Traditional MBA

This program prepares graduates to think strategically, adapt readily to a rapidly changing global business environment and successfully hold a leadership position utilizing solid business expertise and Christian values.

__________ MBA DEGREE REQUIREMENTS __________

Prerequisites

• Principles of Economics I or II
• Microcomputer Applications
• Principles of Management
• Fundamentals of Accounting I
• Fundamentals of Accounting II
• Elementary Statistics
• Business Law I
• Principles of Marketing
• Financial Management

Proficiency Course (2 credit hours)

• Business Ethics

MBA Course Requirements (36.5 credit hours)

• Management in a Globalized Era
• Managerial Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing Management
• Strategic Management
• Management Simulation
• Competitive Business Intelligence
• Communications in Contemporary Business
• Economic Theory
• Quantitative Management
• Research Methodology
• Holy Spirit in the Now
• Graduate Health Fitness
• Health Fitness Activity Course
• Elective Class (may be used toward concentration)

Added Concentration:

3 Related Electives (9 credit hours added to required courses)

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is the most flexible graduate-level business degree. Students may, but are not required to, customize their degree with a concentration in: accounting, finance, international business, management, marketing, or non-profit administration.

A concentration is constituted by 9 credit hours in any of the following fields. Students may use their 3 hour elective toward the concentration total.

Accounting

• Intermediate Accounting I
• Intermediate Accounting II
• CPA Problems
• Advanced Accounting I
• Advanced Accounting II
• Managerial Cost Accounting
• Auditing
• Federal Income Tax
• Advanced Income Tax
• Estate and Gift Taxation
• Estate and Gift Tax Accounting

Entrepreneurship

• Creative Thinking in Business
• Entrepreneurship
• Promotional Management
• Small Business Basics

Finance

• Commercial Bank Management
• Development of Non-Profit Organizations
• Entrepreneurship
• Estate and Gift Taxation
• International Finance
• Investments
• Non-Profit Accounting and Finance
• Small Business Basics

International Business

• International Finance
• International Marketing
• Readings in International Business

Management

• Administration of Non-Profit Organizations
• Business Technology (Management Emphasis)
• Conflict Resolution
• Creative Thinking (Management Emphasis)
• Leadership Studies
• Legal Issues of Non-Profit Organizations
• Organizational Dynamics
• Small Business Basics

Marketing

• Consumer Behavior
• Creative Thinking (Marketing Emphasis)
• Development of Non-Profit Organizations
• International Marketing
• Promotional Management
• Sales Management
• Service Marketing
• Technology & Business (Marketing Emphasis)

Non-Profit Management
(A concentration in Non-Profit Management requires completion of all of the following courses which total 10 credit hours)

• Administration of Non-Profit Organizations
• Development of Non-Profit Organizations
• Legal Issues of Non-Profit Organizations
• Service Marketing

Adding a concentration is optional in the MBA program. Students may graduate with an MBA without an added concentration if they so choose.