FALL 2005 IMPORTANT DATES

1. FALL 2005 IMPORTANT DATES July 31 Last day to submit Waiver Form and/or Transfer Form due to Bonnie Thiebaud July 31 Online courses should be completed July 31 Purchase Laptop August 1 All online career and self assessments should be completed August 1 Resume and cover letter should be submitted August 1 Last day to submit Information online for Faces Book August 4 Enrollment information will be sent via SMU email Aug 8-9 International Orientation Aug 8 Payment Due Date Aug 14-20 Full-Time MBA Orientation Aug 16 Last day to withdraw from term with full refund Aug 22 First day of classes Sept 5 Labor Day, no classes Oct 15 Last day of Mod A Oct 17 First day of Mod B Nov 23 No class Nov 24 Thanksgiving, no class Nov 26 No class Dec 10 Last day of Mod B Required Courses for Cox FMBA Program ACCOUNTING (ACCT) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each – All M.B.A. students take ACCT 6201 as part of the core curriculum. For second required accounting course, choose either ACCT 6202 or ACCT 6205 depending upon concentration and degree plan. 6201. Financial Accounting I. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of preparing and understanding financial statements targeted to external users. 6202. Financial Accounting II. This course builds on Financial Accounting I and provides more in- depth coverage of how individual asset, liability and equity accounts are measured and recognized in the financial statements. Prerequisite: Financial Accounting I. 6205. Managerial Accounting I. This course demonstrates techniques for maximizing shareholder value by correctly assessing the financial outcomes of commonly recurring types of operating decisions.  Techniques for identifying alternatives, assessing relevant costs, and choosing a course of action are illustrated with case studies involving decisions on pricing (including special order and private label pricing), production alternatives (including make or buy), and allocation of care resources. Topics include cost behavior, cost-volume-profit relations, cost system design and interpretation (including the use of actual costs and standard costs), and identifying the costs and revenues relevant to decisions.  The course will have a case orientation. Prerequisite: Financial Accounting I. FINANCE (FINA) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each – Both courses are required of all M.B.A. students. 6201. Managerial Finance. This course is an analysis of the basic problems in corporate financial management. The course is organized around the theme of asset valuation. Topics covered include stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, market efficiency, and company valuation. 6202. Managerial Economics. This course examines the basic principles behind the operating and pricing decisions of firms in a market economy. Methods of marginal analysis and optimization are applied as a guide to the business decision-making process. Topics include supply, demand, and market equilibrium, competition, industrial concentration, government regulation, optimal pricing strategies, and economic efficiency. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (ITOM) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each – The following three courses are required of all M.B.A. students. 6201. Managerial Statistics. This course provides an overview of statistical methodologies and includes regression analysis, sampling and quality control, and forecasting for long and short run periods. The course is taught using lectures, cases, and statistical computer packages. 6202. Management Decision Analysis. The purpose of this course is to help students understand how complex business problems can be analyzed, modeled and solved in an optimal manner. The course begins with a review of decision making under risk and uncertainty. Specific emphasis is then placed on the use and application of decision trees including the incorporation of utility theory. The course then moves on to the use and application of mathematical optimization models including linear programming, network models and integer programming. Finally, the course covers the topic of simulation. Students will learn to develop spreadsheet models for making complex business decisions, as well as interpret the results of such models. 6203. Operations Management. Helping students understand the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary for attaining a world-class performance in service and manufacturing operations is the main learning objective of this course. The course adopts a "process management" viewpoint to address a variety of strategic and operational issues. The course design consists of two inter-linked modules -- (1) process analysis, design and improvement: exercises and cases are used here to illustrate the concepts such as capacity, cycle time, bottlenecks, and theory of constraints, (2) improving medium to long-term operational processes: covers topics such as inventory management, supply chain management and operations strategy. The course also introduces students to the way information technology is being used to reengineer and dramatically improve business processes.

2. H A V E Y O U? • Paid Tuition • Completed On-line Courses • Checked your SMU email • Paid for parking • Entered information for Faces Book online ****************** FacesBook Link:www.smucox.com/~mbafaces User name: mbafaces Password: mbasrock! MANAGEMENT (MNGT) Required: 1.0 Credit Hour Each –These courses are requirements of the Full-Time M.B.A. program only. 6101. Managing Your Career. This course empowers students with the knowledge and tools to effectively manage their own careers. Topics include: how to find career focus, exploring career options for M.B.A. students, building and leveraging a professional network, and developing a personal marketing plan. 6103. Business Presentation Techniques. Today’s competitive marketplace demands that managers be successful on both a technical and an individual level, exhibiting a high degree of leadership skills. Through this course, students will achieve proficiency in oral presentation techniques to enhance academic and career success. The course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each – This course is a requirement of the Full-Time M.B.A. program only. This course is not available to P.M.B.A. students. 6210. Global Leadership Program. The focus of this course is a two-week field experience abroad where students meet with local business and government leaders, visit manufacturing facilities, and come to understand the dynamics of global business including the impact of cultural social customs. The course helps students gain a perspective on the opportunities and challenges of conducting business in the global economy. Required: 0 Credit Hour Each –The following course is a requirements of the Full-Time M.B.A. program only. 6020. First Year Foundations. (Previously named Cox Leadership Curriculum) This is a noncredit degree requirement of the Full-Time M.B.A. program. The successful completion of this degree requirement earns a grade of P (Pass). Students participate in various required activities to enhance professional development. These sessions will take place most Fridays during the first year of the M.B.A. program. 6150. Graduate Corporate Internship Program. This Internship is a degree requirement for all students in the Full-Time M.B.A. program during the third term (summer) in the program. The internship program is intended to provide compensated or non-compensated career experience related to the students' degree goals. The internship is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. This specific Internship meets the Curricular Practical Training standards set forth by the University's International Student Office. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS (MNO) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each –This course is required of all M.B.A. students. 6201. Organizational Behavior.This course examines the fundamental tenets of organizational behavior. Topics covered include understanding the role of individual differences in performance, reward systems and bases of motivation, basics of team dynamics, and attitude formation and diversity. MARKETING (MKTG) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each –This course is required of all M.B.A. students. 6201. Marketing Management.This course introduces students to common marketing problems encountered by marketing managers and general mangers. Emphasis is placed on the analysis and development of the organization’s marketing policy and strategy and tactics with a global perspective of business. The purpose of the course is to develop a disciplined process for addressing marketing issues and challenges. STRATEGY (STRA) Required: 2.0 Credit Hours Each –This course is required of all M.B.A. students. 6201. Strategic Management.This course examines the fundamental and analytical concepts of strategy and their application in primarily global contexts.  Topics include business strategy, industry analysis, vertical integration, strategy execution, and diversification. It is taught using cases, text, and readings. Check Your SMU Email! It is the only way SMU and COX will communicate official academic and/or financial aid information with students. It is the University’s official method of communicating with students. To log into your SMU Email account, go to http://webmail.smu.edu MBA LISTSERVES Listserves are a great way to communicate. Each incoming class has a listserve with the SMU email address of each class member. You will receive MBA program updates, deadline reminders, important announcements, must read information from professors and much more!

