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Prior to Fall 2012 Wine Business MBA Program Description
The Wine Business MBA program consists of the following set of courses:
- MBA Foundation Courses (32 semester units)
- Wine Business MBA Required Courses (24 semester units)
- MBA Elective Courses (6 semester units)
Wine Business MBA Core Courses (24 semester units)
As the title signifies, the core courses for the Wine Business MBA are a cluster of graduate business courses that must be taken by all students in the Wine Business MBA. These 3-unit courses are intended to provide the graduate with those skills necessary to become an effective leader and manager in today's business environment. The core courses include the following:
- BUS 516 - Seminar in Operations Management
- BUS 519 - Management Information Systems
- BUS 530 - Financial Statement Analysis
- BUS 540 - Strategic Human Resource Management
- BUS 545W - Global Wine Business
- BUS 560 - Seminar in Marketing Management
- BUS 570 - Seminar in Managerial Finance
- BUS 591 - Seminar in Strategic Management
or BUS 592 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Wine Business MBA Elective Courses (6 semester units)
A Wine Business MBA student must complete 6 units of Wine Business MBA Elective courses to graduate. Elective courses are typically worth 3 units each. All directed studies and internships in the Wine MBA concentration (BUS 595, 596, and 599) are required to focus on wine business related topics.
- BUS 555W - Sustainability in the Wine and Hospitality Industry
- BUS 565W - Marketing and Sales Strategies for Wine
- BUS 595W - Special Studies in Business Administration
- BUS 596W - Graduate Internship
- BUS 599W - Master's Degree Directed Research
Grades
All courses applied to the program must be completed with an overall GPA of 3.00, and no course for which a final grade below C is assigned may be used to satisfy this requirement. Graduate programs must be completed in no more than 7 years, which is computed as 14 semesters.