2018-19 Graduate Academic Catalog

2018–19 Graduate Academic Catalog Page 65 Graduate-Level Course Descriptions EDU-7950 – INNV-6280 EDU-7950 Research Thesis in Education 3 hours Students develop an organized scientific contribution or comprehensive analysis of a theory and/or practice in a specific area of education. Thesis topic must be approved by the graduate advisor or thesis committee. Credit may be earned over a period of several semesters. Prerequisite: EDU-7200 Research Design. EDU-7965 Continuing Research 0-1 hours This course provides continuous registration for both Research Thesis and/or Research Project. Students will be permitted to register for this course for zero credits in the two terms following the thesis or project course. Subsequent registrations for this course will be as a 1 credit hour graduate course. Prerequisites: ECS-7900 Applied Research Project in Curriculum, Instructional and Personnel Development or ECS-7950 Research Thesis in Curriculum, Instructional, and Personnel Development; EDA-7900 Applied Research Project in Educational Administration or EDA- 7950 Research Thesis in Educational Administration; EDU-7900 Applied Research Project in Education or EDU-7950 Research Thesis in Educational Administration. F Finance (FIN) FIN-6500 Executive Financial Management 3 hours This course focuses on the critical financial issues and decisions facing organizational leaders and business executives. Key concepts covered in the course iclude analysis of financial statements, time value of money, cost of capital, working capital management, and cash flow forecasting. Using these tools, students will learn to evaluate and determine the value of organizations and proposed capital projects. Prerequisite: ACCT- 6300 Accounting for Business Executives. H Healthcare (HLCA) HLCA-6300 Healthcare Systems 3 hours An introduction to healthcare delivery, focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts. Includes a comparison of the U.S. healthcare system with those of other countries. In addition, there is a brief overview of global health issues and public health policies. HLCA-6310 Healthcare Policy and Data Analysis 3 hours The goal of this course is to explore current issues impacting the U.S. healthcare system. Governmental, environmental, and economic realities serve as the impetus driving the healthcare industry. This course will help graduates understand the perspectives of these varied stakeholdrs. Students will learn how to leverage big data to make data-driven decisions and the benefits and challenges wrought by health information technology. HLCA-6320 Quality Management in Healthcare 3 hours The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the concepts and methodologies of quality improvement across the healthcare continuum. This course focuses on the vision, strategy, and tools relating to healthcare improvement. The course will introduce and explore the evolution of quality including definitions, principles, theories, and practices. The student is introduced to and applies a diverse collection of methods of quality improvement. HLCA-6700 Ethical Issues in Healthcare 3 hours This course will examine the various elements of healthcare compliance, including: occupational safety, security, patient and employment confidentiality/data protection, audit, HIPAA, and internal codes of conduct. The course will also examine emerging ethical issues and dilemmas that healthcare managers face. NOTE: For those students electing the healthcare concentration, this course substitutes (not replaces) for the M.B.A. course MGMT- 6700 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business. I Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INNV) INNV-6200 3 hours Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation This course will cover the practice of identifying “problems worth solving” by analyzing trends and changes in the marketplace caused by technology disruption, regulatory changes, societal shifts and more. Students will study historical disruptions and opportunities to better understand what factors to look for in the current market of “contemporary problems and opportunities” that could be addressed through innovation. INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation 3 hours Creative problem-solving is one of the most critical skills that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to be successful. New solutions will require new thinking. Students will study and practice a wide and diverse body of work that will include subjects like: creating and managing an innovative working culture, understanding disparate thinking styles, divergent and convergent thinking, empathetic thinking, and creating rapid prototypes to test ideas. Prerequisite: INNV-6200 Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation. INNV-6270 3 hours Business Modeling and New Venture Creation Students will learn how to quickly and effectively map a business model and/or business venture onto a visual-based- learning, nine-tiled “canvas” using it as both a diagnostic tool for missing components, but also as an idea-development tool. This process will address all nine “tiles” on the widely-used “business model canvas” tool currently being used in the innovation market place. Further students will be challenged with five “elements” from one of the Edisionian core competencies called “Super Value Creation.” Prerequisite: INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation. INNV-6280 Creativity to Entrepreneurship 3 hours This course synthesizes the cumulative curriculum for the MBA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration and will serve as the capstone. The course will provide a learning experience that integrates across all courses within it. It will involve analysis of a situation concerning a new enterprise — an original venture or within a larger enterprise — to develop a business model, product, design and to compare against alternative business models so as to identify potential opportunities and challenges. Ultimately the course will assemble findings and culminate in a presentation of findings and proposed solutions. Prerequisites: INNV-6200 Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation; INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation; INNV-6270 Business Modeling and New Venture Creation.