Business Administration - M.B.A. Program Requirements

Full-Time Master of Business Administration

• Accounting concentration
  
• Economics concentration
• Fashion Design and Merchandising concentration
  
• Finance concentration
• Human Resource Management concentration
• Information Systems concentration
• International Business concentration
• Marketing concentration

 

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CORE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
ACCT	63037	Financial Accounting-Managerial Action	3
	63038	Accounting for Managerial Action and Evaluation	3
BAD	68051	Business Professional Development	1
ECON	62021	Business Conditions Analysis and Public Policy	3
	62022	Managerial Economics	3
FIN	66061	Financial Management I	3
MIS	64005	Statistics for Management	3
	64041	Operations Management	3
	64042	Management Information Systems	3
	64271	Human Resources Management	3
MKTG	65051	Marketing Management	3
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Executive Modules, Integrative Management Courses, Concentrations and/or Electives*			12
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Accounting (12)
Economics (12)
Fashion Design and Merchandising (12)
Finance (12)
Human Resource Management (12)
Information Systems (12)
International Business (12)
Marketing (12)
TOTAL			55

*With approval, some electives may be taken outside the Graduate School of Management.

 

Accounting concentration

ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose four from the following:			12
ACCT	53013	Advanced Management Accounting (3)
	53014	Advanced Accounting Systems (3)
	53034	Nonprofit Accounting Auditing (3)
	63025	Business Valuation (3)
	63030	International Accounting (3)
	63032	Accounting Theory (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

Those contemplating this concentration should meet with the faculty advisor prior to starting the program or during the first semester of the program. Undergraduate accounting majors who meet stated prerequisites may select other graduate level courses

 

Economics concentration

ECONOMICS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose at least two course in any of the following areas:
Econometrics
ECON	62054	Econometrics I (3)
	62055	Econometrics II (3)
	62056	Time Series Analysis (3)
International
ECON	52076	Economic Development (3)
	62075	International Trade (3)
	62076	International Finance (3)
	62077	Economic Problems of Developing Areas (3)
Macroeconomics
ECON	52065	Problems of Monetary and Fiscal Policy (3)
	62051	Macroeconomic Theory I (3)
	62061	Monetary Theory and Policy (3)
Microeconomics
ECON	52068	Industrial Organization and Public Policy (3)
	62184	Public Finance (3)
	52081	Urban Economics (3)
	52085	Public Finance (3)
	52086	Economics of Health Care (3)
	52087	Law and Economics (3)
	62050	Microeconomic Theory (3)
	62071	Labor Economics
	62182	Public Expenditure and Cost Benefit Analysis (3)
Any 50000 or 60000 level economics courses, except ECON 62010, 62015, 62021 and 62022, with the approval of the Economics Faculty Advisor.
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

Fashion Design and Merchandising concentration

FASHION DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
FDM	60010	Theories in Fashion	3
	60020	Fashion Design Management	3
	60030	Research Methods in Fashion Design and Merchandising	3
	60098	Research Project in Fashion Design and Merchandising	3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

Finance concentration

FINANCE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose four of the following:			12
FIN	66062	Financial Management II (3)
	66063	Financial Markets and Institutions (3)
	66064	International Financial Management (3)
	66066	Advanced Security and Investment Theory (3)
	66069	Real Estate (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

Human Resource Management concentration

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			12
MIS	64108	Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior (3)
	64160	Leadership and Organization Change (3)
	64263	Employee Selection and Appraisal (3)
	64270	Organizational Analysis (3)
	64261	Strategic Decision Making and Human Resource Management (3)
TOTAL			12

Information Systems concentration

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose four from the following			12
MIS	64011	Systems Simulation (3)
	64046	Seminar in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (3)
	64080	Emerging Hardware and Software Technologies (3)
	64081	Data Communications (3)
	64082	Database Management Systems (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

International Business concentration

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose four from the following:			12
ACCT	63030	International Accounting (3)
FIN	66064	International Financial Management (3)
BAD	72076	International Finance (3)
	65184	International Business (3)
	?	International Business Experience (3)
MKTG	65054	International Marketing (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			12

Marketing concentration

MARKETING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
Choose from the following:			3
MKTG	65053	Promotion Management (3)
	65054	International Marketing (3)
	65057	Marketing Research	3
	65060	Marketing Strategy and Planning (3)
	65064	Buyer Behavior	3
	65068	Marketing Strategy and Planning for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL			15