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Pre-MBA Courses  

Students will be placed in one, two or three of these courses depending on a combination of factors, including undergraduate degree work, work experience and GMAT score.  (See Pre-MBA Course Section)

MBA 501        Business and Organizational Foundations I
MBA 502        Business and Organizational Foundations II
MBA 503        Business Math and Statistics (4 credits)

Foundation Courses 

Required for all SAU MBA Students:

MBA 603        Statistical Applications in Discipline (1 credit)
MBA 605        Integrative Organizational Theories and Business Systems
MBA 610        The Environment of Business
MBA 670        Operations Management
MBA 800        Strategic Management

Breadth Courses

Depending on a student’s academic background, a more advanced course in the same area may be substituted for some of these courses. (See Advanced Breadth Course Section)

MBA 606        Accounting for Managers
MBA 621        Human Behavior in Organizations
MBA 626        Managerial Economics
MBA 675        Financial Management
MBA 680        Marketing Management

Mission-oriented Courses

Required for all SAU MBA students:

MBA 615        Ethical and Social Responsibility of Business
MBA 690        Leadership Through People Skills***
MBA 801        Organizational Project

Electives (9 credit hours)

These courses are at the discretion of the student, with the approval of the advisor. Three individual career needs courses are mandatory in the MBA Program and may be selected from the list found in this catalog.

Many students opt for the MBA consisting of 16 courses (46 semester credit hours). There are also seven concentrations (Finance, Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, International Management, Not-for-Profit Management and Health Care Administration) offered at the main campus. Each concentration requires from four to five courses. Often, students electing a concentration fulfill their three electives by taking three of the required concentration courses. The additional one or two required course(s) for the specific concentration are taken beyond the 46 semester credit hours for the degree. Concentration courses are available on the main campus in Davenport, Iowa and in the satellites if sufficient demand warrants. Many of these courses are also available as on-line classes.