Management Technology

The Management Technology concentration is appropriate for both information technology and business professionals who want to deepen their technical knowledge and develop their management skills. The concentration provides an in-depth knowledge in the functional areas of business and applicable management technology from both operational and strategic perspectives.

 

Program Structure
(Effective for Academic Catalog Years Fall 2007 through Fall 2009)

 

Foundation Courses (1-25 credits)*

These are undergraduate courses that ensure that you have the skills necessary to be successful in a graduate business program. They cover:

Accounting for Managers (3 credits)
Business Legal Environment (3 credits)
Statistics for Managers (3 credits)
Economics for Business (3 credits)
The Management Process (3 credits)
Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
Introduction to the MBA Program (1 credit)
Marketing for Managers (3 credits)
Production/Operations Management (3 credits)

*Any or all may be waived through a variety of means:

• Completion of comparable coursework from a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of "B" or higher, and completed within the last ten years from date of admission to the MBA program;
• Successfully passing an examination addressing the course content. A foundation course may be challenged by exam only one time.
  • CLEP Exam OR
  • Faculty-developed exam, administered at discretion of business faculty.

Introduction to the MBA Program (1 credit) is not waivable.

Foundation courses are offered through our undergraduate Bachelor of Professional Studies program.

It is the responsibility of the MBA applicant to demonstrate why/how a foundation course should be waived.

Note: Students admitted fall 2007 or later must complete all foundation courses before enrolling in graduate courses, with the exception of MBUS 501A and MMIS 500. Any student who earns a grade below C in a foundation course taken at the University must retake the course and earn a C or higher.

Note: After admission to the MBA program, CLEP and DANTES exams may not be used to satisfy MBA foundation course requirements without prior approval of the program director. Students who complete a post-baccalaureate or graduate business certificate and are later admitted to the MBA program must complete any remaining foundation courses prior to taking additional graduate level courses.

Concentration Courses (12 credits)

Students choose four of the following courses to fulfill concentration requirements:

MBUS 550 Computer-Based Decision Support Systems (3 credits)
MBUS 554 Management Risk Analysis with Computer Simulations (3 credits)
MBUS 555 Knowledge Management Systems (3 credits)
MMIS 505 Information Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
MMIS 515 Information Technology Project Management (3 credits)
MMIS 531 Managing and Leading the Information Technology Workforce (3 credits)
MMIS 532 Enterprising Information Systems (3 credits)
MMIS 533 Management of Information Technology Outsourcing (3 credits)
MMIS 534 Business Database Systems (3 credits)
MMIS 535 Strategic Management of Information Systems and Innovation (3 credits)
MBUS/ MMIS/ INDT 558 Legal and Regulatory Environments of Technology Management and Emerging Technologies

Advising Guide - Effective Academic Catalog Years Fall 2007 through Fall 2009

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