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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, M.B.A.

Helzberg School of Management

MBA program narrative   

Curriculum

The Rockhurst MBA normally consists of a minimum 30 semester hours beyond the Prerequisites, divided into Core Managerial Perspectives and Electives.

MBA Prerequisite Courses

Up to 8 hours of prerequisite coursework may be required.

Core Managerial Perspective Courses

All students must take the following 24 hours of graduate coursework as the Core of the program:

In additon to the courses above, select one from the list below

Note(s):

* Accounting students are waived from AC 6110 - Financial Analysis  . In order to meet requirements of the CPA Exam, students must take MG 6330 - Corporate Law for Managers  . They may also take the following elective courses to prepare for the Exam: AC 6001  and AC 6435 .

Total Core: 24 credit hours

Electives (6-8 hours):

The student pursuing the MBA degree must also choose 6 additional hours of elective credit for the 30-hour degree.

The student pursuing a concentration within the MBA will take 8 prescribed credit hours outside of the Core. Elective hours may be counted toward the concentrations listed below.

Concentration Areas:

Accounting Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level AC courses outside of the MBA Core.

Business Intelligence Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level BIA, approved courses outside of the MBA Core.  BIA 6301 - Applied Data Mining  and BIA 6302 - Data Visualization  are required for the Business Intelligence Concentration. 

Data Science Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level BIA, approved courses outside of the MBA Core.  BIA 6301 - Applied Data Mining  and BIA 6302 - Data Visualization  are required for the Data Science Concentration. 

Entrepreneurship Concentration

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level Entrepreneurship courses outside of the MBA Core.  Examples include, Managing Small Business Growth, Venture Capital, and Social Entrepreneurship.

Finance Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level FN courses outside of the MBA Core.

Health Care Management Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level HCM courses outside of the MBA Core.

Human Capital Concentration

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level Human Capital courses outside of the MBA Core.  Examples include HR and Managing People, Cross Culture Management, and Conflict Management and Negotiation.

Management Concentration:

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level BIA, MG, or MK courses outside of the MBA Core.

NonProfit Leadership Concentration:

 Choose any combination of courses for 9 credit hours:

Organizational Development Concentration

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level Organizational Development courses outside of the MBA Core. Examples include Organizational Development and Consulting, Organizational Theory and Design, Organizational Change, and Innovation.