The business fundamental courses are waived if the applicant has earned a bachelor’s degree in
business from an AACSB-International accredited school within the last five years with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and earned a C or better in each of the undergraduate course equivalents. If the applicant graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from an AACSB International-accredited institution, the applicant will also be required to include any missing courses as part of the M.B.A. fundamentals. If the applicant did not attend an AACSB–International accredited school or has lower than a 3.0 cumulative GPA, an M.B.A. adviser will evaluate each undergraduate course equivalent and waive those courses where a B or better was earned. Courses being considered for waivers must have been taken within the past 10 years, and the student must have graduated within the past five years.
Undergraduate Courses
ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting and Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 credits and 202 each) or equivalents
ECON 200 The Economic Way of Thinking (3) (or 6 credits of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics) FIN 331 Financial Management (3)
MGMT 339 Process and Operations Management (3) MKTG 301 Marketing Management (3)
OPRE 201 Introduction to Business Statistics (3) Graduate Core/Preparatory Courses
OPRE 504 Data Analysis and Decisions (3) ACCT 504 Introduction to Accounting (3) ECON 504 Economics (3)
FIN 504 Financial Management (3)
MGMT 506 Operations and Supply Chain Management (3) MKTG 504 Marketing Management (3)
Degree Requirements
The M.B.A. program requires the completion of the fundamental courses (18 credits), integrated core courses (24 credits) and electives (12 credits), as indicated below:
64 Fundamental Courses (18 credits)
OPRE 504 Data Analysis and Decisions (3) ACCT 504 Introduction to Accounting (3) ECON 504 Economics (3)
FIN 504 Financial Management (3)
MGMT 506 Operations and Supply Chain Management (3) MKTG 504 Marketing Management (3)
Integrated Core Courses (24 credits) MGMT 600 Leading and Managing People (3) ACCT 640 Accounting for Managerial Decisions (3)
ECON 640 Economics, Public Policy, and Corporate Social Responsibility (3) FIN 640 Financial Analysis and Strategy (3)
INSS 640 Information Technology for Business Transformation (3) MKTG 640 Strategic Marketing in a Global Economy (3)
MGMT 660 Project Management (3)
MGMT 700 Strategic Management in a Global Environment (3) Electives (12 credits)
Electives are 600- to 700-level business courses. Specializations consist of four 3-credit courses.
Students may choose the general business specialization and select any four electives crossing business disciplines to stimulate their intellectual curiosity and/or to best match their career goals. To address a specific business interest, students may choose to earn the M.B.A. degree with a defined specialization.
The specializations are listed below.
SPECIALIZATION IN BUSINESS SECURITY
This specialization represents an emerging area of business. The Internet age is creating borderless organizations in the 21st century. This is allowing organizations to do business across international borders—all of which are creating security problems for organizations. Managers need to understand the principles and issues in business and organizational security management.
Required Courses (12 credits)
INSS 740 Introduction to Security Management (3) MGMT 770 Planning, Prevention and Risk Management (3) Elective Courses (choose two)
ACCT 601 Forensic Accounting Principles (3) INSS 738 Advanced Database Systems (3) INSS 741 Information Security Management (3) INSS 742 Data Mining for Strategic Advantage (3) INSS 784 Project Management (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The entrepreneurship specialization prepares students to start and manage all types of ventures. As part of this specialization, students can partner with high-technology inventors to work on real-life products.
Courses stress creativity, feasibility analysis, marketing, financing and intellectual property.
Required Courses (12 credits)
ENTR 700 Creating and Managing an Enterprise (3) MKTG 762 Market Opportunity Analysis (3)
ENTR 795 Entrepreneurship Practicum (3) Choose one course from the following:
FIN 760 Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (3) FIN 770 Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital (3) MGMT 710 Human Resource and Compensation Management (3)
65 MGMT 732 Leadership: Self-Organization in the Firm (3)
MGMT 760 Organizational Creativity and Innovation (3) SPECIALIZATION IN FINANCE
The finance specialization offers students many opportunities to learn about the financial management of a business, valuing investments in securities and other assets, and the general structure and functioning of financial institutions and markets. After completing FIN 705: Financial Analysis and Forecasting, students can choose courses enabling them to complete either a general finance specialization or a specialization focusing on corporate finance, investment management or financial institutions.
