Curriculum
It’s Your Future. It’s Your Choice.
The Executive MBA is a conceptual, yet practical, program leading to the Master of Business Administration degree. The curriculum is designed to give practicing managers and executives the skills needed to assume leadership roles in their organizations. The program consists of eleven graduate courses, which employ lectures, readings, cases, speakers, simulations, and projects. Each course challenges participants with current, critical business issues. There are no prerequisite courses to enroll in the program.
The sequence of courses begins each January and ends approximately seventeen months later. The program spans four semesters -- Spring, Summer, Fall, and Spring. There are holidays and breaks between semesters.
Our Executive MBA program allows you to choose the path that
leads to your professional success. There are two tracks
available: a general MBA, and an MBA with a health care management
concentration. The general MBA participants can choose
between
1) accounting and finance electives or 2) business
electives.
The three choices that lead to an MBA degree are:
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A general MBA (with accounting and finance electives)
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A general MBA (with business electives)
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An MBA with a Health Care Management Concentration
All Executive MBA students register for seven core courses and four non-core courses. The seven core courses are required of all participants.
Graduate Courses
Common Curriculum
All participants in the program enroll in seven
fundamental graduate courses: Accounting, Managerial
Economics, Financial Management, Statistics, Organizational
Behavior, Business Strategy, and Marketing.
1) General MBA
1A) General MBA (with Business Electives)
In addition to the seven fundamental courses presented above,
students enroll in the following business courses: 1)
Entrepreneurship, 2) Project Management, 3) Business Law and
Negotiations, and 4) Advanced Accounting/Finance.
Degree Plan for General MBA (with Business Electives)
| Course # | Course Name |
Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 625 | Accounting for Business Decisions |
3 |
| ECON 613 | Managerial Economics |
3 |
| FIN 653 | Financial Policies |
3 |
| OMIS 600 | Statistical Methods in Business & Economics |
3 |
| MGMT 663 | Organizational Theory and Behavior |
3 |
| MGMT 683 | Business Policy & Strategy |
3 |
| MRKT 673 | Marketing Administration |
3 |
| MGMT 694 | Project Management |
3 |
| MGMT 695 | Business Law & Negotiations |
3 |
| GBBT 695 | Entrepreneurship |
3 |
| FIN 695 | Advanced Accounting/Finance |
3 |
1B) General MBA (with Accounting and Finance Electives)
In addition to the seven fundamental common curriculum courses presented above, students enroll in the following accounting and finance courses: 1) Special Topics in Accounting, 2) Special Topics in Finance, 3) Financial Policies II, and 4) Business Law and Negotiations.
Seven of the eleven graduate courses in this track are finance
(three courses), accounting (two courses), or analysis courses
(statistics and economics).
Degree Plan for General MBA (with Accounting and Finance
Electives)
| Course # | Course Name |
Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 625 | Accounting for Business Decisions |
3 |
| ECON 613 | Managerial Economics |
3 |
| FIN 653 | Financial Policies |
3 |
| OMIS 600 | Statistical Methods in Business & Economics |
3 |
| MGMT 663 | Organizational Theory & Behavior |
3 |
| MGMT 683 | Business Policy & Strategy |
3 |
| MRKT 673 | Marketing Administration |
3 |
| ACCT 695 | Special Topics in Accounting |
3 |
| FIN 654 | Financial Policies II |
3 |
| FIN 695 | Special Topics in Finance |
3 |
| MGMT 695 | Business Law & Negotiations |
3 |
2) Health Care Management Concentration
In addition to the seven fundamental common curriculum courses
presented above, students receiving an MBA with a concentration in
health care management enroll in the following courses: 1) Health
Care Law, 2) Health Care Financial Management, 3) Advanced Health
Care Administration, and 4) Special Topics in Health Care
Management.
Degree Plan for MBA with a Health Care Management
Concentration
| Course # | Course Name |
Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 625 | Accounting for Business Decisions |
3 |
| ECON 613 | Managerial Economics |
3 |
| FIN 653 | Financial Policies |
3 |
| OMIS 600 | Statistical Methods in Business & Economics |
3 |
| MGMT 663 | Organizational Theory & Behavior |
3 |
| MGMT 683 | Business Policy & Strategy |
3 |
| MRKT 673 | Marketing Administration |
3 |
| MGMT 650 | Health Care Law |
3 |
| FIN 650 | Health Care Financial Management |
3 |
| MGMT 656 | Advanced Health Care Administration |
3 |
| MGMT 695 | Health Care Special Topics in Management |
3 |
Because the Executive MBA curriculum is reviewed continuously to
reflect the ever-changing needs of the business environment, the
College of Business reserves the right to alter the curriculum at
any time through appropriate procedures for the purpose of
effectively achieving its educational mission.
On-Line Quick-Start Seminars
While there are no prerequisite courses to enroll in the fundamental courses, Quick-Start Seminars are presented on-line prior to each fundamental course. Since participants possess varying degrees of experience in the major subject areas, these seminars are designed to enhance the knowledge of students in finance, economics, accounting, marketing and management. Online delivery of the seminars provides students with flexibility as they gain the foundation necessary to successfully complete the fundamental courses. Quick-Start Seminars are offered for the accounting, economics, finance, statistics, management, and marketing courses.
Tutorial Sessions
Since our program participants come from diverse backgrounds and possess different talents, optional tutorial sessions are offered for the quantitative courses. The tutorial sessions allow students to sharpen their skills, when necessary, in order to keep pace in the program. Tutorial sessions are offered for the finance, accounting, and statistics courses.