Program Overview

Business Administration Program

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program develops business leaders for tomorrow's global markets and technologies. The Jenkins MBA program provides students with the requisite foundation in general business management, while also allowing time to focus on an area of particular interest. In pairing academic excellence with real-world experience, Jenkins MBA students are ready to meet global challenges head-on with practical, technology-driven solutions.

Program Structure

Students may choose to pursue an MBA through the Full-time program on NC State’s main campus; the Professional Evening program with locations on NC State’s main campus as well as a RTP location; or the Online program.

Master of Business Administration

The MBA program requires every student to complete the core curriculum that includes coursework in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, operations / supply chain, organizational behavior, statistics and strategy, as well as communications, ethics and critical thinking and writing. Full-time students must complete a minimum of 54 credit hours; Professional Evening and Online students must complete a minimum of 40 credit hours.

Additional Requirements

• Full-time: In addition to the core curriculum, students must complete a minimum of 12 elective hours within a concentration; an advanced analytics course; and a practicum. Students then have the opportunity to choose from a variety of daytime, evening and online elective courses to meet the 54 credit hour minimum.
• Professional Evening and Online: In addition to the core curriculum, students must complete an advanced analytics course and a practicum. Students then have the opportunity to choose from a variety of elective courses to meet the 40 credit hour minimum.

Admission Requirements

In addition to the general Graduate School admission requirements, MBA admission decisions for both full-time and working professional applicants are based on academic performance and potential, essays, recommendations, relevant work experience and an interview. New students are required to have taken a statistics course before entering the MBA program. If a new student needs to take a statistics course, there are a variety of options available before starting the program.

Applicant Information

• Business Administration (MR):
  • Delivery Method: On-Campus, Online, Hybrid
  • Entrance Exam: GRE, GMAT
  • Interview Required: Yes
• Business Administration (Minor):
  • Delivery Method: On-Campus
  • Entrance Exam:
  • Interview Required:

Degrees

• Business Administration (MR)
• Business Administration (Minor)
• Business Analytics (Certificate)
• Business Leadership (Certificate)
• Finance (Certificate)
• Marketing (Certificate)
• Operations and Supply Chain Management (Certificate)
• Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (Certificate)

Faculty

Professors

• Steven G. Allen
• Vikas Anand
• Steve H. Barr
• Jonathan D. Bohlmann
• Marianne Bradford
• Joseph F. Brazel
• Jon Carr
• Yuang Sung Al Chen
• Robert L. Clark
• Robert B. Handfield
• Hans Sebastian Heese
• David H. Henard
• Ramkumar Janakiraman
• Stacy W. King
• Bradley Lane Kirkman
• Shawn Mankad
• Stephen K. Markham
• Roger C. Mayer
• Donald P. Pagach
• Fay Cobb Payton
• Eileen Z. Taylor
• Beverly B. Tyler
• Mark D. Walker
• Richard Simon Warr
• Ira R. Weiss
• Turanay Caner
• Bartley R. Danielsen
• Julia B. Earp
• Jesse Aaron Ellis
• Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya
• Srinivasan Krishnamurthy
• Karlyn Mitchell
• Paul W. Mulvey
• Jeffrey M. Pollack
• William Michael Rand
• Stefanie Mora Robinson
• Michael A. Stanko
• Jeffrey S. Stonebraker
• Donald P. Warsing
• Nachiket Meghashyam Bhawe
• Heather Johnson Dretsch
• Patrick James Flynn
• Timothy Charles Kraft
• Elena Kulchina
• Elizabeth Erin Powell
• Rishika Rishika
• Jared Smith
• Qingqing Wu
• Jon W. Bartley
• David L. Baumer
• Stephen N. Chapman
• K. Shannon Davis
• Gary W. Dickson
• Cleon W. Harrell Jr.
• Duncan M. Holthausen
• Charles P. Jones
• Stephen E. Margolis
• John K. McCreery
• Elizabeth A. McDermed
• Julius C. Poindexter Jr.
• Sarah Khan
• Leigh Shamblin
• Thomas Joseph Zagenczyk

