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master of business administration degree requirements.

MBA degree requirements include: (1) completion of 36 semester hours of graduate credit beyond foundation courses identified at the time of admission; (2) participation in a minimum of three MBA Leadership Seminars prior to graduation; and (3) authoring a business case, analysis of the business case, and the teaching materials for the business case.

Foundation Courses: A student must have completed basic courses in the following areas either as an undergraduate student or prior to enrolling in the first MBA course:

Accounting

BSAD 8110 or one year of Principles of Accounting at the undergraduate level (ACCT 2010 and 2020)

Economics

BSAD 8180 or Macro- and Micro-economics at the undergraduate level (ECON 2200 and 2220)

Managerial Statistics for Business

BSAD 3160 or one semester of statistics at a four-year institution

College Algebra

MATH 1320 or two semesters of college algebra at the undergraduate level

English

English Composition is a required foundation course for all international students admitted to the MBA program. The English Composition requirement must be satisfied within the first two semesters of a student's program.

Courses successfully completed ("A", "B" or "C" grades) in the student's undergraduate program at a four-year institution are considered as sufficient preparation. Otherwise, the student must complete foundation requirements prior to enrolling in the first MBA course with a minimum B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) grade. Additional remediation may be identified as part of the BSAD 8060 - Essential Leadership Skills evaluation. Foundation courses including BSAD 8110 and 8180, as well as additional, identified remediation, may not be used on a plan of study.

Graduate Courses: The degree requires a minimum of 36 semester hours for completion.

  • Core Courses 27 hours
  • Electives 9 hours

For students with an undergraduate major or graduate degree in accounting, economics, finance, law, management, management information systems or marketing, the core course(s) corresponding to the student's undergraduate major(s) or graduate degree(s) will be waived. The waived core course(s) will not satisfy degree requirements. For each core course waived, the student's plan of study will include an additional elective.

Electives may be taken in an area outside the College of Business Administration, subject to advance approval by the Graduate Program Council and the Dean for Graduate Studies.

Comprehensive Examination

All students earning an MBA degree must complete a comprehensive examination or a comprehensive examination equivalent. The comprehensive examination requires the student to demonstrate the knowledge gained from the core courses and the ability to synthesize that knowledge in the analysis of questions involving more than one concept. Completion of the integrative course BSAD 8800 with a grade of "B" (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better is equivalent to completion of the comprehensive examination.

If a student transfers in credit for the non-comprehensive examination components of BSAD 8800, then the student must pass a written comprehensive examination prepared by and graded by the Graduate Program Council.

Business Case Requirement

Students admitted to the MBA program are required to complete a Business Case prior to graduation. The purpose of the case is to integrate and synthesize topics learned in MBA core courses through a comprehensive case writing project. Students will select a firm during Essential Leadership Skills (BSAD 8060), their first course in the program. They will research and track the firm, completing assignments relevant to each subject area as they progress through the various MBA core courses. They will develop a portfolio on the firm. Final analysis and write-up occurs in the capstone course, Policy, Planning and Strategy (BSAD 8800). Students will individually prepare a case analysis based on their portfolio.

Thesis Option

MBA students may elect to complete a 6 hour thesis under the guidance of a Supervisory Committee. The student is responsible for compliance with all Graduate College and MBA Graduate Program Council rules and procedures with respect to formation of a Supervisory Committee and completion of a thesis. The student shall submit to the Supervisory Committee a document including: (1) a proposed Plan of Study; (2) a description of the student's research topic; and (3) the student's research methodology. The student shall make an oral defense of the document to the Supervisory Committee. The Supervisory Committee's approval shall be in writing. A Supervisory Committee's approval should be obtained at least seven months before the intended graduation date.

If a student elects to complete a thesis, then the Supervisory Committee of the thesis shall decide how the student will satisfy the comprehensive examination requirement, and the business case requirement. The Supervisory Committee's written approval of the plan of study shall require either the student's completion of BSAD 8800 or a comprehensive examination (either written or oral) prepared by and graded by the Supervisory Committee.

Core Courses

BSAD 8060 Essential Management Skills (3)
(This is the first graduate-level course MBA students have to complete)
BSAD 8010 Legal, Ethical & Social Environment (3)
BSAD 8030 Information Technology in Business (3)
BSAD 8100 Managerial Economics (3)
BSAD 8200 Managerial Accounting (3)
BSAD 8310 Managing Performance in Organizations (3)
BSAD 8400 Marketing Policies (3)
BSAD 8500 Financial Management (3)
(prereq: completion of BSAD 8100 and 8200)
Strategic Capstone Course: BSAD 8800 Policy, Planning and Strategy (3)

Full list of MBA Elective Courses

Each student is required to complete 9 hours of electives. Not all elective courses are offered each semester. Elective courses provide students with the opportunity to broaden their program of study or to emphasize a particular area of business, if desired.

