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Concentrations and electives as of Fall 2009

[Please note: students admitted before Academic Year 2009 should click here for the requirements that apply to them.]

The Degree at a Glance page offers an overview of the courses required for your degree. As part of that program, all MBA students complete at least 9 semester hours (sh) of elective courses, which may include the declaration of a concentration. Students choosing the double concentration option take 3 elective courses in each discipline, for a total of 18 SH.

You may complete a general MBA or you may choose to declare a single or double concentration in your MBA. Please click here for the general MBA program requirements.

MBA Concentrations

Accounting

Finance

International Business

Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing


Students may change, add, or drop a concentration by filing a Change of Concentration form.


A note on cross-listed courses:
Some elective courses in the MBA are cross-listed, because of their inter-disciplinary content: you will see a notation of this in the course description, along with the course prerequisite(s). Such courses may be applied to either relevant concentration, and will be noted on our 'Semester At A Glance' preliminary course schedules like this: ECON 502 / FINC 502.

 

Elective Courses in Business Law

Business Law courses help MBA students recognize and manage the legal issues that affect business practice, and influence managerial decision making. Contracts, negotiable instruments, domestic and international regulations governing sales and leasing, licensing and investment – these are aspects of the business environment that can materially affect operations and productivity.

Business Law courses are free electives and do not count towards any concentration.


BSLW 503 Business Law I
BSLW 504 Business Law II

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Elective Courses in Economics

Elective courses in Economics help MBA students to master micro- and macro-economic analysis in business operations: forecasting, cost-benefit analyses, public policy analyses, etc. Students gain both practical and theoretical understanding of the domestic and global economic environments within which business and governmental decisions are formed, and the factors which shape national and international policies that have an impact on businesses and markets.

Economics courses are free electives and do not count towards any concentration, unless cross-listed with that other discipline (see course descriptions for cross-listings).


ECON 502 Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
ECON 503 Economic Problems of the Third World
ECON 508 Economics of Public Management
ECON 533 Corporations and International Financial Markets
ECON 542 Business Fluctuations and Forecasting
ECON 543 United States and the International Economy
ECON 545 Economics of Labor
ECON 550 Technical Change and International Competition
ECON 570 Business and the Sociopolitical Environment
ECON 575 Independent Study in Economics
ECON 577 Selected Topics in Economics

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