Required Courses (12 credits)
FIN 705 Financial Analysis and Forecasting (3) Choose three of the following:
ECON 650 Business Economics (3)
FIN 704 Financial Markets and Institutions (3) FIN 715 Security Analysis (3)
FIN 720 International Finance (3)
FIN 725 Derivatives and Risk Management (3) FIN 735 Portfolio Management (3)
FIN 745 Derivative Instruments (3) FIN 750 Real Estate Investment (3)
FIN 760 Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (3) FIN 770 New Venture Financing (3)
FIN 780 Corporate Valuation and Restructuring (3) FIN 797 Special Topics in Finance (3)
Note: Other courses may be added at the discretion of the Division of Economics, Finance and Management Science faculty.
SPECIALIZATION IN HEALTH-CARE MANAGEMENT
This specialization is designed to enable health-care professionals to advance their careers by strengthening their credentials as health-care managers, administrators and consultants. The Health-Care Management specialization provides a sound basis in the latest business practices and gives professionals the opportunity to develop skills necessary for leadership in the health-care field.
Select four courses from the following (12 credits)*:
ECON 765 The Health Services System (3)
HSMG 630 The Legal Environment of Health-Care Management (3)
HSMG 650 Quantitative Management Methods for Decisions in Health Services (3) HSMG 691 Health Planning and Program Evaluation (3)
HMSG 697 Health Insurance and Prepaid Health Care (3)
PUAD 750 Health-Care Systems, Organization and Management (3) PUAD 751 Policy Issues in Health Care (3)
PUAD 752 Special Topics in Public Health Administration (3) PUAD 755 Health Administration (3)
PUAD 756 Managed-Care Administration (3)
PUAD 757 Strategic Management for Health Care (3)
* Other applicable health-care management courses may be available.
SPECIALIZATION IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
This specialization is designed for students who wish to focus on the selection, motivation and development of human resources in business, government and nonprofit organizations. Building on a broad understanding of human resources, students will study the field from the point of view of the managerial decision-maker.
66 Required Courses (12 credits)
MGMT 710 Human Resource and Compensation Management (3) MGMT 712 Employment Law and the Human Resource Manager (3)
Choose two courses from the following:
MGMT 650 Research for Strategic Human-Resource Management Decisions (3) MGMT 725 Labor Relations and Conflict Management (3)
MGMT 731 Leadership Seminar (3)
MGMT 732 Leadership: Self-Organization in the Firm (3) MGMT 780 International Management (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
This specialization develops managers and business leaders for rewarding careers in international businesses, government agencies and multicultural organizations. Students gain a theoretical basis for understanding key aspects of international management as applied to both small companies and multinational corporations. Courses emphasize human relations skills, such as cross-cultural
communication and negotiations, and technical skills, such as those required for the strategic operation of global organizations.
Required Courses (12 credits) MGMT 780 Leading Across Cultures MGMT 781 International Business Strategy
Choose two courses from the following:
FIN 720 International Finance (3)
INSS 765 E-Commerce Technologies and Applications (3) MGMT 757 E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management (3) MGMT 796 Global Business Practicum (3)
MKTG 760 Global Marketing Management (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
This specialization complements the cross-functional courses of the UB/Towson M.B.A. program. The three required courses contain timeless ideas influencing how students view leadership, management and professional development. Courses provide a unique perspective on leadership, including theory, essential skills, an understanding of evolving organizational forms, and organizational learning and transformation.
Required Courses (12 credits)
MGMT 730 Leadership, Learning and Change (3) MGMT 731 Leadership Seminar (3)
MGMT 732 Leadership: Self-Organization in the Firm (3) Choose one course from the following:
MGMT 710 Human Resource and Compensation Management (3) MGMT 760 Organizational Creativity and Innovation (3)
MKTG 760 Global Marketing Management (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The MIS specialization is designed to help develop business managers who understand the strategic value of IT and who can conceptualize and utilize IT solutions for business problems. The program provides a broad exposure to the IT concepts and functions found in most commercial organizations today.
