The General Management concentration allows students to choose their elective courses from any offered in the MBA program. The purpose of this flexibility is to provide one concentration that can be tailored more closely to the personal and professional goals of an individual student that cannot logically be met via the other more focused concentrations.
All seven concentrations require College Algebra as a prerequisite.
The following courses are common to all seven concentrations and may be waived if comparable courses have been successfully completed at the undergraduate level. However, all programs must include a minimum of 30 graduate hours.
Financial Accounting (AC 501)
Economic Concepts (EC 501)
Statistical Analysis (EC 540)
Quantitative Analysis (EC 541)
Business Legislation (BU 505)
Management Processes (BU 521)
Marketing Management (BU 610)
Financial Management I (BU 630)
Organizational Behavior and Development (BU 622)
The following courses are upper division graduate courses, and all are three credit hours. They are common to all seven concentrations and may be required for each:
| Current Issues in Management (BU 629) |
if BU 521 is waived |
| Marketing Strategy (BU 615) |
if BU 610 is waived |
| Financial Management II (BU 635) |
if BU 630 is waived |
| Organizational Policy & Strategy (BU 699) |
Required for all seven concentrations |
At a minimum, all programs must include either BU 615 or BU 635 and some programs may include both courses. BU 699 is the capstone experience of the MBA program. It takes the place of a Master's thesis.
In addition to the core courses, the General Management Concentration includes the following: |
