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M.B.A. Degree with Certificates

Recently, additional programs have been approved that link the MBA degree with certificates in four areas: Entrepreneurship, Health Care Administration, Human Resources, and Project Management. Each of these programs, consisting of 48 semester hours of course work beyond the foundation courses, will help you prepare for managerial opportunities in one of the three areas. Details of the program include the twenty four hours of MBA core, six hours of MBA electives, and eighteen hours in any one of the three disciplines as follows:

MBA Core (24 Hours):

  • ACCT 651 Managerial Accounting
  • CIS 651 Information Systems for Competitive Advantage
  • ECON 607 Managerial Economics
  • FIN 601 Financial Management
  • MGT 605 Organizational Behavior and Analysis
  • MGT 606 Quantitative Analysis for Business
  • MGT 607 Strategic Management
  • MKT 601 Marketing Management

MBA Electives (6 Hours):

Six semester hours of coursework offered by the College of Business selected in consultation with the MBA program director.

Select one of the following options:

Entrepreneurship (15 hours):

Fifteen hours of graduate entrepreneurship courses elected in consultation with the entrepreneurship advisor.

Health Care Administration Certificate (18 hours):

  • MHS 510 Systems and Policy in Health Care
  • MHS 564 Cost Containment and Productivity Management in Health Care Organizations
  • MHS 664 The Legal Environment of Health Care
  • MHS 665 Quality Improvement in Delivery of Patient Services
  • MHS 696 Trends and Issues Seminar in Health Sciences

MHS Electives:

Three semester hours of MHS courses selected in consultation with the MBA and MHS advisers.

Human Resources Certificate (18 hours):

  • MGT 608 Human Resource Management
  • HR 605 Orientation to Human Resources
  • HR 610 Human Resource Development
  • HR 693 Performance Technology
  • HR 645 Consultation in Human Resources

HR Electives:

Three semester hours of HR courses selected in consultation with the MBA and HR advisers.

Project Management certificate* (18 hours):

  • PM 650 Project Management Systems
  • PM 652 Project Plan Development
  • PM 654 Project Plan Analysis and Approval

*Currently, the project management coursework is offered only in a Web-based online environment.

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