Graduate courses and curriculum
Classroom curriculum is at the foundation of the Warrington College of Business experience. This is where students lay the groundwork of their business knowledge and begin learning how to apply it.
See what courses are offered for each Hough Graduate School program.
Advanced Managerial Statistics
Learn the essentials of statistics for business decision making through statistical concepts and procedures.
Asset Valuation, Risk and Return
Learn concepts and techniques that form the foundation of modern finance.
Capital Structure and Risk Management
Students gain a set of tools for strong financial decision making.
Financial Accounting
Grow your knowledge about financial accounting and apply it to realistic accounting problems.
Law, Ethics and Organizations
A comprehensive overview of the major legal and ethical considerations in business organizations and their transactions.
Managerial Accounting
An overview of managerial accounting for non-accountants.
Managerial Economics
Learn how to develop a microeconomic approach to decision making in business.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis
An introduction to the concepts and applications of management science, which uses mathematical models to solve problems.
Organizational Behavior
Learn how organizational behavior helps manage change from various perspectives.
Problems and Methods in Marketing Management
A strategic perspective to marketing while emphasizing issues relating to sustainable competitive advantage.
Production and Operations Management
Learn the areas of process management and supply chain management.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Strategic Management
Focuses on the crafting of strategy and what makes a strategy succeed or fail.
Brand Management
Focuses on the management of brand equity, which is the value of the brand to the organization.
Corporate Finance
Broaden corporate finance knowledge with how concepts and models in finance are applied.
Entrepreneurship & Venture Finance
Learn about venture capital and private equity investing by exercising the skills used by professional firms.
Global Strategic Management
An introduction to strategic management addressing why some companies are more successful than others.
International Logistics
Emphasizes the operations and logistics in firms that source, produce, distribute and market products.
Investments
Examine investment topics and find a link between economic theory and live applications.
Marketing Analytics
Learn how to perform explanatory and predictive analytics functions.
Operations Management
A strong knowledge of the operations domain is essential to understanding how businesses work.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
AI and Machine Learning with Marketing Applications
Be immersed in artificial intelligence activities that support marketing decision making.
Business to Business Marketing
An in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities that characterize business to business markets.
Corporate Finance
Broaden corporate finance knowledge with how concepts and models in finance are applied.
Entrepreneurship and Venture Finance
Learn about venture capital and private equity investing by exercising the skills used by professional firms.
Global Strategic Management
Provide students with a fundamental knowledge of the theory and application of strategic management.
International Logistics
Emphasizes the operations and logistics in firms that source, produce, distribute and market products.
Operations Management
A strong knowledge of the operations domain is essential to understanding how businesses work.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Brand Management
Focuses on the management of brand equity, which is the value of the brand to the organization.
Corporate Finance
Broaden corporate finance knowledge with how concepts and models in finance are applied.
Economics of Business Decisions
Provides an analytical foundation for making sound managerial decisions.
Emerging Markets Finance
An introduction to investing and finance in the emerging markets.
Financial Accounting
Grow your knowledge about financial accounting and apply it to realistic accounting problems.
Financial Management
Learn about concepts, instruments and techniques used in financial decision-making.
Global Strategic Management
Provide students with a fundamental knowledge of the theory and application of strategic management.
Introduction to Managerial Statistics
Lays the foundation for applying quantitative and qualitative tools for making better managerial decisions.
Managerial Accounting
An overview of managerial accounting for non-accountants.
Operations Management
A strong knowledge of the operations domain is essential to understanding how businesses work.
Organizational Behavior
Learn how organizational behavior helps manage change from various perspectives.
Organizational Staffing
Offers a broad view of the entire staffing process from beginning to end.
Problems and Methods in Marketing Management
Learn to handle real-life problems that occur in executing marketing plans.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work using our effective strategies.
Strategy and Tactics of Pricing
Provides an understanding of the strategy and tactics for an effective pricing decision.
Fundamentals of International Business
Examine the environment of international business and many operational tools and characteristics.
Global Strategic Management
Provide students with a fundamental knowledge of the theory and application of strategic management.
International Finance
Provides an introduction to students interested in international finance.
Macro Finance
Introduces students to how economies work in an international context.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work using our effective strategies.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development I
Learn object-oriented analysis and model specification for business software systems.
