Master of Business Administration, MBA

(36 semester hours)

Each candidate for the Master of Business Administration degree must select an area of concentration. Twelve credits are required in the concentration. Students taking additional concentrations in the MBA program can cross-reference one course or three credits between the two concentrations. The available areas and core requirements are as follows:

Core Courses 24 semester hours

BUS 531	Adv Topics/Management Information Syst?Information Systems	3
BUS 541	Organizational Behavior and Development	3
BUS 542	Financial Planning and Management	3
BUS 548	Operation Analysis and Management?(quantitative Methods)	3
BUS 568	Legal Aspects of the Management Process	3
BUS 570	Marketing and Strategic Planning	3
BUS 590	Research Methodology	3
BUS 554	Policy Formulation and Strategy?Management	3

BUS 554: Capstone course: to be taken after completion of at least 24 graduate credits.

Core courses that are prerequisite to concentration courses must be completed prior to taking the concentration.

Concentrations (Select one) 12 semester hours

Finance and Investments (Select four courses)

BUS 556	Business Venture and the Entrepreneur	3
BUS 564	Accounting Information Systems	3
BUS 581	Acquisition and Divestment	3
BUS 582	Business Taxation	3
BUS 583	Retirement and Estate Planning	3
BUS 584	Managerial Economics	3
BUS 585	Risk Management and Insurance	3
BUS 586	SEC and the Financial Markets	3
BUS 587	International Trade and Investment	3
BUS 588	Portfolio Theory and Capital Markets	3
BUS 589	Adv. Topics Real Estate Mgmt	3
BUS 598	Special Topics	3
BUS 599	Independent Research	3

General Management (Select four courses)

BUS 509	Leadership	3
BUS 510	Management Role of the Information?Professional	3
BUS 513	Web-Based Marketing	3
BUS 534	Business Intelligence	3
BUS 543	Human Resources in Management	3
BUS 546	Managing the Organization in Marketspace?Marketspace	3
BUS 549	Labor Relations - Manpower and?Collective Bargaining	3
BUS 550	Production Management: Total Quality?Management (tqm)	3
BUS 551	Management of International Business?Organizations	3
BUS 553	International Marketing	3
BUS 556	Business Venture and the Entrepreneur	3
BUS 569	Management of Technology	3
BUS 581	Acquisition and Divestment	3
BUS 584	Managerial Economics	3
BUS 598	Special Topics	3
BUS 599	Independent Research	3

Management Information Systems (Select four courses)

BUS 509	Leadership	3
BUS 510	Management Role of the Information?Professional	3
BUS 513	Web-Based Marketing	3
BUS 514	Web-Based Systems Development	3
BUS 534	Business Intelligence	3
BUS 535	Data Mining and Warehousing	3
BUS 546	Managing the Organization in Marketspace?Marketspace	3
BUS 556	Business Venture and the Entrepreneur	3
BUS 562	Systems Analysis and Design: Industrial?Problem Solving	3
BUS 563	Information Systems - Database?Management	3
BUS 564	Accounting Information Systems	3
BUS 566	Telecom and Networking for Business Syst	3
BUS 569	Management of Technology	3
BUS 592	Web Application Design/Dvlp	3
BUS 593	Business Info Security/Continuity	3
BUS 594	ERP Systems	3
BUS 598	Special Topics	3
BUS 599	Independent Research	3

This track requires proficiency and satisfactory completion of courses in two programming languages.