Columbia College

Master of Business Administration Degree

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offers a balance of theory and practice. The mission of the MBA program is to prepare working adults in the early stages of their careers in small or middlesized organizations with the knowledge, skills, and personal characteristics that will enhance performance in their present occupation, and prepare them for advancement to upper-level management in the future.

A principal strategy for achievement of this overall goal is to employ a balanced educational approach that includes a rich mixture of business theory and practice. The MBA program complements management development activities which, in combination, prepare working adults for advancement within an organization. To this end, the MBA program enhances career opportunities in the management of business firms or other formally organized enterprises. Therefore, the program centers on a professional approach which balances business theory with practice in the search for knowledge, skills, and methodologies that are useful in formulating strategies for the future in an uncertain and often turbulent business environment.

Degree requirements include common core courses and integrate foundation courses for a minimum of 36 semester hours. It is recommended that the foundation courses must be among the first 18 hours of course work in the MBA program.

The Accounting Track of the MBA program is designed for those candidates who wish to prepare for a professional career in accounting and/or sit for the CPA exam. An undergraduate degree in accounting, or equivalent coursework, is required as a prerequisite.

The emphasis in Human Resource Management of the MBA program is designed for those candidates who wish to prepare for a professional career in Human Resource Management.

Department

Business Administration Department

Degree Requirements

A.	Required Graduate Foundation Courses			12 sem. hrs
	BUSI 508		Decision Science for Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 510		Managerial Economics	3 hrs
	BUSI 562		Managerial Accounting	3 hrs
	BUSI 570		Managerial Finance	3 hrs
B.	Required Graduate Core Courses			24 sem. hrs
	BUSI 502		Information Systems for Management	3 hrs
	BUSI 504		Business Communication Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 506		Legal and Ethical Environment for Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 522		Organizational Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 526		(MSCJ 526) Human Resource Management and Theory	3 hrs
	BUSI 528		International Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 544		Marketing Strategy	3 hrs
	BUSI 595		Strategic Management (Capstone Course*)	3 hrs
C.	Master of Business Administration - Accounting
	Required Graduate Foundation Courses			9 hrs
	BUSI 508		Decision Science for Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 510		Managerial Economics	3 hrs
	BUSI 570		Managerial Finance	3 hrs
	Total			9 hrs
	Required Graduate Core Courses			21 hrs
	BUSI 502		Information Systems for Management	3 hrs
	BUSI 506		Legal and Ethical Environment for Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 581		Federal Income Tax - Corporations	3 hrs
	BUSI 584		Intermediate Accounting III	3 hrs
	BUSI 585		Fund and Governmental Accounting	3 hrs
	BUSI 588		Advanced Accounting	3 hrs
	BUSI 590		Integrative Accounting Seminar (Capstone Course)	3 hrs
	Total			21 hrs
	Elective Graduate Courses			6 hrs
	BUSI 504		Business Communication Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 522		Organizational Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 526		Human Resource Management and Theory	3 hrs
	BUSI 528		International Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 530		Employment Law	3 hrs
	BUSI 531		Organizational Training and Development	3 hrs
	BUSI 534		Compensation and Benefits	3 hrs
	BUSI 535		Recruitment, Selection, and Placement	3 hrs
	BUSI 544		Marketing Strategy	3 hrs
D.	Master of Business Administration - Human Resource Management
	Required Graduate Foundation Courses			12 hrs
	BUSI 508		Decision Science for Business	3 hrs
	BUSI 510		Managerial Economics	3 hrs
	BUSI 562		Managerial Accounting	3 hrs
	BUSI 570		Managerial Finance	3 hrs
	Total			12 hrs
	Required Graduate Core Courses			15 hrs
	BUSI 502		Information Systems for Management	3 hrs
	BUSI 504		Business Communication Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 522		Organizational Theory and Practice	3 hrs
	BUSI 526		Human Resource Management and Theory	3 hrs
	BUSI 595		Strategic Management (Capstone Course)	3 hrs
	Total			15 hrs
	Required Human Resource Management Emphasis Course			3 hrs
	BUSI 530		Employment Law	3 hrs
	Elective Human Resource Management Emphasis Courses			6 hrs
	BUSI 531		Organizational Training and Development	3 hrs
	BUSI 534		Compensation and Benefits	3 hrs
	BUSI 535		Recruitment, Selection, and Placement	3 hrs

*The capstone course is required of students as the culminating experience for the MBA Program, and students must have completed thirty hours in the MBA program before enrolling in this course. Students must earn a B or higher in this course in order to graduate.
*Additional Requirements for Accounting: In addition to the five course prerequisites for the general MBA, admission to the Accounting track requires the following undergraduate accounting prerequisites: ACCT 382 Intermediate Accounting I, ACCT 383 Intermediate Accounting II, ACCT 386 Cost and Managerial Accounting, ACCT 381 Federal Income Tax - Individuals, ACCT 385 Accounting Information Systems, and ACCT 489 Auditing I. Students who have taken ACCT 384 Intermediate Accounting III, ACCT 485 Fund and Governmental Accounting, ACCT 488 Advanced Financial Accounting or ACCT 481 Federal Income Tax - Corporations as undergraduates may substitute those courses for BUSI 584, 585, 588, and 581 and take additional graduate-level BUSI courses as electives, except for BUSI 562, which is only for students not in the accounting track.

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