Administrative Sciences

Metropolitan College

  • Business Analytics Foundations

    MET AD 571

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    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Social Media Marketing

    MET AD 576

    This course is designed to help you understand how marketing has (and has not) changed due to the rise of social media and changes in various underlying contextual factors, such as dramatically increased speed of information dissemination across consumers and brands. The overarching goal is to obtain a clear perspective on digital/social/mobile marketing so that you can appreciate its true value to consumers, to managers, and to other corporate stakeholders. It will equip you with the relevant knowledge, perspectives, and practical skills required to develop marketing strategies that leverage the opportunities inherent in social media and consumer-to-consumer social interactions for achieving business and marketing goals. 4 cr. Tuition: $3260

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Introduction to Python and SQL for Business Analytics

    MET AD 599

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    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Operations Management: Business Process Fundamentals

    MET AD 605

    Provides students with the analytical tools to analyze, manage, and improve manufacturing, service, and business processes. Coverage includes various options to lower operational costs and improve responsiveness to customers' needs, including operating system design, product and service design, capacity analysis and buffering, waiting line optimization, and process quality analysis using statistical approaches. Quantitative methods include application of stochastic simulation, analysis of random outcomes, statistical analysis routines (confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, machine learning), system reliability analysis, and statistical process control. The Deming philosophy of management, Lean operations principles, and Six Sigma process improvement methodologies form the underlying foundation of the course coverage. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Enterprise Risk Management

    MET AD 610

    Examines the management issues involved with assessing the security and risk environments in both the private and public sectors in order to assure continuous system-wide operations. Explores the elements of operational and technological risk assessment and operational continuity using a project management framework and quantitative risk metrics. Students are exposed to the role of the firm in crisis response and management as well as the terms, systems, and interactions necessary to assure continuous operations. Topics include the role and need for comprehensive assurance strategy and planning; information security; an overview of the system-wide structure; the social and emotional impact on the workforce as well as its effect on productivity; and the organizational infrastructure relating to national, regional, and international compliance. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Enterprise Risk Planning and Compliance

    MET AD 613

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    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Enterprise Risk Analytics

    MET AD 616

    Prereq: (MET AD 571). Offers an overview of the key current and emerging enterprise risk analytical approaches used by corporations and governmental institutions, and focuses on understanding and implementing the enterprise risk management framework to leverage the opportunities around a firm to increase firm value. The major risk categories of enterprise risk management such as financial risk, strategic risk, and operational risk are discussed, along with risk analytics approaches for each of these risks. Students learn how to use interlinked data-inputs, analytics models, business statistics, optimization techniques, simulation, and decision-support tools. An integrated enterprise risk analytics approach is demonstrated with examples from different functional areas of the enterprise. R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Financial and Managerial Accounting

    MET AD 630

    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. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Financial Concepts

    MET AD 632

    Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems of accounting and financial analysis. Includes accounting principles, measurement and disclosure issues, financial statement analysis, time value of money, cash flow projection and analysis, capital budgeting and project evaluation, bond and equity valuation, cost of capital and capital structure. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Quantitative Reasoning II, Critical Thinking. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Project Management

    MET AD 642

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    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Project Communications Management

    MET AD 643

    Examines the increasing importance of leadership and communications in projects. Since project outcomes and the delivery of value are accomplished through teams of people, the course aims to improve the capability of a project manager to become a project leader and to excel at motivating and inspiring their teams. Students begin by gaining a better understanding of their own social, leadership, and communications styles. Self-awareness is key to the course. Topics include motivation, conflict management, negotiation skills, and the Agile principles of stewardship and servant leadership. Grounded in the use of tools, the course provides students with templates to enhance team collaboration and communication. The course also addresses more contemporary issues in PM, including resolving ambiguity and complexity, the use of improvised working styles, sustainable PM, and issues around power and politics within the project. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Project Risk and Cost Management

    MET AD 644

    Prereq: (MET PM 100). Introduces students to macro and micro approaches to project cost estimation. Case studies of both pre-project and in-process estimating cover some of the more common perils of human irrationality associated with project estimation to help develop more sensible, achievable project outcomes. Students learn how to manage both project cost and schedule objectives throughout their projects using the Earned Value and Earned Schedule Measurement Systems. Students then study risk management through an examination of both individual and overall project risk, and apply their learnings using advanced risk management software in an actual case study. Students also study project quality management, procurement/contract management, and project ethics and professional conduct using case study scenarios. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Portfolio and Program Management

    MET AD 646

    Prereq: (MET PM 100 & MET PM 200). Focuses on the relationship among portfolios, programs, and projects, and the important strategic objectives of each endeavor. Designed to assist students in developing a program management framework, policy, and organizational structure. Students develop skills and techniques for chartering constituent projects, directing and managing program execution, and managing the program team and stakeholders. The global legal, economic, cultural, and political environments in which projects operate are contrasted, and mechanisms for resolving conflicts are addressed. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Ecommerce

    MET AD 648

    Examine the history of e-commerce, along with key concepts related to how businesses can successfully utilize Internet and Web technologies. You will be introduced to the concepts and challenges of electronic commerce. Topics include a comparison of e-commerce procedures, payment mechanisms, applications across various industry sectors, security concerns, and the challenges of starting and maintaining an online business. Additionally, e-commerce practices will be compared with traditional business models. The development of a WordPress-themed website is a minor feature of the course. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Marketing Analytics