Assistant Professors

• Charles Clarke
• Dora Li Horstman
• Onkar Shamrao Malgonde

Courses

• MBA 501: Financial Accounting for Decision Makers (1 credit hours)
• MBA 502: Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers (1 credit hours)
• MBA 505: Essential Economics for Managers (2 credit hours)
• MBA 506: Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 1 (1 credit hours)
• MBA 507: Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 2 (1 credit hours)
• MBA 510: Critical Thinking for Managers (1 credit hours)
• MBA 511: Data Security and Privacy (3 credit hours)
• MBA 512: Ethical Thinking for Managers (1 credit hours)
• MBA 515: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (3 credit hours)
• MBA 516: Advanced SAP (1 credit hours)
• MBA 518: Enterprise Risk Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 519: Enterprise Risk Management Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 520: Financial Management of Corporations (2 credit hours)
• MBA 521: Advanced Corporate Finance (3 credit hours)
• MBA 522: Financial Modeling (3 credit hours)
• MBA 523: Investment Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)
• MBA 524: Equity Valuation (3 credit hours)
• MBA 525: Taxes and Business Strategy (3 credit hours)
• MBA 526: International Finance (3 credit hours)
• MBA 530: Leading People (3 credit hours)
• MBA 531: Leading People 1 (1 credit hours)
• MBA 532: Leading People 2 (2 credit hours)
• MBA 533: Negotiation and Conflict Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 534: Core Concepts of Human Capital Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 535: Leading Teams (1 credit hours)
• MBA 536: Experience Innovation and Strategic Design (3 credit hours)
• MBA 538: Women as Leaders (1 credit hours)
• MBA 539: Jenkins Leadership Challenge (1 credit hours)
• MBA 540: Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management (2 credit hours)
• MBA 541: Supply Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 542: Supply Chain Logistics (3 credit hours)
• MBA 544: Operations Analysis (3 credit hours)
• MBA 545: Decision Making under Uncertainty (3 credit hours)
• MBA 546: Strategic Operations Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 547: Sustainable Operations Management (1 credit hours)
• MBA 548: Analytical Supply Chain Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 549: Supply Chain Management Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 551: Predictive Analytics for Business and Big Data (3 credit hours)
• MBA 552: Data Engineering, Management and Warehousing (3 credit hours)
• MBA 553: Digital Transformation (3 credit hours)
• MBA 555: Product Design and Development (4 credit hours)
• MBA 558: Artificial Intelligence in Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 559: Business Analytics Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 560: Marketing Management and Strategy (2 credit hours)
• MBA 561: Consumer Behavior (3 credit hours)
• MBA 562: Research Methods In Marketing (3 credit hours)
• MBA 563: Product and Brand Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 564: Business Relationship Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 565: Marketing Analytics (3 credit hours)
• MBA 566: Digital Marketing (3 credit hours)
• MBA 567: Marketing Metrics (1 credit hours)
• MBA 570: Opportunity Evaluation and Value Creation (3 credit hours)
• MBA 571: High Growth Entrepreneurship (3 credit hours)
• MBA 572: Venture Opportunity Analytics (3 credit hours)
• MBA 576/MSE 576: Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I (3 credit hours)
• MBA 577/MSE 577: Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II (3 credit hours)
• MBA 578: Venture Launch (3 credit hours)
• MBA 579: Entrepreneurship Clinic Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 580: Creating Value in Organizations (3 credit hours)
• MBA 582: B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 584: Root Cause Analysis: Interpreting Data for Decision-Making (1 credit hours)
• MBA 585: Current Topics in BioSciences Management (3 credit hours)
• MBA 586: Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries (3 credit hours)
• MBA 587: Sustainability in Business (1 credit hours)
• MBA 589: Jenkins Consulting Practicum (3 credit hours)
• MBA 590: Special Topics In Business Management (1-6 credit hours)
• MBA 610: Special Topics in Business Administration (1-6 credit hours)
• MBA 630: Independent Study In Business Management (1-3 credit hours)