Business Administration, MBA

Curriculum

The MBA Program requires completion of 36 credit hours of graduate coursework as follows:

• Cornerstone course (3 credits): MGT 501  
• Core courses (12 - 24 credits): four to eight courses
• Advanced Elective courses (6 - 18 credits): two to six courses, at least one of which is designated “International”
• Capstone course (3 credits): MGT 509  

The following grid shows the classification of the Core courses into three clusters: Accounting, Economics, and Finance Core (minimum of two courses required): Operations, Analytics and Information Core (at least one course required); and Management and Marketing Core (at least one course required). With the approval of the MBA Program Director, a student with an undergraduate degree in a given area may have the Core course in that area waived as a prerequisite for the Advanced courses in that area. For example, a student with an accounting degree, with proper approval, may have ACC 502  waived and proceed to take the Advanced courses in accounting (the student would still be required to complete 36 credit hours).

Post-MBA Specializations

Graduates of the University of Scranton’s on-campus or online MBA programs have the opportunity to receive transcript notation and a letter of recognition for completing the requirements of an MBA specialization after graduating with their MBA degree. New specializations have been, and are expected to continue to be, added to our MBA programs. These specializations may be of interest to our MBA graduates who want to retool, augment current areas of expertise and/or satisfy continuing professional education requirements.  Courses in the focus area taken more than six years prior may have to be repeated.  Graduates interested in this program should apply for admission as “self-improvement” students. For more information please contact the Admissions Office and/or the MBA Director.

Specializations

The University of Scranton MBA aims to provide a broad-based business education, offering courses across all functional areas. At the same time, students are afforded a degree of customization through the choice of specialization. Students may specialize in an area by completing three Advanced Electives in that area. The following specializations are available currently:

On-campus program: Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Healthcare Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Operations Management.

Online program: Accounting, Business Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning, Finance, Healthcare Management, Human Resources Management, International Business, and Operations Management.

Instead of focusing narrowly on a single functional area, students in either program can broaden their exposure by choosing the General Business option which facilitates the choice of elective courses from multiple areas. Under this option, students may choose no more than two advanced electives in a given focus area. 

Students may obtain a dual specialization by completing three advanced electives in each of two focus areas. Note that a given elective may only be used to satisfy the requirements of a single specialization. For example, the international course in finance may be used to fulfill the requirement for the specialization in Finance, or the specialization in International Business, but not both. 

Foundation Modules

Entering students should possess the requisite background knowledge in the various business functional areas. Students lacking such background will be required to remedy the deficiency by taking up to twelve one-credit qualifying courses (called “Foundation Modules”). The modules may be taken concurrently with the regular courses in the MBA program as long as any specific course prerequisite condition is not violated. A student may elect to take an equivalent undergraduate course instead of the module. Graduate students are expected to complete all provisional requirements (Foundation Modules) within their first year of enrollment in the program. 

Courses

Foundation Modules All required unless waived 1 credit each; 12 credits total		MBA 501A  MBA 501B  MBA 501C	MBA 502A  MBA 502B  MBA 502C	MBA 503A  MBA 503B  MBA 503C	MBA 504A  MBA 504B  MBA 504C
Cornerstone Required, 3 credits		MGT 501 :  Responsibility, Sustainability, and Justice
Core   Minimum 4 courses required, maximum 8 courses   12 - 24 credits	Accounting, Economics, and Finance Core (at least two)	ACC 502 :  Accounting for Management
		ECO 507 : Managerial Economics
		FIN 508 : Financial Management
	Operations, Analytics, and Information Core (at least one)	OM 503 : Operations Management
		MIS 504 : Management Information Systems
		BUAN 571 : Introduction to Business Analytics
	Management and Marketing Core (at least one)	MGT 505 : Organizational Behavior
		MKT 506 : Marketing Management
Advanced Electives   Choose 2 to 6 courses   6-18 credits	Accounting	ACC 512 , ACC 514 , ACC 521 , ACC 522 , ACC 525 *, ACC 526 , ACC 527 , ACC 529 , ACC 531 , ACC 532 , ACC 536 , ACC 537 , ACC 538 , ACC 539 , ACC 541 , ACC 542
	Business Analytics	BUAN 572 , BUAN 573 , BUAN 574 , BUAN 575 , BUAN 576 , BUAN 577 , BUAN 578 , BUAN 584 , BUAN 586 , BUAN 587 , BUAN 588
	Enterprise Resource Planning	ERP 510 , ERP 511 , ERP 512 , ERP 513 , ERP 514 , ERP 515 , ERP 516 , ERP 519
	Finance	FIN 581 , FIN 582 , FIN 583 , FIN 584 *, FIN 585 , FIN 586 , FIN 587 , FIN 589
	Healthcare Management	HAD 502 , HAD 510 , HAD 517 *, HAD 519 , HAD 521 , HINF 520
	Human Resources Management**	HR 505 , HR 506 , HR 511 , HR 512
	International Business	ACC 525 *, ECO 583 *, FIN 584 *, HAD 517  *, IB 505 *, MGT 556 *, MIS 577 *, MKT 563 *, MKT 596 *, OM 540 *
	Management Information Systems	MIS 546 , MIS 548 , MIS 571 , MIS 572 , MIS 573 , MIS 574 , MIS 575 , MIS 577 *, MIS 579
	Marketing	MKT 512 , MKT 561 , MKT 562 , MKT 563 *, MKT 564 , MKT 565 , MKT 569 , MKT 596 *
	Operations Management	OM 540 *, OM 542 , OM 543 , OM 544 , OM 545 , OM 546 , OM 547 , OM 549 , OM 575
	Miscellaneous	ECO 581 , ECO 582 , ECO 589 , MGT 553 , MGT 554 , MGT 555 , MGT 559 , MBA 590
Capstone Required, 3 credits		MGT 509 : Business Policy

Notes:

1. The MBA degree requires the completion of 36 credit hours of coursework exclusive of any Foundation Module requirements.
2. A student is limited to a maximum of four courses in a given focus area. For example, a student may choose to take FIN 508  (core) along with FIN 583 , FIN 584 , and FIN 587  (three advanced electives).
3. Students are expected to take MGT 501  early in the program, ideally as their FIRST regular course, but no later than as their THIRD regular course. 
4. To be eligible to enroll in the Capstone course, a student must have: (i) completed the Cornerstone course, (ii) completed at least 24 credits of Core/Elective courses, and (iii) completed (or received a waiver) for all twelve Foundation Modules. 
5. All students must take at least one course that has been designated as an “International” course (indicated by an asterisk * on the curriculum grid).
6. Many students have acquired “experiential learning” outside a formal college or university classroom in jobs or military service. The MBA program may waive Foundation Module requirements related to such experiences. Students wishing to have their learning assessed for possible course waiver must document relevant experiences and the knowledge gained from them for review by faculty of the program. 
7. Students opting for Human Resources Management Specialization** will be required to complete MGT 505 ; this course will serve as the prerequisite for the HRM courses for the specialization.
8. BUAN 571  and BUAN 572  are required courses for the Business Analytics specialization, in addition to two advanced electives to earn this specialization.