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MBA Program Structure

All students must complete at least 36 credit hours. The course curriculum consists of 7 courses (21 credit hours), 1 executive focus course (3 credit hours), 3 area of concentration elective courses (9 credit hours) and 1 capstone course (3 credit hours).

It is possible for full-time students to complete the 36 credits of the General Management Concentration in one calendar year, although most students will take longer. Core foundation requirements normally add a minimum of two semesters to the program completion for full-time students.

MBA Program Course Map

Core Curriculum (21 hours)

Accounting & Finance:

ACCT 650 Seminar in Executive Uses of Accounting
(Spring)

BA 636 Financial Decision Making-(Fall)

Management:

BA 632 Organizational Behavior & Human Resource
Management -(Fall & Spring)

BA 635 Current Marketing Issues-(Fall)

BA 655 Strategic Management Seminar-(Fall & Spring)

Business Intelligence:

BA 633 Problem Formulation and Decision Analysis-(Fall)

CIS 692 Management Information Systems Seminar-(Fall)

Curricular Options (15 hours)

Executive Focus (3 Hours):
Select minimum 1-course from the following

BA 631 Business Environment Analysis-(Fall)

BA 634 Creating the Successful Organization-(Spring)

BA 628 Executive Leadership-(Spring)

BA 629 Negotiation and Conflict Management-(Fall)

Elective Coursework (9 hours):

Students can personally design an “area of concentration" from courses offered within the College of Business and Public Policy that focus on: Management Theory and Practice, Marketing, Finance, International Business & Global Economics, Management Information Systems, Logistics, Public Administration.

In addition, elective coursework can be selected from graduate course offered by outside disciplines (such as Engineering & Science Management, Educational Development& Leadership, Educational Technology, Heath Sciences etc.) and/or graduate courses in programs proffered at other universities.

On-line courses (offered at UAA, or elsewhere) may prove to be of particular benefit for students wanting to further customize and/or accelerate their program of study

Captone Course Options (3 hours)

CAPSTONE (3 hours) elect 1 course from the following: (Capstone courses are available Fall, Spring & Summer Semesters)

BA 656 Management Project: Management research
project, designed to integrate policy concepts, research
methods, and practical problem solving techniques.

BA 686 Management Simulation: The course an
    opportunity to experience running a business, setting
    corporate strategies and applying strategic concepts
    within a practical framework that integrates decisions
    made across all functional areas (Marketing, Research &
    Development, Production, Human Resources and
    Finance). The simulation enables students to observe the
    impact of these decisions on business performance within
    a competitive market- comprised of other students in the
    class as well as student teams simultaneously
    competing from other universities around the world.

BA 695 Graduate Internship: Integrates classroom
knowledge with supervised work experience.

BA 698 Individual Research: Independent primary
research project conducted under the supervision of an
advisor.

BA 699 Thesis (6 hours): Independent project conducted
    under the supervision of a thesis advisor and committee-
    culminating in a document prepared to publication
    standards.

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