Analytics Processes for Business Bootcamp
Prepares students to use comprehensive business analytics tools within a standard analytics process framework.
Analytics Project Practicum
Students work directly with a real company to solve their real-world challenges.
Business Database Systems I
Find out about the fundamentals of data storage and retrieval models for business applications.
Financial Accounting
An introduction for prospective managers with an emphasis on financial reporting and analysis.
Intro to Business Intelligence
Find out how to master emerging business intelligence technologies like data warehousing, online analytics processing, data mining and text mining.
Intro to Python
Students learn about Python as a tool to create business analytics and visualization applications.
Problems and Methods in Marketing Management
Gain knowledge on techniques for resolving marketing management problems through the case method.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Gain knowledge on data-application techniques for managerial problems.
Asset Valuation, Risk and Return
Learn concepts and techniques that form the foundation of modern finance.
Business Plan Lab
Concentrates on constructing a business plan for a new concept that the student team generates and develops.
Creativity in Entrepreneurship
Examination of the creativity process and organizational environment of several innovative organizations.
Entrepreneurial Consulting Project
An opportunity for students to use what they learn in class to create value for a business client.
Entrepreneurial Selling
Learn about selling in an entrepreneurial environment.
Entrepreneurship
Create a start-up and learn the practicalities of creating a business.
Financial Accounting
An introduction for prospective managers with an emphasis on financial reporting and analysis.
Law for Entrepreneurs
Learn the legal responsibilities of an entrepreneur.
New Product Development
A structured way of thinking about product development.
Problems and Methods in Marketing Management
A strategic perspective to marketing while emphasizing issues relating to sustainable competitive advantage.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Silicon Valley Program
A spring break trip to Silicon Valley, immersing students in the culture of the entrepreneurial region.
Strategic Entrepreneurship
Highlights the strategy of organizations.
Venture Finance
Learn about venture capital and private equity investing by exercising the skills used by professional firms.
Asset Allocation Project
Combines classroom training with hands-on experience of working in teams to manage a portfolio and explain performance.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 1
Learn the basics of systems analysis and design.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 2
A deeper dive into systems analysis and design.
Business Data Presentation and Visualization
Understand key data visualization principles and apply them to real-world business problems.
Business Database Systems
Introduces concepts and practices of modern database systems.
Business Database Systems 2
Understanding the strategic possibilities at the intersection of business and technology.
Business Intelligence
Introduces techniques to extract information from the volume of data an organization can use.
Business Telecom Strategy and Applications
Covering the fundamental principles and practices of network and data security.
Data Mining for Business Intelligence
Understand how data analytics are applied to interact effectively with CTOs, data miners and business analysts.
Electronic Commerce and Logistics
Learn to resolve the managerial issues surrounding the use of information technology in organizations.
Intermediate Business Programming
Learn how to use Java as a tool for business system implementation.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1
An introduction to the concepts and applications of management science, which uses mathematical models to solve problems.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 2
Continue to study of quantitative analysis techniques begun in Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Programming for Business Analytics
Learn how to use Python as a tool to create business analytics applications.
Project Management
Learn about the organizational role of the manager.
Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Provides the essentials of statistics for business decision-making.
Advanced Business Programming
Learn how to use Java as a tool for business system implementation.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 1
Learn the basics of systems analysis and design.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 2
A deeper dive into systems analysis and design.
Business Database Systems 1
Find out about the fundamentals of data storage and retrieval models for business applications.
Business Database Systems 2
Understanding the strategic possibilities at the intersection of business and technology.
Business Objects
Provides an understanding of the technologies that enable distributed enterprise and cloud computing.
Business Programming
Teaches to develop information systems solutions to real-life problems by following the systems development lifecycle.
Business Telecom Strategy and Applications
Covering the fundamental principles and practices of network and data security.
Business Telecom Strategy and Applications 1
A deeper dive into the fundamental principles and practices of network and data security.
Electronic Commerce and Logistics
Learn to resolve the managerial issues surrounding the use of information technology in organizations.
Intermediate Business Programming
Learn how to use Java as a tool for business system implementation.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1
An introduction to the concepts and applications of management science, which uses mathematical models to solve problems.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 2
Continue to study of quantitative analysis techniques begun in Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Provides the essentials of statistics for business decision-making.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 1
Learn the basics of systems analysis and design.
