Business Administration, MBA

Curriculum

The MBA Program requires completion of 39 credit hours of graduate coursework as follows:

Cornerstone course (3 credits): MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice
Core courses (21 credits): ACC 502 - Accounting for Management , OM 503 - Operations Management , BUAN 571 - Introduction to Business Analytics , MGT 505 - Organizational Behavior , MKT 506 - Marketing Management , ECO 507 - Managerial Economics , FIN 508 - Financial Management
Advanced Elective courses (12 credits)
Capstone course (3 credits): MGT 509 - Business Policy

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 Programs

Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Healthcare Management, International Business, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management.

Online Programs

Accounting, Business Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning, Finance, Healthcare Management, Human Resources Management, International Business, and Supply Chain 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 any four advanced electives.

Curriculum

		Courses
Cornerstone Course, 3 credits		MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice
Core Required Courses, 3 credits each, 21 credits total		ACC 502 - Accounting for Management OM 503 - Operations Management BUAN 571 - Introduction to Business Analytics MGT 505 - Organizational Behavior MKT 506 - Marketing Management ECO 507 - Managerial Economics FIN 508 - Financial Management
Core Required Courses, 3 credits each, 21 credits total
Advanced Electives
Choose 4 courses, 3 credits each, 12 credits total	Accounting	ACC 512 - Survey of Federal Taxes , ACC 514 - Accounting Integration and Configuration , ACC 521 - Auditing , ACC 525 - International Accounting , ACC 526 - Managerial Accounting , ACC 527 - Financial Reporting and Research , ACC 529 - Special Topics in Accounting , ACC 531 - Advanced Auditing , ACC 532 - Advanced Taxation and Regulation , ACC 536 - Advanced Managerial Accounting , ACC 537 - Advanced Financial Accounting , ACC 538 - Accounting Communications , ACC 539 - Accounting Ethics: The Foundation of the Profession , ACC 541 - Financial Reporting Fraud: Detection & Prevention , ACC 542 - Occupational Fraud & Abuse
	Business Analytics	BUAN 500 - Business Analytics Tools , BUAN 572 - Data Mining , BUAN 573 - Business Analytics Using R , BUAN 574 - Business Forecasting Models , BUAN 575 - Business Simulation , BUAN 576 - Business Database Management Systems , BUAN 577 - Data Visualization , BUAN 578 - Business Intelligence , BUAN 584 - Special Topics in Business Analytics , BUAN 586 - Applied Business Statistics , BUAN 587 - Customer Relationship Management , BUAN 588 - Business Analytics Using Python
	Enterprise Resource Planning	ERP 510 - Integrated Enterprise Management Systems , ERP 511 - Production Planning & Control , ERP 512 - Customer Relationship Management , ERP 513 - Treasury Management , ERP 514 - Accounting Integration and Configuration , ERP 515 - Business Intelligence , ERP 516 - Enterprise Applications Development , ERP 519 - Special Topics in Enterprise Resource Planning
	Finance	ECO 500 - Essentials of Economics , FIN 581 - Financial Institutions , FIN 582 - Advanced Financial Management , FIN 583 - Investment Analysis , FIN 584 - International Finance , FIN 585 - Derivative Securities , FIN 586 - Portfolio Theory , FIN 587 - Treasury Management , FIN 589 - Special Topics in Finance
	Healthcare Management	HAD 502 - Health Care Law , HAD 510 - Hospital Administration , HAD 517 - Global Health Management , HAD 519 - Health Services and Systems , HAD 521 - Health Care Financial Management II , HINF 520 - Introduction to Health Informatics
	Human Resources Management	HR 505 - Recruitment and Staffing , HR 506 - Workplace Learning and Performance , HR 511 - Total Rewards , HR 512 - Employee and Labor Relations
	International Business	ACC 525 - International Accounting , ECO 583 - Macroeconomic Analysis: A Global Perspective , FIN 584 - International Finance , HAD 517 - Global Health Management , IB 505 - International Business , MGT 556 - International Management , MKT 563 - Global Marketing , HAD 596 - European Health Systems , OM 540 - Supply Chain Management
	Marketing	MKT 512 - Customer Relationship Management , MKT 561 - Marketing Research , MKT 562 - Promotion Management: Advertising and Selling , MKT 563 - Global Marketing , MKT 564 - Consumer Behavior , MKT 565 - Sustainable Strategic Marketing , MKT 569 - Special Topics in Marketing , MKT 596 - Study Abroad in Asia
	Supply Chain Management	OM 540 - Supply Chain Management , OM 542 - Data Mining , OM 543 - Project and Change Management , OM 544 - Business Forecasting Models , OM 545 - Quality Management , OM 546 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation , OM 547 - Production Planning & Control , OM 549 - Special Topics in Operations Management , OM 575 - Business Simulation
	Miscellaneous	ECO 581 - Economics of Business Strategy , ECO 582 - The Economics of E-Commerce , ECO 589 - Special Topics in Economics , MGT 553 - Organizational Theory , MGT 554 - Group Dynamics , MGT 555 - Organization Power & Politics , MGT 559 - Special Topics in Management , MIS 504 - Management Information Systems , MBA 590 - Internship in Business Administration
Capstone Course, 3 credits		MGT 509 - Business Policy
Total Program Credits 39 credits

Notes:

The MBA degree requires the completion of 39 credit hours of coursework.
Students are expected to take MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice early in the program, ideally as their FIRST regular course, but no later than as their THIRD regular course.
To be eligible to enroll in the Capstone course, a student must have: (i) completed the Cornerstone course, and (ii) completed at least 24 credits of Core/Elective courses.
A minimum of three advanced electives is required to earn a specialization in an area. The fourth elective may be taken in the same or different area, except as follows: BUAN 500 - Business Analytics Tools plus 3 BUAN advanced electives are required courses for the specialization in Business Analytics.
ECO 500 - Essentials of Economics plus 3 FIN advanced electives are required courses for the specialization in Finance.