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Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Program Description
The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program offers a similar exposure to those mid-career professionals with a firm grasp of business fundamentals, who wish to advance themselves in their current work, transition to a new challenge, or simply increase their knowledge in the area of business administration. It assumes the fundamentals of business and management skills are already familiar to the student, and builds upon that knowledge to add form to the structure. For instance, the opportunities for students to learn specialized management techniques are evident in courses such as Technical Managerial Accounting, Economics for Managers, Marketing Management, and New Enterprise Management. Critical thinking, decision making and problem solving are explored more deeply through these additional management courses also included in the graduate Business Administration program: Principles of Total Quality Management, Computer Technology for Managers, Management Science and Financial Management.
Program Objectives
In addition to the objectives listed for the School of Business master-level degree program, Business Administration concentration students will be able to:
- Conduct long- and short-term strategic planning for sales and related cost forecasting
- Demonstrate how the ethical and legal environment affects managers at all levels, in all types of organizations
- Employ financial management theories, concepts and techniques
- Discuss marketing and entrepreneurial leadership disciplines from a managerial perspective
- Apply economic analysis, such as demand, production and costs analysis and profit maximization
- Utilize technology as a decision support tool in order to make sound financial and managerial decisions
- Describe various factors that affect international business and its complexities
- Demonstrate proficiency in business administration at the master's degree level
Program Requirements
A minimum of 36 credits are required to graduate with a Master of Business Administration (students may exceed 36 credits in satisfying the requirements). All credits must be from 500- to 700-level coursework.
| Business Administration Core |
15 credits required |
| Culminating Activities |
12 credits required |
| Business Administration Electives |
9 credits minimum required |
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Business Administration Core
15 credits required. Must include the following courses. All courses are 3 credits each.
BUS505 - Business Communication
BUS510 - Organizational Behavior
ETH650 - Ethics in Decision Making
RES671 - Statistics for Graduate Students
RES675 - Research Methods
Culminating Activities
12 credits required. Must include the following courses.
FPP680 - The Thesis Proposal (3 credits)
FPP690 - The Thesis (9 credits)
Business Administration Electives
9 credits minimum required. All courses are 3 credits each.
BUS520 - Technical Managerial Accounting
BUS530 - Economics for Managers
BUS550 - New Enterprise Management
BUS560 - Principles of Leadership
BUS570 - Principles of Total Quality Management
BUS580 - Essentials of International Business
BUS600 - Computer Technology for Managers
BUS610 - Management Science
BUS620 - Planning and Control
BUS630 - Financial Management
BUS660 - Strategic Business Policy Essentials
BUS670 - Business Law and Ethics
MKT500 - Strategic Marketing Management
A minimum of 36 total credits is required for graduation. At least 36 credits must be from 500- to 700-level coursework. Student may exceed 36 credits in satisfying the degree requirements.
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