MKT 520: Strategic Marketing Management

Electives (9 hours)

Three (3) elective courses (9 hours) allow students to explore their individual preferences and develop additional competencies appropriate to their interests. The students have the flexibility to take a minimum of 3 elective courses in one area for a specialization in the area. The individual may select elective courses from different areas without any specialization with approval from the MBA Program coordinator.

The elective areas include: Accounting, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Aquaculture (in collaboration with the School of Aquaculture).

The electives in the business area are as follows:

Accounting (4 courses) ACC 503: Auditing ACC 510: Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities ACC 563: Advanced Income Tax ACC 597: Contemporary Topics in Accounting

Finance (3 courses)

FIN 540: Financial Institutions

FIN 550: Investment Analysis

FIN 575: Behavioral Finance

Management (4 courses)

MGT 533: Strategic Human Resource Management MGT 555: Operations Management MGT 565: Entrepreneurship MGT 601: Contemporary Topics in Management

Management Information Systems (4 courses)

MIS 510: Management Information Systems MIS 520: Enterprise Data Management MIS 540: Big Data in Business MIS 597: Contemporary Topics in Management Information Systems (MIS)

Marketing (4 courses)

MKT 510: Marketing Communications MKT 530: Marketing Research MKT 540: Consumer Behavior MKT 560: Marketing of Services

Aquaculture (3 courses)

AQU 522: Principles of Aquaculture (3 credit hours)