Business Administration

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Master of Business Administration Program

The Master of Business Administration (MBA)* program requires successful completion of 48 semester-credit hours. The program includes elective courses and concentration areas, which provide flexibility in customizing the program to meet professional and personal goals. Total program length varies based on the number of courses taken per eight-week session. Courses are distributed as outlined below.

Students who are licensed CPAs or who have passed parts of the CPA exam are exempt, as appropriate, from AC591, AC592, AC593 and AC594, thus reducing the number of elective courses required for graduation (see Course Exemptions within the Keller academic catalog.). Students are granted these exemptions in addition to those allowed as described in Transfer Credit, Course Waivers and Course Exemptions. Students who hold an undergraduate accounting degree may be eligible to waive one or more of the accounting foundations courses (except in New York); however, each course waived must be replaced with an elective course (see Course Waivers within the Keller academic catalog.).

Program Core Courses

all five required
FI504 Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use and Analysis
GM533 Applied Managerial Statistics
GM591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
IS535 Managerial Applications of Information Technology
MM522 Marketing Management

Program Specific Courses

all five required
AC505 Managerial Accounting
FI515 Managerial Finance
GM520 Legal, Political and Ethical Dimensions of Business
GM545 Business Economics
GM600 Business Planning Seminar

Elective Courses
18 credit hours required
Students may choose any electives for which they meet the prerequisite(s).

Concentrations
MBA students can pursue four-course concentrations in the following functional areas below. Students completing coursework required for a concentration may request, in writing, that the concentration be designated on the academic transcript.

Requirements for earning a concentration may be satisfied through a maximum of three semester-credit hours of transfer credit, course waivers or course exemptions. A course may be applied to one concentration only.

Concentrations can be earned in the following areas by successfully completing:

Accounting
any 12 credit hours from among the AC courses (except AC505)

Electronic Commerce Management
any four EC courses

Finance
any four from among: the FI courses (except FI504 and FI515), PM592 and PM595

General Management
successfully completing any four GM courses (except GM520, GM533, GM545, GM591 and GM600)

Health Services
any four HS courses

Hospitality Management
all four HM courses

Human Resources
any four HR courses (except HR590)

Information Security
any four from among the SE570-level courses, or SE591

Information Systems Management
any four from among: the IS courses (except IS505, IS525 and IS535), PM584 and TM588

International Business
any four from among: AC564, FI565, GM598, GM599, HR582 and HR584

Marketing
any four from among: the MM courses (except MM522) and EC541

Network and Communications Management
any four from among: the TM courses (except TM505 and TM525), IS577 and IS589

Project Management
any four from among: AC556, GM588, MM572 and the PM courses

Public Administration
any four from among: HR595 and the PA courses

Security Management
any four from among: AC562, GM594, SE581, SE582, SE583 and SE584

For additional information see the Keller academic catalog.

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