Master of Business Administration Degree Plan

The MBA curriculum below shows the courses required for the 49 credit program.

BUSMBA 500 Business Foundations
Provides self-paced initial foundation or refresher in basic financial accounting, micro-economics, statistics and spreadsheets. (Pass/Fail)
Prerequisites: ADM/PROG. Corequisites: BUSMBA 501

BUSMBA 501 Design Thinking and Strategic Management
Examines collaborative innovation processes that are transforming business and driving industry life cycles. Includes a first exposure to the creation of functional, business-level and corporate-level strategies. Special consideration of organizational design, diversification, mergers and acquisitions and measures of strategic performance including use of Balanced Scorecards. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates.

BUSMBA 505 Marketing Strategy
Focuses on revenue-generating opportunities with special emphasis on evaluating opportunities for new products or services. Includes segment analysis, customer choice behavior, branding, marketing tactics, personal selling and the evaluation of market opportunities. Includes opportunity assessment project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 510 People and Organizations
Emphasizes integrated manager-employee relations in an organization. Includes HR planning, employee recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, discipline, coaching, compensation and termination issues. Also focuses on collaboration, group dynamics, motivation, leadership, problem-solving, negotiation and self-management. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates.

BUSMBA 515 Corporate Finance
Examines the three major decisions in corporate finance affecting value of the firm: investment, financing and cash distribution. Includes the methods used to measure corporate value and evaluate financial performance. Issues in each of the three decision areas are examined within the context of their impact on the valuation model and financial performance metrics. Includes financial modeling project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 520 Global Economics: Policy and Trade
Reviews how economies work, the differences between economic systems, factors that influence international trade, exchange rates, labor economics and government polices related to trade. Includes a survey on the economies of the world, current topics in global economics, data sources for international economic trends and an introduction to major international trade agencies/associations. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 525 Managerial Accounting
Examines various cost-based accounting concepts and practices. Particular emphasis on the challenges involved in using them to evaluate past performance and plan future deployment of firm resources. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates to solve managerial accounting problems.

BUSMBA 545 Legal Issues in Business
Introduces future managers to the major legal issues involved in the business environment. Covers legal reasoning and the legal system, agency and business associations, torts, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, sales and product liability. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 550 Operations and Supply Chain Management
Introduces product and service movement within the firm and between the firm and its partners up and down the supply chain. Focus on logistics management, supplier relationships and creating operational excellence within the firm. Includes operations modeling project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 555 Integrated Capstone
Integrates previous coursework via the development of a business plan for a publicly traded organization, providing recommendations for strategic decisions and associated implications for the organization.

BUSMBA 530 Managerial Communication
A hands-on introduction to written and oral managerial communication including informal exchanges, elevator pitches, meetings and persuasive formal presentations. Emphasis placed on team-oriented and supervisory communication tactics. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates.

BUSMBA 535 Information Technology and Business Alignment
Examines the role of information technology in business process integration, strategic alignment and business analytics. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 540 Managing Successful Projects
Introduces and provides experience in the front-end issues of project management such as team formation, communication strategies, conflict management, project constraints and risk analysis. Includes use of the project management tools: PERT/Critical Path, resource utilization, project monitoring and tracking and critical chain analysis. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

BUSMBA 531 Leadership for Health Professionals
In-depth discussion of management and leadership strategies as they apply to healthcare. Emphasis on oral and written communication in the healthcare field, change management, program planning organization and staff development. Examination of data management, compliance and ethics as they relate to management decision making.

BUSMBA 532 Healthcare Systems and Delivery
Explores health care economics, delivery and payment systems from the perspective of key stakeholders. Discussion of current issues in health policy and the impact to cost, quality and access of care. Analysis of various healthcare delivery models including population-based health and fee-for-service.

BUSMBA 533 Healthcare Operations and Financial Management
Discussion of technology and practices for defining, measuring and improving quality in healthcare. Exploration of financial decisions in a changing landscape with topics including revenue cycles, risk sharing, portfolio management and budgeting. Focus on data collection and analysis as tools for operational decision-making.

BUSMBA 521 Leadership in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Focus on management and leadership strategies as they apply to the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Topics include decision-making, effective communication and negotiating skills, change and conflict management, team building, leadership and ethics.

BUSMBA 522 Architecture, Engineering and Construction Project Management
Topics related to the management of AEC projects including; scope, time, cost, quality, contracts, risk management and sustainability. Includes a focus on project administration and project controls, project scheduling and project cost accounting.

BUSMBA 523 Architecture, Engineering and Construction Company Management
Preparation for planning, organizing, staffing, executing and controlling operations for ongoing management of an AEC company. Topics include organizational structures, financial management and accounting, sales and marketing and personnel administration.

BUSMBA 541 Marketing Leadership
Examines the role of the marketing leader in an organization. Presents best practices for brand stewardship, and how to manage the internal and external communications that drive an organization’s reputation with its stakeholders. Prepares students to lead the marketing department, the sales force, and internal innovation processes.
Co-requisites: BUSMBA 501

BUSMBA 542 Digital Marketing Management
Covers the tools of digital marketing and how to combine them for maximum effect. Connects those tools to common marketing metrics in order to monitor promotion effectiveness and maximize ROI.
Co-requisites: BUSMBA 501

BUSMBA 543 Strategic Product Management
Considers the challenges of simultaneously managing multiple products and services, each of which is at a different stage of the Product Life Cycle. Focuses on value propositions including pricing strategies.
Co-requisites: BUSMBA 501