Customized Specialization
Maximize the flexibility of the program to take courses that to fit your career goals.
This specialization is ideal for students whose career ambitions go beyond a defined specialization, the customized option allows you to choose most 600-level or any 700-level MBA course, as part of your elective requirements. For example, if you are a marketing manager but want to transition to the technology industry, you may decide to take a combination of marketing and information systems electives. Someone starting a new business may want to take entrepreneurship, finance and human resource management electives.
MBA Program Requirements and Specialization Courses
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Foundation Courses (0-12 Credits)
Up to 12 Foundation Credits may be waived. Please speak with your adviser. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 505 Accounting Essentials
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 ECON 505 Micro Economics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 ECON 506 Macro Economics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 FIN 505 Essentials of Finance 1.5 MKTG 505 Marketing Essentials
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPM 505 Introduction to Operations Management
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPRE 505 Fundamentals of Statistics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPRE 506 Managerial Statistics
Prerequisite: OPRE 5051.5 -
Required Core Courses (13.5 Credits)
All students in the MBA program take these Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 605 Performance Management and Accounting Controls
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or equivalent.3 ECON 605 Business and Public Policy in a Global Economy
Prerequisites: ECON 505 and ECON 506.1.5 ENTR 605 Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.1.5 FIN 605 Financial Management
Prerequisites: FIN 505 or with permission.1.5 INSS 605 IT for Business Transformation
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing3 MGMT 605 Leading with Integrity
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPRE 605 Business Analytics
Prerequisites: OPRE 504 or OPRE 505 and OPRE 506, or with permission.1.5 -
Flexible Core Courses (9 credits)
Are you more the corporate type or do you have an entrepreneurial mindset?
These Flexible Core Courses can be tailored to fit your career goals.Course No. Title Credits FIN 615 Entrepreneurial Finance
Prerequisites: FIN 605 or with permission.1.5 FIN 625 Corporate Finance
Prerequisite: FIN 6051.5 MGMT 615 Managing in a Dynamic Environment
Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 6003 MGMT 625 Collaboration, Negotiation and Conflict Management
Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 6003 MKTG 635 Entrepreneurial Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 5053 MKTG 645 Customers and Markets
Prerequisite: MKTG 5053 OPM 615 Innovation and Project Management
Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 5063 OPM 625 Operations and Supply Chain Management
Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 5063 -
Capstone Course (3 Credits)
You are close to graduating. It's time to step up your game with the experiential Capstone Course. Course No. Title Credits MGMT 790 Strategic Management Capstone
Prerequisites:
ACCT 605, ECON 605,
ENTR 605, FIN 605,
INSS 605, MGMT 605,
MKTG 605, OPRE 6053
MBA Customized Specialization (9 Credits)
Check the course schedule for online offerings.
Chose nine credits from most of the 600-level courses or any 700-level course. It is up to you to choose what courses best fits with your career and personal goals. Speak to your adviser if you have any questions.