Master of Business Administration

About the Master of Business Administration Degree Online

Business professionals today must serve as resourceful and creative problem-solvers capable of analyzing and interpreting information in order to tackle organizational challenges and seize opportunities. American Sentinel University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) provides students the critical thinking skills and knowledge to add value to their organizations—and strengthen their careers.

Our online MBA program helps professionals achieve an understanding of how to apply data interpretation, insight-driven decision-making and analytical principles to address a self-defined business challenge or opportunity. In addition, graduates gain two tangible assets upon completion of the program:

  • An evidence-based e-portfolio showcasing their business proficiencies.
  • A business plan or proposal that addresses their self-selected business challenge or opportunity.

American Sentinel’s 36-credit-hour (12-course) MBA curriculum provides a strong foundation in core business principles and is supplemented by electives that teach innovative uses of data (such as geospatial information systems and business intelligence) and entrepreneurial thinking. The program builds skills in risk management, forecasting and problem-solving.

Our unique action-learning format engages students to think critically and collaborate with their peers and professors to address real-world business issues. Each student identifies a business challenge or opportunity, applying what he or she learns throughout the MBA program, and addresses that self-selected challenge in the final capstone course. For example, students might use the capstone course to develop a business proposal that focuses on a critical need or create a new venture that applies entrepreneurial principles to a social issue.

An MBA from American Sentinel can empower students to have a lasting impact on their organizations, careers and communities. Unlike other online MBA degree programs, ours weaves market-relevant topics and tools—such as business intelligence, geographic information systems and informatics along with foundational business principles—throughout the curriculum. Students gain broad exposure to relevant concepts that they can apply to their challenge project and “real-time” in their jobs.

Eligibility

A bachelor’s degree is required for admission into the MBA program. Certain undergraduate prerequisite courses may be required (before beginning the program), depending on an applicant’s background. The number of courses will be determined upon transcript evaluation during the admissions process. Contact an admissions advisor to learn more.

Program Features

American Sentinel offers a flexible, online study format, allowing MBA students to fit course work into their busy schedules. Features of the program include:

  • 36-credit hour (12-course) program takes approximately two years to complete (if completing one course at a time).
  • Eight-week courses.
  • One-on-one support from dedicated student success advisors.
  • Flexible financing options.
  • Cohort model, which allows each group of students to move through the program together and build strong relationships.
  • Interactive, involved faculty and mentors.
  • A contemporary curriculum that provides a foundation of core business principles complemented by electives that support data-driven decision-making.
  • Embraces the use of data concepts (including GIS and business intelligence) and entrepreneurial principles to make good business decisions.
  • Action-learning, engagement platform that maximizes the quality and application of learning.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Master of Business Administration will be able to:

  • Assume roles as leaders in contemporary global business operations.
  • Effectively manage team performance in diverse organizational environments.
  • Use theoretical knowledge and contemporary research for evidence-based decision making.
  • Lead others in the acceptance of accountability, responsibility and stewardship for an organization’s action and judgments.
  • Develop an awareness of organizational and personal values and ethics and the impact of these on organizational decision making.
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of management, business law, human capital management, organizational leadership, quantitative reasoning, economics, accounting, operations management, corporate finance, marketing and strategic planning.

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Curriculum

Students graduating with the MBA complete 12 courses (36 credit hours):
- Two required challenge-based courses (MBA 500 and MBA 599)
- Seven required core courses
- Three elective courses covering the areas of health care, business intelligence, geospatial information systems or entrepreneurship.

Students may be eligible to transfer up to 18 credit hours from previous graduate study. Talk with admissions advisor to learn more about the transcript evaluation process.

COURSES CREDIT HOURS*
REQUIRED COURSES (27 credit hours)
MBA500 Introduction to the MBA 3
MBA510 Business Simulations 3
ECN540 Managerial Economics 3
ACC510 Financial and Managerial Accounting 3
MGT510 Organizational Behavior 3
FIN500 Corporate Finance 3
MKT530 Marketing Management 3
STR570 Introduction to Strategic Management 3
STR599 Capstone Seminar Presentation 3
ELECTIVE COURSES (9 credit hours)
GIS500 Geospatial Principles and Practices 3
GIS550 GIS Applications in Health and Human Services 3
GIS560 GIS Applications in Business 3
GIS570 GIS Applications in Government 3
MGT520 IT for Business Management 3
MGT550 Human Resource Management 3
MGT580 Strategies for Change 3
BUSI500 Overview of Business Intelligence 3
BUSI530 Business Performance Management 3
* Credit hours are equivalent to semester hours

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Career Outlook

Employers around the world are increasingly demanding employees with online MBA degrees—and jobs in management, business and finance are expected to grow significantly in the coming decade. According to a Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) poll of 200 global employers, 74 percent intended to hire MBAs in 2012 (up from 2011).

According to the GMAC's 2012 Corporate Recruitment Survey, small and large companies alike seek MBA and master’s-educated professionals. GMAC's survey also reported that several industries lead the way in hiring MBAs:

  • Technology – It is expected that technology companies hiring recent MBA graduates will increase 22 percent in 2012.
  • Nonprofit and government – It is expected that nonprofit/governmental organizations hiring recent MBA graduates will increase 19 percent in 2012.
  • Energy/utilities – It is expected that energy companies hiring recent MBA graduates will increase 14 percent in 2012.

With the strengthening economy, many companies are hiring more educated professionals. In its 2011 nationwide business school survey, U.S. News and World Report reported that more business school graduates are getting jobs. The American Sentinel MBA is one of the most market-relevant, practical online MBA programs available. The program is rooted in applied learning, giving students the ability to immediately use what they learn in their current jobs—or in new roles they secure after they graduate.

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