Master of Business Administration Degree
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offers a balance of theory and practice. The mission of the MBA program is to prepare working adults in the early stages of their careers in small or middlesized organizations with the knowledge, skills, and personal characteristics that will enhance performance in their present occupation, and prepare them for advancement to upper-level management in the future. A principal strategy for achievement of this overall goal is to employ a balanced educational approach that includes a rich mixture of business theory and practice. The MBA program complements management development activities which, in combination, prepare working adults for advancement within an organization. To this end, the MBA program enhances career opportunities in the management of business firms or other formally organized enterprises. Therefore, the program centers on a professional approach which balances business theory with practice in the search for knowledge, skills, and methodologies that are useful in formulating strategies for the future in an uncertain and often turbulent business environment. Degree requirements include common core courses and integrate foundation courses for a minimum of 36 semester hours. The foundation courses must be among the first 18 hours of course work in the MBA program.
Department
Degree Requirements
| A. | Required Graduate Foundation Courses | 12 sem. hrs | ||
| BUSI 508 |  | Decision Science for Business | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 510 | | Managerial Economics | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 562 | | Managerial Accounting | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 570 | | Managerial Finance | 3 hrs | |
| B. | Required Graduate Core Courses | 24 sem. hrs | ||
| BUSI 502 | | Information Systems for Management | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 504 | | Business Communication Theory and Practice | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 506 | | Legal and Ethical Environment for Business | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 522 | | Organizational Theory and Practice | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 526 | | (MSCJ 526) Human Resource Management and Theory | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 528 | | International Business | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 544 | | Marketing Strategy | 3 hrs | |
| BUSI 595 | | Strategic Management (Capstone Course*) | 3 hrs | |
Locations
The Master of Business Administration degree is available at the following locations: