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Graduate Curricula
teen (18) hours include a three (3) hour upperlevel
cost accounting class. A fourth course, MBA
500 (Mathematics for Management and
Economics), is only required for students who do
not score above the 35th percentile on the quantitative
portion of the Graduate Management
Admissions Test (GMAT).
In addition to the three leveling (CPC) courses,
MBA students must enroll in two individual
career needs courses. These courses are listed in
the Individual Career Needs and Concentration
sections of the course catalog. The specific selection
of courses is dependent upon the student’s
academic and/or professional background and
career needs. Students from other than business
backgrounds are advised to take courses which
will provide them more depth in the areas outlined
by the Common Professional Components.
Requirements for the Management Generalist
Master of Business Administration Degree: 45
semester credits in Master of Business
Administration courses including MBA 500, 505,
506, 507, 526, 621, 626, 635, 670, 675, 680,
685, 690; six semester credits of individual career
needs courses, and MBA 800.
A summary of the leveling, required, and individuals
career needs courses is listed below:
1. Leveling (CPC) Courses:
MBA 500 Mathematics for Management and
Economics
MBA 506 Financial Accounting
MBA 507 Managerial Accounting
MBA 526 Macroeconomics
2. Core Courses:
MBA 505 Statistical Methods for Decision-
Making
MBA 621 Organizational Theory, Behavior and
Communication
MBA 626 Managerial Economics
MBA 635 Legal and Social Environment of
Business
MBA 690 Leadership Through People Skills
3. Management Decision-Making Courses:
MBA 670 Operations Management
MBA 675 Financial Management
MBA 680 Marketing Management
MBA 685 Human Resource Management
4. Individual Career Needs Courses:
Two individual career needs courses are mandatory
in the MBA
MBA 700 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management
MBA 705 Total Quality Management
MBA 710 Business Ethics
MBA 715 Executive Management
Seminar/Selected Topics
MBA 721 Labor Management Partnerships
MBA 725 The Management Consulting
Profession
MBA 730 International Management
Environment
MBA 735 Microcomputer Workstations:
Principles and Applications
5. Capstone Seminar:
MBA 800 Policy Formation and
Implementation
The ten required courses (Core, Management
Decision Making, and Capstone) are mandatory
courses and must be taken by all MBA students.
No credit by examination is allowed for these
courses.
Students select any two 700-series courses listed
in the Individual Career Needs and
Concentration sections of this catalog to satisfy
individual career needs requirements.
***Leadership Through People Skills (LTPS –
MBA 690) is a mandatory course. It is taught
over one full week (8 a.m. – 6 p.m.). It may be
taken any time during the program. It may be
taken in residence at St. Ambrose University anytime
during the program or on location, on dates
to be negotiated, if twelve or more students
attend the course.
Some students may wish to focus their studies
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