Program Overview

MBA Curriculum & Program

The MBA program requires 36 credit hours of coursework (12 three credit courses). The O'Malley School of Business offers both a Flex MBA and concentration-based degree program. Both programs require six core courses, the capstone course, and one elective.

Core Courses

• MBA 617: Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets
• MBA 618: Financial Management
• MBA 630: Accounting for Business Decision Making (Professional Accounting students take MBA 720 instead of this course)
• MBA 635: Managerial Economics
• MBA 637: Marketing Strategy & the Consumer Experience
• MBA 710: Professional Ethics

Capstone Course

• MBA 622: Leadership & Organizational Behavior

Elective Course

• Any MBA, ACCG, or other graduate-level course approved by the Program Director

Concentrations

The MBA program offers concentrations in:

• Business Analytics
• Finance & Economics
• Organizations, Markets & Sustainability

Business Analytics Concentration

Students must complete four of the following courses:

• MBA 611: Advanced Data Analysis
• MBA 615: Computing in R
• MBA 640: Decision Making for Sustainability
• MATG 659: Database Methods for Analytics
• ECEG 764: Data Base Mgmt Systems (DBMS)
• MBA 646: Project Management
• MBA 601: Internship
• MBA 602: Research
• Course approved by MBA Program Director

Finance and Economics Concentration

Students must complete four of the following courses:

• MBA 616: Stock Market & Corporate Valuation
• MBA 626: Environmental Economics & Policy
• MBA 638: Markets, States & Policies in the Global Economy
• MBA 639: Corporate Finance
• MBA 650: Real Estate Development
• MBA 601: Internship
• MBA 602: Research
• Course approved by MBA Program Director

Organizations, Markets & Sustainability Concentration

Students must complete four of the following courses:

• MBA 624: Going Global: Business & Society
• MBA 625: Creativity for Entrepreneurs
• MBA 631: Innovation Management
• MBA 636: Supply Chain Analysis
• MBA 640: Decision Making for Sustainability
• MBA 652: Human Resource Management: Functions, Systems & Analytics
• MBA 720: Advanced Strategic Management
• MBA 601: Internship
• MBA 602: Research
• Course approved by MBA Program Director

Flex MBA, No Concentration

Students must complete four MBA, ACCG, or other graduate-level courses approved by the Program Director

MBA Foundation Courses

The MBA Foundation Courses are a set of four intensive online courses that prepare non-business students for the MBA program. Credits earned for MBA Foundation Courses cannot be applied toward the 36 credits required for the MBA program.

MBA Foundation Course List

• MBAF 510: Foundations of Business Statistics
• MBAF 520: Foundations of Financial and Managerial Accounting
• MBAF 530: Foundations of Economics
• MBAF 540: Foundations of Organizational and Operational Management

MBA Program Learning Goals

By the completion of the MBA program, students will:

• Gain experience in analytical decision-making
• Develop leadership skills and capabilities
• Demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues in business
• Demonstrate competency in a concentration

Masters Business Administration Courses

Course List

• MBA 601: Internship
• MBA 602: Research
• MBA 603: Entrepreneurship
• MBA 604: Business Plan Project A and B
• MBA 606: Doing Business: Study Trip
• MBA 607: Business Plan Project
• MBA 610: Business Data Management
• MBA 611: Advanced Data Analysis
• MBA 615: Computing in R
• MBA 616: Stock Market & Corporate Valuation
• MBA 617: Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets
• MBA 618: Financial Management
• MBA 621: Readings and Cases in Financial Reporting
• MBA 622: Leadership & Organizational Behavior
• MBA 624: Going Global: Business & Society
• MBA 625: Creativity for Entrepreneurs
• MBA 626: Environmental Economics & Policy
• MBA 630: Accounting for Business Decision Making
• MBA 631: Innovation Management
• MBA 635: Managerial Economics
• MBA 636: Supply Chain Analysis
• MBA 637: Marketing Strategy & the Consumer Experience
• MBA 638: Markets, States & Policies in the Global Economy
• MBA 639: Corporate Finance
• MBA 640: Decision Making for Sustainability
• MBA 641: Real Estate Capstone
• MBA 642: International Marketing Field Project
• MBA 644: Employment Law
• MBA 645: Special Topics in Business
• MBA 646: Project Management
• MBA 647: International Management Field Project
• MBA 650: Real Estate Development
• MBA 651: Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior
• MBA 652: Human Resource Management: Functions, Systems & Analytics
• MBA 710: Professional Ethics
• MBA 720: Advanced Strategic Management