Public Administration
The concentration in Public Administration is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for successful careers in public and nonprofit administration.
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)
Public Sector Management (3 credits)
Economics for Business (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.
Core Courses (24 credits)
These eight courses (3 credits each), combined with the foundation courses, provide a common core of knowledge that all MBA students need:
MBUS 501A Organization Theory and Design (3 credits)
MBUS 518 Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector (3 credits)
MBUS 523 Marketing Strategy (3 credits)
MBUS 525 Visionary Leadership (3 credits)
MBUS 529 Quantitative Business Modeling (3 credits)
MBUS 548 Managerial Economics (3 credits)
MBUS 595 Strategic Management (3 credits)
MMIS 500 Management Information Systems (3 credits)
Concentration Courses (12 credits)
Students choose four of the following courses to fulfill concentration requirements:
Required:
MBUS 527 Legal and Regulatory Environment of Public Administration (3 credits)
MBUS 584 Policy Development, Analysis, and Implementation (3 credits)
Two courses from the following:
ACCT 565 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (3 credits)
MBUS 516 Project Management (3 credits)
MBUS 517 Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
MBUS 526 Organizational Change and Transformation (3 credits)
MBUS 528 Personnel Administration in the Public Sector (3 credits)
MBUS 535 Negotiation and Persuasion (3 credits)
MBUS 537 Contracting for Managers (3 credits)
MBUS 542 Intergovernmental Relations (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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