Program Learning Outcomes: Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Understand the global, ethical, and sociopolitical context of business.
• Use and integrate knowledge from core areas of business, including finance, accounting, marketing, and more.
• Effectively apply strategic analysis and decision-making skills, supported by appropriate quantitative methods and information technology.
• Integrate the principles of organizational behavior as it pertains to employee motivation, teamwork, and conflict resolution.

Business Analytics Emphasis (MBA)

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of current analytical tools. 
• Address complex data-driven challenges in the business environment using analytical methods and tools.
• Effectively use strategic analysis and decision-making skills, supported by appropriate quantitative methods and information technology.

Cybersecurity Emphasis (MBA)

• Learn how to analyze, design, and implement Cybersecurity systems.
• Use and integrate knowledge from core areas of business into the technological environment.
• Gain the interpersonal skills to ensure coordination and promote technological improvements.

Finance Emphasis (MBA)

• Learn common valuation approaches as well as the theories used to estimate appropriate discount rates.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of financial statements in order to better evaluate and forecast economic performance.
• Improve students’ skill in developing estimates of future growth and the required cost of capital.

Healthcare Administration Emphasis (MBA)

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the management and organizational processes within the healthcare industry. 
• Improve students’ interpersonal and diagnostic skills to become an effective administrator in the current business environment. 
• Through the application of current events in healthcare organizations, gain an understanding of operational design and behavior.

Leadership Emphasis (MBA)

• Build on the foundations of leadership by becoming more aware of students’ natural leadership style.
• Explore how students’ personal leadership impacts others and what they can do to become a more effective and authentic leader.
• Learn what it takes to lead effective teams, applying principles in the areas of trust, accountability, conflict resolution, team building, and nurturing multicultural and virtual teams.

Marketing Emphasis (MBA)

• Explore key marketing strategies related to communicating product or service value.
• Learn to apply advanced analytics tools available to address the increasingly complex challenges facing today’s marketers.
• Develop an essential understanding of common marketing models and the most up-to-date research methods.