Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is designed to provide students with the interdisciplinary and interdepartmental training necessary for professional careers in finance, management, or administration. It will enable the student with an undergraduate degree in a non-business field, as well as a student with a degree in business, to qualify for higher positions in business or government.

The MBA program consists of 27 hours of foundation courses (undergraduate level) and 33 hours of graduate courses. Foundation courses may be waived for students who have completed equivalent courses with at least a "C". Foundation courses may be taken after admission to the graduate program.

The following table lists the requirements for this degree.

Master of Business Administration

Foundation Courses

Accounting 201, 202 - Elementary Accounting Usage of accounting data:theory of debits and credits; journalizing and posting; adjusting, closing, and reversing entries; worksheets; statements; special journals and ledgers; manufacturing accounting; partnerships; and corporations. 6 Hrs Economics 215 - Fundamentals of Economics A survey of the major principles of economics. 3 Hrs Finance 318 - Business Finance Prerequisite Acct 202. A study of the methods of financing a business firm, including sources and applications of funds. 3 Hrs Management 310 - Management of Organizations Introduction to fundamental principles of management practice with a particular emphasis on developing an understanding of human behavior to organizations. 3 Hrs Management 333 - Operations Management Preq. QA 233 Analysis and design of decision and production systems, including application of inventory control, forecasting, quality control, linear programming. 3 Hrs Marketing 300 - Marketing Principles and Policies Marketing functions: institutions: policies and strategies with their business, economic, and social implications. 3 Hrs Quantitative Analysis 233 - Basic Business Statistics Descriptive statistics: probability, sampling distribution, confidence intervals, inference, regression and correlation. Emphasis is given to business application. 3 Hrs Quantitative Analysis 390 - Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economics Presentation of quantitative topics necessary for the MBA. 3 Hrs TOTAL 27 Hrs

Graduate Courses

Accounting 505 - Accounting Analysis for Decision Making Preq. Acct 202. A study of accounting data with the goal of aiding management in using data for decision making. 3 Hrs CIS 510 - Information Resource Management Attention is given to strategic implementation of technology, secure and effective systems, externally focused systems, along with the historical and social environment of information systems. 3 Hrs Economics 510 - Managerial Economics Preq. Econ 215. QA 390. Analysis and cases: case studies in the application of price and distribution theory to problems of the firm. 3 Hrs Finance 515 - Financial Management Preq. Fin 318, QA 233, Acct 505. The study of a manager's role in financial planning, acquisition, and management of funds for a business. 3 Hrs Management 510 - Contemporary Management An analysis of management principles, functions, and practices with a particular emphasis on the applications of theory to contemporary management issues and problems. 3 Hrs Mktg 595 - Administrative Policy Preq. Consent of advisor. A synthesis of materials in accounting, management, marketing, economics, and finance. Specific problems and actual cases as bases for executive decision making. 3 Hrs Marketing 530 - Marketing Management Preq. Mktg 300. A course to assist the marketing manager in analyzing problems involving pricing, advertising, promotion, sales management, product decision, and marketing research. 3 Hrs Quantitative Analysis 525 - Management Science Preq. Mgt 333. Introduction to management science methods, mathematical and dynamic programming; applications of operations research methods to management. 3 Hrs Electives 6 Hrs TOTAL 33 Hrs

Asmissions
A satisfactory grade point average, a satisfactory GMAT score, and a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution are required. Admission may be either conditional or unconditional.

Residence Requirements
A minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate credit is required to be taken in residence.

Transfer Credit
A maximum of 9 semester hours of graduate credit may be transferred from other regionally accredited institutions, if the grades earned are "B" or better, and the credit is accepted in fulfillment of requirements for the MBA degree. No correspondence credit is applicable toward the MBA degree. Graduate transfer credit is normally limited to work completed within the past six years.

Grade Point Requirements
A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on graduate credit pursued is required for the degree. No grade lower than "C" and no more than two "C's" will count toward the degree. All courses pursued for graduate credit will be counted in the grade point average. Graduate status will be lost if the cumulative or quarterly grade point average falls below 3.0 for three consecutive quarters of matriculation.

Time Limit for the Degree
A time limit for the completion of all requirements for the master's degree has been set at 6 consecutive calendar years from the time of initial enrollment.

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