Digital Business
Digital transformation and innovation are forcing business to rapidly adapt. The specialization in Digital Business will provide students with an understanding of the key effects of technological change on business.
Mobile data traffic will reach the following milestones within the next 5 years:
- Monthly global mobile data traffic will be 49 exabytes by 2021, and annual traffic will exceed half a zettabyte.
- Mobile will represent 20 percent of total IP traffic by 2021.
- The number of mobile-connected devices per capita will reach 1.5 by 2021.
- The total number of smartphones (including phablets) will be over 50 percent of global devices and connections by 2021.
- Over three-fourths (78 percent) of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2021.
Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2017–2022 White Paper, (Visited website 05-21-18)
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 (15 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 MKTG 605 Marketing Strategy
Prerequisites: MKTG 504 or MKTG 505, or with permission.1.5 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 615 Entrepreneurial Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 6151.5 MKTG 625 Customers and Markets
Prerequisite: MKTG 6051.5 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
Specialization Course (9 Credits)
| Course No. | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| INSS 621 | Digital Transformation | 1.5 |
| INSS 622 | Digital Innovation | 1.5 |
| Course No. | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENTR 750 | Leading and Managing Innovation Prerequisite: ENTR 605 |
3 |
| INSS 651 | Database Management Systems Prerequisite: INSS 605 |
3 |
| INSS 703 | Principles of Information Security Management Prerequisite: INSS 605 |
3 |
| INSS 722 | Visual Business Intelligence Prerequisite: INSS 605 |
3 |
| MKTG 755 | Marketing Communications and Social Media Prerequisite: MKTG 605 |
3 |