and evaluated before any transfer credit can be accepted. Certain courses submitted for transfer may not be considered equivalent to specified program requirements even if course titles are the same.
MBA students may be allowed to transfer graduate courses from other accredited institutions where a grade of —A or —B was earned. No courses with a grade of —C or below will be transferred.
ACC 500: Survey of Accounting - Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting
BUA 500: Survey of Economics and Finance - Principles of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,
and Corporate Finance
BUA 501: Survey of Management and Marketing
ECO 501: Survey of Statistics and Quantitative
Methods for Business
The Core of the MBA Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for successful careers in business and nonprofit organizations. The core of the MBA program consists of 7 courses (21 hours) as follows:
Core Curriculum Courses (21 hours)
ACC 502: Managerial Accounting
ECO 502: Managerial Economics
FIN 530: Corporate Finance
MGT 560: Organizational Behavior
MGT 590: Strategic Management
MIS 510: Management Information Systems
MKT 520: Strategic Marketing Management
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 all 3 elective courses in one area for a specialization in the area or select individual elective courses from different areas without any specialization. The specialization areas include: accounting, finance, management, marketing, and aquaculture (in collaboration with the Division 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
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