COB Grad Student Course Reference Guide
Course Reference Guide (CRG) Graduate Programs
**Summer Courses are Subject to Cancellation Based on Enrollment**
This document represents a guide for College of Business graduate students to utilize for on-campus and online course program planning. Please consult COB registration email notices and the Schedule of Classes each term for any adjustments to the offerings. Course offerings are subject to change. Summer courses are subject to cancellation based on enrollment.
Accounting
Course Title: Developing & Interpreting Financial Information
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. No Credit Toward Program for BBA-MSA 4+1 option students admitted to MSA F22 or later with ACC 505 TX exemption.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Special Note: No credit toward program for BBA/MSA 4+1 students admitted to the MSA program in Fall 2022 or later with an ACC 505 exemption.
Course Title: Financial Reporting
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: No credit toward program for BBA/MSA 4+1 students admitted to the MSA program in Fall 2022 or later with an ACC 514 TX exemption.
Course Title: Intermediate Financial Accounting III
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 514.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (daytime offering, however it will be offered during the evening in Fall 2026), Summer (it will not be offered in Summer 2026.)
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: No credit for both ACC 416 and ACC 516. Double counts in BBA/MSA 4+1 option
Course Title: Not-for-Profit and Advanced Accounting
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505.
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter 2027, Summer
Special Note: No credit for both ACC 439 and ACC 539. Double counts in BBA/MSA 4+1 program. Recommended for CPA Exam.
Course Title: Cost Management
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter 2027 (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: No credit toward program for BBA/MSA 4+1 students admitted to the MSA program in Fall 2022 or later with an ACC 555 exemption. Double counts in BBA/MSA 4+1 program.
Course Title: Auditing
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: No credit toward program for BBA/MSA 4+1 students admitted to the MSA program in Fall 2023 or later with an ACC 557 exemption. Double counts in BBA/MSA 4+1 program.
Course Title: Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (daytime offerings), Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: No credit toward program for BBA/MSA 4+1 students admitted to the MSA program in Fall 2023 or later with an ACC 560 exemption. Double counts in BBA/MSA 4+1 program.
Course Title: Accounting Information Systems
Special Note: No longer being offered in the College of Business. Please work with the Graduate Student Services team for alternate options.
Course Title: Information Technology Auditing
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505 or ISM 525 or MIS 525 or CIS 200 or CIS 201 or CIS 564 or IMSE 570 or EMGT 570.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: Recommended for the CPA exam.
Course Title: Management Control Systems
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and ACC 505
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter 2027
Special Note: Recommended for the CPA exam.
Course Title: Financial Statement Analysis
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing; mathematics admission prerequisite; ACC 505; and FIN 531 at least concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Audit Analytics
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing; ACC 557; and BA 510 at least concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter 2027
Special Note: Recommended for CPA exam
Course Title: Advanced Federal Income Taxation
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing; ACC 560; and BA 510 at least concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: Campus (Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: Recommended for CPA exam
Business Administration
Course Title: Intro to Business Analytics
Course Prerequisites: Graduate standing and mathematics admission prerequisite
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer 2026 (tests meet online-synchronous)
Course Title: AI Fundamentals for Business
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer 2026
Course Title: Programming and Data Structure with Python
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (not being offered in Winter 2026), Fall
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Managerial Decision Making
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not in Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Summer (Full Term)
Course Title: Business Disruption in the Digital Age: Machine Learning, Platforms & the Crowd
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Organization Dysfunction & Wealth Effects
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and OB 510
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Course Title: Firm Value and Market Reactions
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; & FIN 531
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: No credit for both ACC 616 and BA 616.
Course Title: Experiential Project
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing; BA 510 or DS 520; and permission of instructor and advisor.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Graduate Research
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing in COB; and permission of advisor & department chairperson
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Graduate Seminar
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing in COB. Courses prerequisites vary by topic
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Online Term Offerings: None
Business Economics
Course Title: Economic Analysis: Firm & Consumer
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and mathematics admissions prerequisite
Campus Term Offerings: Fall
Online Term Offerings: Winter, Summer
Course Title: The Global Economy: Crisis & Growth
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite, ACC 505 (at least concurrently), BE 530, BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514, and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Special Note: No credit for both BE 580 and BE 583.
Business Internship
Course Title: Business Internship
Course Prerequisites: Graduate standing & permission of internship director
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Online Term Offerings:
Special Note: Credit hours for this course range from 1-3 credit hours. Please consult the COB Graduate Student Services team for more information.
Business Policy & Strategy
Course Title: Stakeholder-Centric Management
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Course Title: Advanced Strategy in Action
Course Prerequisites: ACC 505; FIN 531; OB 510; MKT 515; (OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520); (BA 510 or BA 520 or BPS 516); (BE 583 or FIN 655 or MKT 622 or OB 610); and (BA 605 or BA 607 or BA 611 or BA 616.)
