Objectives

To prepare professionals with:

oral and written communication knowledge and skills for business;

critical thinking and analytical skills for solving business problems;

tools for ethical decision-making, ethical corporate governance and corporate social responsibility;

knowledge of international and cross-cultural issues in a globally integrated business environment;

core business knowledge and skills;

strategic and innovative thinking skills.

Admission Requirements
Applicants must be graduates of regionally accredited colleges and universities, and have achieved grades and GMAT scores indicating an aptitude for advanced study in business. International applicants must submit official TOEFL scores.

Applicants must have:

Program Requirements
The MBA program is innovative, applied and global with an emphasis on corporate ethics. The program requires 54 credit hours: 18 hours of foundation courses; 18 hours of Core/Cross Functional courses; and 18 hours of electives (6 hours restricted electives and 12 hours of general electives). MBA candidates may also specialize in one of ten areas of specialization (the specialization courses are taken in lieu of the general elective courses).

Transfer Credit
A maximum of six credit hours from a previous Master’s degree may be transferred to the core MBA program.

Advisor Information:

Michelle Henry
404 Owen Building
734.487.4444
cob.graduate@emich.edu

Beste Windes
473 Owen Building
734.487.4444
bwindes@emich.edu

Foundation: 18 hours

Students must complete course work in each of the following foundation areas or have acceptable undergraduate equivalents, in which case the course may be waived.

• ACC 501 - Accounting Principles 3 hrs
• DS 501 - Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business 3 hrs
• ECON 500 - Foundations of Economics Analysis 3 hrs
• FIN 502 - Financial Principles 3 hrs
• MGMT 505 - Organizational Theory and Behavior 3 hrs
• MKTG 510 - Marketing Management 3 hrs

MBA Core Skills/Cross Functional Courses: 18 hours

• ACC 605 - Strategic Information and Control Systems 3 hrs
• FIN 620 - Financial Administration Policies 3 hrs
• IB 610 - Globalization and Business Environment 3 hrs
• MGMT 604 - Strategic Communication and Ethical Decision-Making 3 hrs
• MGMT 696 - Strategic Management 3 hrs
• MKTG 610 - Marketing Policies and Problems 3 hrs

Restricted Electives: 6 hours

Choose one course from each of the following areas:

Innovation

One course from the following:

• IS 605 - Business Innovation and Information Technology 3 hrs
• IS 650 - Enterprise Resource Planning 3 hrs
• MGMT 600 - Leading Innovation and Change 3 hrs
• MGMT 603 - Corporate Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Technology Commercialization 3 hrs
• MKTG 655 - Strategic Brand Management 3 hrs
• OM 600 - Integrated Operations Management 3 hrs
• SCM 611 - Supply Chain Management 3 hrs

Analytical Skills

One course from the following:

• ACC 642 - Strategic Cost Management 3 hrs
• DS 602 - Business Research Methods 3 hrs
• DS 605 - Economics of Strategy 3 hrs
• IS 662 - Business Intelligence 3 hrs
• MGMT 610 - Diagnostic Techniques and Research Methods 3 hrs
• MKTG 645 - Database Marketing 3 hrs

Elective Courses for General M.B.A.: 12 hours

Students choosing the general MBA will select four advisor-approved electives from any 500 or 600-level courses offered within the College of Business. At least one of the four courses must be a 600-level course, and no more than two Independent Studies (699) or Special Topics (592/681) courses may be taken.

MBA with Specialization in an Area: 12-15 hrs

Specializations may be pursued in lieu of the Elective Courses for General M.B.A.  Specializations are offered in the ten areas listed below. The area of specialization is noted on the student’s transcript. The assistant dean or department heads must approve any course substitutions. These specialization options have program codes associated with them that differ from the general MBA. Therefore students wishing to change from one program to another (e.g., general MBA to MBA in supply chain management or vice versa) must submit a program change form to the Graduate Business Programs Office so that a new program of study can be issued.

Specializations offered:

E-Business (12 hrs)
Enterprise Business Intelligence (12 hrs)
Entrepreneurship (12 hrs)
Finance (12 hrs)
Human Resource Management (12 hrs)
Internal Auditing (12 hrs)
International Business (15 hrs)
Management (12 hrs)
Marketing (12 hrs)
Nonprofit Management (12 hrs)
Supply Chain Management (15 hrs)

Finance (FIN): 12 hours

Choose four courses from the following:

• FIN 540 - International Finance 3 hrs
• FIN 615 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3 hrs
• FIN 625 - Securities Analysis 3 hrs
• FIN 660 - Advanced Financial Management 3 hrs
• FIN 670 - Risk Management with Derivatives 3 hrs
• FIN 699 - Independent Study 3 hrs

One course from the following:

• ECON 508 - International Trade 3 hrs
• ECON 509 - International Monetary Economics 3 hrs
• ECON 699 - Independent Study 3 hrs

Management (MGMT): 12 hours

• MGMT 613 - Leadership in Business Organizations: Theory and Practice 3 hrs

For More Information

The College of Business
Graduate Programs Office
Eastern Michigan University
404 Owen Building
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.4444 | Fax: 734.483.1316
cob.graduate@emich.edu