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. Concentrations offer the student a targeted MBA curriculum in one of three areas: Business Analytics, Finance & Economics, or Organizations, Markets & Sustainability. For the Flex MBA, courses may be chosen from any of the concentration offerings.

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

Business Analytics Concentration

• Four of the following courses:
  • MBA 611: Advanced Data Analysis
  • MBA 615: Computing in R
  • MBA 620: (or MATG 659 or ECEG 764)
  • MBA 640: Decision Making for Sustainability
  • MBA 646: Project Management
  • MBA 601: Internship
  • MBA 602: Research
  • Course approved by MBA Program Director

Finance and Economics Concentration

• 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

• 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

• 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 are meant to 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.

Courses

• MBAF 510: Foundations of Business Statistics (3 Credits)
• MBAF 520: Foundations of Financial and Managerial Accounting (3 Credits)
• MBAF 530: Foundations of Economics (3 Credits)
• MBAF 540: Foundations of Organizational and Operational Management (3 Credits)

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 Descriptions

• MBA 601: Internship (3 Credits) - Students will receive guidance in securing an appropriate internship and must obtain faculty sponsorship.
• MBA 602: Research (3 Credits) - Faculty supervisors will direct complete research activities.
• MBA 603: Entrepreneurship (3 Credits) - This course will encompass the creation and planning of a new business.
• MBA 604: Business Plan Project A and B (1,2 Credit) - Business Plan A is structured to give the students the opportunity to create a research plan for the company project.
• MBA 606: Doing Business: Study Trip (3 Credits) - This is a unique course in which students spend 9-12 days abroad.
• MBA 607: Business Plan Project (3 Credits) - Individual students or student-teams of 2 to 3 members will be paired with an entrepreneur or small business owner for the term.
• MBA 610: Business Data Management (3 Credits) - This course introduces the core concepts of data and information management.
• MBA 611: Advanced Data Analysis (3 Credits) - Decision makers require rigorous support from extensive data analysis.
• MBA 615: Computing in R (3 Credits) - Introduces MBA students to the R programming language and the related eco-system.
• MBA 616: Stock Market & Corporate Valuation (3 Credits) - Financial markets have existed since ancient civilization.
• MBA 617: Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets (3 Credits) - Spreadsheet packages have changed the way business executives make strategic decisions.
• MBA 618: Financial Management (3 Credits) - This course focuses on the role of the financial manager as decision maker.
• MBA 621: Readings and Cases in Financial Reporting (3 Credits) - The purpose of this course is to explore case studies in financial accounting.
• MBA 622: Leadership & Organizational Behavior (3 Credits) - This course uses a behavioral science approach to help students gain an understanding of leadership and its impact on the organizational behavior of individuals.
• MBA 624: Going Global: Business & Society (3 Credits) - In a globally integrated economy, it is imperative that we investigate and understand multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional perspectives to global business issues.
• MBA 625: Creativity for Entrepreneurs (3 Credits) - This course provides students with deep insight into which factors and techniques foster creativity and which ones inhibit it, in both individuals and groups.
• MBA 626: Environmental Economics & Policy (3 Credits) - An introductory study of the way economists model environmental problems.
• MBA 630: Accounting for Business Decision Making (3 Credits) - This course covers essential financial and managerial accounting concepts and places emphasis on the critical and analytical thinking skills needed for making business-related decisions.
• MBA 631: Innovation Management (3 Credits) - This course will examine the path of creation of new products, new ideas, and new management styles.
• MBA 635: Managerial Economics (3 Credits) - Managerial Economics introduces the students to the application of economic principles to key management decisions within organizations.
• MBA 636: Supply Chain Analysis (3 Credits) - Supply chains are an integral part of contemporary business practices.
• MBA 637: Marketing Strategy & the Consumer Experience (3 Credits) - The objective of this course is to facilitate students' understanding of basic concepts and to enhance their appreciation for the importance of marketing strategies.
• MBA 638: Markets, States & Policies in the Global Economy (3 Credits) - This course focuses on the study of large-scale economic interactions among interdependent economies.
• MBA 639: Corporate Finance (3 Credits) - This course is designed to cover the essential tools and concepts of advanced corporate finance and expand the students' understanding of how organizations make investment and financing decisions.
• MBA 640: Decision Making for Sustainability (3 Credits) - This course is designed to introduce you to decision making theories and approaches that influence sustainability at individual, organizational, and societal levels.
• MBA 641: Real Estate Capstone (3 Credits) - This course offers the student the opportunity to analyze an actual real estate sustainability challenge faced by a corporation.
• MBA 642: International Marketing Field Project (3 Credits) - A team of MBA students will work on specified research tasks commissioned by a business client under the direct supervision of a faculty advisor to produce professional quality research reports.
• MBA 644: Employment Law (3 Credits) - This course will examine the statutory foundations of employment law in the United States and address a variety of legal issues related to the workplace.
• MBA 645: Special Topics in Business (3 Credits) - Advanced and special topics in business.
• MBA 646: Project Management (3 Credits) - Application and integration of the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) areas to managing projects.
• MBA 647: International Management Field Project (3 Credits) - A team of MBA students will work on specified research tasks commissioned by a client under the direct supervision of a faculty advisor to produce professional quality research reports.
• MBA 650: Real Estate Development (3 Credits) - In this course, students learn about all aspects of real estate development, including project conception, design, planning, and zoning, financial feasibility, approval, construction, and operations and management.
• MBA 651: Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior (3 Credits) - In this core course, you will be introduced to concepts, models, and frameworks to help you develop critical skills that will improve your ability to be a valuable organizational member and future leader in diverse and global work settings.
• MBA 652: Human Resource Management: Functions, Systems & Analytics (3 Credits) - This course will provide an overview of the role and function of human resources (HR) in organizations and how HR must leverage the use of supportive technology and data to accomplish strategic initiatives.
• MBA 710: Professional Ethics (3 Credits) - This is an advanced business ethics course that uses readings and case studies to explore issues in the management of ethics in organizations and in the professions.
• MBA 720: Advanced Strategic Management (3 Credits) - Students will tackle problems related to the development or maintenance of the competitive advantage of the firm.