MBA Program Requirements

The MBA program consists of three parts: the core program, the integrative case course (MGT 535) and a set of at least five electives.

Core Program

The core program is designed to develop basic skills in management for the MBA student and consists of the following 10 courses:

To be exempted from a core course, the applicant must have passed an equivalent undergraduate course with a grade of 2.0 (C) or better within the previous ten years. Exemption from a course reduces the total credits required for the MBA degree. Students exempted from some or all of the core courses will be required to take at least a minimum of 36 credits/12 courses.  As part of the program, the MBA student must take at least one graduate course in each of the functional areas:  Accounting, Marketing, Production Operation Management or Quantitative Methods, Finance, and Management Information Systems.  Example: If a student has been waived from FIN 533, Financial Management because an equivalent undergraduate course was completed, the student must complete a 600 level Finance elective.

The Office of Graduate Business Programs determines exemptions from core courses after an evaluation of a student’s transcripts.  A student will be allowed to take a core course from which he/she has been exempted only with prior written approval from the Office of Graduate Business Programs. 

Integrative Business Policy Course

The integrative business policy course, MGT 535, is the capstone course students complete at the end of their program. This course draws on all course work in the MBA program in the analysis of real world cases in a team setting.  MGT 535 is required of all MBA students.