MBA Curriculum and Courses

The Master of Business Administration curriculum is organized into three sections:

Core MBA courses (21 credits)
Core courses are the first courses a student will take and must be completed before moving on to electives. Core courses must be completed sequentially and include:

• Ethics for Managers
• Marketing Management
• Financial Management
• Strategic Operations Management
• Global Strategic Management
• Organizational Research*
• Management Capstone*

*New core requirements for MBA entrants starting the program as of July 2015

Electives and Area of Study MBA courses (18 credits)
Electives may be taken in any order, except in certain areas of study where an order is suggested. Students do not have to select an area of study. The area of study will appear on a student’s transcript but not on the actual diploma. MBA elective options include:

• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resource Management
• Project Management
• Market Research
• Social Media
• Investments
• Management Communications
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Negotiations
• Designing a Business Case for Sustainability

Area of Study MBA courses are the final courses completed in the degree program. In addition to the MBA courses, students can also use prior learning assessment to complete these requirements. Area of Study MBA courses include:

Accounting

• Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
• Auditing and Accounting Information Systems
• Financial Essentials for Accountants
• Emerging Issues in Accounting

Data Analytics

• Managerial Statistics
• Business Forecasting
• Predictive Analytics for Business Intelligence
• Data Analytics and Visualization with Capstone

Finance

• Investments
• Corporate and Managerial Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Topics in Global Finance

Healthcare Management

• Healthcare Delivery
• Healthcare Finance
• Strategic Management within a Healthcare Organization
• Healthcare Law

Human Resource Management

• Human Resource Management in the 21st Century Global Workplace
• Human Capital Management in Multicultural Organizations
• The HRM Professional and Attorney Relationship
• Technology, Data and Analytics as Change Agents

Marketing

• Market Research
• Social Media
• Global Marketing
• Digital Marketing Analysis (students should complete Social Media before taking this course)