MBA Specializations

The School of Business offers six different specializations within the MBA program:

Accounting	International Business*
Finance	Management
Health Services Administration	Marketing

*This specialization requires 39 credit hours.

MBA Core Courses

The program’s core curriculum is designed to maximize your understanding of the different business disciplines. The nine core business courses (27 credits) that all MBA students must complete are listed below:

International Business	Economics for Strategic Decisions
Technology and Information Systems	Strategy Formulation, Implementation & Entrepreneurship
Managerial Finance	Leadership and Advanced Management Concept
Marketing in a Dynamic Environment	Social, Legal, and Ethical Aspects of Business
Managerial Accounting

General MBA

The General MBA provides you with an opportunity to customize your degree by choosing cross-discipline business electives. To earn the General MBA, you will be able to choose any three business elective courses (students must fulfill pre-requisites for certain elective courses) in addition to completing the MBA core courses (27 credit-hours).

Accounting

For the Accounting specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses (except for Managerial Accounting), in addition to all of the courses provided below.

MSA 660 Contemporary Accounting Theory & Research
MSA 663 Business Taxation
MSA 664 Advanced Auditing
MSA 668 Not-for-profit and Government Accounting

Finance

For the Finance specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses and choose three electives (9 credits) from the list provided below:

MBA 612 International Finance
MBA 622 Investment Analysis
MBA 624 Financial Markets and Institutions
MBA 628 Advanced Topics in Financial Management

Health Services Administration

For the Health Service Administration specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses and choose three electives (9 credits) from the list provided below:

HSA 530 Health Law, Ethics and Social Issues
HSA 540 Performance Improvement & Quality Assurance
HSA 610 Financing and Delivery of Health Care Services
HSA 620 Health Care Budgeting and Financial Management

International Business

For the International Business specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses in addition to all of the electives (12 credits) from the list provided below:

MBA 612 International Finance
MBA 613 Global Marketing
MBA 614 Cross-Cultural Management
MBA 700 Independent Study (Must be approved by advisor in advance)

Management

For the Management specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses and choose three electives (9 credits) from the list provided below:

MBA 601 Human Resource Management
MBA 604 Research in Management
MBA 605 Entrepreneurial Management
MBA 607 Business Consulting
MBA 608 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
MBA 614 Cross-Cultural Management
MBA 630 Managing Continuous Improvement
MBA 652 Diversity in the Workplace

Marketing

For the Marketing specialization, you will need to complete all of the MBA core courses and choose three electives (9 credits) from the list provided below:

MBA 613 International Marketing
MBA 643 Buyer Motivation & Behavior
MBA 644 Marketing Research
MBA 645 Marketing Strategy