Advanced Business Systems Design and Development 2
A deeper dive into systems analysis and design.
Business Database Systems I
Find out about the fundamentals of data storage and retrieval models for business applications.
Electronic Commerce and Logistics
Learn to resolve the managerial issues surrounding the use of information technology in organizations.
Intermediate Business Programming
Learn how to use Java as a tool for business system implementation.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1
An introduction to the concepts and applications of management science, which uses mathematical models to solve problems.
Managerial Quantitative Analysis 2
Continue to study of quantitative analysis techniques begun in Managerial Quantitative Analysis 1.
Operations Management
A strong knowledge of the operations domain is essential to understanding how businesses work.
Principles of Logistics and Transportation Systems
Learn the analytics of modeling and optimizing logistics systems.
Production Management
Study the use of analytics in making tactical supply chain decisions.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work using our effective strategies.
Project Management
Learn about the organizational role of the manager.
Purchasing and Materials Management
Learn about the industrial and institutional purchasing cycle for operating supplies.
Supply Chain Analytics: Gaming the Supply Chain
Demonstrates the effectiveness of analytical tools in coordinating supply chain activities.
Asset Valuation, Risk and Return
Learn concepts and techniques that form the foundation of modern finance.
Financial Accounting
Develops an understanding of the environment, role and basic principles of financial accounting.
Global Strategic Management
Provides students with a fundamental knowledge of the theory and application of strategic management.
Intro to Managerial Statistics
An introduction to the concepts and applications of statistics in management.
Law, Ethics and Organizations
A comprehensive overview of the major legal and ethical considerations in business organizations and their transactions.
Managerial Accounting
An overview of managerial accounting for non-accountants.
Managerial Economics
Learn how to develop a microeconomic approach to decision making in business.
Marketing Management
Analyzes marketing strategies involving product and brand development, channels of distribution, and pricing and promotion.
Organizational Behavior
Learn how organizational behavior helps manage change from various perspectives.
Production and Operations Management
Learn the areas of process management and supply chain management.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Advanced Marketing Management
Designed to teach marketing management techniques that will be applicable in a business setting.
Building and Managing Brand Equity
Focuses on the management of brand equity, which is the value of the brand to the organization.
Business to Business Marketing
An in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities that characterize business to business markets.
International Marketing
Exploring the global marketplace and factors that influence decision making of marketers.
Managerial Decisions
Provides an analytical foundation for making sound managerial decisions.
Marketing Ethics
Analyzes ethical issues commonly faced by marketers and consumers.
Marketing Management
Analyzes marketing strategies involving product and brand development, channels of distribution, and pricing and promotion.
Product Development and Management
A structured way of thinking about product development.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Selling
This teaches the importance of the selling role and provides basic professional selling skills.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Provides the essentials of statistics for business decision-making.
Capstone Seminar and Applied Project
The program’s capstone project, working with a firm to solve a real-world problem.
Fundamentals of Real Estate Development
An introduction to the real estate development process from the perspective of the owner or developer.
Introduction to Managerial Statistics
An introduction to the concepts and applications of statistics in management.
Introduction to Real Estate
An overview of the complexities and opportunities that are associated with the real estate industry.
Law of Real Estate Transactions
The study of real property, including various definitions and the methods of conveyance.
Primary Mortgage Market and Institutions
An introduction to the fundamental concepts, principles and analytical techniques of residential and commercial mortgages.
Principles of Building Construction
Examines various players involved in the construction and administration of a construction project.
Professional Communication
Become an expert in delivering high-impact presentations and engaging speeches.
Professional Writing
Learn how to write well at work with effective strategies.
Real Estate Appraisal
Discover the tools used in the fee appraisal business to estimate market value of real property.
Real Estate Case Studies
Learn from speakers and practical case studies in real estate.
Real Estate Market and Transaction Analysis
Learn to hone and apply practical skills in the real estate and business environment.
Real Estate Private Equity
Focusing on major concepts, principles, data and analytical tools used to evaluate commercial real estate investments.
Real Estate Research and Technology
Learn real estate discounted cash flow modeling and valuation.
Secondary Mortgage Markets and Securitization
See the opportunities and risks associated with mortgage pools.
Special Topics – Contemporary Issues in Real Estate
Discuss contemporary real estate issues to strengthen your knowledge of the real estate market.