MBA Degree Requirements
The MBA program focuses on five major themes. Each of these themes provides a thread to connect the major elements of the curriculum, culminating with the course Applied Strategic Management (capstone).
- Organizational leadership and Corporate Ethical Citizenship
- System Thinking and Sustainable Business Environment
- Global and Domestic Business Environment
- Decision Making and Value Creation
- Marketing and Global Supply Chain Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Curriculum
Excluding PROFICIENCY courses, students are required to take 36 credit hours in the program. There are 27 credit hours of core courses, including the CAPSTONE, Applied Strategic Management, course and 9 credit hours of elective courses
MBA Proficiency Courses
Note: students who enter the program without undergraduate business courses will be advised about the necessary foundation courses they are required to take prior to taking the core classes. Upon transcript reviews, some or all foundation courses may be waived based on previous study
| ACCT 5X01: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| ACCT 5X02: Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X03: Fundamentals of Business Statistics |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X04: Fundamentals of Finance |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X05: Fundamentals of Microeconomics |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X06: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X07: Fundamentals of Management |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X08: Fundamentals of Marketing |
1.5 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5X09: Legal Environment of Business |
1.5 Credit Hours |
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15 Credit Hours |
| MBA Core Courses (27 Hours) |
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| ACCT 5313: Managerial Accounting |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5315: Operations Management and Supply Chain |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5318: Financial Management |
3.0 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5320: Marketing Management Theory |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5322: Organizational Behavior |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5325: Ethical and Moral Business Management |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5326: International Economics |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5357: Management Information Systems |
3 Credit Hours |
| MBA 5370: Applied Strategic Management |
3 Credit Hours |
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27 Credit Hours |
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MBA Elective Courses (9 Hours)
Students must complete elective courses to achieve the required 36 hours of graduate work. The electives may be selected to achieve a concentration (see options below), or a range of general business electives that interest the student may be chosen to earn a general MBA without an area of concentration.
Areas of Concentration
Accounting (three of the following courses)
- ACCT 5333 – Auditing
- ACCT 5353 – Federal Tax Concepts for Individuals
- ACCT 5360 – Governmental/ Not-for-Profit Accounting
- ACCT 5362 – Taxation of Business Entities
- ACCT 5366 – Comparative Accounting Practices
- ACCT 5393 – Accounting Information Systems
Ethics
- MLA 5350 - Sustainability and Environmental Ethics
- MBA 5351 - International Management
- ACCT 5399 - Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility
Finance (two of the following courses)
- MBA 5319 – Investment Theory
- MBA 5331 – Financial Institutions and Markets
- MBA 5330 - International Finance
- MBA 5341 – Futures, Swaps, and Options
(Students pursuing a finance concentration must take one additional elective of their choice in order to meet the number of total credit hours required for the degree)
Health Care Administration (offered by Texas Woman’s University)
- HCA 5103 – Foundations of Health Services
(plus two of the following courses)
- HCA 5483 – Epidemiological Methods
- HCA 5193 – Health Law
- HCA 5633 – Health Policy
**Please note that students interested in this concentration must be registered as visiting graduates with Texas Woman’s University. See the Director of Graduate Business Programs for more details.
International Business (three of the following courses)
- MBA 5330 – International Finance
- MBA 5351 – International Management
- MBA 5355 – Global Marketing
- MBA 5366 – Sourcing Management
- MBA 5367 – Managing and Working in Virtual Teams
- MBA 5393 – Special Topics (Study Abroad)
Marketing (three of the following courses)
- MBA 5321 – Marketing Applications and Research
- MBA 5333 – Seminar in Marketing
- MBA 5355 – Global Marketing
- MBA 5360 – E-Business Strategies
- MBA 5362 – Entrepreneurship
- MBA 5366 – Sourcing Management
Management Information Systems (three of the following courses)
- MBA 5358 – Systems Project Management
- MBA 5359 – Selected Topics in Management Information Systems
- MBA 5360 – E-Business Strategies
- MBA 5366 – Sourcing Management
- MBA 5367 – Managing and Working in Virtual Teams
- MBA 5368 – Systems Analysis and Design
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