Following Independent Study Program enables individuals to achieve their educational goals withouthaving to give up other aspects of their life. This program allows students to participate in a quality educational process and to choose where and when to study.

Principles of Management. This course acquaints students to the managerial process of planning, organizing, leading, decisionmaking, and controlling. In terms of this course modern management techniques are emphasized.

Organizational Behavior. Her you will familiarize yourself with such notions as the team work, individual and group behavior, motivation, work design, communication, decision-making, leadership, and organizational culture. Prerequisite: Principles of Management, junior standing.

Operations and Quality Management. The course discovers the managerial perspective of the operations and quality functions, use of analytical tools to solve operations and quality problems. Prerequisite: Principles of Management, BUSAD 265 or MATH 156, and junior standing.

Human Resource Management. The course examins the human resource functions of planning, selection and recruitment, compensation, training and development, employee and labor relations, and safety and health. Prerequisite: Principles of Management and junior standing.

Purchasing and Materials Management. In terms of this course you can learn strategies and tactical methods, opportunities and problems associated with the flow of materials in an organization will be covered. Prerequisite: Operations and Quality Management.

Labor Management Relations – studies federal and state legislation and executive orders governing the employer-employee relationship; legal rights of organizations and collective bargaining. Pre-requisite: Human Resource Management.

Entrepreneurship. The course provides an in-depth analysis of the various environments, management, accounting, finance, and legal considerations required for business plan development by an entrepreneur or small business owner. Prerequisite: Operations and Quality Management.

Operations Strategy – examination of recent developments in the strategy of operations in the manufacturing and service sectors involving technological policy, new process development, and new product introduction. Prerequisite: Operations and Quality Management.

Quality Management. The course presents concepts and techniques of quality improvement processes. Defining quality in customer satisfaction terms and improving quality of products and service through modern techniques. Prerequisite: Operations and Quality Management.

Management Policy and Strategy. This course investigates integration of the business core disciplines to explore ways that strategy is formed in contemporary business organizations. Case method used extensively. Prerequisite: senior standing in the School of Business and completion of all foundation and fundamentals courses.

The minimum time required to complete a course is 12 weeks.
Each course consists of 3 credit hours.

Tuition: $448.50 per 1 course.