Areas of Emphasis
Our MBA program offers areas of emphasis in accounting, finance, gaming management, information technology, and supply chain management. You need a total of 9 credits for either an emphasis or general electives in the MBA Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Note that MBA students can also pursue other areas of emphasis by taking graduate courses of their choice outside of the College of Business Administration. For additional information on developing an emphasis in an area other than business, please contact the MBA Office.
Also note that BADM 793 (independent study) is among the available courses to MBA students as either electives or as courses for an emphasis. For guidelines to do an independent study, click here. For BADM 793, you need to have a faculty advisor from the College of Business. Prior to register in BADM 793, you should contact the MBA Office to discuss the details of the work involved and to get the contact information of a faculty advisor. Once the scope of the work for BADM 793 is worked out, the MBA Office will provide you with the information on how to register in the course.
ACCOUNTING EMPHASIS
There are two areas of accounting emphasis in the MBA Program: Financial and Tax.
Financial Emphasis
The study of financial accounting concerns the rules, practices, and conventions, referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP). GAAP is the standard used by companies who report their financial results to external parties including financial institutions, regulators, and shareholders. A solid understanding of GAAP is helpful for a career in the areas of finance, administration, and accounting. The 3-course financial emphasis will give you a solid understanding of current GAAP.
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Wong
Email: jawong@unr.edu
ACC 601 - Intermediate Accounting I (Prerequisite: BADM 710)
ACC 602 - Intermediate Accounting II (Prerequisite: ACC 601)
ACC 603 - Intermediate Accounting III (Prerequisite: ACC 602)
Tax Emphasis
The 3-course tax emphasis offers the MBA student both a thorough grounding in the Federal income tax regulations governing individuals and business entities and an analytical framework through which to analyze decisions with tax implications.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Wong
Email: jawong@unr.edu
ACC 610 - Federal Taxation (Prerequisite: BADM 710)
ACC 611 - Taxation of Business Entities (Prerequisite: ACC 610)
ACC 789 - Federal Income Taxation: Policy Issues (Prerequisite: ACC 610)
FINANCE EMPHASIS
The general areas of study in finance are: corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions. The areas, respectively, involve decisions within the firm, analysis of a wide range of securities for inclusion in an individual or institutional portfolio, and an understanding of the types of markets securities trade in and their regulation. The finance emphasis offers courses in each of these areas and specialization in Corporate Finance (BADM 745, BADM 746, BADM 749, BADM 792, BADM 793, and FIN 604) and Investments (BADM 743, BADM 744, and FIN 610).
Faculty Advisor: Professor Sheri Faircloth
Email: fairclos@unr.nevada.edu
FIN 604 - Financial Management Theory and Practice (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
FIN 610 - Financial Derivatives (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
FIN 620 - International Finance (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 742 – Research Methods of Finance (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 743 - Investment Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 744 - Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 745 – Commercial bank Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 746 – Corporate Treasury Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 749 - Seminar in Finance (Pre-requisite: BADM 741)
BADM 793 - Independent Study in finance (Pre-requisite: Approval of Faculty Advisor and the MBA Office)
GAMING MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS
The Gaming Management emphasis offers the MBA student an opportunity to gain greater insight into operational and policy issues confronting the casino industry and other commercial gaming industries in the United States and abroad. The courses address management, economic, regulatory, social and political dimensions affecting gaming industries from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Faculty Advisor: Professor William R. Eadington
Email: eading@unr.nevada.edu
ECON 611 – Economic and Social Aspects of Gaming and Gambling
GAM 615 – Commercial Gaming Law or ECON 650 Casino Industry Regulation
GAM 630 – Casino Management
GAM 637 - Casino Industry Regulation
GAM 670 - Quantitative Method and Applications in Casino Gaming
BADM 793 – Independent Study in gaming management (Pre-requisite: Approval of Faculty Advisor and the MBA Office)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS
The Information Technology emphasis helps students learn how innovative information systems help organizations achieve sustainable strategic advantages. In addition, this emphasis explains how organizations can both protect and leverage their existing technology, properly implement new projects, and manage the organizational change that accompanies new systems. Independent study encourages the application of coursework to real world organizational issues.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Bill Kuechler
Email:kuechler@unr.edu
IS 645 – Project Management: Principles and Practice (Pre-requisite: BADM 750)
IS 670 – Computer Security, Controls, and Information Assurance (Pre-requisite: IS 350)
IS 746 – Project Management: Advanced Topics (Pre-requisite: IS 645)
IS 752 – Issues in the Current Technical Environmental (Pre-requisite: BADM 750)
IS 788 – Issues in Change Management (Pre-requisite: IS 301 or BADM 750)
BADM 793 – Independent Study in information systems (Pre-requisite: Approval of Faculty Advisor and the
MBA Office)
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS
Supply chain management is the integration of key business processes from end user through original suppliers, that provides products, services, and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders. The supply chain management emphasis is designed to offer MBA students a clear understanding of how firms executes the development, sourcing, manufacture, and distribution of products and products components throughout the supply chain.
Faculty Advisor: Professor Dale Rogers
Email: mickey@unr.edu
SCM 657 - Logistics Modeling Methods (Pre-requisite: BADM 701)
SCM 677 - Logistics Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 701)
SCM 658 - International Logistics (Pre-requisite: BADM 701 and SCM 677)
SCM 659 - Analysis and Design of Logistical Systems (Pre-requisite: BADM 701 and SCM 677)
SCM 663 - Inventory Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 701)
SCM 673 - Supply Chain management (Pre-requisite: BADM 701)
BADM 779 - Seminar in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Pre-requisite: BADM 701)
BADM 793 - Independent Study in supply chain management (Pre-requisite: Approval of Faculty Advisor and the MBA Office)