Fall 2025 Curriculum

Students will complete 30 credit hours for the general MBA or 36 credit hours for and MBA with a concentration:

  • 30 credit hours of required core courses (including MBA 5502 and MBA 6500) for a General MBA; 27 credit hours (including MBA 6500) for an MBA with a concentration
  • 9 credit hours for an optional concentration

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

 

Core Courses (9 courses, 27 credits required)

MBA 5105 – 6500 required of all MBA students.

  • MBA 5105 Accounting Concepts
  • MBA 5201 Managerial Analysis and Decision-Making
  • MBA 5205 Information Systems Strategy and Planning
  • MBA 5305 Managerial Economics
  • MBA 5405 Corporate Finance
  • MBA 5510 Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • MBA 5580 Leading through Complexity
  • MBA 5605 Marketing Analysis and Planning

Capstone

  • MBA 6500 Integrative and Strategic Perspectives of Organizations (all 8 core)

Electives

  • MBA 5701 Global Business Management Experience (may be used, with prior approval from the MBA Program Director to substitute for one of the core courses)
  • MBA 5502 Strategic Project Navigation (required for MBA students without optional concentration)

Optional Concentrations (9 credit hours each)

  • Accounting (courses offered by the Accounting Department and usually require in-person attendance)
  • Business Analytics
  • Finance
  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Management

Pre-Fall 2025 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.

Pre-Fall 2025 MBA Course Offerings

Core Courses (9 courses, 27 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis

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

 

Concentrations

Accounting Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis. A course substitution may be possible if PRE-approved.

  • ACCM 5070 Taxation for Decision Makers [previously offered as MBA 5107]
  • ACCM 5100 Financial Accounting & Reporting (MBA 5105) [previously offered as MBA 5110]
  • ACCM 5400 Strategic Cost Management (MBA 5105) [previously offered as MBA 5140]
  • ACCM 5600 Fraud Examination Awareness Seminar (MBA 5110) [previously offered as 5160]
  • ACCM 5800 Governance and Risk Assurance (MBA 5110) [previously offered as 5180]
  • ACCM 5901 Risk Assurance and Advanced Projects (MBA 5105) [previously offered as 5190]

Business Analytics Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis. A course substitution may be possible if PRE-approved.

  • MBA 5210 Knowledge Discovery Using Business Analytics
  • MBA 5220 Practical Business Analytics
  • MBA 5230 Data Mining for Business Intelligence
  • MBA 5640 Analytics & Statistics for Marketing Decisions (MBA 5605)

Finance Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis. A course substitution may be possible if PRE-approved.

  • MBA 5460 Investment Theory and Analysis (MBA 5405)
  • MBA 5470 Advanced Portfolio Analysis (MBA 5405)
  • MBA 5480 Strategic Finance (MBA 5405)

Human Resources Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis. A course substitution may be possible if PRE-approved.

  • MBA 5550 Employee and Labor Relations
  • MBA 5560 Human Resources: Strategic Talent Management
  • MBA 5570 Realizing Competitive Advantage through Human Resource Management
  • MBA 5580 Transforming Organizations through Leadership (pre-Fall 2025 only)

Strategic Management Concentration (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Course pre-requisites, if applicable, listed in parenthesis. A course substitution may be possible if PRE-approved.

  • ACCM 5400 Strategic Cost Management (MBA 5105) [previously offered as MBA 5140]
  • MBA 5480 Strategic Finance (MBA 5405)
  • MBA 5580 Transforming Organizations through Leadership
  • MBA 5680 Advanced Strategic Marketing and Analysis (MBA 5605) 

General Concentration (pre-Fall 2025 MBA student only) (3 courses, 9 credits required)

Choose any 3 courses from the Strategic Business, Business Analytics, Accounting, and/or Human Resources concentrations listed above.

 

Course Descriptions