MBA Program at CoB

The College of Business at UNT is proud to offer a wide selection of quality concentrations for our world-class MBA program.

Concentrations (18 Hours)

Background Course Requirements (18 hours)

The following courses are required for any MBA degree at CoB. These background courses are equivalent to foundation courses of an undergraduate business program and will be waived where appropriate after evaluation of transcripts. Credit is not given for work or life experience. Please click on the course to learn more about its undergraduate equivalency.

Grades of C or better must be earned on all background courses whether taken at the undergraduate or graduate level. Grades of C earned on any 5XXX level courses will affect the graduate grade point average (GPA).

DSCI 5010: Statistical Analysis (1.5 hours)

Three hours of undergraduate statistics (business, psychological, mathematical, and educational statistics are acceptable).

ACCT 5020: Accumulation and Analysis of Accounting Data (3 hours)

Three hours undergraduate or graduate level Financial Accounting.

BLAW 5050: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Environment of Business (1.5 hours)

Three hours of a junior/senior level Business Law course taken in the United States.

MGMT 5070: Management Issues (1.5 hours)

Three hours of a junior/senior level Production and Operations Management. (Human Resources/Organizational Behavior is NOT acceptable).

MKTG 5000: Marketing Concepts (1.5 hours)

Three hours of a junior/senior level Marketing Management or Principles of Marketing. (Advertising or salesmanship is NOT acceptable).

BCIS 5090: Introduction to Business Computer Information Systems (1.5 hours)

Three hours of a junior/senior level Introduction to Business Computer Information Systems.

ECON 5000: Economic Concepts (3 hours)

Six hours of Micro- and Macro- Economics

FINA 5040: Introduction to Finance and Financial Mathematics (1.5 hours)

Three hours of a junior/senior level Business Finance or Principles of Finance.

MATH 1190: Business Calculus (3 hours)

Three hours of a Business Calculus or comparable calculus course.

MBA Core Course Requirements (18 hours)

The following courses are required for any MBA degree at CoB. Please click on the course for a description.

ACCT 5130: Accounting for Management (3 hours)

Designed to provide an understanding of managerial accounting data in making business decisions. Cases, readings and projects are used to examine a wide variety of managerial topics. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 5020; ECON 5000; MATH 1190 or 1400; BCIS 5090 ( 2610, 3610); DSCI 5010 (3700, 3710). For students not seeking a BS or MS with a major in accounting.

MGMT 5140: Organizational Behavior and Analysis (3 hours)

Research emphasis in organizational behavior stressing organization-people linkages and interrelationships, including selection, orientation and training; job design and reward systems; supervision; formal participation schemes; appraisals and development; organizational structure and design; communications; control; and conflict resolution. Examination of behavioral science methodologies and strategies. Applications to tangential areas of organization theory, development, planning and implications for management and employee relations.

MKTG 5150: Marketing Management (3 hours)

Application of concepts, tools and procedures employed by practicing marketing managers. Specific attention is given to product development and management, promotion development and management, channel selection and management, physical distribution management, and price setting and management. Students acquire skills in the essentials of case analysis and written as well as oral presentation of their analysis. Oral presentations may be made using electronic media. Groups may be required for case work. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 or 5000.

FINA 5170: Financial Management (3 hours)

Tools and techniques used and proposed in corporate financial management. Analysis of the investment and financing decisions and the environment in which such decisions are made are covered in readings, case problems and class discussion. Prerequisite(s): ACCT 5020, FINA 5040, ECON 5000, MATH 1190, BCIS 5090, DSCI 5010, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 5130. Students with 15 credit hours of approved undergraduate finance courses may elect to substitute another 5000-level finance course for this course subject to the approval of the FIREL department masters adviser. DSCI 5180 and ACCT 5130 are recommended.

DSCI 5180: Introduction to Decision Making (3 hours)

Emphasis on model assumptions, applying the correct statistical model and interpreting the results. Topics include simple regression, multiple regression (e.g., qualitative variable coding, model building) and experimental design (e.g., completely randomized design, randomized block design, multi-factor designs). Prerequisite(s): DSCI 5010 or equivalent.

BUSI 5190: Administrative Strategy (3 hours) *Taken last semester only.

Capstone course providing the integration of functional areas of business administration. Requires students to determine policy at the general- or top-management level. Students address strategic organizational problems and the optimization of the total enterprise. Course includes the use of lectures, case analysis and special topics. This course must be taken in the student's last semester of course work.

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