The courses below are the courses that I chose to take to satisfy the MSA requirements.  Each listing contains a catalog description.  Examples of my work from each class can be accessed from the Assignment Samples link on the navigation bar.

ADM 510 - Advanced Technical Communication

Principles and practices of writing material particular to science, technology, and specialized professions. Includes expanded definitions, technical descriptions, process explanations, instructional pamphlets, laboratory reports, proposals, writing for the web, communicating with international audiences, and managing effective presentations. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to effectively write various types of technical documents, adapt rhetorical forms to technical communications, and provide constructive feedback regarding written communication in collaborative and leadership settings.

ADM 511 - Interpersonal Communication Skills

 Conceptual and developmental views of interpersonal communication. Theory and practice of effective interpersonal communication. Self, perception, and cultural diversity in interpersonal communication. Skills relating to listening and responding, verbal and nonverbal communication, and conflict resolution. Understanding, developing, and nurturing interpersonal communication relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to effectively exercise fundamental interpersonal communication skills, build and nurture interpersonal relationships, provide constructive feedback regarding interpersonal communication in leadership settings, and exercise teamwork skills.

ADM 514 - Benefit-Cost Analysis

Techniques for evaluating the benefits and costs of projects and policies. Topics include time value of money and financial math, decision rules, expected inflation and relative price changes, discount rates, after-tax analysis, replacement analysis, risk and uncertainty, input constraints and benefit-cost ratios, and use of cost-effectiveness analysis when goals are mandated. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to use benefit-cost analysis to evaluate projects, utilize spreadsheets to make benefit-cost calculations, and concisely report the assumptions and conclusions of a benefit-cost analysis.

ADM 520 - Quantitative Decision Making

Regression and forecasting techniques applied to real world problems encountered in various professions. Model building (including time series techniques) and the methodology of experimental design. The case study format is utilized in the diagnosis of problems and search for statistical solutions. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to interpret statistics reported in empirical research literature and statistical software printouts, formulate research questions and experimental designs to assist in decision support, utilize statistical software packages to organize data and make calculations, and independently carry out a research project. 
Prerequisite: one course in Statistics.

ADM 525 - Human Resource Management Foundation

This course is an examination of the Human Resource foundation.  Students will complete a series of projects that focus on the labor market, the external legal environment, and the manager’s view of the employee life cycle (recruiting & selection, training, supervision, and termination). Upon completion of this course, students should be able to analyze the legal and market forces affecting jobs, perform a job analysis, hire an employee, supervise employees, identify initial training needs and methods, and separate an employee from an organization.

ADM 527 - Contracting and Outsourcing

This course identifies chains of production and marketing processes, considers the conditions under which buying in markets and vertically integrating these processes have inherent strengths and weaknesses, and analyzes the optimal structuring of outsourcing contracts. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify separable production and marketing processes, identify and evaluate outsourcing versus vertical integration alternatives for specific production and marketing processes, and manage outsourcing activities through effective structuring of contracts.

ADM 600 - Organizational Structure and Processes

This course is designed to acquaint students with the principles of organizational environments and structure and the ways in which decision-making, the use of technology, communications, political processes, organizational change, and conflict can be approached more effectively. Students will complete a series of projects in which they use the theories and models discussed in the course to critically examine an actual organization and to generate suggestions for improvement. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to analyze processes in organizations, diagnose organizational effectiveness, develop recommendations for improving effectiveness, and effectively communicate recommendations. Prerequisite: ADM 525.

ADM 603 - Program Evaluation

Definition, history, and development of program evaluation. Professional roles, ethics, and standards for the practice of program evaluation are emphasized throughout the course. Topics include development of program goals and objectives, reliability and validity, importance of multiple measures, reporting results, and use of program assessment to plan and implement change. Qualitative and quantitative methods covered include interviewing techniques, focus groups, surveys, and observation. Case studies utilized. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) evaluate validity, reliability and attainment of ethical/professional standards in various case studies of program evaluation and (2) carry out an effective program evaluation. statement Each student will develop a proposal for their final project. The final project will be the primary course deliverable in ADMIN 690.”

ADM 690 - Capstone

CULMINATING EXPERIENCE

In the capstone course, candidates for graduation complete a culminating project under the direction of a faculty team and present a portfolio demonstrating competency goals of the academic program.
REQUIRED Pre-Req: All pertinent Upper Division Coursework