and benefits.
Credits: 3
HRM 560 - Training and Development
Students
will examine the role of training and
development in achieving
organizational
objectives. Needs assessment,
design, methods,
techniques, and evaluation are
some of the issues
to be explored through the
course.
Credits: 3
HRM 565 - Labor Relations
The course will
introduce students to the past,
present, and emerging issues
in labor and
management relations. Students
will examine
the collective
bargaining process and related
issues from a domestic and
global perspective.
Credits: 3
HRM 595 - Strategic Human Resources Management
The
course is a comprehensive experience
designed to integrate the
knowledge and skill
acquired through core and
elective courses. Case
analysis, project management,
and research will
play an important role in the
course. Students
will also examine the
future of human resource
management and the
critical issues and trends
facing the field.
Credits: 3
Management
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BED 640 - Transition Planning and Services for Adolescents With Disabilities
An overview of current and emerging models of transition planning and services for adolescents. Will focus on how to assist students, in collaboration with parents and professionals, in planning for transition from school to employment, post-secondary education, and community living with maximum opportunities for decision-making and full participation in the community. 15 hours fieldwork required.
Credits: 3
MGT 505 - Quality Management
Students
will explore the basic principles of
total quality management and
its impact on the
management of people and
organizations. Students
will work in teams to gain
initial experience in
problem solving, using
statistical and management
quality techniques.
Credits: 3
MGT 507 - Advanced Marketing Management
Students
will study marketing principles and will
apply them to case studies
involving various
marketing problems. Students
will also gain a
working knowledge of marketing
management from
guest speakers, who will offer
expertise in
specific areas.
Credits: 3
MGT 509 - Financial Management
The
study of concepts and principles of
financial management. Topics include: financial
statement, analysis, cash
flows, risk and return
analysis, cost of capital,
budgeting, and
financial planning.
Credits: 3
MGT 511 - Information Systems Management
The
study of management information system
concepts through the
examination of both
traditional and modern
software methodologies.
Students will gain hands-on
experience in
designing and managing
information
systems.
Credits: 3
MGT 513 - Globalization and Cultural Competency
Students
will benchmark and enhance their
competencies in the effective
management of
challenge and issues facing
organizations in the
current global environment.
Students will have the
opportunity to critically
explore, clarify, and
test their own conceptual
frames, attitudes,
values, and behavioral
patterns which are rooted
in one’s cultural context.
Credits: 3
MGT 515 - Organizational Performance and Design
An
examination of design and management of
organizational structures and
systems. Students
will use case analysis to
learn how to evaluate an
organization and how to
improve its efficiency.
Credits: 3
MGT 525 - Managing Human Resource Issues
Focuses
on the management of a multicultural
workforce, with special
attention to issues
affecting an organization’s
human resources.
Issues such as flexible career
paths, sexual
harassment, substance abuse,
and the impact of
mergers, acquisitions, and
restructuring will be
considered.
Credits: 3
MGT 527 - Ethics and the Practice of Management
Students
will explore the complex role of ethical
considerations in management
decision-making.
Students will read relevant
philosophical texts
and will complete case studies
to consider
related ethical problems in
business.
Credits: 3
MGT 529 - Organizational Psychology
This
course will focus on the study of human
behavior in organizations,
including the analysis
of individual and group
processes in
organizational settings. Understanding and
improving the performance of
individuals and the
organizations in which they
work are the main
purposes.
Credits: 3
MGT 531 - Leadership and Management
Will
help provide students with the
concepts, models and
techniques of leadership.
Participants will apply their
own development
process in building and
supporting teams,
organizations, and people.
Credits: 3
MGT 543 - Business Research Methods
Students
will study the systematic and objective
process for gathering,
recording, and analyzing
data to aid in making
management decisions.
Credits: 3
MGT 549 - Intellectual Property Management
The
purpose of the course is to explore the legal
and managerial problems
surrounding the
development, capture,
protection and exploitation
of intellectual property in a
global business
environment.
Credits: 3
MGT 551 - Human Effects of Technology
An
exploration of the impact of modern technology
on human society and the
management of
organizations. A sensitivity to the broader world
will be emphasized as the
course touches on
philosophy, law, history,
sociology, psychology,
and ethics.
Credits: 3
MGT 560 - Managing and Teamwork
Students
will examine the team concept, the value
of teams, the team building
process, group
dynamics, team implementation,
barriers to team
performance, and top
management’s role in building
the high performance
organization.
Credits: 3
MGT 569 - Motivation Dynamics
This
course will cover theory and application of
various ways of motivating
individuals in
organizations, the roles and
functions of
leadership, the
responsibilities of the
individual, and the positive
outcomes for
understanding motivational
environments in a
developing multi-cultural
workforce.
Credits: 3
MGT 604 - Project Management
This
course is designed to provide students with
an understanding of project
management theory and
a working knowledge of the
tools used for project
planning, scheduling, and
control.
Credits: 3
MGT 610 - Executive Lecture Series
Students
will interact with senior level
executives from a variety of
industries and
organizations. The primary
purpose is to identify
similarities and differences
that exist in the
management and leadership
styles of successful
executives. Students will also
attempt to identify
the skills, knowledge and
outlook needed to
successfully guide
organizations in the 21st
century.
Credits: 3
MGT 650 - Advanced Strategic Management
A study
of techniques of strategic management and
their applicability to a wide
range of
organizations. This course is a comprehensive
experience designed to
integrate the knowledge and
skills acquired through core
and elective courses.
Case studies and research will
play a large part
in the course’s final
evaluation. (Students
should have completed 27
credit hours before
taking this course.)
Credits: 3
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