Professional Master of Business Administration
(Professional M.B.A.)
The Professional M.B.A. is a 42-credit* program designed to accommodate working professionals. Students have the flexibility to take a full-time or part-time course load with courses offered online, onsite, or a combination of both. Generally, courses are offered Monday-Thursday evenings each term and online once per year.
Students develop expertise in all aspects of management and an understanding of the how the disciplines are interrelated. Through the program, students develop leadership skills while learning how to responsibly manage in an efficient, effective manner.
Core courses build upon a broad foundation of business and industry knowledge while the Capstone Project and Strategy sequence is designed to sharpen strategic skills and critical-thinking abilities through engagement with a real-world project partner.
Professional M.B.A. students may earn a certificate in Analytics & Information Management, Entrepreneurship or Supply Chain Management for an additional 9-to-10.5 credits. When the certificate in Analytics & Information Management, Finance, or Supply Chain Management is paired with the Professional MBA, the degree has STEM designation.
* Up to 6 credits may be waived based on previous coursework in accounting, economics, finance and statistics. To be eligible for a course waiver, a grade of 'B-' or better is required in an approved course taken within the past 5 years.
Program Learning Competencies and Objectives
At the completion of the M.B.A., students will demonstrate proficiency in the following key areas:
Ethical Competency
Learners will be able to recognize ethical dilemmas in an organizational context and apply ethical decision-making frameworks to business decisions.
- Learners are able to identify an ethical dilemma.
- Learners are able to apply ethical decision-making frameworks to create an ethically defensible solution for business problems.
Sustainability Perspective
Learners will recognize and apply sustainability principles to strategic decisions as a means for competitive advantage.
- Learners are able to recognize and consider the social, environmental, and economic impact of strategic decisions on an organization and society.
- Learners can apply sustainability principles to business decisions resulting in greater efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.
Problem Solving
Learners will demonstrate an ability to analyze complex situations, analyze information, and evaluate alternatives from different perspectives to develop solutions for business problems and to seize innovative opportunities.
- Learners are able to identify and frame business problems and opportunities.
- Learners are able to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to support decisions.
- Learners can strategically evaluate complex situations to set goals and design functionally integrative plans to move an organization forward.
Management and Leadership Skills
Learners will gain innovative managerial and leadership skills to motivate, lead and inspire employees and teams to create positive organizational changes in a global business environment.
- Learners demonstrate managerial skills to motivate people to achieve goals and embrace new opportunities.
- Learners can work effectively as a team.
- Learners can effectively communicate managerial recommendations through both written and verbal communications.
Cultural Intelligence
Learners will possess the skills to manage effectively in a global business environment.
- Learners can apply global business theories and related market-entry strategies to business decisions.
- Learners demonstrate cultural intelligence in order to bridge cross-national differences in business perspectives and practices.
Graduation Requirements for the Professional M.B.A. Program
| ACCT 501 | Accounting Fundamentals* | 1.5 credits |
| STAT 501 | Statistics Fundamentals* | 1.5 credits |
| ECON 501 | Economics Fundamentals* | 1.5 credits |
| FINC 501 | Finance Fundamentals * | 1.5 credits |
| GRBU 503 | Managerial Decision Tools | 1.5 credits |
| STAT 510 | Applied Statistics | 3 credits |
| MGMT 513 | Managing People for Sustained Competitive Advantage | 1.5 credits |
| ACCT 515 | Accounting for Decision Makers | 3 credits |
| ECON 520 | Managerial Economics | 3 credits |
| MGMT 523 | Applied Business Ethics | 1.5 credits |
| ISYS 525 | Managing Information | 1.5 credits |
| SCMG 527 | Supply Chain/Operations Management | 1.5 credits |
| BLAW 529 | Business Legal Environment | 1.5 credits |
| FINC 530 | Financial Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 531 | Strategic Sustainability and Models | 1.5 credits |
| MGMT 533 | Global Business | 1.5 credits |
| MKTG 535 | Marketing Management | 3 credits |
| MGMT 540 | Strategy and Implementation | 3 credits |
| MGMT 545 | Executive Insights | 3 credits |
| MGMT 548 | Capstone Project | 3 credits |
Total credits 42
* These courses may be waived based on previous coursework