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master of business administration concentrations.

A graduate student enrolled in the MBA program may submit a Change in Plan of Study form that includes a concentration. A concentration shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. Students enrolled in the MBA program may earn a concentration in Collaboration Science, Electronic Business, Health Care Management, Human Resources Management, International Business, Investment Science, Risk Management or Sustainability.























Concentration in Collaboration Science(CCS)

A concentration in Collaboration Science shall include 9 credit-hours. Collaboration Science is the study of individual, group, organizational and societal factors affecting groups of people workinf together towards a shared goal.

    In order to complete the 9 credit-hour MBA concentration in Collaboration Science, students would be required to complete one required course:
  • BSAD 8096 - Principles of Collaboration
  • and would be required to complete TWO of the following courses:
  • ISQA 8250 - Facilitation of Collaborative Problem Solving
  • SPCH 8566 - Communication, Teamwork, & Facilitation
  • SPCH 8196 - Computer-Mediated Communication
  • SPCH 8806 - Conflict Mediation
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Concentration in Electronic Business (CEB)

Graduate students enrolled in the MBA program may submit a Change in Plan of Study form that includes a concentration. A concentration shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. CE-Business courses must be selected from at least two different academic departments within CBA and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. This list includes:

  • BSAD 8916 Special Topics: marketing in a High Tech Environment
  • ECON 8346 Economics of Technology
  • ISQA 8310 Data Communications
  • ISQA 8186 Electronic Commerce
  • ISQA 8525 Graphical User Interface
  • ISQA 8530 E-Commerce Security
  • ISQA 8570 Information Security Policy & Ethics
  • With the prior, written approval of the Business Administration Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies, any independent research, special studies, or special topics graduate level course from Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics when such course has as its principal focus electronic business;
    or With the prior, written approval of the Business Administration Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies, any graduate course when such course has as its principal focus electronic business issues relevant to business administration.

Students who complete a CE-Business concentration may take nine hours of dual-level courses numbered (8--6). Ordinarily a comprehensive exam will not be required for the CE-Business concentration.

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Concentration in Health Care Management (HCM)

A concentration in Health Care Management shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. HCM courses must be selected from at least two different academic departments and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. This list includes:

  • ECON 8600 Health Economics
  • GERO 8516 Long Term Care Administration
  • HED 8956 Public Health Leadership & Advocacy
  • HED 8600 Health Behavior
  • ISQA 8400 Clinical Systems Architecture & Function
  • ISQA 8570 Information Security Policy & Ethics
  • PA 8720 Health Care Finance
  • PA 8740 Health Care Policy
  • PA 8760 US Health Care System: Overview
  • PSM 825 Health Care Ethics (UNMC)
  • With the prior, written approval of the Business Administration Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies, any independent research, special studies, or special topics graduate level course from Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics when such course has as its principal focus human resource issues relevant to business administration.

Students who complete a HCM concentration may take nine hours of dual-level courses numbered 8--6. Ordinarily a comprehensive exam will not be required for the HCM concentration.

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Concentration in Human Resource Management (HRM)

A concentration in Human Resource Management shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. HRM courses must include BSAD 8320 - Seminar in Personnel. The two remaining courses must be selected from at least two different academic departments and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. This list includes:

  • BSAD 8300 Organization Theory and Design
  • ECON 8160 Seminar in Labor Economics
  • PSYC 8316 Psychological & Educational Testing
  • PSYC 8636 Organizational Psychology
  • PSYC 8646 Personnel Psychology
  • PSYC 9630 Leadership Theories & Research
  • SPCH 8156 Communications Training & Development Skills
  • With the prior, written approval of the Business Administration Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies, any independent research, special studies, or special topics graduate level course from Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics when such course has as its principal focus human resource issues relevant to business administration.

Students who complete a HRM concentration may take nine hours of dual-level courses numbered 8--6. Ordinarily a comprehensive exam will not be required for the HRM concentration.

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Concentration in International Business (CIB)

Graduate students enrolled in the MBA program may submit a Change in Plan of Study form that includes a concentration. A concentration shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. CIB courses must be selected from atleast two different academic departments and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. This list includes:

  • BSAD 8340 International Business Study Abroad
  • BSAD 8540 Multinational Financial Management
  • BSAD 8620 Valuation of Intellectual Property
  • ECON 8616 International Trade
  • ECON 8626 International Monetary Economics
  • ECON 8666 International Economic Development
  • GEOG 8130 Seminar in Economic Geography
  • PSCI 8250 Seminar in Global Politics
  • SPCH 8536 Intercultural Communication
  • With the prior, written approval of the Business Administration Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies, any independent research, special studies, or special topics graduate level course from Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics when such course has as its principal focus international issues

Students who complete a CIB concentration may take nine hours of dual-level courses numbered 8--6. Ordinarily a comprehensive exam will not be required for the CIB concentration.

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Concentration in Investment Science (CIS)

A concentration in Investment Science shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. CIS courses must be selected from at least two different departments and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. The list includes:

    Select two courses from the following list:
  • BSAD 8510 - Security Analysis
  • BSAD 8550 - Seminar: Fixed Income Management
  • BSAD 8606 – Financial Risk Management
  • Select one course from the following list:
  • ECON 8230 - Business Conditions Analysis
  • ECON 8300 - Econometrics
  • ECON 8310/BSAD 8080 - Business Forecasting
  • ECON 8456 - Monetary Theory and Policy
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Concentration in Risk Management (CRM)

A concentration in Risk Management shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. CRM courses must be selected from at least two different departments and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. The list includes:

    Select two courses from the following list:
  • BSAD 8520 - Seminar Investment Management
  • BSAD 8550 - Seminar: Fixed Income Management
  • BSAD 8596 - Risk Management
  • BSAD 8606 - Financial Risk Management

  • Select one course from the following list:
  • ACCT 8210 - Financial Accounting Theory
  • ACCT 8230 - Strategic and Operational Planning and Control
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Concentration in Sustainability(SUS)

Graduate students enrolled in the MBA program may submit a Change in Plan of Study form that includes a concentration. A concentration shall include at least nine (9) credit hours. BSAD 8020 - Environmental Economics and Management is required and the two remaining courses must be selected from at least two different academic departments within CBA and may be selected from the list of approved MBA electives. This list includes:

    Select two (2) from below:
  • BIOL 8616 Environ Monitoring & Assessment
  • BIOL 8826 Intro to Environ Law & Regulations
  • GEOG 8016 Conservation of Natural Resources
  • GEOG 8130 Seminar in Economic Geography
  • AE 8050 Sustainable Building Design
  • CIVE 898 Engineering Sustainability
  • CONE 850 Sustainable Construction
  • PA 8896 Leadership for Sustainability
  • ENV 840 Climate Change, Sustainability & Public Health (UNMC)

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last updated: 8/16/2011 at 11:38am