MSU Denver

Curriculum

You will complete 36 credit hours for the MBA degree:

  • 27 credit hours of required core courses
  • 9 credit hours for your concentration

MBA degree requirements, concentration options, course descriptions, and pre-requisite information is available in the Graduate Catalog.

Planned Course Offerings By Term

 Core Courses (9 courses, 27 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis

 

Course Title  Fall  Spring Summer
MBA 5105  Accounting Concepts X X
MBA 5205  Information Systems Strategy and Planning  X
MBA 5305  Managerial Economics X
MBA 5405  Corporate Finance X
MBA 5505  Business Law and Ethics X
MBA 5510  Operations and Supply Chain Management X
MBA 5520  Global Enterprise Management X
MBA 5605  Marketing Analysis and Planning X X
MBA 6500  Integrative and Strategic Perspectives of Organizations (all 8 core)  X X

Strategic Management Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis

Course Title  Fall  Spring Summer
MBA 5140  Strategic Cost Management (MBA 5105) X
 MBA 5480  Strategic Finance (MBA 5405) X
 MBA 5580  Transforming Organizations through Leadership X
 MBA 5680  Advanced Strategic Marketing and Analysis (MBA 5605)    X

Business Analytics Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis

Course Title  Fall  Spring Summer
MBA 5210  Knowledge Discovery Using Business Analytics X
MBA 5220  Practical Business Analytics X
MBA 5230  Data Mining for Business Intelligence X
 MBA 5640  Analytics & Statistics for Marketing Decisions (MBA 5605) X

Accounting Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis

Course Title  Fall  Spring Summer
MBA 5107 Taxation for Decision Makers X X
MBA 5110  Financial Accounting & Reporting (MBA 5105) X
MBA 5140  Strategic Cost Management (MBA 5105) X
MBA 5160 Fraud Examination Awareness Seminar (MBA 5110)           X
MBA 5180 Governance and Risk Assurance (MBA 5110) X
 MBA 5190 Risk Assurance and Advanced Projects (MBA 5105) X X

General Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Choose any 3 courses from the Strategic Business, Business Analytics and/or Accounting Concentrations listed above

Course Descriptions

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