Course Syllabi Archive
Browse and download selected PDF copies of syllabi for Ross School of Business courses from Winter 2008 through Winter 2009.
Older course syllabi are provided as a courtesy for Ross School of Business students in selecting electives and anticipating what the course experience will be like. As it is common for courses to continually change, please use these resources as guides only.
For information on current course offerings, visit the Course Descriptions section of the Ross website.
Select a department or subject area:
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Business Economics
- Business Information Technology
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurial Studies
- Finance
- Industrial and Operations Engineering
- Law, History & Communication
- Marketing
- Management and Organizations
- Operations and Management Science
- Strategy
Accounting
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- ACC 899: Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary Accounting Issues
MBA/MAcc Expand/Collapse List
- ACC 501: Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACC 502: Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACC 551: Principles of Managerial Accounting
- ACC 552: Management Accounting
- ACC 560: Federal Taxation and Managerial Decisions
- ACC 561: Federal Taxation I
- ACC 564: Corporate Financial Reporting
- ACC 601: Accounting Information System Design
- ACC 624: Federal Taxation II
- ACC 624: Advanced Financial Accounting
- ACC 630: Auditing and Assurance
- ACC 640: Advanced Management Accounting
- ACC 650: Cost Management Systems
- ACC 695: MAcc Graduate Research Seminar
- ACC 712: Financial Statement Analysis
- ACC 725: Applied Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- ACC 271: Principles of Accounting I
- ACC 272: Principles of Accounting II
- ACC 312: Intermediate Financial Accounting
- ACC 315: Cost Accounting
- ACC 317: Federal Taxation and Managerial Decisions
- ACC 318: Financial Statement Analysis
- ACC 471: Accounting Principles
Business Administration
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- BA 830: Teaching Fundamentals
- BA 831: Teaching Practicum
- BA 850: Empirical Research Methods
- BA 855: Fundamentals of Investment Decisions with Symmetric Information
- BA 860: Behavioral Research Methods
- BA 865: Asymmetric Information
- BA 870: Research Methods in the Behavioral & Social Sciences
- BA 875: Applied Industrial Economics
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- BA 499: Doing Business in German
- BA 512: Ethics of Corporate Management
- BA 517: Real Estate Essentials
- BA 518: Business of Biology
- BA 519: Managing the Nonprofit Organization
- BA 523: Comprehensive Health Care Strategies
- BA 525: Erb Institute Seminar
- BA 612: Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid
- BA 615: Decision Management
- BA 675: Social Entrepreneurship: Business Tools for Enhanced Social Impact
- BA 685: International Business Immersion
Business Economics
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- BE 888: Topics in IB-BE II
- BE 889: Topics in IB-BE III
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- BE 501: Applied Microeconomics
- BE 502: Applied Microeconomics
- BE 520: Organization of Business Relationships
- BE 550: Non-Market Strategy
- BE 560: Macroeconomic Environment of Business
- BE 562: Growth and Stabilization in the Macro Economy
- BE 570: Tax Policy and Business
- BE 580: Competitive Tactics
- BE 581: Competitive Tatics and Competition Policy
- BE 619: Incentives & Productivity
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- BE 300: Applied Economics
- BE 311: Public Policies Toward Business
- BE 480: Organizations and Industries
Business Information Technology
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- BIT 885: Research Topics in Information Systems
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- BIT 512: Decision Support with Spreadsheets
- BIT 513: Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications
- BIT 551: Information Systems
- BIT 582: Enterprise Systems Strategy
- BIT 630: New Age of Innovation
- BIT 648: Projects in Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
- BIT 678: Service Innovation Management
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- BIT 300: Business Information Systems
- BIT 311: Decision Support with Excel
- Winter 2009: Etzion
- Fall 2008: Walls part I and part II
- BIT 378: Service Innovation Management
- BIT 465: Business Systems Consulting
Engineering
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- ENGR 520: Entrepreneurial Business Fundamentals for Engineers & Scientists
Entrepreneurial Studies
