Business Administration, M.B.A.

Foundation Courses

The foundation courses consist of thirty hours of undergraduate-level courses. The foundation courses should be completed with a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.0. Some or all of the foundation courses may be waived for students with prior appropriate course work. The following comprise the foundation courses:

• ACCT 2400 Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 2500 Principles of Accounting II
• ECON 2200 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 2300 Principles of Microeconomics
• DSC 2010 Elementary Statistics or
• DSC 3300 Decision Science
• MATH 2000 Calculus
• MGT 3000 Organization and Management
• MKT 3210 Principles of Marketing
• FIN 3200 Principles of Finance
• ACCT 3100 Legal Environment of Business I

Graduate Management Core

The graduate management core courses, the heart of the MBA program, focus on organizational decision making, behavioral factors impacting decision making, and the environment in which the organization functions. The graduate management core is composed of the following courses:

• ACCT 5510 - Managerial Accounting (3)
• CIS 5520 - Management Information Systems (3)
• DSC 5200 - Managerial Statistics (3)
• DSC 5530 - Productions and Systems Management (3)
• ECON 5540 - Economic Analysis (3)
• FIN 5550 - Financial Policies (3)
• MGT 5560 - Behavioral and Management Theory and Analysis (3)
• MGT 5565 - Management Strategy and Policy Analysis (3) (To be taken in the graduating semester)
• MKT 5570 - Marketing Strategy (3)

Graduate Electives

Except for joint degree students, each student is required to select at least two elective courses.  These courses must be approved by the Director of the MBA Program.  The graduate management electives consist of the following courses:

• CIS 5620 - Project Management

• ENTR 5500 - Entrepreneurial Finance

• ENTR 5530 - Creativity, Opportunity Recognition and Feasibility Studies

• ENTR 5600 - Technological Entrepreneurship and High Growth Ventures

• ENTR 5610 - Search Engine Marketing

• ENTR 5620 - Global Small Business Marketing Strategy

• FIN 5552 - Advanced International Finance (3)
• FIN 5558 - Investments: Theory and Practice (3)

• FIN 5600 - Advanced Financial Risk Management

• MGT 5250 - Topics in International Business (3)
• MGT 5320 - Business and Society (3)
• MGT 5550 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development (3)
• MGT 5562 - Business Consulting (3)

• MGT 5873 - Multinational Marketing

• MGT 5999 - Strategic Management of Human Resources

• MKT 5872 - Marketing Research and Information Systems (3)
• MKT 5874 - Consumer and Supply Change Management (3)

Summary

In summary, candidates for the Master of Business Administration degree are required to complete foundation courses as specified, complete all graduate management core courses and complete six (6) hours of graduate electives.  However, courses in the JD and in MIS programs substitute for elective courses in the joint MBA/JD and MBA/MIS programs.

The joint degree programs allow students to simultaneously pursue a degree in Law or a degree in Information Sciences while enrolled in the MBA program.  Both joint degree programs allow students to earn two degrees in less time than it takes to earn them traditionally.

The joint Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor degree program can be completed in four calendar years.  The degree of Juris Doctor (JD) is granted by the School of Law upon successful completion of a minimum of eighty-eight (88) semester hours of required and elective courses.  Nine (9) semester hours of graduate level business courses will meet the electives for the law degree and nine (9) semester hours of law school courses will meet the electives requirements for the Master of Business Administration degree.

The joint Master of Business Administration/Master of Information Science degree program can be completed in two calendar years.  The School of Business and the School of Library and Information Sciences grant Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Information Sciences (MIS) degrees upon completion of a minimum of forty-eight (48) semester hours of required and elective courses.

Graduate Curriculum Guide for Master of Business Administration (MBA)