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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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Program Outline
The MBA program consists of 48 credits, including 18 credits of Foundations and 30 credits of Core, Capstone and Elective courses. Appropriately qualified students may petition for a waiver or may test out of foundations courses up to a maximum of 18 credits. In order to waive a course, a student must have taken the equivalent undergraduate courses or a graduate course at another institution with a grade of B or better. To test out of a course, a student must successfully pass a comprehensive test in the course developed by COB faculty members. Students seeking additional information on waiving or testing out of a course will be advised to contact the MBA Program Director at 302-857-6978.
To complete the MBA curriculum, students must take a minimum of 30 credits of upper level MBA courses (core and electives), of which 21 must be taken at DSU.
| Foundation Courses | Credits |
|
Accounting Foundations (MBA 501) Economics Foundations (MBA 502) Finance Foundations (MBA 503) MIS Foundations (MBA 504) Marketing Foundations (MBA 505) Quantitative Methods Foundations (MBA 506) |
3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| Total Foundation Credit Hours | 18 |
| Required (Core) Courses | Credits |
|
Economics for Managerial Decision-Making (MBA 601) Marketing Management (MBA 602) Business Law and Ethics (MBA 612 revised) Financial Management (MBA 604) Organizational Leadership & Behavior (MBA 605) Operations Analysis and Management Information and Technology Management (MBA 600) |
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| Total Required Credit Hours | 21 |
|
Capstone – Required of all students |
3 |
|
Two Elective Courses - Required of all students (Students can substitute up to 6-credits of practicum involving a real-world project or up to 6-credits of internship |
6 |
Total MBA Credit Hours (with foundation courses): 48
Total MBA Credit Hours (without foundation courses): 30
If you would like to have a concentration in either Finance or Information Systems, you will need 9 credit hours. Your 2 required electives will count towards the 9 credits.
Finance Concentration:
Financial Statement Analysis (MBA 617)
Investments and Portfolio Management (MBA 641)
Derivative Securities and Risk Management (MBA 642)
Domestic and Global Financial Markets and Institutions (MBA 643)
Economic and Financial Environment of Business (MBA 645)
Information Systems Concentration:
Strategic Information Systems (MBA 631)
Managing Electronic Commerce (MBA 632)
Topics in Information Systems (MBA 633)
Supply Chain Management (MBA 651)
Project Management Concentration:
Project Risk Management (MBA 621)
Project Management Methodology (MBA 622)
Program and Portfolio Management (MBA 623)