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Prior to Fall 2012

The MBA program consists of the following set of courses:

  • MBA Foundation Courses (32 semester units)
  • MBA Core Courses (21 semester units)
  • MBA Elective Courses (9 semester units)

MBA Core Courses (21 semester units)

As the title signifies, the core courses for the MBA core courses are a cluster of graduate business courses that must be taken by all students. 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 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

MBA Elective Courses (9 semester units)

An MBA student must complete 9 units of elective courses to graduate. Elective courses are typically worth 3 units each.

  • BUS 550 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Management Theory
  • BUS 552 - Leadership and Team Building
  • BUS 554 - Social Entrepreneurship
  • BUS 559 - Seminar in Advanced Management Topics
  • BUS 581 - Research Methods for Managers
  • BUS 593 - Seminar in International Management
  • BUS 595 - Special Studies in Business Administration
  • BUS 596 - Graduate Internship
  • BUS 599 - 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.

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