Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 48, including 30 core course credits and 18 credits of electives that may be combined in two areas of concentration, if desired. At least one area of concentration must be selected. Selection of a STEM-designated concentration required for STEM MBA.
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| ´¡°ä°ä°ÕÌý5001 | Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning 1 | 3 |
| µþ´¡Ìý5002 | Socioeconomic Context of Business | 3 |
| ¹ó±õ±·Ìý5001 | Financial Analysis and Strategy 1 | 3 |
| ±á¸é²ÑÌý5001 | Leading Organizations | 3 |
| ³¢³Ò³¢³§Ìý5701 | Legal and Ethical Foundations of Business | 3 |
| ²Ñ°°Õ³ÒÌý5001 | Marketing Management/Strategy | 3 |
| ²Ñ³§°¿²ÑÌý5001 | Operations Management 2 | 3 |
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý5051 | Business Strategy in a Global Environment | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5001 | Quantitative Methods for Business 1,2 | 3 |
| µþ´¡Ìý5687 | Advanced Professional Development Strategies 3 | 0 |
| Concentration or Electives (see concentration areas below) | 18 | |
| Capstone Course | ||
| µþ´¡Ìý5287 | Fox MBA Capstone Experience 4 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 48 | |
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´¡°ä°ä°ÕÌý5001 Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning and ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5001 Quantitative Methods for Business are prerequisites that must be satisfactorily completed before ¹ó±õ±·Ìý5001 can be taken.
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³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5001 Quantitative Methods for Business is a prerequisite that must be satisfactorily completed before ²Ñ³§°¿²ÑÌý5001 Operations Management can be taken.
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µþ´¡Ìý5687 Advanced Professional Development Strategies is a requirement for students in the Full-time MBA program.
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All core courses must be completed before the student enrolls in µþ´¡Ìý5287, the capstone course.
Requirements for each of the 10 MBA concentrations are identified in the following course grids:
Business Analytics
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5602 | Visualization: The Art of Numbers and the Psychology of Persuasion | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5607 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
| Select one STAT course from the following: | 3 | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5603 | Statistical Learning and Data Mining | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5604 | Experiments: Knowledge by Design | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5605 | Decision Models: From Data to Decisions | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5606 | Data: Care, Feeding, and Cleaning in Python | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Finance
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select FIN courses from the following: | 9 | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5104 | Advanced Corporate Finance | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5114 | Financial Markets and Institutions | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5115 | Financial Modeling for Investments and Corporate Finance | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5134 | Fintech, Blockchain and Digital Disruption | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5156 | Private Equity | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5612 | Asset Pricing | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5613 | Derivative Valuation | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5615 | Data Science in Finance | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5618 | Corporate Value Management | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5623 | Risk Measurement | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5628 | Global Economy | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5632 | Investment Management | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5637 | Applied Corporate Finance | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5638 | Behavioral Finance | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5647 | Financial Reporting & Analysis | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5648 | Quantitative Portfolios | |
Other FIN courses at the 5000-level or higher with approval of Instructor or Department Chair | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Healthcare Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ±á°ä²ÑÌý5101 | Health Systems Organization and Development 1 | 3 |
| ±á°ä²ÑÌý5102 | Healthcare Organizational Leadership and Strategy 2 | 3 |
| ±á°ä²ÑÌý5103 | Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations 3 | 3 |
| ¸é²Ñ±õÌý5103 | Health Risks | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
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±á°ä²ÑÌý5101 is required to be the first HCM course taken. Alternate course equivalents at 1.5 credits are ±á°ä²ÑÌý5601 The Organizational Structure of the US Health System AND ±á°ä²ÑÌý5602 Market Forces, Regulation and Policy in the US Health System.
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Alternate course equivalents to ±á°ä²ÑÌý5102 at 1.5 credits are ±á°ä²ÑÌý5603 Population Health Management AND ±á°ä²ÑÌý5651 Healthcare Leadership and Strategy.
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Alternate course equivalents at 1.5 credits are ±á°ä²ÑÌý5606 Financial Analysis and Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Organizations AND ±á°ä²ÑÌý5607 Corporate Finance and Strategy in Healthcare.
Human Resource Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HRM courses at the 5000-level or higher | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Information Systems and Digital Innovation
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5001 | Information Technology Management 1 | 3 |
| ²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5101 | Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5603 | Social Media Innovation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
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If students have already taken MIS 5001, they may choose another MIS course at the 5000-level or higher.
Information Technology Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select three from the following: 1 | 9 | |
| Fall | ||
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5201 | IT Audit Process | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5202 | IT Governance | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5206 | Protection of Information Assets | |
| Spring | ||
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5001 | Information Technology Management | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5203 | Systems and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 1 | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5205 | IT Service Delivery and Support 2 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
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Students are responsible for completing prerequisites for concentration courses.
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²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5201 IT Audit Process is a prerequisite for ²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5205 IT Service Delivery and Support.
Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý5139 | Lean Entrepreneurship / Innovation: Fast & Frugal Methods to Launch Startups & Test Innovative Ideas | 3 |
| ³§³Ò²ÑÌý5142 | Business Model Innovation | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: 1 | 3 | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5103 | Management of Technology and Innovation | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5135 | Innovation Intelligence: Plan, Build, Protect, and Monetize a Technology / Innovation Portfolio | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5137 | Entrepreneurial Thinking and New Venture Creation | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5138 | Global Innovation Strategy: Creating Agile, Innovative, Globally-Competitive Organizations | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5144 | Creativity Unleashed: Harnessing Creativity to Solve Real-World Innovation Challenges | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5145 | Plan, Pitch, and Fund an Entrepreneurial Start-Up | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5148 | Open Innovation and Managing Strategic Alliances | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
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New courses focused on innovation and entrepreneurship may be selected to fulfill this elective requirement. Academic Director approval is required.
Marketing Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MKTG courses at the 5000-level or higher | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Sport Business
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select three from the following: | 9 | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5211 | Sport Finance and Economics | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5212 | Legal Issues in Sport and Recreation | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5226 | Consumer Behavior in Sport and Recreation | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5227 | Sport Media and Communication | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5251 | Introduction to Sport Analytics | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5252 | Sport for Development | |
³§¸é²ÑÌý5255 | The Sport Workplace | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Strategic Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SGM courses at the 5100-level or higher OR | 9 | |
IB courses related to Strategic Management at the IB 5100-level or higher 1 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
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Departmental approval is required for the selection of IB courses.
5000-level business courses that are not required MBA core coursework may be selected as business electives. Students may choose 5000-level elective courses from the different disciplines within the Fox School of Business. Business electives from outside the Fox School must be preapproved by the student’s Academic Director.
Additional Requirements:
MBA candidates are required to complete three academic development and three professional development workshops. Workshops are delivered through a variety of modalities to meet various scheduling needs. Workshops change each academic term based on availability. Student participation is tracked electronically. Students are not permitted to register for their capstone course unless all professional development requirements have been met.
For Full-Time MBA Students:
Full-time MBA candidates are required to complete a non-credit internship in the summer between their first and second year of study to better prepare them for the post-MBA job market. The internship exposes students to opportunities in their area of interest while expanding their professional networks. Internships are expected to be a minimum of 400 hours and should not exceed 1,000 hours during the Full-time MBA program of study.
For Online MBA Students:
Online MBA candidates are required to attend program orientation and, if it is scheduled, to participate in a five-day opening residency that can be completed in person or online, depending on the time of year. The residency includes networking, professional development and the first course of the program.