Program Requirements
Minimum Requirements for the MBA Degree
The MBA program consists of 30 semester hours of graduate business courses for the general program or 30 semester hours of graduate business courses for the accounting concentration. Students without an undergraduate degree in a business field may be required to take an additional 9 semester hours of foundation courses for a total of 39 semester hours for the general program. A student without an undergraduate degree in a business field may be required to take an additional 30 semester hours of accounting foundation courses for the accounting concentration.
Foundation Courses:
Credit for foundation course work may be given for courses already completed as part of a baccalaureate degree. Students without adequate undergraduate preparation are required to complete the 9 semester hours of foundation business and economics courses listed below. Prior to admission, the Graduate Business Programs Coordinator will evaluate each applicant’s undergraduate course work to determine which foundation courses are required. Students must earn a grade of B or above in each of these specified, required courses if they are taken after the completion of the baccalaureate degree:
- BA 500 Statistics and Quantitative Methods (3)
- BA 502 Contemporary Economic Fundamentals (3)
- BA 511 Concepts of Finance and Accounting (3)
Students who have adequate undergraduate preparation or who have satisfied the foundation requirements may enroll in MBA courses, given that all individual course prerequisites are met. Students without adequate preparation will only be allowed to take only courses in fields of study in which the prerequisite course work has been completed.
Program Requirements
Required Courses (21 semester hours):
- ACC 512 Accounting Information Analysis (3)
- EC 515 Managerial Economics (3)
- FIN 515 Financial Management (3)
- MKT 513 Marketing Analysis & Strategy (3)
- MGT 537 Business Leadership (3)
- BA 530 Business Analytics (3)
- BA 587 Business Policy & Strategy (3)
Electives (9 semester hours):
(Electives may be selected from courses numbered 400G and above from among any of the approved accounting courses listed in the Course Description section.)
30 Graduate Semester Hours Required for this MBA Program
Required Courses (21 semester hours):
- ACC 512 Accounting Information Analysis (3)
- EC 515 Managerial Economics (3)
- FIN 515 Financial Management (3)
- MKT 513 Marketing Analysis & Strategy (3)
- MGT 537 Business Leadership (3)
- BA 530 Business Analytics (3)
- BA 587 Business Policy & Strategy (3)
Electives (9 semester hours):
(Electives may be selected from among any of the approved graduate courses listed in the Course Description section.)
30 Graduate Semester Hours Required for this MBA Program
Required Courses (21 semester hours):
- ACC 512 Accounting Information Analysis (3)
- EC 515 Managerial Economics (3)
- FIN 515 Financial Management (3)
- MKT 513 Marketing Analysis & Strategy (3)
- MGT 537 Business Leadership (3)
- BA 530 Business Analytics (3)
- BA 587 Business Policy & Strategy (3)
Electives (9 semester hours):
(Electives may be selected from among any of the approved healthcare administration courses listed in the Course Description section.)
30 Graduate Semester Hours Required for this MBA Program
Required Courses (21 semester hours):
- ACC 512 Accounting Information Analysis (3)
- EC 515 Managerial Economics (3)
- FIN 515 Financial Management (3)
- MKT 513 Marketing Analysis & Strategy (3)
- MGT 537 Business Leadership (3)
- BA 530 Business Analytics (3)
- BA 587 Business Policy & Strategy (3)
Electives (9 semester hours):
(Electives may be selected from among any of the approved courses listed in the Course Description section.)
30 Graduate Semester Hours Required for this MBA Program