MBA/MSA Program of Study

Required Introductory Course – 1 credit

• MBA 600  Effective Career Planning

MBA Core Courses –  24 credits – may be waived

• MBA 610  Organizational Behavior 
• MBA 620  Statistical Methods 
• MBA 625  Operations Management 
• MBA 630  Economic Analysis for Managers 
• MBA 640  Corporate Financial Reporting and Control 
• MBA 650  Value-Based Financial Management 
• MBA 660  Marketing: The Challenge of Managing Value 
• MBA 670  Information Management for Competitive Advantage 
• MBA 680  Managing in the Ethical and Legal Environment
  

Accounting Prep Courses – 6 credits *may substitute another accounting elective at the discretion of the MSA director

• ACCT 801  Graduate Financial Accounting I 
• ACCT 804  Cost Information, Decision and Control 
  

Required and Capstone Courses – 15 credits

• MBA 780  Managing in the Global Environment 
• ACCT 825  Corporate Financial Planning and Control 
• ACCT 865  Technology and Financial Information Systems 
• ACCT 861  Leadership in the Financial Professions 
• MBA 800  Strategic Management 
  

Electives – 24 credits

Three electives (9 of the 24 credits) are designated accounting courses

• ACCT 802  Graduate Financial Accounting II 
• ACCT 824  Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis 
• ACIB 872  Multinational Financial Analysis and Control 
• Two electives (6 of the 24 credits) may be selected in collaboration with your MSA advisor from among the accounting electives 

Three electives (9 of the 24 credits) may be selected from among electives in the following areas: business law and ethics, entrepreneurship, finance and managerial economics, health administration, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration and nonprofit management, strategic management, and taxation.