3. Class #Catalog # & Section #Course Title Section 1 A Module 2342 ACCT 6201-011 Financial Accounting I 2327 FINA 6202-011 Managerial Economics 2332 ITOM 6201-011 Managerial Statistics TBA MNGT 6101 Managing Your Career B Module Choose one of the following Accounting classes: 2347 ACCT 6202-023 Financial Accounting II 2299 ACCT 6205-023 Managerial Accounting I 2325 FINA 6201-021 Managerial Finance 2337 ITOM 6202-021 Management Decision Analysis 2274 MKTG 6201-021 Marketing Management TBA MNGT 6103 Business Presentation Techniques Section 2 A Module 2343 ACCT 6201-012 Financial Accounting I 2328 FINA 6202-012 Managerial Economics 2333 ITOM 6201-012 Managerial Statistics TBA MNGT 6101 Managing Your Career B Module Choose one of the following Accounting classes: 2347 ACCT 6202-023 Financial Accounting II 2299 ACCT 6205-023 Managerial Accounting I 2326 FINA 6201-022 Managerial Finance 2338 ITOM 6202-022 Management Decision Analysis 2290 MKTG 6201-022 Marketing Management TBA MNGT 6103 Business Presentation Techniques Schedules by Class Section NumberFor Fall TermStudents Will Be Assigned to Specific Section based on Study Groups. MNGT 6101 course sections will be assigned when given study group assignments. MNGT 6103 course sections will be selected from the list provided.Enrollment information will be sent to you on August 4 by email to your SMU email account. REMEMBER Check Your SMU Email Account On a Regular Basis ~~~~~ The MBA Student Services Staff Communicates By Email

4. Full-Time Class 2007 Fall 2005 Statement of Tuition & Fees DescriptionAmount Tuition Fall 2005 Term—Flat Rate $15,127.50 General Student Fees Fall 2005 Term—Flat Rate $ 1,517.00 Parking for Fall 2005 & Spring 2006 $ 200.00 TOTAL $16,644.50 Less $500 Deposit <$ 500.00> TOTAL AMOUNT DUE by Monday, August 8, 2005$16,144.50 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuition & General Student Fees are paid ONLINE 1) Use the ‘Guest Payer’ feature of WebPay by logging on to the following website: webpay.smu.edu and locating the ‘Guest Payers’ option. 2) Have your credit card or eCheck information ready. NOTE: MasterCard, Discover Card, and American Express credit cards are accepted by QuikPaywith a 2.75% service charge. Payment can also be made by eCheck which has no service charge. 3) Enter your SMU ID number, the total amount due, and submit. 4) Choose ‘Payment Method’, click Continue, and follow the instructions. Please make payments by Monday, August 8, 2005. While the University Payment Due Date is August 16, the MBA Office requests that payment be made by Orientation on August 5. If you should have difficulty making your payment online, bring your payment method (e-check or credit card) with you to Orientation so that we can assist you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dual Degree Students Dual degree students WILL NOT follow the enrollment instructions for their Cox enrollment. Student Services staff will assist you with enrollment of Cox courses during orientation. Your tuition payment must be paid to your respective home school. You should receive information regarding tuition amounts and deadlines from contacts of those schools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T.G.I.F. SESSIONS First-Year Foundations Course (required for all first-year FT MBAs), Career Management Activities (CMC), Business Leadership Center (BLC) and our Global Leadership Program (GLP) conduct mandatory sessions which are held on Fridays throughout the school year. Note: you will berequired to attend scheduled sessions on Fridays so adjust your expectations and social plans accordingly. A schedule of mandatory fall events will be distributed at orientation. ACCESS.SMU Your Connection to the Student Information System At Web Browser Type: Access.smu.edu Click –Sign In Login ID – it’s your 8-digit SMU ID number Password – sent to you from ITS You should have changed it!!! Click –Sign In ~~~~ Tutorials for students are available on the website Check Out your Personal Data Update any Changes Enrollment will be processed on ACCESS.SMU