MBA policy limits the number of dual-level (8--6) electives to a maximum of 6 credits which may be applied to the MBA program as electives.

MBA policy limits the number of Special Topics/Special Studies (BSAD 8910/8916) electives to a maximum of 6 credits which may be applied to the MBA program as electives.

Electives may be chosen from MBA, master's level Accounting and Economics, as well as courses in other departments as listed below.

Accounting Electives

ACCT 8016 Advanced Financial Accounting
ACCT 8036 Tax Issues for Decision Making
ACCT 8046 Advanced Federal Income Taxation
ACCT 8066 Advanced Managerial Accounting
ACCT 8076 Governmental/Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing
ACCT 8096 Advanced Auditing
ACCT 8210 Financial Accounting Theory
ACCT 8220 Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
ACCT 8230 Strategic and Operational Planning and Control
ACCT 8240 Professional Problems
ACCT 8250 Seminar in Accounting
ACCT 8260 Federal Tax Research and Planning
ACCT 8270 E-Business and the Accounting Profession
ACCT 8900 Independent Research
ACCT 8910 Special Topics in Accounting

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Accounting Department.

Business Administration Electives

BSAD 8000 Quantitative Analysis
BSAD 8026 Research Methods in Economics & Business
BSAD 8040 Applied Quantitative Analysis
BSAD 8050 Business Conditions Analysis
BSAD 8070 Applied Multivariate Statistics
BSAD 8080 Business Forecasting
BSAD 8300 Organization Theory and Design
BSAD 8320 Seminar in Human Resource Management
BSAD 8326 Sales Management
BSAD 8340 International Business Study Abroad
BSAD 8350 Seminar in Management
BSAD 8366 E-Marketing
BSAD 8426 Business Demographics
BSAD 8430 Strategic Brand Management
BSAD 8450 Seminar in Marketing
BSAD 8510 Security Analysis
BSAD 8520 Seminar in Investment Management
BSAD 8530 Banking and Financial Markets
BSAD 8540 Multinational Financial Management
BSAD 8550 Seminar in Finance
BSAD 8566 State and Local Finance
BSAD 8596 Risk Management for Business Managers
BSAD 8600 Real Estate and Land Use Theory
BSAD 8606 Financial Risk Management BSAD 8610 Current Problems in Real Estate
BSAD 8620 Valuation of Intellectual Property
BSAD 8706 Economics of E-Business
BSAD 8750 Telecommunications
BSAD 8810 Applied Strategic Leadership
BSAD 8880 Arts and the Executive
BSAD 8900 Independent Research
BSAD 8910 Special Studies in Business
BSAD 8916 Special Studies in Business
BSAD 8990 Thesis

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Business Administration Department.

Communication Electives

COMM 8180 Seminar in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Communication Department.

Economics Electives

ECON 8010 Seminar: Public Finance
ECON 8160 Seminar in Labor Economics
ECON 8200 Seminar in Micro Theory
ECON 8216 Industrial Organization
ECON 8220 Seminar in Macro Theory
ECON 8230 Business Conditions Analysis (same as BSAD 8050)
ECON 8266 History of Economic Thought
ECON 8296 Research Methods in Economics and Business (Same as BSAD 8026)
ECON 8300 Econometrics
ECON 8306 Quantitative Applications in Economics and Business
ECON 8310 Business Forecasting (same as BSAD 8080)
ECON 8326 Natural Resource Economics
ECON 8346 Economics of Technology
ECON 8450 Seminar in Money and Banking
ECON 8456 Monetary Theory and Policy
ECON 8600 Health Economics
ECON 8616 International Trade
ECON 8626 International Monetary Economics
ECON 8650 Seminar in International Economics
ECON 8666 International Economic Development
ECON 8706 Economics of E-Business
ECON 8850 Seminar in Urban Economics
ECON 8870 Seminar in Regional Economics
ECON 8916 Special Topics in Economics

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Economics Department.

Health Education Electives

HED 8600 Health Behavior
HED 8750 Instruction and Evaluation
HED 8956 Public Health Leadership & Advocacy

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Health Education Department.

