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.

A Baccalaureate Degree in Business or related fields
Thirty-six (36) semester hours, 12 courses, beyond the Bachelor's Degree
DSC 680 Managerial Decision Processes is required and the final course.
No thesis required
Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better

Upon completion of this program, you should be able to:

Analyze ethical issues, evaluate ideals, and incorporate these ideals into real-world situations.
Analyze management and leadership and explain its influence on personal and organizational effectiveness.
Analyze, explain and apply systems of accounting and financial management in decision processes.
Evaluate the concepts and analytical tools of strategic management, decision making and ethics.
Analyze and evaluate the diverse issues and challenges of management and human relations management.
Evaluate, analyze and apply techniques of marketing, management, organizational management and leadership.
Analyze, assess and explain the legal and political factors which influence business decisions.
Evaluate and report how the economic concepts and tools of analysis can be applied to industry.
Evaluate business uses of information systems and explain new technology.

Course Requirements
MGT-610	Information Management in Business	3	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	This course focuses on business level marketing strategy and utilizes four key dimensions to broaden the understanding of marketing management including customer satisfaction and market strategies planning. Students will have the opportunity to analyze markets and the marketing environment as well as develop marketing strategies. Communication value managing and social responsibility are also addressed.
MBA-635	Business Ethics and Responsibilities	3	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	This course provides future managers and current managers with information about people and their behavior within the context of the business environment. Provides students up-to-date information on current trends in business and issues affecting businesses today. Some areas of focus are: employee support policies, reward systems, procedural justice, high-performance teams, and goal framing effects. It also highlights the global nature of today's business world. [Book Required]
ECO-642	Managerial Economics	3	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	This course presents comprehensive information of major theories and research on leadership and managerial effectiveness in formal organizations. It also provides advice and practical suggestions for business leaders to improve leadership skills. [Book Required]
FIN-655	Financial Management	3	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	This course provides information on strategic issues that challenge human resource managers. This course enlarges on the basic knowledge students will have already learned and integrates new challenges for the human resource personnel. [Book Required]
MBA-670	Legal Environment of Business	3	[+ More Info]
	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	[+ More Info]
	This course focuses on skill building in all the major areas of strategy formulation. The course offers three themes: global factors, information technology, and preserving the natural environment. [Book Required]
DSC-680	Managerial Decision Processes	3	[+ More Info]
	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	3	[+ More Info]
	Subject to faculty approval. A project or independent paper that will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a specific subject. [Book Required]

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