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- ES 515: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- ES 520: CleanTech Venture Opportunities
- ES 581: Urban Entrpreneurship
- ES 615: New Venture Creation
- ES 623: Venture Capital Finance
- ES 624: Private Equity Finance
- ES 626: Global Private Equity
- ES 627: Continuing a Legacy: Leading a Family Business
- ES 715: Driving the Innovation Process
- ES 735: Entrepreneurial Turnaround Management
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- ES 395: Entrepreneurial Management
Finance
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- FIN 872: Continuous-Time Asset Pricing
- FIN 875: Empirical Methodology in Finance
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- FIN 503: Financial Management
- FIN 513: Financial Analysis
- FIN 525: Introduction to Portfolio Management
- FIN 551: Financial Management and Policy
- FIN 565: Real Estate Development
- FIN 566: Real Estate Finance and Investment I
- FIN 580: Options and Futures in Corporate Decision Making
- FIN 608: Capital Markets and Investment Strategy
- FIN 609: Fixed Income Securities and Markets
- FIN 615: Valuation
- FIN 618: Advanced Derivatives and Risk Management Techniques
- FIN 621: Corporate Financial Policy
- FIN 622: Financial Engineering from a Corporate Perspective
- FIN 627: Evaluating & Financing Global Projects
- FIN 628: Multinational Financial Management
- FIN 629: Financing Research Commercialization
- FIN 630: The Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions
- FIN 633: Securitization
- FIN 637: Finance and the Sustainable Enterprise
- FIN 640: Financial Trading
- FIN 645: Advanced Valuation Techniques
- FIN 647: Corporate Financial Strategy
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- FIN 300: Financial Management
- FIN 310: Capital Markets and Portfolio Analysis
- FIN 314: Corporate Investment Decisions
- FIN 316: Derivative Securities
- FIN 317: Corporate Financing Decisions
- FIN 318: Real Estate Fundamentals
- FIN 319: International Finance
- FIN 325: Entrepreneurial Finance
- FIN 335: Applied Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management
Industrial and Operations Engineering
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- IOE 510: Linear Programming I
Law, History & Communication
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- LHC 504: Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship
- LHC 506: Corporate Governance
- LHC 507: Law of Finance and Banking
- LHC 508: Securities Law
- LHC 509: Intellectual Property Law
- LHC 510: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- LHC 511: Legal Environment of Business
- LHC 512: Introduction to Business Law
- LHC 513: Law of Marketing
- LHC 514: Employment Law for Managers
- LHC 517: Law of Business Organizations
- LHC 520: Managerial Writing
- LHC 521: Writing Fundamentals for Entrepreneurs
- LHC 522: Managerial Writing Fundamentals
- LHC 524: Persuasive Management Communication
- LHC 560: Communication Management
- LHC 561: Management Presentations
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- LHC 250: Introduction to Business Communication
- Winter 2009:
- Winter 2008: Crawford (section 002)
- Winter 2008: Crawford (section 006)
- Winter 2008: Crawford (section 010)
- Winter 2008: Erdman (section 001)
- Winter 2008: Erdman (section 005)
- Winter 2008: Galifianakis (section 008)
- Winter 2008: Kotzian (section 003)
- Winter 2008: Morrow (section 009)
- Winter 2008: Williams (section 007)
- LHC 305: Legal Environment of Business
- LHC 306: Law of Enterprise Organization
- LHC 350: Professional Communication Strategies
- LHC 412: American Business History
- LHC 482: Real Estate Law
- LHC 488: Business and the Public Policy Process
Marketing
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- MKT 898: Special Topics in Marketing (Behavior)
- MKT 899: Special Topics in Marketing (Quantitative)
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- MKT 501: Marketing Management
- MKT 503: Marketing Management
- MKT 518: Marketing Research Design and Analysis
- MKT 591: Marketing Management
- MKT 601: Strategic Market Planning
- MKT 603: Strategic Brand Management
- MKT 605: Customer Asset Management
- MKT 608: Pricing Strategy and Tactics
- MKT 609: Basics of Sales Management
- MKT 610: Strategic Sales Management
- MKT 613: Consumer Behavior
- MKT 614: Social Marketing
- MKT 615: International Marketing Management
- MKT 618: Marketing Research Design and Analysis
- MKT 619: Marketing Research Design and Analysis I
- MKT 620: Marketing Research Design and Analysis II
- MKT 621: Advanced Advertising Development
- MKT 623: Competing Through Services