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Decision Sciences
Course Title: Applied Statistics Modeling
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and mathematics admissions prerequisite
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter (not Winter 2027), Summer (hybrid - mostly online Summer 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Fall (not Fall 2026), Winter (not Winter 2027)
Special Note: No credit towards degree for dual MBA/MSE-I&SE program
Course Title: Prescriptive Business Analytics
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and mathematics admissions prerequisite
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026), Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: No credit towards degree for dual MBA/MSE-I&SE program
Course Title: Applied Forecasting with Python
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; and DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter (Not Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Decision Analysis and Simulation
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; and DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026), Winter (not in Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Machine Learning for Business Intelligence
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560; and DS 570 or IMSE 500
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026), Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Business Analytics Experience Capstone
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admission prerequisite; and DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560; and DS 570 or IMSE 500; and BA 530 or DS 630; and DS 633. DS 631 can be taken concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: None planned in Fall or Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Finance
Course Title: Finance Fundamentals and Value Creation
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505, and BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 at least concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter 2027 (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Course Title: Advanced Corporate Finance
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Not Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Summer, Fall
Course Title: Corporate Valuation and Strategy
Course Prerequisites: FIN 581
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Course Title: Investment Process, Analysis & Management
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Not offered in Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Course Title: Derivatives and Risk Management
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management
Course Prerequisites: FIN 651; and BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Banking, Insurance, and Fintech
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter odd years (Not Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Course Title: International Financial Management
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BE 530; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Winter, Summer
Course Title: Fixed Income Securities
Course Prerequisites: Mathematics admissions prerequisite; ACC 505; BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514; and FIN 531.
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter (Not offered in Winter 2026)
Course Title: Investment Fund Management
Course Prerequisites: FIN 531 (must get department chairperson approval), FIN 651 without department chair approval.
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: No credit for both FIN 457 and FIN 657
Course Title: Algorithmic Finance using Python
Course Prerequisites: BA 510 or DS 520; BA 530; and FIN 531
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: None
Human Resource Management
Course Title: Human Resource Management
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Course Title: Compensation & HR Analytics
Course Prerequisites: DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560; and HRM 561
Campus Term Offerings: Winter odd years
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Legal Issues in Managing People
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Information Systems Management
Course Title: Fundamentals of Information Systems
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Special Note: Not credit for both MIS 525 and ISM 525
Course Title: Information and Database Management
Course Prerequisites: ISM 525 or MIS 525 at least concurrently
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: Not credit for both MIS 575 and ISM 575
Course Title: AI Applications Development
Course Prerequisites: BA 520
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (not offered in Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Fall 2026
Course Title: Cybersecurity and Networking
Course Prerequisites: ISM 525 or MIS 525
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: Not credit for both MIS 642 and ISM 642
Course Title: IT Strategies and Opportunities
Course Prerequisites: ISM 525 or MIS 525 at least concurrently
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Not Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: None
Special Note: Not credit for both MIS 644 and ISM 644
Course Title: Advanced Technologies in Business
Course Prerequisites: BA 530; and ISM 580
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: System Development and Data Quality
Course Prerequisites: ISM 525 or MIS 525
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Summer (not offered online in Summer 2026)
Special Note: Not credit for both MIS 644 and ISM 644. Starting in Summer 2027, this course will be only be offered in the summer semesters.
Law & Environment
Course Title: Commercial Transactions
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: Recommended for CPA exam.
Marketing
Course Title: Marketing Management
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Course Title: Sales Management and Personal Selling
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515
Campus Term Offerings: Winter 2027, Summer 2027 (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: Summer
Course Title: Digital Marketing
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Not Fall 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Graduate Marketing Research
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515; and BA 510 or DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514 or STAT 530 or STAT 535 or STAT 555 or STAT 560
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Understanding Customers
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515 or HCDE 510
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Course Title: Advanced Marketing Management
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515 or HCDE 510
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter
Course Title: Advertising and Promotion
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Summer
Course Title: Global Marketing
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515
Campus Term Offerings: No scheduled offerings at this time
Online Term Offerings: No scheduled offerings at this time
Course Title: Marketing Analytics and AI
Course Prerequisites: MKT 515; and BA 510 or DS 520
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (not offered in Winter 2027)
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Organizational Behavior
Course Title: Organization Behavior
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter, Summer
Course Title: Global Management and Cross-Cultural Strategies
Course Prerequisites: OB 510
Campus Term Offerings: Winter even years (not offered on campus in Winter 2026)
Online Term Offerings: Winter odd years, Winter 2026
Operations Management
Course Title: Operations Management
Course Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Campus Term Offerings: Fall (Hybrid), Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Winter
Special Note: No credit for both OM 521 and IMSE 580 and EMGT 520. No credit toward degree for dual MBA-MSE-I&SE program.
Course Title: Supply Chain Management
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520 at least concurrently.
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: Fall
Special Note: No credit for both OM 571 and IMSE 5655
Course Title: Supply Chain Analytics
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: Winter
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Supply Chain Logistics Management
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: Fall
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Product Development and Technology Management
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Fall, Summer (even years, but not Summer 2026)
Course Title: Lean and Six Sigma
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520; and DS 520 or IMSE 510 or IMSE 514
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter, Summer (odd years, but being offered in Summer 2026)
Course Title: Strategic Sourcing
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: Winter (Hybrid)
Online Term Offerings: None
Course Title: Enterprise Resource Management in Supply Chain Management
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Summer
Course Title: Sustainable Operations
Course Prerequisites: OM 521 or IMSE 580 or EMGT 520
Campus Term Offerings: None
Online Term Offerings: Winter