Business Administration, MBA with an Emphasis

33-51 credit hours

In addition to earning an MBA, students may choose to customize their degree with an emphasis in a particular area of study. An area of emphasis is intended for students who wish to add an area of in-depth study to the business administration degree. To earn an MBA with an emphasis, the student must complete a minimum of four elective courses from one business area with a grade of B or better in each course, plus one additional MBA elective course. Available areas of emphasis are listed below.

Requirements

0-18 credit hours

The following foundational courses may be required for MBA students who have not completed sufficient prior academic coursework or students who have not earned a grade of B or better in courses previously taken from a regionally accredited institution. The foundational courses or their equivalents, if required, must be completed during the students’ first 18 credit hours of the MBA graduate program.

Writing Coursework

0-6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

EPB 50101 - Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students I Credit Hour(s): 3
EPB 50102 - Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students II Credit Hour(s): 3

Accounting Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ACCT 51010 - Financial Accounting Concepts Credit Hour(s): 3
ACCT 21010 Principles of Financial Accounting Credit Hour(s): 3

Economics Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ECON 53081 - Economics Concepts Credit Hour(s): 3
ECON 23020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hour(s): 3

Management Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

MGMT 56060 - Business Law and Ethics Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 26061 - Business Law I Credit Hour(s): 3

Statistics Coursework

0-3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

MGMT 56070 - Statistics and Quantitative Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
MTH 14100 - Basic Statistics Credit Hour(s): 3
MTH 24100 - Statistics for Natural Science Credit Hour(s): 3

Major Coursework

15 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

ACCT 51011 - Managerial Accounting Credit Hour(s): 3
FIN 52010 - Financial Policy Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 56030 - Management Practices Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 66080 - Business Policies and Strategies Credit Hour(s): 3
MRKT 55010 - Marketing Principles and Issues Credit Hour(s): 3

Quantitative Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

Selected course will not count towards emphases.

MGMT 56075 - Linear Statistical Models Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 56080 - Business Analytics Credit Hour(s): 3
MGMT 56085 - Operations Management Credit Hour(s): 3

Elective Coursework

Students are required to take 15 credit hours of elective MBA courses. To earn an MBA with an emphasis, students must complete a minimum of four elective courses from one business discipline and achieve a grade of B or better in each course, plus one additional MBA elective course.

Notes:

Students can only earn credit for one internship as an elective.
MGMT 66080 is the capstone course, to be taken in the last term of the student’s program.
In the event that taking a core course would require a student with an undergraduate degree in business to repeat coursework equivalent to that which the student has already taken, the college dean or the student’s academic advisor may advise the student to select an alternative, higher level elective course (from within the same discipline) to fulfill the core requirement.
Required Core Courses: MBA students who have sufficient undergraduate course work in a discipline may be permitted to substitute an advance course within the stated discipline for a required core course. An example would be substituting ACCT 51030 Advance Cost Management for ACCT 51011 - Managerial Accounting . Any substitution must be approved by the department head and/or the dean of the specific discipline.

Emphases:

12 credit hours of coursework in a specific business discipline listed as options in the areas below.