Master of Business Administration

Curriculum

Completion of the online MBA degree requires 36 credit hours. Students may be eligible to transfer up to 18 hours from previous graduate study.

MBA CORE CURRICULUM (27 hours)
Each of the courses comprising the MBA Core Curriculum are required for all students.

Credit Hours *
ACC510 Financial and Managerial Accounting 3
FIN500 Corporate Finance 3
ECN540 Managerial Economics3
MGT510 Organizational Behavior3
MGT520 IT for Business Management3
MKT530 Marketing Management3
STR570 Business Strategy3
Strategic Capstone Project
The Strategic Capstone course is used to conclude the MBA program by challenging students to integrate and apply the lessons they have learned in all previous courses. There are three options for this course (most of our MBA students take the Strategic Capstone Simulation option, but click on each course option for more details):
STR599A Strategic Capstone Simulation
STR599B Strategic Capstone Research Project
STR599C Strategic Capstone Planning Project
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Concentration Options - Personalized Curriculum

Students can personalize their MBA program by selecting three additional courses that produce a curriculum that will achieve their personal leaning objectives.

COURSESCredit Hours*
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION (9 hours)
MGT550 Human Resources Management3
MGT580 Strategies for Change 3
MGT500 Management Theory 3

GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION (9 hours)
MGT500 Management Theory 3
BUSI500 Overview of Business Intelligence3
MGT580 Strategies for Change 3

MARKETING CONCENTRATION (9 hours)
MKT550 Managing Product Development 3
MGT540 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation3
IS570 eBusiness Strategies3

eBUSINESS CONCENTRATION (9 hours)
MGT540 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation3
IS570 eBusiness Strategies3
MGT595 eBusiness Management3

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCENTRATION (9 hours)
(IS515 and IS590 have prerequisite courses. Students can substitute the prerequisites with equivalent courses subject to the approval of the Dean.)
IS515 Data Management3
IS550 Project and Change Management3
IS590 Strategic Information Systems Management3

or create your own concentration by choosing three complementary courses from the list below (9 hours):

COURSESCredit Hours*
MGT550 Human Resource Management3
MGT580 Strategies for Change 3
MGT500 Management Theory3
MGT595 eBusiness Management3
BUS520 Quantitative Analysis3
MKT550 Managing Product Development3
MGT540 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation3
IS515 Data Management3
IS525 Data Communications and Networking 3
IS535 Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation3
IS550 Project and Change Management3
IS570 eBusiness Strategies3
IS590 Strategic Information Systems Management3

 

*credit hours are equivalent to semester hours