- MKT 624: Co-creating Value with Customers
- MKT 625: Innovation and New Product-Service Leadership
- MKT 627: Leveraging Industrial Design for Marketing Advantage
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- MKT 300: Marketing Management
- MKT 308: Pricing
- MKT 310: Fundamentals of Sales Management
- MKT 311: Advertising Management
- MKT 312: Retail Marketing Management
- MKT 315: International Marketing
- MKT 325: New Product Management
- MKT 407: Designing Persuasive Communication
Management and Organizations
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- MO 899: Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- MO 501: Human Behavior and Organization
- MO 503: Human Behavior and Organization
- MO 512: Bargaining and Influence Skills
- MO 561: Interpersonal Dynamics in Management
- MO 563: Leading Creativity & Innovation
- MO 593: Human Behavior and Organization
- MO 603: Navigating Change: Skills and Strategies for Consultants and Managers
- MO 605: Leading & Leveraging Difference
- MO 611: Business Leadership in Changing Times
- MO 615: Managing Professional Relationships
- MO 617: Developing and Managing High Performing Teams
- MO 621: Leadership Development: Self Awareness, Skills and Strategies
- MO 622: Authentic Leadership
- MO 625: Leadership Coaching Practicum I
- MO 672: Leading Non-Profit Organizations
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- MO 300: Behavioral Theory in Management
- MO 314: Managing Change
- MO 315: Introduction to Managing Human Capital
- MO 324: Managing Professional Relationships
- MO 470: Strategic Management of Knowledge in Professional Service Firms
Operations and Management Science
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- OMS 885: Research Topics in Operations Management
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- OMS 501: Applied Business Statistics
- OMS 502: Applied Business Statistics
- OMS 548: Integrated Product Development
- OMS 551: Introduction to Operations
- OMS 552: Operations Management
- OMS 566: Applied Regression and Data Analysis
- OMS 572: Applied Business Forecasting I
- OMS 593: Operations Management
- OMS 595: Applied Business Statistics
- OMS 605: Manufacturing and Supply Operations
- OMS 613: Sustainable Operations
- OMS 616: Project Management
- OMS 618: Supply Chain Analytics
- OMS 620: Supply Chain Management
- OMS 621: Logistics
- OMS 701: Topics in Global Operations
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- OMS 301: Business Statistics and Management Science
- OMS 311: Operations Management
- OMS 320: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Strategy
PhD Expand/Collapse List
- STRATEGY 888: Doctoral Seminar in International Business
- STRATEGY 897: Doctoral Seminar in Corporate Strategy
MBA Expand/Collapse List
- STRATEGY 502: Corporate Strategy
- STRATEGY 503: The World Economy
- Winter 2009: Zhao
- Fall 2008: Evenett (section 002)
- Fall 2008: Evenett (section 003)
- Fall 2008: Farnsworth (section 001)
- Fall 2008: Farnsworth (section 002)
- Fall 2008: Lim
- Summer 2008: Branch
- Winter 2008: Zhao (section 001)
- Winter 2008: Zhao (section 002)
- Winter 2008: Zhao (section 003)
- Winter 2008: Zhao (section 004)
- STRATEGY 564: Competitive Environmental Strategy
- STRATEGY 565: Strategies for Sustainable Development
- STRATEGY 566: Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development and Enterprise
- STRATEGY 574: Strategic Management Consulting
- STRATEGY 582: Doing Business with China
- STRATEGY 584: Business in Asia
- STRATEGY 601: Corporate Strategy
- STRATEGY 623: Global Strategy
- STRATEGY 646: Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation
- STRATEGY 659: Global Field Project II
- STRATEGY 669: Advanced Competitive Analysis
- STRATEGY 672: Strategies for Growth
- STRATEGY 673: Strategy, Technology and the Management of Innovation
- STRATEGY 675: New Game Business Models
- STRATEGY 677: Corporate Intervention
- STRATEGY 681: Strategic Management of Alliances
- STRATEGY 682: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Development
- STRATEGY 683: Implementing a Strategic Vision
- STRATEGY 736: Topics in Global Sustainable Enterprise
- STRATEGY 742: Special Topics
- STRATEGY 746: Strategies for Global Competition
BBA Expand/Collapse List
- STRATEGY 310: The World Economy
- STRATEGY 361: International Management
- STRATEGY 390: Corporate Strategy
- STRATEGY 391: Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology
- STRATEGY 392: Dynamic Capabilities Through Corporate Development
- STRATEGY 417: Behavioral Process of Strategic Management
- STRATEGY 445: Base of the Pyramid
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