The MBA curriculum is a flexible program consisting of 36 credit hours for a professional MBA degree and 39 credit hours for an MBA with a concentration in one of the following five areas: Accounting and Finance, Management, Healthcare Management, Portfolio Management, or MBA Customized Professional. Non-business degree graduates must complete the foundation courses within the graduate business program or their equivalent in an undergraduate school of business. A student may test-out of the foundation courses. See the graduate academic advisor to schedule exam(s).
The MBA program allows a student to earn an MBA in just 12 months of continuous study in a full-time program. It builds on a foundation of core business knowledge, while making development of a student's leadership skills a priority. Graduates from this program leave with solid business expertise and a portfolio of demonstrated leadership knowledge and skills.
To be admitted into the Flex MBA Program as a Degree Candidate, all students must have earned an undergraduate degree from a regionally-accredited university. For a full list of Admissions requirements into the program, see Flex Degree Program in the Admissions section of this catalog.
The program is designed to be completed in 12 months. If a student cannot complete the program they must successfully complete all course work no later than five years after the completion of the first graduate-level course taken after entrance into the program.
MBA Requirements
MBA Requirements
The MBA degree is 36 credit hours without a concentration. Demonstration of prerequisite knowledge in accounting, statistics, economics, and finance is required (12 credits unless otherwise demonstrated).
| Foundation Courses | (waived for UG equivalent courses) | 0-12 |
| MBA | Core Courses | 24 |
| MBA | Selective Areas | 9 |
| MBA | Free Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36-48 |
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses can be waived with permission of the Graduate Director, if demonstration of knowledge is adequate based on undergraduate equivalent course performance or by testing-out of the knowledge area.
| ACCT 509 | Essentials of Accounting | 3 |
| DSIM 509 | Essentials of Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| ECON 509 | Essentials of Economics | 3 |
| FIN 509 | Essentials of Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
MBA Core Courses
| ACCT 522 | Accounting for Managerial Control | 3 |
| DSIM 518 | Competing through Innovation, Analytics & Information Technology | 3 |
| DSIM 577 | Managing Production and Service Operati | 3 |
| FIN 534 | Optimizing Financial Performance | 3 |
| INB 555 | Competing in the Global Economy | 3 |
| MGT 545 | Global Corporate Strategy and Policy | 3 |
| MGT 548 | Leading People and Organizations | 3 |
| MKG 540 | Strategic Mkg in a Digital Economy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
MBA Selective Courses
MBA students without a concentration must choose one course (3 credits) from each of the following three categories (9 credits total).
Technology and Analytics
| DSIM 535 | Quantitative Approaches Decision-Making | 3 |
| DSIM 602 | Introduction to Applied Business Analyt | 3 |
| DSIM 603 | Applied Statistical Modeling and Analys | 3 |
| DSIM 604 | Applied Data Visualization and Analysis | 3 |
| DSIM 605 | Applied Data Management | 3 |
| FIN 611 | Advanced Portfolio Theory & Practice | 3 |
| CS 600 | Network and Wireless Communications | 3 |
| ECON 540 | Game Theory | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
Societal Impact
| MGT 566 | Legal & Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| ECON 520 | Economics of High Performance | 3 |
| MGT 630 | Teamwork & Organizational Transformation | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
Interpersonal Skills and Diversity
| MGT 569 | Executive Communications Skills | 1.5 |
| MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | Special Topics, Independent Study, or other as approved | 3 |
MBA Elective Course
MBA students without a concentration must choose one elective course (3 credits).
MBA Concentration Requirements
Students with a concentration must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours (not including prerequisite courses).
| Foundation Courses | (waived for UG equivalent courses) | 0-12 |
| MBA | Core Courses | 24 |
| MBA Concentration Courses | | 9-12 |
| MBA | Free Elective | 0-3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36-48 |
Concentrations
MBA students may elect one of six concentrations in Accounting and Finance, Cybersecurity, Management, FinTech, Healthcare Management, Portfolio Management, or the customized professional concentration.. In addition to the MBA Core courses, each concentration requires the courses as listed below. More than one concentration may be earned. One course cannot count for two concentrations.