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Electives

ISQA 8080 Seminar in MIS
ISQA 8106 Information Systems Architecture and Organization
ISQA 8110 Structured Software Design
ISQA 8156 Advanced Statistical Methods for IS&T
ISQA 8160 Applied Distribution Free Statistics
ISQA 8186 Electronic Commerce
ISQA 8196 Process Re-engineering with Info Tech
ISQA 8206 Information and Data Quality
ISQA 8210 Software Project Management
ISQA 8220 Systems Analysis and Design
ISQA 8230 Telecommunications Management
ISQA 8310 Data Communications
ISQA 8340 Applied Regression Analysis
ISQA 8386 Managing the Client/Server Environment
ISQA 8400 Clinical Systems Architecture & Function
ISQA 8410 Database Management
ISQA 8420 Managing the IS Function
ISQA 8525 Graphical User Interface
ISQA 8530 E-Commerce Security
ISQA 8546 Computer Security Management
ISQA 8560 Information Warfare & Security
ISQA 8570 Information Security Policy & Ethics
ISQA 8580 Security Risk Management & Assessment
ISQA 8596 IT Audit and Control
ISQA 8700 Data Warehousing: Theory and Practice
ISQA 8736 Decision Support Systems
ISQA 8810 Information Technology Project Fundamentals
ISQA 8820 Project Risk Management
ISQA 9120 Applied Experimental Design & Analysis
ISQA 9130 Applied Multivariate Analysis

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Department.

Public Administration Electives

PA 8720 Health Care Finance
PA 8740 Health Care Policy
PA 8760 US Health Care Systems - Overview (same as PSM 810)

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Public Administration Department.

Psychology Electives

PSYC 8316 Psychological & Educational Testing
PSYC 8636 Organizational Psychology
PSYC 8646 Personnel Psychology
PSYC 9030 Topics in Speech Communication
PSYC 9320 Seminar in Program Evaluation
PSYC 9620 Industrial Training & Organizational Development
PSYC 9630 Leadership Theories and Research
PSYC 9660 Criterion Development & Performance Appraisal

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Psychology Department.

Speech Electives

SPCH 8156 Communication Training & Development Skills
SPCH 8166 Communication for Instructional Settings
SPCH 8176 Organizational Communication
SPCH 8186 Communication Leadership and Power in Organizations
SPCH 8516 Persuasion
SPCH 8536 Cross-cultural Communication
SPCH 8556 Nonverbal Communication

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Speech Department.

Preventive & Social Medicine Electives

PSM 810 US Health Care Systems An Overview (UNMC)
PSM 825 Health Care Ethics (UNMC)

The following link provides course descriptions for the courses offered by the Preventive & Social Medicine Department.

Academic Performance

In addition to the Quality of Work Standards established by the Graduate College, MBA students may repeat only once a BSAD 8- - 0-level course in which they receive any grade, including "W" or "I".

Students earning third grade of "C+ "or lower (or any single grade below "C" (1.67 on a 4.0 scale)) will be automatically dismissed from the MBA program. Dismissed students will be immediately administratively withdrawn from all courses in which they are enrolled for MBA credit. Students who have been dismissed may not enroll in any courses for MBA credit in any subsequent semester or summer session until reinstatement has been granted by the College of Business Administration's Graduate Program Council (CBA GPC) and Graduate Dean.

Students who have been dismissed from the MBA program may submit a written petition for reinstatement to the CBA GPC. Students who have petitioned the CBA GPC for reinstatement may not enroll in any courses for MBA credit. Upon receiving a petition for reinstatement, the CBA GPC will evaluate the student's written petition for reinstatement. As part of the reinstatement petitioning process, the CBA GPC reserves the right to examine the student's academic record and reserves the right to speak to any previous instructor who has taught the student and this information may be used by the CBA GPC in the reinstatement decision. Information provided by previous instructors will not be shared with the student. Reinstatement is a privilege and not all students who are dismissed will be reinstated. Students who have been reinstated will serve a probationary period of the CBA GPC's discretion and must satisfy the probationary conditions specified by the CBA GPC. In addition to probationary conditions, reinstated students will be subject to additional reinstatement conditions as specified by the CBA GPC. These reinstatement conditions will include retaking one or more courses in which the student must earn a grade of "B: (3.0) or higher (the exact grade requirements for retaken courses may in fact be higher than "B" (3.0). Students not achieving the probationary or reinstatement conditions will be automatically dismissed.

GPC Will Consider Grades Earned in Repeated Courses.

When making decisions based on Quality of Work Standards issues, the Graduate Program Committee will consider the initial grade(s) received in a course as well as the most recent grade received for the course. This approach differs from the method used to calculate GPA in a student's E-BRUNO file, where the most recent grade replaces the grade received in the previous attempt.

Student Responsibilities

Each student admitted to graduate studies is responsible for knowing the procedures and regulations of the Graduate College.

Each student also should consult with the MBA advisor at least once each semester to assure continued progress toward the degree objective. Students must maintain a 3.0 ("B") average to fulfill the program and graduation requirements. No more than two "C's" or two "C+'s" in graduate courses are permitted.

last updated: 11/9/2011 at 11:42pm