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Jan 24, 2025
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2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG - Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]
Economic Crime and Fraud Management (M.B.A.)
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Utilization of the Internet for e-commerce and e-business, the availability of information, and the globalization and competitiveness of business have combined to create opportunities and pressures for the commission of criminal frauds. Worldwide financial losses from fraud have reached staggering proportions, and recent surveys indicate that traditional frauds as well as frauds enhanced by the use of technology will continue to experience significant growth over the next decade. The need for managers who understand how frauds are committed and who have the skills to manage the fraud risk through cutting edge prevention, detection, and investigation techniques will continue to be critical in the 21st century.
The Master of Business Administration degree program in Fraud Management provides students who have completed their undergraduate education in related academic areas or students currently employed in law enforcement or industries impacted by fraud or security issues to obtain professional skills in management specific to the prevention and detection of fraud. The program, which can be completed in two-and-one-half years of part-time study, utilizes a flexible distance learning format, two on-campus residencies, and study at home. Each residency is two-and-one-half days. Following the first residency students enroll in their first two core classes, MGT 610 & ACC 605 . Following the other residency, student enroll in their second set of core classes, ECN 610 & FIN 601 .
Student Learning Goals
- Identify complex problems - demonstrate critical thinking by implementing a solution
- Demonstrate quantitative skills
- Demonstrate competency in use of technology
- Demonstrate leadership and team work effectiveness
- Demonstrate effective communications skills
- Identify and analyze legal and ethical issues in management
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Academic Requirements (30 credit hours)
(Plus Prerequisites)
There are several prerequisites that must be met before commencing the 30-credit-hour program of study in the MBA in Fraud Management. Students who have completed these prerequisites or their equivalents through undergraduate or graduate course work need not complete the courses listed below. Students who need to satisfy one or more of the prerequisites should enroll in Utica College courses designed specifically to satisfy those prerequisites, as set forth below:
The Management Capstone Course:
Note:
MGT 610 & ACC 605 (formerly MGT 602) must be taken sequentially following a 2 and a half day residency; ECN 610 & FIN 601 (formerly MGT 601) must be taken sequentially following a 2 and a half day residency.
Fraud Management Required Courses
The Fraud Management Capstone Course:
Fraud Management Elective Courses
Select one elective from the following:
UC Course Satisfying Prerequisites
Principles of Microeconomics:
Financial and Managerial Accounting:
Principles of Management/Marketing:
Note:
Under certain circumstances a required course may be waived, meaning that the student does not have to take that course. A waived course implies that a student has sufficient knowledge in that particular area. However, no credits are awarded for waived courses. See “Waived Courses ” in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of this Catalog for additional information.
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