The online Economic Crime and Fraud Management MBA from Utica College is one of the few programs in the nation that combines fraud management with business, giving you a highly marketable degree.

It prepares one to manage others as one take on a larger leadership role in one’s organization and serve to provide a solid foundation to pursue a career as a top-notch leader in the fraud industry.

Course Curriculum

ECN 511 Economic Analysis for Public Policy Issues (3 Credits)
Basic tools of economics to examine and analyze selected contemporary public policy issues.

ACC 501 Introduction to Accounting (3 Credits)
Introduction to financial statement communication, information processing, measuring business income, and introduction to use of accounting information for managerial decisions
Topics include financial statements, cash flows, budgeting, and performance evaluation.

FIN 533 Corporate Finance (3 Credits)
Principles, concepts, and analytical tools of finance; corporate governance; cash flow analysis for capital budgeting; hurdle rates; raising capital through investment banks; financial restructuring; acquisitions. Semester project: estimating the value of a company.

MGT 501 Management & Marketing (3 Credits)
Emphasis on broad basic principles in managerial and marketing functions and processes in business environments
An interdisciplinary approach to identifying key issues and developing appropriate solutions Case study methodology will be used heavily in course.

Business Core
ECN 610 Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
Economic forces and how they relate to profitability and growth of a firm and to economic thinking.
Principles of microeconomics, and how they apply to managerial decision-making

FIN 601 - Advanced Financial Management (3 Credits)
Corporate financial analysis, working capital management, and capital budgeting issues Financial models and tools used to inform management about the long-term viability of the firm and to discover financial fraud.

MGT 610 Core Topics in Management (3 Credits)
Investigation of the various functions and ethical impacts inherent within an organization and for which management is responsible including strategy, research and development, marketing, operations, and the supply chain.

ACC 605 Financial Reporting and Analysis (3 Credits)
Analyze and interpret the information in financial statements.
Topics may include analyzing the firm's financial performance and accounting methods, forecasting the firm's future pro-forma financial statements, and estimating the intrinsic value of the firm.

ECN 607 Quantitative Analysis for Management (3 Credits)
Scientific approaches to decision making; descriptive and inferential statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis and hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and process control

Concentration
ECM 603 Management of Fraud Prevention and Detection (3 Credits)
Development of counter-fraud technology
Proactive programs and tools for fraud detection and prevention in face-to-face transactions, e-commerce, and e-business
Business models for production of prevention and detection products.

ECM 604 Seminar in Fraud Management (3 Credits)
Research and discussion of current policy and legal issues affecting fraud management, including privacy, security, ethics, auditing and compliance

MGT 619 Strategic Management and Leadership (3 Credits)
Case study based course focused on developing skills in strategic competitive analysis, assessing business risk, effective implementation and execution of strategies and developing an effective leadership style based on current theories and research.

ECM 535 Legal and Investigative Issues for Fraud Management (3 Credits)
Case study analysis of business and economic crimes, including cybercrime, criminal liability of business entities, management and employees, investigation and prosecution

Electives
ECM 623 Advanced Fraud Investigation and Analysis (3 Credits)
Types of criminal fraud, methods used to detect and analyze occurrence of fraud, techniques of fraud investigation, interviewing and interrogation, file and case management, interaction with external investigation, regulations, and law enforcement.

ECM 632 Information and Communication Security (3 Credits)
Issues and concepts related to the protection of information and information systems.
Threats and vulnerabilities to internal and external modes of communication
Securing communications, information systems and computer technology
Legal, ethical and privacy issues related to information security.