MBA Curriculum & Program
The MBA program requires 36 credit hours of coursework (12 three credit courses). Students are expected to complete two courses in each of the six modules listed below. Note that students may use additional courses from any of the modules toward the elective module requirement.
Core Module 1: Analytical Decision Making and Risk Management (Two of the following): | 6 | |
Information Technology Assurance and Audit (Required for fifth year accounting students) | ||
Advanced Data Analysis | ||
Stock Market & Corp Valuation | ||
Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets | ||
Financial Management | ||
Managerial Economics | ||
Core Module 2: Leadership and Social Justice (Two of the following): | 6 | |
Reading/Cases in Financial Reporting | ||
Leadership and Organizational Behavior | ||
Going Global: Business and Society | ||
Environmental Economics and Policy | ||
Employment Law | ||
Core Module 3: Organizations and the Competitive Environment (Two of the following): | 6 | |
Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting | ||
Innovation Management | ||
Managing/Marketing Service Business | ||
Managerial Economics | ||
Supply Chain Analysis | ||
Marketing Strategy and the Consumer Experience | ||
Employment Law | ||
Experiential Module (Two of the following): | 6 | |
Accounting Theory and Research | ||
Internship | ||
Research | ||
Entrepreneurship | ||
Business Plan Project A and B | ||
Doing Business: Study Trip | ||
Business Plan Project | ||
International Marketing Field Project | ||
International Management Field Project | ||
Elective Module (Two of the following): * | 6 | |
International Marketing Field Project | ||
Employment Law | ||
Special Topics in Business | ||
Project Management | ||
International Management Field Project | ||
Capstone Module (The following two courses are required): | 6 | |
Professional Ethics | ||
Advanced Strategic Management | ||
Total Credits | 36 |
* | Also courses not used to fulfill experiential or core requirements may be used as electives. |
MBA Foundation Courses
The MBA Foundation Courses are a set of four intensive online courses that are meant to prepare non-business students for the MBA program. Credits earned for MBA Foundation Courses cannot be applied toward the 36 credits required for the MBA program.
MBAF 510 | Foundations of Business Statistics | 3 |
MBAF 520 | Foundations of Financial and Managerial Accounting | 3 |
MBAF 530 | Foundations of Economics | 3 |
MBAF 540 | Foundations of Organizational and Operational Management | 3 |
MBA Program Learning Goals
By the completion of the MBA program, students will:
- Gain experience in analytical decision making and risk management
- Develop an understanding of leadership
- Demonstrate an appreciation for ethical behavior in business
- Gain knowledge about organizations and the competitive environment
- Partake in experiential learning for career development