Time Limit
Students are required to complete all coursework towards the MBA degree within 6 years from the date of entry into the MBA program.
MBA Requirements
Complete all of the following courses.
- Note: MBA 6307 (Organizational Leadership and Ethics) should be taken in the first semester.
- Note: MBA 6370 (Applied Strategic Management) must be taken in the last nine hours and needs Department Chair approval before class can be taken.
Business Administration Electives/Concentration Option
Complete 12hrs from available MBA elective courses. A concentration can be earned by taking between 9hrs and 12hrs courses in a concentration area. Concentration areas and course options are the following:
- Accounting
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Innovation and Information Technology Management
- International Business
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Nonprofit Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Sustainability
To view the specific courses for each concentration area, please click the link below.
Students who seek a second concentration can apply no more than one course from the first concentration to the requirements of the second concentration. If there are no courses common to both concentrations, the student must take all courses for the second concentration.
Business Foundation Proficiencies
Students who do not have a compressive business background, may be requested to complete all or several online modules below:
- Accounting
- Fundamentals of Business Statistics
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Fundamentals of Microeconomics
- Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
- Fundamentals of Management
- Fundamentals of Marketing
- Legal Environment of Business
New graduate business students with a GPA less than 3.0 will be required to complete online modules on:
- Business Communication
- Business Mathematics
Note: Alternatively, taking the 3-credit-hour MBA 5300 Bootcamp course below will satisfy the requirements for all the proficiency courses above (this does not include Business Communications and Business Mathematics).