67 Required Courses (12 credits)
INSS 650 Networking and Telecommunications (3) INSS 651 Database Management Systems (3) INSS 671 Systems Analysis (3)
Choose one course from the following:
INSS 701 Internet Development for Business (3)
INSS 737 Strategic Management of Information Technology (3) INSS 738 Advanced Database Systems (3)
INSS 739 Systems Architecture (3) INSS 751 Operating Systems (3)
INSS 752 Web Server Management and CGI Programming (3) INSS 753 Internet and Network Security (3)
INSS 765 E-Commerce Technologies and Applications (3) INSS 784 Project Management (3)
MGMT 757 E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management (3) SPECIALIZATION IN MARKETING
This specialization provides knowledge of applications and in-depth analysis in preparation for careers in marketing management, product management, strategic planning and marketing entrepreneurship. The expertise and skills acquired are designed for lifelong value in domestic or international marketing.
Required Courses (12 credits) Select any four of the following:
MKTG 742 Social, Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing (3) MKTG 755 Integrated Marketing Communications (3) MKTG 760 Global Marketing Management (3) MKTG 762 Market Opportunity Analysis (3)
MKTG 770 Product and Brand Development and Management (3) MKTG 775 Customer Analysis and Relationship Management (3) MKTG 780 Market Information and Research (3)
MKTG 796 Marketing Practicum (3)
MGMT 757 E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management (3) MGMT 780 Leading Across Cultures (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN SPORT MANAGEMENT
The Sport Management specialization offers students a wide range of sport-specific courses that prepare them to be leaders in the 21st-century global sports industry. In these courses, students are practically and theoretically engaged with the ongoing challenges and complexities of sport as a unique part of our society. Graduates from this program will be proficient in putting the latest trends into practice. Students will also be agents of change—capable of interrogating, understanding and pushing the boundaries of the economic, political and cultural context within which contemporary sport business takes place.
Required Courses (12 credits)
MGMT 741 Sport in the Global Marketplace (3) MGMT 742 Social and Ethical Issues in Sport (3) Choose at least one of the following:
ECON 741 Sports Economics (3) MKTG 745 Strategic Sport Marketing (3) Choose no more than one of the following:
FIN 705 Financial Analysis and Forecasting (3)
MGMT 710 Human Resource and Compensation Management (3) MGMT 725 Labor Relations and Conflict Management (3)
MGMT 730 Leadership, Learning and Change (3) MGMT 797 Special Topics in Management (3)
68 MGMT 799 Independent Study/Individual Research (3)
MKTG 762 Market Opportunity Analysis (3) MKTG 780 Market Information and Research (3)
SPECIALIZATION IN SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
The sustainability management specialization emphasizes value creation, assessment and enhancement.
Central to the sustainability framework is the requirement for managers to inspire innovative approaches to business reinvention, to effectively manage stakeholders and to build coalitions for change. Under the emerging 21st century model, corporate sustainability represents a business paradigm shift from
traditional approaches to management.
Required Courses (12 credits)
MGMT 745 Managing the Sustainable Enterprise (3) Select any three from the following:
ACCT 780 Sustainability Accounting (3)
FIN 760 Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (3) MGMT 757 E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management (3) MKTG 742 Social, Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing (3)
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/JURIS DOCTORATE (M.B.A./J.D.)
Ray Frederick, academic programs coordinator
With society becoming increasingly complex, the administration of private and public business enterprises requires greater interaction with the legal system. Concurrent with this development, there is an
increasing need for lawyers who are fully trained in administration and management. The inclusion of study in a complementary discipline has become an integral component of modern graduate and law schools.
In recognition of this interdisciplinary need, the UB/Towson M.B.A. program offers a combined degree program that is offered through both the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland School of Law, leading to both the J.D. and the M.B.A. The program is designed to offer students the most relevant courses in a sequence that most effectively utilizes the relation inherent between these courses in the two schools.
The M.B.A./J.D. program allows a student to obtain M.B.A. and J.D. degrees in an integrated sequence of courses over a three- to four-year period. The law schools will transfer 9 credits of required M.B.A. courses as law electives. The M.B.A. program will transfer 9 credits of law electives as M.B.A.
electives.