    MET AD 654

    Prereq: (MET AD 100 & MET ADR 100 & MET AD 571). Examines the foundations of modern marketing analytics and offers students the opportunity to develop their abilities to select, apply, and interpret readily available data on customer purchase behavior, new customer acquisition, current customer retention, and marketing mix optimization. Explores approaches and techniques to support the managerial decision-making process and skills in using state-of-the-art statistical and analytics tools. Students gain a basic understanding of how transaction and descriptive data are used to construct customer segmentation schemas, build and calibrate predictive models, and quantify the incremental impact of specific marketing actions. Python, R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • International Business, Economics, and Cultures

    MET AD 655

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    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Financial Regulation and Ethics

    MET AD 678

    Thoroughly reviews the important topics of financial regulations, policies, and ethics. Provides an overview of the financial systems, their history, problems, and issues, for the purpose of understanding the enactment of regulations as a method to protect the financial systems and investors. Regulators and their authority are identified, both domestically and internationally. Ethics, an extremely important aspect of finance, is discussed and explored. Ethics is a difficult topic to define and can be impacted by social norms. During the ethics portion of the course, students study where ethics have failed and caused major issues for the financial marketplace and individual companies. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Global Supply Chains

    MET AD 680

    Covers the quantitative analysis tools to support operations management for a supply chain that is geographically dispersed and culturally diverse. Discusses the tools necessary to assure that the products/services are delivered/provided in the quality and timely manner, including demand forecasting, inventory and capacity buffer optimization, delayed differentiation, statistical risk pooling, and stochastic inventory optimization. These tools are then applied to decisions such as offshoring, multi-country outsourcing, push-pull, reverse supply chains, and risk mitigation. Particular attention is given to sustainability, information technology and digitalization, and creating resiliency. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Quantitative Methods for Finance

    MET AD 685

    Prereq: (MET ADR 100 Introduction to R). Finance is a highly competitive and dynamic industry that demands quantitative-oriented professionals. This course equips students with empirical techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets, with a strong focus on financial applications using actual data. The goal of this course is to provide students with a number of econometric techniques which are used in the analysis of financial markets based on asset pricing and corporate finance models. In particular, the emphasis is on classical linear regression models, time series analysis, and limited dependent variable models applied to the following topics: predictability of asset returns; event study analysis; econometric tests of the CAPM and multifactor models; and volatility modeling. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Web Analytics for Business

    MET AD 688

    Prereq: (MET AD 100 & MET ADR 100 & MET AD 571). Explores web analytics, text mining, web mining, and practical application domains. The web analytics part of the course studies the metrics of websites, their content, user behavior, and reporting. The Google analytics tool is used for collection of website data and doing the analysis. The text mining module covers the analysis of text including content extraction, string matching, clustering, classification, and recommendation systems. The web mining module presents how web crawlers process and index the content of web sites, how search works, and how results are ranked. Application areas mining the social web and game metrics are extensively investigated. R, SQL, and Power BI software are used in this course. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Data Mining for Business Analytics

    MET AD 699

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    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Case Studies in Current Corporate Financial Topics

    MET AD 709

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 630, MET AD 731 - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). Utilizes analytical methods for financial forecasting, cost of capital calculation, rate of return analysis, use of derivatives instruments, business growth management, discounted cash flow analysis, corporate valuation, mergers and acquisitions, and evaluation of bankruptcy proceedings. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Financial Markets and Institutions

    MET AD 712

    Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Derivative Securities and Markets

    MET AD 713

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 630, MET AD 731 - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Mergers and Acquisitions

    MET AD 714

    Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Quantitative and Qualitative Decision-Making

    MET AD 715

    Considers how to improve business problem solving and managerial decision-making through the use of quantitative and qualitative decision-making tools and techniques. Provides an overview of how decisions are made to solve management problems in the business environment. Introduces the fundamental concepts and methodologies of the decision-making process, problem-solving, decision analysis, data collection, probability distribution, evaluation, and prediction methods. Students 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 are described. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

    MET AD 717

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 731 - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Fixed Income Analysis

    MET AD 719

    Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Corporate Finance

    MET AD 731

    Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET AD 630 - Prereq: (MET AD 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Innovative Marketing Techniques

    MET AD 737

    Provides a theoretical understanding of the internet marketplace, which is necessary to adapt to its many changes. Equips students with the skills needed to perform vital daily functions. Includes discussions of both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) and examines 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • The Innovation Process: Developing New Products and Services

    MET AD 741

    Addresses the specifics of new product and service development and fostering innovation and technology to increase performance. Topics include generating and screening initial ideas; assessing user needs and interests; forecasting results; launching and improving products and programs; and bringing innovation to commercial reality. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 1 (May 19-June 25)

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  • Multinational Finance and Trade

    MET AD 763

    Graduate Prerequisites: (METAD731) - Prereq: (MET AD 630 & MET AD 731). 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. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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  • Project Value Strategies

    MET AD 782

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    Summer 1 (May 20-June 27)

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  • Principles and Best Practices in Project, Program, and Portfolio Management

    MET AD 807

    This course is one of the last courses that a student in the master's degree project management program is required to take. Students are expected to carry out independent research on a relevant topic in the area of project management under the supervision of the instructor. This course focuses on emerging trends and reviews unique methodologies and approaches to project management. Students are exposed to research methods and practice that contributes to original research in the emerging project management areas. Approval of the instructor is required. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

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  • Market and Economic Research and Analysis

    MET AD 856

    Provides a comprehensive overview of market and economic research and analysis, their key concepts, process description, qualitative and quantitative techniques for market research and data analysis, and application scenarios. Students gain an appreciation for some of the breadth and depth of this subject and its significance for the business enterprise--both from start-up entrepreneurship as well as from an established business organization. The structure of the course is based on the six steps of the market research process: problem definition; development of an approach to the problem; research design formulation; fieldwork and data collection; data preparation and qualitative and quantitative analysis; report preparation and presentation. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

    Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

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