Graduate School of Business

MBA - The Curriculum

Today, managers need skills in analysis, problem solving, interaction, and communication. Approaches to problem solving are stressed throughout the program through the use of practical applications of academic concepts and theories. Students learn to be innovative in their approaches to problem solving through assignments requiring teamwork, communication skills and computer applications.

The Program is structured, having 36 semester credit hours of graduate level studies with 30 hours in the core and six hours of electives in an area of emphasis. Each course is three credit hours. Core Curriculum

These fundamental courses are required of all MBA students (30 hours) :

ACCT600 Managerial Accounting	3 sem. hrs.
BADM610 Managerial Economics	3 sem. hrs.
BADM620 Managerial Finance	3 sem. hrs.
BADM625 Marketing Management	3 sem. hrs.
BADM630 Organizational Behavior	3 sem. hrs.
BADM633 Entrepreneurial Management	3 sem. hrs.
BADM635 Production Research and Operations Management	3 sem. hrs.
BADM640 Business Law and Ethics	3 sem. hrs.
INTL650 International Business	3 sem. hrs.
BADM690 Strategic Management (Capstone Course)	3 sem. hrs.

MBA Degree Requirements:

Overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 in graduate studies.
Satisfactory completion of a total of 36 graduate hours: 30 core hours (10 courses) and the 6 elective graduate hours (2 courses) within six calendar years for the MBA.
Application for graduation by the dates published by the Registrar.
Participation in Commencement exercises.

It is the student’s responsibility to be familiar with the preceding requirements for graduation.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

All undergraduate course information deficiencies must be made up prior to enrolling in MBA courses.

BADM600, BADM610, BADM625 and BADM633 should be scheduled early in the program.
Electives should be scheduled in the latter stages of the program.
Strategic Management, BADM690, should culminate the program. A minimum of 24 hours of MBA core courses that include ACCT 600, BADM 610, BADM 620, BADM 630 and BADM 633 are required prior to enrollment. A student receiving a final grade of less than “B” must repeat BADM690.