Master of Business Administration - MBA

MBA 500 Corporate Strategy 2 hours. Analysis of major strategic decisions affecting the long-term performance of a firm and its ability to sustain competitve advantage. Meets eight weeks of the semester. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA Program.
MBA 501 Business Concepts and Skills 2 hours. Introduction to concepts and skills required for success in the MBA program including:  institutions and vocabluary of US business, game theory; mathematics and statistics; spreadsheets and databases; and business writing and presentation. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Credit will not be given for MBA 501 if the student has already completed 12 or more hours of MBA coursework. Meets 8 weeks of the semester.
MBA 502 Teamwork and Creativity 2 hours. Basics of guiding classroom and workplace teams to successful productivity and of leading deliberate efforts to more creatively apply knowledge, especially in cross-functional contexts. Meets eight weeks of the semester.
MBA 570 Enterprise Decision Making 4 hours. Provides content and frameworks to integrate prior course work to address business problems from a cross-functional and enterprise perspective. Prerequisite(s): Completion of all other core courses in the MBA Program. This course should be taken during the final semester in the program.
MBA 590 Professional Topics 2 TO 4 hours. A series of skills workshops designed to develop critical management skills and to explore timely management issues not directly related to core business functional areas. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program. 
MBA 591 Study Abroad-Master of Business Administration Program 0 TO 16 hours. Lectures, seminars, and independent travel/study abroad in conjunction with admission to the MBA program. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 hours. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and consent of the director. 
MBA 592 Master of Business Administration Project 8 hours. Multi-disciplinary team project at an outside company or University office. A written report and an oral presentation of the project is required. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and consent of the MBA program director. 
MBA 594 Special Topics-Master of Business Administration Program 1 TO 4 hours. An intensive study of a selected business topic not available in current course offerings. Subject matter will vary by section and semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program.
MBA 596 Independent Study 0 TO 8 hours. Indpendent study under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment by petition to the director of the MBA program.