Accounting and Finance
Students in this concentration must choose three of the following three-credit hour courses for a total of nine credit hours:
| ACCT 620 | Advanced Managerial Accounting | 3 |
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| ACCT 650 | Adv Managerial Acct & Finance Modeling | 3 |
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| FIN 650 | Adv Managerial Acct & Fin Modeling | 3 |
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| ACCT 670 | Ethics & Government in Accoun | 3 |
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| ACCT 680 | Financial Decision-making | 3 |
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| FIN 680 | Financial Decision-making | 3 |
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| FIN 610 | Practicum in Portfolio Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Healthcare Management Concentration
Select a minimum of courses (6) courses from the choices listed below to total 18 credit hours.
| MSHI 500 | Advanced Health Informatics I | 3 |
| NUR 530 | Financial Management of Nursing Systems | 3 |
| HQS 502 | Health Law, Regulatory Issues, and the Business of Healthcare Quality Improvement | 3 |
| HQS 501 | Introduction to Healthcare Quality/Culture, Interprofessional Teams, and Simulation | 3 |
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| HQS 512 | Organization, Delivery, and Policy in Healthcare | 3 |
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| NUR 512 | Organization, Delivery, and Policy in Healthcare | 3 |
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| MSHI 505 | Advanced Health Informatics II | 3 |
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| DSIM 518 | Competing through Innovation, Analytics & Information Technology | 3 |
| MGT 587 | Special Topics in Management | 1-3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
MGT 587 -Topic needs approval of the DCOB Director of Graduate Programs
DSIM 535, ECON 520, and FIN 534 are not required for the Healthcare Management Concentration.
Healthcare Management Concentration Foundation Courses Prerequisites
These courses are required for candidates who do not have a bachelor's degree in business or who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
| ACCT 509 | Essentials of Accounting | 3 |
| DSIM 509 | Essentials of Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| ECON 509 | Essentials of Economics | 3 |
| FIN 509 | Essentials of Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
FinTech MBA Concentration
FinTech MBA Concentration Requirements
Select One:
| FIN 611 | Advanced Portfolio Theory & Practice | 3 |
| FIN 612 | Investment Management | 3 |
| DSIM 602 | Introduction to Applied Business Analyt | 3 |
| DSIM 603 | Applied Statistical Modeling and Analys | 3 |
| DSIM 606 | Data Mining and Predictive Analytics | 3 |
| FIN 587 | Special Topics in Finance | 3 |
| FIN 590 | Internship Curr Prac Training | 1-3 |
| MBA 651 | Blockchain | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Cybersecurity MBA Concentration Requirements
| CS 600 | Network and Wireless Communications | 3 |
| CS 601 | Foundations of Cybersecurity | 3 |
| CS 610 | Cyber Threat Intelligence | 3 |
| CS 615 | Security Risk Analysis and Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Management
Students in this concentration must take the following three courses for a total of nine credit hours:
| MGT 610 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 620 | Responsible Leadership | 3 |
| MGT 630 | Teamwork & Organizational Transformation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Portfolio Management
Students in this concentration must take the following three courses for a total of nine credit hours:
| FIN 610 | Practicum in Portfolio Management | 3 |
| FIN 611 | Advanced Portfolio Theory & Practice | 3 |
| FIN 612 | Investment Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
NOTE: Students pursuing the Portfolio Management concentration who also wish to pursue the Accounting and Finance concentration may not “double count” FIN 610.
MBA Customized Professional
Three three-credit hour courses from any of the following disciplines: Accounting (ACCT), Decision Science & Information Management (DSIM), Finance (FIN), Management (MGT), Marketing (MKG) or Aviation (AVM).
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
NOTE: Requires a graduate concentration plan and advisor registration for all classes