MBA CURRICULUM

Core courses

The core coursework delivers comprehensive instruction across key business disciplines—including accounting, finance, economics, marketing, strategic management, analytics, and information systems—establishing a robust foundation for leadership. This multidisciplinary approach ensures alignment with evolving industry standards and equips graduates with the analytical and strategic competencies required to navigate complex business environments.


Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis

An analysis of corporate financial reports and other disclosures with emphasis on how this information can be used for making investment and credit decisions. This course will also consider the impact of accounting choice decisions on financial reporting and analysis. Not open to undergraduate or graduate accountancy students.
Prerequisite: ACCT 307 or equivalent.


Applied Business Forecasting and Planning

A survey of the basic forecasting methods and techniques essential for modern managers. Topics include moving average and decomposition techniques, ARIMA processes, regression techniques, and technological methods such as Delphi and S-curves.
Prerequisite: DS 503 or STAT 171 or equivalent.


Economics for Managers

Application of economic theories involving maximizing profits and creating value from exchange. A focus on managerial decision-making under risk and uncertainty, across time and market structures, involving asymmetric information, and in strategic environments.
Prerequisites: ECON 408G, or ECON 231 and ECON 232, or equivalent.


Financial Management: Theory and Practice

An advanced course in corporate financial management intended to provide a conceptual framework for analyzing the major types of decisions made by financial executives. Topics dealing with the acquisition and administration of corporate capital will be discussed in an applied setting stressing their relevance to practical problems in financial management. Case studies and team written reports are used to provide students with an opportunity to apply known concepts and principles to realistic situations.
Prerequisites: FIN 331 or equivalent.


Decision Making for Global Markets

Integrative analysis and study of ethical marketing decision making strategies of industries and organizations in the international/global environment. All topics emphasize an integrative approach of world class marketing planning with organizational structure to optimally serve customer needs and expectations at home and abroad.
Not available to students with credit in MKTG 566 or MKTG 586. Prerequisite: MKTG 327 or equivalent.


Strategic Management

This is designed to develop students' skills which emphasize the integration of the various business areas toward managing the firm as a total unit. Topics include environmental analysis, competition pressures, global market considerations, diversification, decision making, organizational linkages, corporate culture, and formulation and implementation of strategy. The approach taken is that of general management whose primary responsibilities encompass the development, operation, and maintenance of the entire firm.
Prerequisite: MBA student near the end of MBA program, or permission of the MBA Program Director.

Concentration Areas

A concentration area consists of 9 credit hours of specialized coursework providing students with deeper expertise in a targeted area, enhancing career opportunities and aligning their education with industry needs. Available concentration areas include:

Accounting
ACCT 445G, Financial Analysis   ACCT 452G, Cost Accounting   ACCT 453G, Estate Planning and Tax   ACCT 454G, Intermediate Managerial Account   ACCT 455G, Advanced Management Accounting   ACCT 457G, Fraud Examination   ACCT 460G, Tax I   ACCT 470G, Tax II   ACCT 480G, Auditing

Agriculture Business
AGEC 442G, Marketing Grain and Livestock Products   AGEC 443G, Agricultural Finance   AGEC 460G, U.S. Agricultural Policy

Business Analytics
DS 421G, Data Visualization   DS 435G, Applied Data Mining   DS 480G, Predictive Analytics and Time-Series Forecasting   DS 485G, Big Data   DS 490G, Statistical Software-R   DS 560, Categorical Data Analysis Using Logistic Regression

Economics
Any 400G, (excluding 408G) with permission of MBA advisor including   ECON 409G, Fundamentals of Intermediate Economic Theory   ECON 445G, Game Theory   ECON 440G, Labor Economics   ECON 471G, International Monetary Economics   ECON 496G, Seminar in Economics   ECON 535, Small Community Development

Finance
FIN 421G, Real Estate Finance and Investment   FIN 445G, Financial Analysis   FIN 449G, Risk Management and Insurance   FIN 470G, Investments  

Health Services Administration
HS 414G, Ethical Conduct and Conflict in Health Sciences   HSM 514, Health Service Administration   HSM 515, Legal Aspects of Health Services Management   HSM 516, Introduction to Health Policy   HSM 517, Health Services Organizational Behavior and Leadership

Human resource management
HRM 441G, Recruitment and Selection   HRM 442G, Employee Benefits   HRM 446G, Employment Law   HRM 449G, Performance Management   MGT 445G, Organizational Development   MGT 520, Organization Behavior and Leadership

Information Systems
IS 405G, Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems   IS 455G, Information Assurance   IS 467G, Topics in Enterprise Systems   IS 541, Designing the User Experience-currently unavailable   IS 543, Information Systems Management-currently unavailable   IS 562, Information Systems Implementations-currently unavailable

Management
HRM 446G, Employment Law   MKTG 441G, Customer Relationship Management   MGT 445G, Organizational Development   MGT 474G, Small Business Management   MGT 481G, Management/Society: Ethics/Social Responsibility   HRM 532, Seminar in Human Resource Management   SCM 457G, Project Management

Marketing
MKTG 417G, International Marketing   MKTG 433G, Promotion Strategy   MKTG 431G, Direct Marketing Management   MKTG 441G, Customer Relationship Management   MKTG 429G, Marketing Measurement and Pricing

Supply Chain Management
SCM 440G, Logistics Management   SCM 451G, Supply Chain Negotiations   SCM 453G, Supply Management   SCM 457G, Project Management   SCM 465G, Supply Chain Risk Management   SCM 470G, Inventory Strategy   SCM 529, Worldwide Logistics/E-Commerce   SCM 531, Supply Chain Management   SCM 539, Transportation/Warehouse Management

Stackable certificates are available in three high demand areas including Business Analytics, Health Services Administration, and Supply Chain Management.