Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA)

Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA)

The Master of Science in Business Administration program enables students to contribute to the business profession and fosters independent learning. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:

• Evaluate an organization's financial position through financial statement analysis and/or forecasting.
• Summarize and discuss the ethical and legal responsibilities of organizations.
• Apply selected methods of quantitative analysis to enhance business decisions.
• Compare economic environments and markets and their impact on business.

Through a conceptual understanding, students will apply managerial leadership skills, marketing strategies and/or international business concepts, theory, and research to critically analyze and solve problems in unpredictable environments.

The Master of Science in Business Administration offers an intensive graduate program that educates students in theories and practices of the modern business world. The MBA program fosters independent learning and enables students to contribute intellectually to the business profession. MBA student's complete general coursework in valuable areas such as accounting, finance, management, marketing and business research methods. Graduates demonstrate a conceptual understanding of advanced business strategies and critically analyze and solve problems based on applied research methods. There are four concentrations in the Master of Science program.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Examine and analyze the diverse aspects of starting, acquiring, and operating different types of business enterprise.
• Develop digital competency with Information Technology (IT) and make use of it in business and company management operations.
• Apply statistical tools for business improvement and analysis.
• Examine and assess Human Resource systems to contribute to organizational knowledge management efforts.
• Examine and evaluate the decision-making and problem-solving roles of management.
• Analyze and evaluate costs and revenues, budgets, the use of information technology in accounting and finance, and the role of accounting information as a tool for managerial decision-making.
• Examine and discuss the core concepts of global competitive marketing and how global marketing strategies can affect a company's future performance.
• Analyze and evaluate the foundation of current laws and regulations that determine modern business and examine how this has affected students' personal experience.
• Develop a global view of business, investigating why and how companies go international.
• Examine and evaluate international business with an emphasis on cultural diversity.
• Plan, develop, and execute an integrative learning project that offers a successful solution to a practical problem.

Program Breakdown by Course