Master of Business Administration, MBA

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Admission requirements

Visit sfasu.edu/mba for details on requirements and how to apply to the program.

Program of Study

Each MBA student’s degree plan is customized according to her/his background. Students lacking a business background may need to take certain leveling courses.

Graduate coursework is divided into three categories: leveling courses (if needed), required coure classes, and a concentration or electives. Leveling courses are business courses covering the major business disciplines and would normally be found in an undergraduate business curriculum. Depending on the student’s background, some or all of the leveling courses may be waived by the MBA Director. For a course to be waived, the student must normally have completed comparable undergraduate or graduate business coursework from a regionally accredited university with grades of B or better within the last five years. The following undergraduate courses (or their equivalents) are required: ACCT 2301, ECON 2302, FINC 3333, MGMT 3370; MKTG 3351 (see the Undergraduate Bulletin for descriptions). The following courses, while not required, are helpful: ACCT 2302, CSIT 3340, ECON 2301, MGMT 3371, 3377.

All MBA candidates are required to complete a 36-semester-hour core. These courses refine business knowledge by exploring business theories and applications and applying the knowledge to real-world situations.

Business Administration Core

ACCT 5311 - Accounting for Management Credit(s): 3
BUSI 5350 - Executive Leadership Credit(s): 3
ECON 5320 - Managerial Economics Credit(s): 3
FINC 5314 - Advanced Financial Management Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5317 - Strategic Management Credit(s): 3
MKTG 5313 - Marketing Management Credit(s): 3

Management Option

Select one course from:

MGMT 5371 - Operations Management Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5377 - Organizational Behavior and Theory Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5381 - Information Systems in Organizations Credit(s): 3

Data Option

Select one course from:

ACCT 5366 - Advanced Statistical Methods and Data Analytics for Detecting Fraud Credit(s): 3
BUSI 5380 - Applied Business Analytics and Data Visualization Credit(s): 3
ECON 5325 - Data Driven Decision Making Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5380 - Quantitative Management Applications Credit(s): 3

Concentration or Elective Option

Complete one of the following:

Human Resource Management Concentration

Twelve hours from:

BUSI 5357 - Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5370 - Employee and Labor Relations Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5373 - Seminar in Human Resource Management Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5377 - Organizational Behavior and Theory Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5377 may not be used to satisfy both Management Option and Human Resource Management concentration.

Sports Business Concentration

Twelve hours from:

MGMT 5325 - Sports Management Credit(s): 3
MGMT 5382 - Advanced Sports Analytics Credit(s): 3
MKTG 5358 - Sports Marketing and Promotion Credit(s): 3
MKTG 5362 - Revenue Generation in Sports Credit(s): 3
Or one of the following:
MGMT 5376 - Advanced Graduate Studies Credit(s): 3
MKTG 5376 - Advanced Graduate Studies Credit(s): 3

Electives

Twelve credit hours of 5000 level business electives from ACCT, BCOM, BLAW, BUSI, ECON, FINC, MGMT, and MKTG or approved non-business electives.

Note:

Each M.B.A. student must make a grade of “B” or better in the capstone MGMT 5317 course to satisfy the university comprehensive exam requirement. MGMT 5317 must be taken in the last semester of study, but may be taken simultaneously with other M.B.A. courses.