The College of Business Administration, through the departments of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Information and Decision Sciences, and Marketing and Management, offers a Master of Business Administration degree. The MBA degree program is accredited by AACSB � The International Association for Management Education. The objective of the MBA program is to give students the opportunity to prepare for executive careers in business or in institutions that use business techniques and policies in management and administration. The program meets this objective by being broad in nature and aimed at general competence in overall management and administration. The majority of the course work is devoted to a broad understanding of the environment, controls, and practices which are common to most institutions. The remaining courses are determined by the student's special area of interest or concern.

See the Introduction to College of Business Administration.

1. All students must meet the Pre-Master of Business Administration (Pre-MBA) Common Body of Knowledge Requirements (leveling courses), and complete 36 credit hours of Course of Study for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) which includes the Required Graduate Core and the chosen MBA concentration course work.

Courses in the Pre-MBA Common Body of Knowledge Requirements and the other courses indicated below may be waived if, according to the MBA Graduate Studies Committee, the student has the appropriate background either in previous undergraduate or graduate course work or work experience.

2. Students with an undergraduate degree in business administration can normally expect to

complete their MBA degree program in any of the available concentrations in 36 semester hours.

3. Students with no undergraduate background in business administration and no business

experience can expect to complete the MBA degree program in the General Management MBA concentration in 51 semester hours (15 Pre-MBA hours plus 36 hours Course of Study for the MBA). An additional 12 semester hours could be taken if the student chooses a concentration other than General Management.

4. Students earning a "B" or better in MGMT 5325 or MGMT 5335 will satisfy the

comprehensive exam requirement. Students who earn a "C" will be required to pass a comprehensive exam.

5. No more than six hours in any concentration can be undergraduate courses available for

Pre-Master of Business Administration (Pre-MBA) Common Body of Knowledge Requirements (leveling courses)

The parentheses ( ) below indicate the equivalent undergraduate courses.

Accounting: ACCT 5301 or (ACCT 3309, or ACCT 2301 and 2302)

Business Law: BLAW 5306 or (BLAW 3301)

Economics: ECON 5304 or (ECON 2303 and 2304)

Finance: FIN 5305 or (FIN 3310)

Marketing: (MKT 3300)

Program of Study for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) (36 semester hours)

1. Required MBA Core (36 semester hours)

ACCT 5311 Accounting for Management

CIS 5311 Management Information Systems Theory and Practice*

CIS 5313 Strategic Information Systems

ECON 5311 Managerial Economics

ECON 5360 Global Economic Environment for Managers

FIN 5311 Financial Management

MGMT 5311 Organizational Management Seminar*

MGMT 5336 Effective Management of Human Resources

MKT 5311 Marketing Management

POM 5308 Concepts of Production Management*

QMB 5311 Quantitative Methods in Business*

MGMT 5325 Management Strategy and Policy

MGMT 5335 International Strategic Management

*These courses may be waived if the student has had the courses indicated below or their

equivalents:

CIS 5311 (CIS 2320 and CIS 3340 or 3345)

MGMT 5311 (MGMT 3303 or 3310)

POM 5308 (POM 3321)

QMB 5311 (MATH 2301, QMB 2301, and QMB 3301)

2. Optional MBA Concentrations (12 semester hours)

Complete one of the following:

a. Accounting

ACCT 5312 Controllership

And two of the following:

ACCT 4321** Advanced Cost Accounting

ACCT 4325** International Accounting

ACCT 4328** Federal Income Tax - Partnerships and Corporations

ACCT 5324 Computer Applications in Accounting and Auditing

ACCT 5326 Advanced Corporate Taxation

ACCT 5391 Seminar in Managerial Accounting

b. Computer Information Systems

CIS 4365 Database Management

CIS 5317 Information Resources Policy and Management

CIS 5330 Expert and Decision Support Systems

1. Economics

ECON 5320 Monetary and Fiscal Policy and Problems

ECON 5350 Industrial Organization and Policy

ECON 5365 Economic Development

ECON 5366 Latin American Economics

ECON 5370 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Economics

Complete four of the following:

FIN 5315 Securities Analysis

FIN 5316 Derivative Instruments

FIN 5318 Capital Formation, Analysis and Budgeting

FIN 5325 International Financial Management

FIN 5370 Financial Modeling

f. Health Systems

NURS 5335 Nursing Administration

NURS 5336 Advanced Nursing Administration

NURS 5338 Health Law, Policy and Ethics

NURS 5339 Nursing Administration in Policy Analysis (An administration

practicum is required which must be taken in last semester.)

g. Human Resource Management

MGMT 4337 Compensation and Employee Benefits

PSYC 5338 Personnel Selection and Placement

PSYC 5351 Seminar in Human Performance

And one of the following:

1. International Business

ACCT 4325 International Accounting

BLAW 4325 International Business Law

MKT 4325 International Marketing

i. Marketing

MKT 4392 Product and Price Management

MKT 5321 Marketing Analysis

j. Production and Materials Management

POM 5311 Purchasing and Materials Management

And two of the following:

MKT 4356 Logistics and Supply Chain Management

MKT 4390 Industrial Marketing

Students may also apply for a two-degree option MBA-MPA program. The objective of this program is to permit students with broad interest in both the public and private sectors to double register in both the MBA and MPA programs. With the increasing interdependence of the public and private sectors, this option is attractive to those students wishing to pursue careers in positions responsible for working with their counterparts in private or public organizations. In order to be admitted into the two-degree option, the applicant must specify the option at the time of application to the Graduate School. Students who wish to enter the MBA-MPA program should consult with the Graduate Advisor for the College of Business Administration and with the Director of the MPA program with regard to admission requirements and required courses.

The program consists of 60 hours of graduate study, of which 30 hours are in areas of Business Administration and 39 hours are in areas of Public Administration.

1. Students must meet all admission requirements for both programs.

2. Students must meet the Pre-MBA requirements for the MBA degree. See description for the

MBA degree program and the conditions for waiver.

3. The program consists of 24 hours of Required MBA Core courses, 6 hours of graduate

business electives, 27 hours of MPA core courses, 3 hours of POLS 5367, and a

comprehensive written exam in the core subject areas of public administration. The number of

hours necessary to complete the two-degree option will vary depending upon each student's

background and previous academic work.

4. The core curriculum in each of the separate degree programs must be satisfactorily completed. 5. Electives must be approved by the academic advisors of both programs; upon such approval,

the core courses of one program may be used to meet the elective requirements of the other.

6. Admission to and continuance in the program are administered separately by the MBA and

MPA Graduate Committees and by the Graduate School.

The MBA/MSN option is a two-degree program in which students pursue the MBA with Health Systems Concentration and MSN in Nursing Administration simultaneously. Students must specify the option at the time of application to the Graduate School and must meet prerequisites for each degree program. Among the many advantages of this program is the opportunity to reduce the total number of semester hours required for the individual degrees (36 for the MBA and 36 for MSN) to 60 semester hours by using required course work in the MSN towards the Health Systems Concentration for the MBA.

Applicants must qualify for admission to both the MBA and MSN in Nursing Administration programs. Specific admissions criteria are listed under the College of Business Administration for the MBA and Procedures and Requirements for Admission into Nursing for the MSN.

• Completion of all MBA and MSN prerequisites
• Completion of a minimum of 60 semester hours, normally evenly divided by MBA and MSN
• Completion of the core courses for each program
• Preliminary and Final Programs of Study approved by the Graduate Advisors for each program and the Graduate School