Master in Business Administration

The Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree curriculum can range from 36 to 45 credits (12–15 classes), depending on your academic background. With 24 credits of foundation courses, you’ll build the necessary background for your study in interdisciplinary courses, concentration class and a final project, your Capstone.

The MBA faculty uses various course formats to help you learn, including case studies, lecture/discussion, group projects and simulation exercises to ensure what you gain in one course will reinforce and build on what you learn in others.

Curriculum
(36 to 45 credits)

Required Interdisciplinary Courses (6 credits):

COR 510: Moral Leadership
COR 600: Organizational and Professional Ethics (taken within the final 12 credits)

Program Prerequisite Disciplines or Leveling Courses: (9 credits maximum)

Accounting
Six undergraduate credits in accounting or five years relevant professional experience
OR
MBA 591: Accounting for the Workplace

Management and Marketing
Undergraduate coursework in management and marketing or five years relevant professional experience
OR
MBA 592: Management and Marketing

Economics and Finance
Undergraduate coursework in economics and finance or five years relevant professional experience
OR
MBA 593: Economics and Finance

Required Courses (24 credits):

MBA 500: Strategic Management
MBA 510: Managerial Accounting
MBA 520: Marketing Services
MBA 600: Quantitative Methods
MBA 610: Legal Environment
MBA 620: Managerial Economics
MBA 630: Management Finance (Prerequisite: MBA 620)
MBA 670: Corporate Communication

Select One Elective (3 credits):

MBA 515: Critical Issues/White Collar Crime
MBA 525: Workplace Violence
MBA 530: Corporate Finance
MBA 535: Crisis Management
MBA 540: Employment Law
MBA 550: Labor Relations and Management
MBA 560: Human Resource Management for Leaders
MBA 570: Marketing Research Seminar
MBA 612: School Finance
MBA 635: Public Relations
MBA 640: Acctg. for Gov.’t & Not-for-Profit Org.
MBA 650: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
MBA 660: Grantwriting

Required Capstone Course (3 credits):

MBA 680: Executive Leadership Seminar