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Master of Business Administration
See Business Administration Department for course listings

MBA Program Director, Julie J. Gentry, 575-6137

The Master of Business Administration program is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The MBA degree is directed at students preparing for a professional career. It requires a minimum of 38 graduate credit hours of study for students with an adequate undergraduate background. Students without the necessary academic background may be required to take additional hours prior to enrollment in the MBA program. Two plans of study are offered: the full-time program and the managerial (part-time) program. The full-time program can be finished in one calendar year; the managerial program requires a minimum of twenty-four months of study. The degree is a non-thesis program. See MBA academic dismissal policy.

The lock-step program comprises pre-matriculation preparatory work, a foundations module, two core modules, strategic management, a partnering project (capstone project for managerial program students), and nine hours of approved electives (twelve hours for students in the managerial program) which constitute the concentration area.

Areas of Concentration. The MBA full-time program has four defined areas of concentration in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation, Finance, Global Business, and Strategic Retail Alliances. The student may also create his or her own customized concentration with the approval of the Director of the MBA program.

Prerequisites to Degree Program. Students entering the MBA program are expected to have already mastered basic business concepts in the areas of information technology, quantitative analysis, accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management and business law. Mastery of the aforementioned topics must be demonstrated before entering the core modules. Students entering the managerial (part-time) program must have two years of work experience prior to graduation.

Admission to Degree Program. Students must be admitted to the Graduate School of Business and to the MBA program by the MBA Admissions Committee. Admission to the MBA program is based upon an acceptable Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score, an acceptable grade-point average, recommendations, essays, and related work experience. For specific admission requirements in addition to general admission requirements for the MBA program, write to the MBA Program Director, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

Requirements for the Master of Business Administration Degree, Full time Program:

Summer I

MBAD 5013 Foundations I
MBAD 5023 Foundations II

Fall

MBAD 5112 Corporate Financial Management
MBAD 5122 Accounting Decisions and Control
MBAD 5132 Information, Technology, and Decision Making
MBAD 5212 Leading High Performance Organizations
MBAD 5222 Managing Ideas, Products, and Services
MBAD 5232 Economics of Management and Strategy
MBAD 5511 Focus Topic 1
MBAD 5521 Focus Topic 2

Spring

MBAD 5313 Strategic Management
MBAD 5413 Partnering Project I
MBAD 5423 Partnering Project II
+ One concentration course

Summer II

Two concentration courses

Managerial (part-time) Program

Fall

MBAD 5013 Foundations I
MBAD 5023 Foundations II

Spring

MBAD 5122 Accounting Decisions and Control
MBAD 5212 Leading High Performance Organizations
MBAD 5232 Economics of Management and Strategy
MBAD 5511 Focus Topic 1

Fall

MBAD 5112 Corporate Financial Management
MBAD 5132 Information, Technology, and Decision Making
MBAD 5222 Managing Ideas, Products, and Services
MBAD 5521 Focus Topic 2

Spring

MBAD 5313 Strategic Management
MBAD 5433 Capstone Project

Summers and/or Third Year
12 hours of electives

Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation Required:

MGMT 5323 New Venture Development and Small Business Management
Choose 6-9 hours from the following:
MGMT 5363 Strategic Innovation
MGMT 5993 Entrepreneurship Practicum
TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems
MKTT 5433 Consumer and Market Research
FINN 5633 Financial Institutions

Strategic Retail Alliances Required:

MKTT 5333 Retailing Strategy and Processes
Choose 6-9 hours from the following:
MKTT 5433 Consumer and Market Research
MKTT 5533 Strategic Category Management
TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems
FINN 5703 Multinational Business Finance

Global Business Required:

ECON 5853 International Economics Policy
Choose 6 hours from the following:
• Study abroad (6 hours + 6 hours for language proficiency, if needed)
• International internship

Finance Required:

FINN 5333 Investment Theory and Management
Choose 6-9 hours from the following:
FINN 5633 Financial Institutions
FINN 5703 Multinational Business Finance
ECON 5853 International Economics Policy

Customized Concentration

Choose 9 hours (12 hours for managerial program) from the following:
• Any WCBA course, 5000 level or above
• Any approved course, 5000 level or above outside WCBA

MBA/JD Program

For students interested in obtaining both the MBA and JD (law) degrees, the MBA/JD dual degree program is available. This program allows the student to receive both the MBA degree and the JD degree. The program requires separate application and admission to both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business and the MBA degree

program. Students participating in the MBA/JD program must file a degree plan for both degrees and obtain approval prior to tak
ing elective courses to be used for reciprocal credit. Interested students should obtain bulletins and applications from both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business.