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The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree program designed to accelerate entrepreneurial career development by preparing graduates to form their own businesses or to take a leadership role in new corporate ventures. The program is open to all students regardless of their undergraduate major. The expected results and outcomes of the MBA program are to:

  • Provide graduates with an opportunity for advanced studies in business administration;
  • Prepare graduates to attain entrepreneurial leadership positions in for-profit organizations or to establish their own entrepreneurial business;
  • Provide a comprehensive knowledge of the functional areas of business, such as accounting, finance, management, economics, and marketing;
  • Provide an understanding of the balance required to be a successful leader among the sometimes conflicting business elements, such as ethical, political, societal, and technical;
  • Provide an understanding of the economy, especially as it affects the business environment of North Carolina;
  • Enhance the graduates’ competency in oral and written communication because of their impact on leadership success. The program emphasizes case analysis for written and presentation skill evaluation and development;
  • Improve the graduates’ competency in the effective use of Business Information Technology (BIT);
  • Develop graduates who can function effectively as members of virtual and participative teams;
  • Improve graduates’ competencies to integrate and synthesize the various business areas and to develop cross-functional approaches to organizational issues.

PRE-ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (See also Admission Requirements)

MBA candidates will have to show evidence of either completion of undergraduate “Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)” courses in business or completion of Foundation courses as prerequisites to the formal MBA courses.

COMMON BODY OF KNOWLEDGE OR FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS:
(SCH equals the semester credit hours for the course)

CBK SCH
OR
 FOUNDATION SCH
         
Principles of Accounting
6.0
OR
ACC 501 Foundations of Accounting
3.0
         
Principles of Finance
3.0
OR
FIN 501 Foundations of Finance
3.0
         
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Mgmt.

3.0
3.0
OR
MGT 501 Foundations of Marketing and Management
3.0
         
Principles of Economics
6.0
OR
ECN 503 Foundations of Economics
3.0
         
Quantitative Methods
6.0
OR
DSC 505 Foundations of Business Statistics
3.0

 


REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MBA

Professional Entrepreneurial Competence and Integrative Applications
(All required): 24 semester credit hours

ACC 5500 Managerial Accounting
DCS 5100 Quantitative Methods
ECN 5150 Managerial Economics
FIN  5200 Managerial Finance
MKT 5400 Marketing Planning & Strategy
MGT 5250 Org. Theory & Behavior
MGT 5300 H. R. Management
MGT 5750 Strategic Planning

Professional Enhancement Courses*
(Choose four) 12 semester credit hours

DSC 5120 Research Methods
FIN  5210 Investment Analyses
MGT 5290 Entrepreneurship
MGT 5270 Leadership & Change
BLAW 5280 Legal Issues for Managers
MGT 5350 Operations Management
MGT 5370 Management Information Systems
MKT 5450 Services Marketing
ACC 5520 Tax Implications of Business Decisions
FIN 5250 Entrepreneurial Finance
BLAW 5320 Law for Entrepreneurs
MGT 5700 Entrepreneurial Strategy
XXX 5XX ACCS/DSCS/ECNS/FINS/MGTS/MKTS special topics

Total MBA semester credit hours 36

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* In addition to these enhancement courses, students may choose courses from another graduate program as substitutes to fulfill their four elective requirements. It requires permission from both the MBA director and other program directors.

Updated: Friday, March 7, 2008

 

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