Professional Program—Business Administration (MBA)
Important Note: This is the archived version of the 2012–2014 Graduate Catalog. The information on these pages was archived on August 22, 2012 and will not be updated as requirement and/or program changes are approved.
Mailing Address:
UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business
110 Douglas Hall, MC 077
705 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Campus Location: 110 Douglas Hall
Main Phone: (312) 996-4573 or (877) 622-8421 (toll free)
E-mail: mba@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/cba/mba/
Contact Person: Mary Clark, Assistant Dean
The Liautaud Graduate School of Business offers a Master of Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Marketing, Management, Management Information Systems, Real Estate, and a Self-Directed option. The program is 54 credits in length composed of 24 credits of core courses (Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Marketing, Microeconomics, Operations Management, and Organizational Behavior) and 30 credits of electives. Twelve credits of the elective course work are taken to fulfill the concentration requirement.
- Most courses meet once per week from 6:00–8:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. All of the core courses are offered online and some elective courses are offered on Saturday mornings.
- The program may be pursued on a part-time or full-time basis. Part-time students register for one or two courses per semester and complete the program in three to four years; full-time student complete the program in approximately two years.
- Ten concentration offerings including a self-directed option that allows students to customized their plan of study to reflect specific career goals.
- Six joint degree offerings including: MBA/MS in Accounting, MBA/MA in Economics, MBA/MS in Management Information Systems, MBA/Doctor of Medicine, MBA/MS in Nursing, and MBA/Master of Public Health.
The Master of Business Administration at UIC is considered a professional program and is not administered by the Graduate College. For more information on the MBA program, admission requirements, and the application process, please consult the following Web site: http://www.mba.uic.edu.