Master of Business Administration Program (M.B.A.)

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Degree Requirements

Students without business degrees are required to complete either the Foundation requirements or the Accelerated MBA Preparatory program and the MBA section. Business-degree students only need to complete the MBA section requirements.

Undergraduate Foundation Classes (34 Credits)

(Required for Students Without Business Degrees)

ACCT 2010 - Accounting Principles 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 2020 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 3350 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2500 - Quantitative methods for Business & Economics 3 Credit(s) OR
MATH 1100 - Applied Calculus 3 Credit(s)
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 3180 - Management & Organizations 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 3100 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)

Accelerated MBA Preparatory Sequence (25 Credits)

(6000-level courses offered as funding permits)

ACCT 6000 - Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 3350 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6000 - Foundations of Economics 3 Credit(s)
MATH 1100 - Applied Calculus 3 Credit(s) or equivalent
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6000 - Foundations of Management & Operations 3 Credit(s)
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 Credit(s)

MBA (30 Credits Minimum)

Required (15-18 Credits)*

ACCT 6100 - Advanced Management Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6200 - Managerial Economics 3 Credit(s)
FIN 6100 - Advanced Topics in Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6100 - Managing Organizations and People 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6400 - Global Business Strategy 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 6200 - Strategic Marketing Management 3 Credit(s) *

Note

*Students with undergraduate business degrees are NOT required to take the core course in their undergraduate major, as follows:

Accounting majors – ACCT 6100
Economics majors – ECON 6200
Finance majors – FIN 6100
Management majors – MGMT 6100
Marketing majors – MKTG 6200

Only one course may be waived and will be replaced with a graduate elective.

Students who did not major in a business discipline as undergraduates MUST take all required courses as listed.

Electives (Select 12-15 Credits)*

ACCT 6320 - Advanced Cost Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 6360 - Business Law II 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6100 - Spreadsheet Modeling Craft 3 Credit(s)
BA 6100 - Advanced Issues in Business 1 to 3 Credit(s) **
ECON 6210 - International Economics & Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6200 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6300 - HR Management & Law 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6320 - Labor Management Relations 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6340 - Strategic Issues in HR 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6900 - Project/Thesis 3 Credit(s)
Other MAcc courses may be taken as MBA electives only if approved by the MAcc program director and the graduate committee. This is determined by the student’s academic background in the accounting discipline.

Total Credits: 30

(Business degree students [min])

Total Credits: 64

(Core Competency Option, [min])

Total Credits: 55

(Accelerated MBA Preparatory Option, minimum)

Note

** Scheduled class offerings and individual study