Master of Business Administration Curriculum
Degree Requirements
Proficiency in written and oral communications, college level math, and computer usage, including word processing, spread sheets, databases, and the Internet, are required. In addition, basic knowledge of statistics, accounting, marketing and economics are pre-requisites for several of the Core classes. Applicants can demonstrate this basic knowledge either through life experience, previous transcripts or other certification and the decision concerning the applicability of the students' previous experience will be made on an individual basis by the Director of the program.
Online courses will be available on a regular basis to students without the appropriate business background. In general students can complete these courses while taking Core courses except those Core courses that carry a specific pre-requisite. In other words, BUS 508 Marketing Essentials (pre-req Foundation course) must be finished before taking BUS 572 Global Marketing (Core Class). Applicability of the student's previous coursework will in general be based on when the student completed previous course(s) and the grade earned. The applicability of life experience will be judged on a case-by-case basis by the Director of the program.
Pre-requisites (Foundation)
Pre-requisite (Foundation) Courses |
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| 4 courses - 8 credit hours, online format | |
| BUS 506 | Statistics Essentials (2) |
| BUS 507 | Accounting Essentials (2) |
| BUS 508 | Marketing Essentials (2) |
| BUS 509 | Economics Essentials (2) |
MBA Curriculum
The MBA consists of 37 credits (17 courses). 12 Core courses (26 credit hours) and 5 courses from one of three available Concentrations:
- Strategy and Entrepreneurship;
- Healthcare Management; or
- Executive Leadership for Women
Core |
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| 12 courses - 26 credit hours - required in all three Concentrations | |
| BUS 570 | International Business (2) |
| BUS 571 | Business Communication (2) |
| BUS 572 | Global Marketing (2)
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| BUS 573 | Entrepreneurship/Strategy (2) |
| BUS 574 | Corporate Finance (3) |
| BUS 575 | Leadership & Management (2) |
| BUS 576 | Organizational Behavior (2) |
| BUS 577 | Information Technology (2) |
| BUS 578 | Negotiations/Persuasion (2) |
| BUS 579 | Creativity/ Innovative Thinking (2) |
| BUS 580 | Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility (2) |
| ACT 650 | Managerial Accounting (3)
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Concentrations (choose 1) |
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| I. Strategy and Entrepreneurship (5 courses - 11 credit hours) | |
| BUS 607 | Human Resource and Issues in Diversity (2) |
| BUS 608 | Economics for Managers (2)
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| BUS 609 | Business and Sustainability (2) |
| BUS 610 | Statistical Application to Business Efficiency (2)
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| BUS 624 | Multi-Discipline Strategic Management 1 (3)
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| II. Healthcare Management (5 courses - 11 credit hours) | |
| BUS 611 | Quality Measurement (2) |
| BUS 612 | Health Economics + Reimbursement (2) - pre-req: BUS 509; BUS 506 |
| BUS 613 | Health Policy and History (2) |
| BUS 614 | Management Issues in Healthcare Institutions (2) |
| BUS 615 | Healthcare Capstone Experience (3) -pre-req: BUS 573, BUS 575, BUS 579, BUS 614 |
| III. Executive Leadership for Women (5 courses - 11 credits) | |
| BUS 621 | Gender and Diversity in Leadership (2) |
| BUS 622 | Advanced Topics in Leadership and Governance (2) |
| BUS 623 | Strategic Performance for Women Executives (2) |
| BUS 620 | Risk Management (2) - pre-req: BUS 509; BUS 506 |
| BUS 624 | Multi-Discipline Strategic Management (3) - pre-req: BUS 573, BUS 575, BUS 579 |
