PreM.B.A. Suite
Prepare for success in an M.B.A. program.

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How are the courses in this suite relevant?
Learning or reviewing the quantitative and analytical fundamentals of business prior to beginning M.B.A. coursework can enhance success in any M.B.A. program.

"PreM.B.A." offers a comprehensive overview of the concepts and skills used in analytical methods, accounting, microeconomics, and finance. The courses include pre- and post-assessments that allow you to evaluate your mastery of course content before and after studying the course material. They also feature practice items and challenge problems of varying degrees of difficulty to help you learn concepts and gauge your knowledge.


Who should take these courses?
"PreM.B.A." is for students about to enter an M.B.A. program, whether you need a comprehensive refresher in one or more subject areas or just want to make sure you are appropriately prepared for M.B.A. coursework. Cardean University's PreM.B.A. courses are designed to help you assess your preparedness and ensure you start off your M.B.A. with the fundamental knowledge and skills required for future success.


What is covered in these courses?
"PreM.B.A." includes four courses. Review each course as much as necessary over the six-week course period.

Course: PreM.B.A. Analytical Methods

"PreM.B.A. Analytical Methods" provides grounding in the mathematical and statistical techniques encountered in an M.B.A. program. Topics include algebra, precalculus, an introduction to differential calculus, probability distributions, statistical sampling, and an introduction to regression.

Learning Outcomes:

• Make calculations using algebra, simple calculus, and statistics.
• Apply appropriate mathematical and statistical techniques to real-world business problems.

Course: PreM.B.A. Accounting

"PreM.B.A. Accounting" offers the opportunity to master basic accounting concepts in preparation for your M.B.A. program.

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify key components of an annual report and obtain an introduction to the information contained in it.
• Describe the accounting model and its primary end product: financial statements and annual reports.
• Translate common economic events that affect a company into journal entries and T-accounts, and enter them into the accounting model.
• Prepare simple balance sheets and income statements, and describe the presentation of the cash flow statement.
  

Course: PreM.B.A. Microeconomics

"PreM.B.A. Microeconomics" introduces you to the study of consumers and producers and their interactions over goods and services. It explores two alternative market structures to help you understand how the basic tools of microeconomics can be applied.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn about the law of supply and demand and the role of a firm's inputs and outputs in its production function.
• Calculate and understand the difference between total, average, and marginal costs in the long and short run.
• Discover the difference between equilibrium in competitive and monopolistic markets; calculate equilibrium price and quantity, marginal revenue, and marginal cost.
• Understand profit maximization, consumer and producer surplus, and market efficiency.
• Consider the concept of elasticity and be able to solve for price elasticity of demand and supply, total revenue, and marginal revenue.
  

Course: PreM.B.A. Finance

"PreM.B.A. Finance" offers exposure to the analytical methods used in financial management, preparing you for upcoming business school courses.

Learning Outcomes:

• Use the core analytical methods that underlie finance (e.g., time value of money, evaluating cash flows, risk and return outcomes) to learn how to measure value as well as how to best allocate resources to maximize value.
• Begin to apply analytical methods to financial concepts.
• Use the basic language and terminology necessary for an understanding of core financial problems.