Business Administration (M.B.A.)

The Master of Business Administration degree prepares graduates for broader management responsibilities or for specialized technical work in business. Its specific goals are:

to foster understanding of today's competitive global business environment;
to develop the ability to identify problems, obtain relevant information, devise and evaluate alternative approaches, and successfully implement the best choice;
to establish a basis for dealing effectively with others, individuals and groups, in person and in writing; and to become aware of recent developments in the behavioral sciences;
to obtain an interdisciplinary understanding of fundamental concepts and principles from the various business disciplines in order to deal effectively with the problems that face tomorrow's managers; and
to encourage students to think broadly and to bridge all gaps between the theory and the practice of business administration.

Note: The School of Business Administration strongly recommends that candidates have at least two years of work experience before applying.

Degree Requirements

Students may be required to take one or more graduate courses from the Foundation Component and additional preparatory courses at the undergraduate level. The M.B.A. program then requires the completion of the Advanced Component, which includes the selection of three elective concentration courses.

Foundation Component

The Foundation Component is designed to ensure that students are academically prepared for the Advanced Component. Foundation courses are:

MBA 501 Statistics Foundations
MBA 502 Economics Foundations
MBA 503 Accounting Foundations
MBA 504 Management Foundations
MBA 505 Finance Foundations
MBA 506 Marketing Foundations

A course within the Foundation Component may only be waived under any of the following circumstances:

the student has completed at least 2 courses of similar content at the undergraduate level within the past ten years with at least a 3.0;
the student has significant professional experience essentially equivalent to the graduate course; or
the student has successfully passed a comprehensive examination in the subject matter of the course to be waived.

Advanced Component

No courses in the Advanced Component may be waived. Students will take the following courses in the Advanced Component:

MBA 513 Organizational Communication
MBA 514 Quantitative Methods for Management
MBA 515 Organizational Behavior
MBA 516 Managerial Accounting
MBA 517 Business Law and Ethics
MBA 518 Managerial Economics or MBA 520 Macroeconomics
MBA 519 Managing Information Technology
MBA 522 Corporate Finance
MBA 524 Strategic Marketing
MBA 526 Strategic Management

Electives Component

Three electives are required. Although elective courses are listed under specific fields, students are not required to select all their electives from the same field. Students should consult with their advisors before selecting electives. All electives must be graduate courses from the School of Business Administration.

Accounting
ACT 504 Tax Accounting
ACT/IM 520 Accounting Information Systems
ACT 521 Internal Auditing I
ACT 525 Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting

Business Technologies
IM 501 Information Technologies
IM 510 Database Systems
BT 521 Electronic Commerce
BT 522 Strategic Use of the World Wide Web
BT 523 Knowledge Management
BT 570 Intelligent Agents
BT 571 Systems Thinking, Modeling, and Simulations
BT 572 Information and Network Security

Economics
ECO 585 Global Markets and Economics
ECO 590 Health Care Economics
ECO 599 Special Topics in Economics
Finance FIN 502 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
FIN 503 Financial Markets and Institutions
FIN 560 Advanced Financial Management
FIN/IM 582 Neural Networks in Finance and Investing
FIN 585 International Finance
FIN 590 Finance Seminar

Health Care Management
HCM/NUA 510 Health Care Management
HCM/NUA 520 Health Care Reimbursement Systems
HCM 525 Health ManagementLong-Term Care
HCM/NUA 535 Health Care Policy
HCM/NUA 550 Health Care Finance
HCM 555 Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing
HCM 565 Health Care Cases and Project
LA/NUA 540 Health Care Law Human Performance Systems
HPS 501 Training Adults: Behavior Modeling
HPS 502 Performance Analysis
HPS 503 Instructional Design and Development
HPS 504 Delivery System Design
HPS 505 Research and Evaluation
HPS 506 Performance Improvement Strategies
HPS 508 International Human Resource Issues
HPS 509 Advanced Instructional Design and Development
HPS 512 Organizational Career Management
HPS 540 Project

Human Resource Management
HRM 530 Foundations of Human Resource Management
HRM 531 Labor Relations
HRM 532 Seminar in Human Resource Management Topics
HRM 533 Strategic Human Resource Management Planning
HRM 534 Compensation
HRM 536 Employee Benefits
HRM/IM 537 Human Resource Information Systems
HRM 538 Human Resource Selection and Appraisal
HRM 540 Project

Information Management
IM 501 Information Technologies
IM 510 Database Management
IM 512 Information and Decision Making
IM 515 Telecommunications Management
IM/ACT 520 Accounting Information Systems
IM 525 Systems Development
IM 530 Management Support Systems
IM 535 Intelligent Decision Systems
IM/HRM 537 Human Resource Information Systems

International Business
ECO 585 Global Markets and Economics
FIN 585 International Finance
MGT 585 Global Business Management
MSC 585 Global Operations Strategy
MKT 585 Global Marketing

Legal Administration
LA 509 Public Law and Administrative Procedures
LA 535 Personnel Law
LA 562 Law, Computers, and the Internet

Management
MGT 502 Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization
MGT 505 Creating Business Webs
MGT 506 Customer Relationship Management
MGT 507 Leadership Theory and Development Practices
MGT 509 Management Seminar
MGT 510 Functional Processes for Re-engineering Organizations
MGT 515 Principles and Practices of Group Performance
MGT 521 Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency
MGT 550 Procurement and Contracting
MGT 551 Negotiation Skills and Strategies
MGT 561 Ethics in the Information Age
MGT 595 Internship
MGT 599 Independent Study
MGT 600 Thesis

Management Science
MSC 545 Project Management
MSC 585 Global Operations Strategy
IM 530 Management Support Systems

Marketing
MKT 510 Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT 512 Market Research
MKT 520 Business-to-Business Buying Behavior and Strategic Selling
MKT 530 Promotional Strategies
MKT 550 Marketing Seminar
MKT 560 Marketing to the Federal Government
MKT 585 Global Marketing
MKT 589 Marketing High Technology Products and Services

Organization Development
OD 521 Organization Diagnosis and Change
OD 522 Organization Development Intervention and Implementation
OD 523 Organization Development Issues and Trends
OD 524 Consulting Skills
OD 526 Advanced Facilitation Skills