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

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 credits
ACCT 2020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credits
ECON 2500 - Quantitative methods for Business & Economics 3 credits OR
MATH 1100 - Applied Calculus 3 credits
MATH 2040 - Business Statistics 4 credits
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 credits
MGMT 3180 - Management & Organizations 3 credits
MGMT 3100 - Operations Mgmt 3 credits
ECON 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits
ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 credits

Accelerated MBA Preparatory Sequence (25 Credits)

(offered as funding permits)

MATH 1100 - Applied Calculus 3 credits or equivalent
MATH 2040 - Business Statistics 4 credits - Prerequisite undergraduate or MATH 1040
ACCT 6000 - Foundations of Accounting 3 credits
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 credits
MGMT 6000 - Foundations of Management & Operations 3 credits
ECON 6000 - Foundations of Economics 3 credits
ACCT 3350 - Business Law I 3 credits
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 credits

MBA (30 Credits Minimum)

Required (15-18 Credits)*

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

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 credits
ACCT 6360 - Business Law II 3 credits
ECON 6100 - Spreadsheet Modeling Craft 3 credits
BA 6100 - Advanced Issues in Business 1 to 3 credits **
ECON 6210 - International Economics & Finance 3 credits
MGMT 6200 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 3 credits
MGMT 6300 - HR Management & Law 3 credits
MGMT 6320 - Labor Management Relations 3 credits
MGMT 6340 - Strategic Issues in HR 3 credits
MGMT 6900 - Project/Thesis 3 credits
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