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Master of Business Administration

A graduate degree is paramount for career advancement and upper management employment. 

The focus of this accredited Distance Learning MBA Program is developing managers who can compete in the complex and ever changing business community. 

The Master of Business Administration is a professional graduate degree designed to provide an intense educational experience for students and professionals in business who desire to assume positions of increasing responsibility in business.

It provides an opportunity for students to develop knowledge, abilities and attitudes that will constitute a foundation for their growth and understanding into effective administrators and creative leaders in business, industry and government.

Studies concentrate on the functional components of business operations.

Degree Requirements
  • The requirement for the Master of Business Administration Degree is 36 semester hours above the Baccalaureate Degree in Business, Management, or related fields.

  • The student must complete a minimum of 27 semester hours, 9 courses, with Southwest University.
Courses

MGT 610 Information Management in Business
ACC 620 Managerial Accounting
MKT 630 Marketing Strategies
MBA 635 Business Ethics and Responsibilities
MGT 637 Organizational Behavior Management
ECO 642 Managerial Economics
MGT 651 Management and Leadership
FIN 655  Financial Management
HRM 657 Human Resources Strategic Issues
MBA 670 Legal Environment of Business
MGT 672 Strategic Management
DSC 680 Managerial Decision Processes
MBA 682 Special Topics in Business Administration
  
Course Descriptions
MGT-610
Information Management in Business

3 Semester Hours

This course discusses the changing demands in today's fast-paced organizations by relating management information systems to management and the organization. The focus is understanding from a business viewpoint.   [ Book Required ]

ACC-620
Managerial Accounting

3 Semester Hours

Course contains a rich variety of problem material ranging from simple to challenging. Cases and comprehensive problems are introduced. Some areas covered are: essentials of cost and managerial accounting, cost definitions, cost behavior and cost estimates. Also includes, capital budgeting income tax effects on capital budgets as well as quantitative methods for managers.   [ Book Required ]

MKT-630
Marketing Management

3 Semester Hours

This course introduces new marketing ideas, tools and practices that companies will need to successfully operate in the new millennium. Focus on strategic planning, analyzing, developing and shaping markets are of particular interest to managers. The administrative and tactical side of marketing and promotion provide an exciting and dynamic experience. 
[ Book Required ]

MBA-635
Business Ethics and Responsibilities

3 Semester Hours

This course focuses on ethical issues, obligations and responsibilities in the business arena. Moral concepts related to practical ethical decision making are discussed as are obligations of business to society and community..[ Book Required ]

MGT-637
Organizational Behavior Management

3 Semester Hours

Course is designed to study human behavior, attitudes and performance within an organizational setting. It focuses on theory, methods and principles of disciplines as psychology, sociology and anthropology to learn about behavior and management within work settings. Analysis of the external environments effect on an organization and its human resources, missions, objectives and strategies are examined.  
[ Book Required ]

ECO-642
Managerial Economics

3 Semester Hours

This course explores the use of economic analysis in making business decisions involving the use of an organization's scarce resources. The course explains that managerial economics can predict how external economic changes can cause internal economic changes in business organizations. The nature and scope of the subject is presented.  [ Book Required ]

MGT-651
Management and Leadership

3 Semester Hours

This course presents comprehensive information of major theories and research on leadership and managerial effectiveness in formal organizations. It also presents practical suggestions for improving leadership skills.  [ Book Required ]

FIN-655
Financial Management

3 Semester Hours

This course presents practical information for corporate financial management. It defines objectives of financial decision-making and the tactics and strategies for achieving them. A global perspective is presented. An excellent course for managers and professionals facing executive challenges of financial analysis and reasoning.  [ Book Required ]

HRM-657
Human Resources Strategic Issues

3 Semester Hours

This course provides information on strategic issues that challenge human resource managers and enlarges on the basic knowledge students will have already learned and integrates new challenges for the human resources professional.  
[ Book Required ]

MBA-670
Legal Environment of Business

3 Semester Hours

Course has several objectives including describing the areas of law that seem to be of greatest importance to business managers, legal environment topics that managers may frequently deal with as well as the basic core of business law topics. Course extensively uses real world examples in an integrated fashion to assist the student in bringing the environment of business law into focus. A global perspective is also discussed.  [ Book Required ]

MGT-672
Strategic Management

3 Semester Hours

This course focuses on he kill building in all the major area of strategy formation. The course offers three themes: global factors, information technology, and preserving the natural environment.  [ Book Required ]

DSC-680
Managerial Decision Processes

3 Semester Hours

The primary focus of this course is on strategic decision making made by middle and upper levels of management, particularly in a multi-disciplinary context. The curriculum provides a collection of theories that apply to both public and private enterprise. Strategic decisions made by top management including determinants for successful strategic choices are examined.  [ Book Required ]

MBA-682
Special Topics in Business Administration

3 Semester Hours

Subject to faculty approval.  A project or an independent paper that will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a specific subject.  

 

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