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Business Administration - M.B.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

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

 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (41 credits) *
Course Title Credits
ACCT 63037 Financial Accounting-Managerial Action 3
  63038 Accounting for Managerial Action and Evaluation 3
BAD 68051 Business Professional Development I 1
  68052 Business Professional Development I 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 Globalization and Technology Strategy 3
  64271 Human Resources Management 3
MKTG 65051 Marketing Management 3
Executive Modules
FIN 66050 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Management Decisions 3
MIS 64158 Leadership and Management Assessment 3
Integrative Reasoning
MIS 64185 Business Strategy 3
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Major Electives or Concentration, choose from the following
Students can select electives freely across our nine areas of specializations and are not required to concentrate in any one area, although they are strongly encourages to do so.		 9
Accounting concentration (9)  
Economics concentration (9)  
Entrepreneurship concentration (9)  
Fashion Design and Merchandising concentration (9)  
Finance concentration (9)  
Human Resource Management concentration (9)  
Information Systems concentration (9)  
International Business concentration (9)  
Marketing concentration (9)  
Supply Chain Management concentration (9)  
Major Electives (not declaring a concentration) (9)
Choose electives from the nine areas of specializations		  
Other Electives courses
At least one elective course must be selected from the International Business area. Students may also participate in approved Internship which will grant 3 credit hours towards their elective requirement. Also, with approval, some electives may be taken outside the College of Business Administration.		 6
MINIMUM TOTAL 56

* The College of Business Administration will permit the waiving of Business Administration (MBA) program coursework if supported by the appropriate and recent undergraduate coursework. The waiver of each specific course will be determined by the relevant academic department, such as, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management and Information Systems and Marketing. Student may graduate from the MBA program with less than 57 total credit hours but no less than 39 total credit hours.

 

Accounting concentration

ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following: 9
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 9

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 (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three courses, at least two must belong to one of the following subareas 9
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)  
  52081 Urban Economics (3)  
  52085 Public Finance (3)  
  52086 Economics of Health Care (3)  
  52087 Law and Economics (3)  
  62050 Microeconomic Theory (3)  
  62072 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 9

 

Entrepreneurship concentration

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
MKTG 65050 Modern Entrepreneurial Management 3
Choose two from the following: 6
DSCI 59995 Special Topics in Digital Sciences*(3)  
ECON 52295 Special Topics in Economics **  
FDM 60020 Fashion Design Management (3)  
IAKM 60301 Foundational Principles of Knowledge Management (3)  
PADM 60471 Nonprofit Law (3)  
  60477 Nonprofit Financial Resource Development (3)  
TECH 60000 Project Management in a Technological Environment (3)  
  63050 Triz-Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (3)  
  63060 Management of Technology Innovation (3)  
TRST 60013 Language Project Management (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 9

*Topic should be taken in Global Project Management
** Topic should be taken in Economics of Entrepreneurship

Fashion Design and Merchandising concentration

FASHION DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following: 9
FDM 60010 Theories in Fashion (3)  
  60020 Fashion Design Management (3)  
  60030 Forms of Inquiry in Fashion (3)  
  60098 Research Project in Fashion Design and Merchandising (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 9

 

Finance concentration

FINANCE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three of the following: 9
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 9

 

Human Resource Management concentration

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following:  9
MIS 64108 Applied Topics in Human Resource Management (3)  
  64160 Leadership and Organization Change (3)  
  64261 Fundamental Topics in Human Resource Management (3)  
  64270 Organizational Analysis (3)  
TOTAL 9

 

Information Systems concentration

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following 9
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 9

 

International Business concentration

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following:  9
ACCT 63030 International Accounting (3)  
ECON 62076 International Finance (3)  
FIN 66064 International Financial Management (3)  
MIS 64026 Global Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Strategies (3)  
  64275 Strategic Global Management (3)  
MKTG 65054 International Marketing (3)  
  65184 International Business (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 9

 

Marketing concentration

MARKETING CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
Choose three from the following:  9
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 9

 

Supply Chain Management concentration

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credits)
Course Title Credits
MIS 64026 Global Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Strategies 3
  64028 Global Supply Business Model 3
  64029 Supply Chain and Vendor Management Strategies 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 9