Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics

Program Structure

Students in this program are required to produce an original research project or thesis. Elective courses should be selected with the advice of the project/thesis supervisor and the program coordinator.

Students who have completed two statistics related courses at the undergraduate level with grades of B or better may be able to receive a waiver for BUSN 5010.

Required courses (9-12 credits)
BUSN 5010
Managerial Statistics (3,0,0)

BUSN 5010 Managerial Statistics (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

ILOs:

Students examine the statistical methods and tools required for decision making in today's business environment. Topics include descriptive statistics and numerical measures, statistical inferences with two populations, hypothesis tests and nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, simple regression models, multiple regression models, regression and the model building process, regression models with categorical dependent variables and applied models with categorical dependent variables.
Prerequisite: Admission to the GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5010, BUSN 5011 and GBUS 5010
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ECON 5010
ECON 6020
Applied Microeconomics for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

ECON 6020 Applied Microeconomics for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

ILOs:

Students examine more advanced microeconomic tools and apply these to economic sustainable management. Topics include market analysis for economic sustainability, demand analysis and estimation, the role of elasticities in sustainable management; consumer behavior and rationale choice; risk behavior and assessment; production efficiency; cost analysis and estimation; the role of the market structure for sustainable management; game theory and strategic behavior; and asymmetric information problems.
Prerequisite: Admission to MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6020 and ESMN 6020.
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BUSN 6950
Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation (3,0,0)

BUSN 6950 Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

ILOs:

Students receive an overview of the scientific method, research preparation, and the styles of communication used to disseminate research at the graduate level. Topics include the role of business research, theory and the business research process, organization structure and ethical issues, defining a research problem, qualitative research tools, survey research, observation methods and experimental research, measurement and scaling concepts, sampling and sample size, working with data, quantitative statistical analysis, and writing a research report.
Prerequisite: BUSN 5010 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 6950 or BUSN 6951
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Choose two electives (9 credits)
One ECON course at the 5000-6000 level (3)
AND
One ECON or BUSN 6000-level course (3)
Project Route (15 credits)
Students will complete a research graduate project under supervision as well as two additional courses.
BUSN 6970
Graduate Project

BUSN 6970 Graduate Project

Credits: 9 credits
Delivery: Campus

ILOs:

Students in the Graduate Project Option in the Master of Business Administration degree program prepare and defend a report that addresses a particular management issue or problem. The report is completed under the direction of a faculty member and evaluated by a project defence committee.
Prerequisite: BUSN 6950 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 6970 or BUSN 6971
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One ECON 6000-level course (3)
AND
One at the ECON or BUSN 6000-level (3)
Thesis Route (15 credits)
Students will complete the four required courses, two electives and produce a thesis under supervision.
ECON 6960

 

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