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MBA Program and Courses

All students will complete a minimum of 12 courses (36 credit hours.) Students with no prior business courses may need to complete up to 4 additional courses (12 credit hours). You have some flexibility in establishing the sequence of courses. Scheduling requirements and some recommendations for course sequencing are presented below.

• Competency Requirements must be achieved prior to enrolling in core MBA courses.
• Business Core (Prerequisite) courses must be completed before taking any other MBA courses.
• Business Context and Functional Core courses (eight in total) may be taken in any order, although:
  • It is recommended that you take the “Business Context” courses first.
  • All eight of the courses must be completed prior to enrolling in the capstone (BUS 6990) course.
• An elective course may be taken after you have completed the prerequisite listed in the graduate catalog for that elective (e.g., FIN 6120 is a prerequisite for FIN 6250).
  • It is recommended but not required that you complete at least four of the eight Business Context and/or Functional Core courses before taking electives.

Competency Requirements

• Computer Literacy: Fulfilled through classroom or experiential knowledge of computer applications.
• Quantitative Analysis: Fulfilled through completion of an upper-level quantitative course such as Finite Mathematics or Pre-Calculus.
• Statistics: Fulfilled through completion of a business statistics course or its equivalent.
• Written Communication: Fulfilled through a GMAT Analytic Writing Assessment score of 3.5+ or an approved class.

Business Core (Prerequisite) Courses

The Business Core (Prerequisite) courses may be waived for students who have a bachelor’s degree in business administration or have completed relevant course work.

ACTY 6010: Accountancy
FIN 6020: Corporate Finance
ECON 6010: Basic Economic Analysis
LAW 6040: Legal, Regulatory, and Political Aspects of Business

Business Context (Required) Courses

BUS 6150: Global Business and Intercultural Communication
BUS 6160: Business Policy and the Social and Ethical Environment
BUS 6180: Information Technology Management

Functional Core (Required) Courses

ACTY 6110: Managerial Accounting
FIN 6120: Financial Management
MKTG 6130: Customer-Driven Marketing Management
MGMT/MKTG 6140: Business Process Management
MGMT 6170: Managing Human Resources and Behavior

Integrative Business Solutions (Required) Course

BUS 6990: Business Strategy

Concentration Electives

All students must take three electives. If you take all three electives from one discipline, your transcripts will indicate that you have a concentration in that discipline. Concentrations are available in Computer Information Systems, Finance, Management and Marketing. If you take three electives from more than one discipline (e.g., one elective in finance and two in management) you will achieve a general business MBA.

To discuss electives or concentrations, call 269-387-5086 in Kalamazoo or 616-771-9478 in Grand Rapids.

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