In addition to earning an MBA, students may choose to customize their degree with an emphasis in a particular area of study. An area of emphasis is intended for students who wish to add an area of in-depth study to the business administration degree. To earn an MBA with an emphasis, the student must complete a minimum of four elective courses from one business area with a grade of B or better in each course, plus one additional MBA elective course. Available areas of emphasis are listed below.
Requirements
To earn a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis, the student must complete the following degree requirements:
Foundation Courses (0-18 credit hours)
See MBA Foundation Courses
Core Courses (15 credit hours)
One required quantitative course (3 credit hours)
(Selected course would not count towards a student's emphasis)
Notes: (1) MGMT 66080 is the capstone course, to be taken in the last term of the student’s program.
(2) In the event that taking a core course would require a student with an undergraduate degree in business to repeat coursework equivalent to that which the student has already taken, the school dean or the student’s academic advisor may advise the student to select an alternative, higher level elective course (from within the same discipline) to fulfill the core requirement.
(3) Required Core Courses: MBA students who have sufficient undergraduate course work in a discipline may be permitted to substitute an advance course within the stated discipline for a required core course. An example would be: substituting ACCT 51030 Advance Cost Management for ACCT 51011 Managerial Accounting. Any substitution must be approved by the department chair and/or the dean of the specific discipline.
Elective Courses (15 credit hours)
Students are required to take 15 credit hours of elective MBA courses. To earn an MBA with an emphasis, students must complete a minimum of five elective courses from one business discipline and achieve a grade of B or better in each course. No elective course in which a grade of C is earned may be applied to the emphasis. If a student receives a grade of C in any emphasis area elective course, an alternative course must be taken, or the course may be repeated if no alternative exists, for a grade of B or better. (Note that all grades will be calculated within the student's cumulative GPA.)
Note: In the event that core courses have been replaced by higher level elective courses (for students with undergraduate degrees in business), no such courses may simultaneously serve to fulfill the core requirement and the emphasis requirement. The student must still complete four courses within a single business discipline in order to earn an emphasis in that area.
Required Core Courses: MBA students who have sufficient undergraduate course work in a discipline may be permitted to substitute an advance course within the stated discipline for a Required Core Course. An example would be: substituting ACCT 51030 Advance Cost Management for ACCT 51011 Managerial Accounting. Any substitution must be approved by the department chair and/or the dean of the Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship.
Accounting Emphasis - MBA
Finance Emphasis - MBA
Healthcare Administration - MBA
Human Resource Management Emphasis - MBA
International Business Emphasis - MBA
Leadership Emphasis - MBA
Management Emphasis - MBA
Marketing Emphasis - MBA
Nonprofit Administration Emphasis - MBA
Project Management - MBA
Sport Management Emphasis - MBA
Supply Chain Management Emphasis - MBA