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Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

The Master of Business Administration degree provides you with a common body of knowledge in business administration via the required core courses and undergraduate prerequisites for the degree. Also, with the selection of a concentration area you will gain the knowledge and skills to be considered a specialist within your field. Students must take 36 semester credit hours of graduate level courses.

*I. CORE COURSES - 24 semester hours**
BUS 531	Advanced Topics in Management Information Systems
BUS 541	Organizational Behavior and Development
BUS 542	Financial Planning and Management
BUS 548	Operation Analysis and Management (Quantitative Methods)
BUS 554	Policy Formulation and Strategy Management
BUS 568	Legal Aspects of the Administrative Process
BUS 570	Marketing and Strategic Planning
BUS 590	Research Methodology

II. CONCENTRATIONS - 12 semester hours (select one)

A. FINANCE AND INVESTMENTS
(select four courses)

B. GENERAL MANAGEMENT
(select four courses)

C. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS**
(select four courses)

BUS 556	Business Venture & the Entrepreneur
BUS 564	Accounting Information Systems
BUS 581	Acquisitions & Divestment
BUS 582	Business Taxation
BUS 586	SEC & the Financial Markets
BUS 587	International Trade & Investment
BUS 588	Portfolio Theory & Capital Markets

BUS 509	Leadership in an Information Society and Economy
BUS 510	Management Role of the Information Professional
BUS 543	Human Resources Management
BUS 546	Managing the Organization in the Marketspace
BUS 549	Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining
BUS 550	Total Quality Management
BUS 551	Management of International Business Organizations
BUS 556	Business Venture & the Entreprenuer
BUS 569	Management of Technology
BUS 581	Acquisition & Divestment

BUS 509	Leadership in an Information Society and Economy
BUS 510	Management Role of the Information Professional
BUS 533	Computer Programming Languages: Object Oriented
BUS 546	Managing the Organization in the Marketspace
BUS 556	Business Ventures & the Entreprenuer
BUS 562	Systems Analysis & Design: Industrial Problem Solving
BUS 563	Information Systems-Database Management
BUS 564	Accounting Information Systems
BUS 566	Telecommunications for Business Systems
BUS 569	Management of Technology

*Core courses that are prerequisite to concentration courses must be completed prior to taking the concentration course.
** This track requires proficiency and satisfactory completion of courses in two computer languages prior to taking concentration courses.

For further information,
contact the Program Chair.

Marywood offers a wide variety of business programs at the graduate and undergraduate level