Nov 22, 2024

2022-2023 Graduate Catalog

2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, M.B.A.

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See 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.

Six hours of undergraduate Accounting (3) OR AC 4500 Principles of Accounting (3)
Undergraduate Statistics (3) OR BIA 6205 - Statistics Module (.5)
Pre-Calculus (3) OR BIA 6206 - Math Module (.5)
Undergraduate course in Finance (3) OR FN 6010 - Basics of Finance (.5)
Undergraduate course in Marketing (3) OR MK 6000 - Essentials of Marketing (.5)

Core Managerial Perspective Courses

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

AC 6110 - Financial Analysis (2) *
EC 6300 - Competitive Analysis (2)
FN 6310 - Financial Strategy and Decision Making (2)
MG 6008 - Managerial Communications (2)
MG 6110 - Compass Learning Community (1)
MG 6120 - Global Markets (2)
MG 6130 - Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior (2)
MG 6410 - Professional Development (2)
MG 6490 - Business and Management Capstone (3)
MK 6410 - Marketing Strategy (2)

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

BIA 6300 - Business Intelligence (1-2)
MG 6320 - Project Management (2)

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.

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.

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 Leadership Concentration

Minimum of 8 hours of 6000-level Organizational Leadership courses outside of the MBA Core, chosen from the following list of courses:

MG 6001 - Spirituality and Values in Leadership (2)
MG 6068 - Crisis Management (1)
MG 6275 - Developing Leadership in Organizations (2)
MG 6375 - Leadership (2)
MG 6380 - HR and Managing People (2)
MG 6391 - Conflict Management (1)
MG 6430 - Organizational Theory & Design (2)
MG 6460 - Innovation (1-2)
MG 6680 - Organizational Change (2)

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