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Master of Business Administration in Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offered by the Department of Management and Marketing is a broad degree program that has as its objective the development and enhancement of knowledge valuable to executives, administrators, and managers in both the profit and nonprofit sectors of the economy.

Graduates of the MBA program from the Department of Management and Marketing do not have a major in any specific discipline in business. Students are expected to complete a series of courses at the graduate level in accounting, marketing, management, finance, economics, decision analysis, legal and social environment, research methods, operations management and information systems. International business and business ethics are integrated throughout the MBA curriclulum.

The educational emphasis of the MBA program is on organizational decision making. The program is appropriate for those pursuing or seeking a career at the executive level in both public and private organizations.

Admission Requirements

The MBA progam in the Department of Management and Marketing is open to all applicants who hold the baccalaureate degree regardless of the field of undergraduate study. The program seeks students with diverse undergraduate background including the science, liberal arts, humanities, business, engineering, and education.

Students admitted to the MBA program in the Department of Management and Marketing must complete the following undergraduate courses or their equivalents if these courses have not previously been completed. Graduate students must complete the accounting courses listed above before taking the graduate-level accounting course, the undergraduate statistics course before the graduate-level decision analysis course, and so on. Concurrent enrollment in both graduate-level and undergraduate-level courses is permitted, as long as prerequisities are satisfied.

The MBA program in the Department of Management and Marketing consists of 39 semester credit hours of graduate courses normally taken in the order listed below. It is possible to pursue the degree on a full-time basis; however, almost all of the courses are offered during the evening hours only. Graduate courses must be at the 6000 level; undergraduate courses may not be used to satisfy the requirements for the MBA program.

YEAR 1
Fall Spring Summer
Decision Analysis (MSC 6301) Managerial Economics (ECO 6311) Operations Management (MGT 6312)
Organizational Behavior (MGT 6311) Research Methods (BA 6303) Elective*
 
YEAR 2
Fall Spring Summer
Marketing Management (MKT 6301) Financial Management (FIN 6301) Management Information Systems
(MIS 6313)
Managerial Accounting (ACC 6301) Legal & Social Environment of Business
(BA 6302)		 Elective*
 
YEAR 3
Fall    
Corporate Strategies and Policies
(MGT 6313)		    
*Electives are to be taken from the Department of Management and Marketing; Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance; or the Department of Government. Electives taken outside these three departments must be given prior approval in writing by the graduate advisor.

Course Load

Part-time students are expected to enroll in six hours (two courses) per semester. In addtition, part-time students are expected to enroll in one course per summer term. Written permission from the MBA advisor is required in order to exceed these totals. Because of the intensity and level of the course work required, such permission will rarely be given.

Full-time students will follow these same guidelines except that the expected load for each semester (except the final semester) is four courses or 12 semester hours.

Course Waivers

Students may waive any required course in the MBA curriculum except Management 6313. A graduate-level elective must be substituted for each course waived. Criteria for course waiver(s) include:
  1. having already completed at least nine semester hours of course work in the subject area of the requested waiver, i.e., economics or accounting;
  2. a grade point average of at least 3.00 in the courses used for the waiver request;
  3. at least one of the courses used as the basis of the waiver request must be at the junior level or higher; and
  4. courses used as the basis for the waiver request must have been completed no more than ten years before enrollment in the MBA program.
An elective must be obtained in writing from the graduate advisor during the first semester of enrollment.

Graduate Courses

BA 6302 Legal and Social Environment of Business (3-0). Analysis of the role of business in contemporary society with emphasis on the legal, social, political, and regulatory factors affecting business.

BA 6303 Research Methods (3-0). Collection, analysis, and interpretation of both primary and secondary data for business decisions.

IBUS 6314 Multinational Management Strategy (3-0). An advanced study of global strategies and management practices as compared with those in the European Union. Special focus will be given to creating a single, seamless organization capable of operating in a dynamic international environment. This course is usually taught off-campus as part of the International Studies Program.

MGT 6311 Organizational Behavior (3-0). A study of people in an organizational setting. Attention is given to behavioral theory, empirically derived knowledge, and application of this theory and knowledge. Students will participate in solving organizational problems through cases, experiential exercises, and/or simulations.

MGT 6312 Operations Management (3-0). A case-oriented examination of operations management. Topics include inventory management, MRP, production planning and scheduling, plant layout, process analysis, material flows, quality, project management, and service operations. Consideraton of Japanese manufacturing techniques.

MGT 6313 Corporate Strategies and Policies (3-0). An advanced case course dealing with the wide range of management problems involving policy and strategy decisions faced by executives in both domestic and international markets. A capstone course that requires integration of all materials covered in the MBA curriculum in the policy formulation process.
Prerequsite: 24 graduate hours or final long semester of enrollment in the MBA program.

MGT 6322 Government and American Business (3-0). An examination of the interplay between American national, state, and local governments and American business. Topics of consideration include the historical changes in the relationship of government and business, the role of private enterprise in the federal grant-in-aid process, and the effect of government spending on business. Special focus will be given to government regulation of business. (Credit may not be earned for this course and Government 6322.)

MGT 6332 Technology Commercialization and Management (3-0). The study of the management techniques relating to the practical economic developemnt of scientific and technological knowledge.

MGT 6381 Special Topics (3-0). A course dealing with selected topics in management. (May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.)

MGT 6391 Research. A specialized course which may be directed reading or research for superior students. (May be repeated for credit when topic varies.)

MIS 6313 Management of Information Systems (3-0). Addresses the management of information resources from a senior management viewpoint. Covers the use of information technology to achieve competitive advantage, information technology and the organization, managing information assets, outsourcing, information technology operations and management, and information technology as a buiness.

MSC 6301 Decision Analysis (3-0). A study of statistical methodology and the application of statistics in business and economics. Includes descriptive and inferential techniques for decision analysis. Personal computers are used in analyzing decision data and presenting results.

MSC 6319 Forecasting Theory (3-0). The study of forecasting methods including exponential smoothing, decomposition, regression, and judgmental techniques. The use of forecasts in managerial planning and decision making.
Prerequisite: MSC 6301 or consent of instructor.

MKT 6301 Marketing Management (3-0). An analysis of the marketing management process for all types of organizations. Included are the topics of (1) planning marketing activities, (2) directing the implementation of the plans, and (3) controlling marketing plans.