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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
This degree program at graduate level provides students with an opportunity for broad professional development useful in a diverse and globally integrated business world. The program will develop advanced skills within the general functional areas of business through a reality-centered classroom/academic experience enhanced by collaboration with the business community. Students are involved in real-life business situations and will often use case studies or simulations to resolve problems and create solutions. By selecting courses from the electives, students may concentrate on business management, finance, marketing, human resources, healthcare management or combination of these areas of specialty.


Program Objectives:
Upon completion of the program, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate competence in applying business knowledge and skills in a real-life business setting;
2. analyze business environments and determine effective solutions to related problems;
3. apply personal development skills to the arena of leadership development and management behavior;
4. articulate and implement ethical solutions to business ethics environments;
5. provide clear and specific leadership direction to a variety of business environments.


Graduation Requirements:
The student must complete the degree program with minimum g.p.a. of 2.0 and must also satisfy all tuition obligations prior to graduation. Students must complete a total of 36 semester units of course study, including 24 semester units in core courses and 12 units of elective courses, in order to fulfill the graduation requirements.

MBA Curriculum
To meet the graduation unit requirements, students are required to complete 24 units in core courses and 12 units in elective courses. The courses are listed below:

Core Courses Required: 24 Semester Units

Course No.

Course Title

Units

BUS 500

Management of Information Systems and Technology

3

BUS 503

Integrated Decision Making

3

BUS 512

Financial Resources Management

3

BUS 520

Marketing Management and Planning

3

BUS 531

Leadership in Organizations

3

BUS 532

Organizational Behavior and Public Management

3

BUS 551

Advanced Research Project

3

BUS 550

Research and Evaluation

3



Elective Courses: 12 Semester Units to be selected from the following courses

Course No.

Course Title

Units

BUS 501

International Business Management

3

BUS 502

Management for Healthcare Practice, Ethics and Professional Issues

3

BUS 510

Financial Accounting for Decision Making

3

BUS 513

International Finance

3

BUS 521

Global Marketing

3

BUS 534

Human Resource Management in Global Organizations

3

BUS 552

Current Topics in Business

3