MBA/MST Program of Study

Required Introductory Course – 1 credit                 

• MBA 600  Effective Career Planning

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 Technology and Financial Information
• MBA 680  Managing in the Ethical and

MST Accounting Core Courses – 9 credits

*may be waived at the discretion of the MST Director

• ACCT 801  Graduate Financial Accounting I
• ACCT 802  Graduate Financial Accounting II
• ACCT 803  Graduate Advanced Accounting

Required and Capstone Courses – 24 credits

• MBA 780 Managing in the Global Environment
• TAX 801  Issues in Federal Taxation  *may be able to substitute a different Tax elective at the discretion of the MST Director
• TAX 861  Tax Research
• TAX 862  Taxation of Corporations
• TAX 863  Taxation of Pass-Through-Entities 
• MBA 800 Strategic Management

Electives - 24 credits **

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

• TAX 864  Tax Practice and Procedures Taxation of Estates, Trusts and Gifts
• TAX 871  Taxtion of Estates, Trusts 
• TAX 876  Tax Policy
• One elective (3 of the 24 credits) may be an additional Taxation elective at the discretion of the MST Director

Four electives (12 of the 24 credits)

** One (3 credit) elective must be in the international business area
A maximum of one (3 credits) additional elective may be TAX; other than TAX, a maximum of 2 electives are allowed in any other functional area
Electives may be selected from among electives in the following areas: accounting, business law and ethics, entrepreneurship, finance and managerial economics, health administration, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration and nonprofit management, and strategic management