Degree Requirements & Curriculum

Degree Requirements

Students are required to take 36 credit hours in the program. There are 24 credit hours of core courses, 9 credit hours of elective courses, and 3 credit hours for the CAPSTONE course "Strategic Management."

Course Curriculum

Foundation Courses

Note: students who enter the program without undergraduate business courses will be advised about the necessary foundation courses they are required to take prior to taking the core classes.

ACC 5100 Foundations of Financial Accounting
ECN 5100 Economic Analysis
MBA 5100 Legal Environment
MBA 5120 Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
MBA 5140 Foundations of Management
MBA 5160 Foundations of Marketing
MBA 5180 Foundations of Financial Management
MBA 5190 Foundations of Production and Operations Management

Required Courses

ACC 5200 Managerial Accounting
ECN 5120 Analysis of Economics Conditions
MBA 5200 Decision Analysis
MBA 5210 Managerial Perspectives on Personal and Social Responsibilities
MBA 5220 Corporate Finance
MBA 5240 Marketing Management and Planning
MBA 5250/5270 Organizational Processes and Leadership
MBA 5260 Information Systems and Technology
MBA 5900 Strategic Management

Frequently Offered Electives (Must pick 3 courses)

MBA 5320 e-Business Strategies
MBA 5420 Investments
MBA 5450 Global Financial Management Analysis
MBA 5500 New Product Management
MBA 5510 Marketing Communications
MBA 5520 Marketing Research
MBA 5530 Consumer Behavior
MBA 5580 Global Marketing Management
MBA 5620 Entrepreneurship
MBA 5680 Diversity in Management and Marketing
MBA 5720 Human Resources Management: Personnel Processes
MBA 5860 Organizational Behavior: Administrative Strategy
MBA 5890 Managing the Global Firm
MBA 5920 Emerging Trends in Business
MBA 5940 International Studies in Business
MBA 5950 Directed Study and Research
MBA 5990 Master's Thesis