Two Year Curriculum Sequence 

Students in the Distance MBA can choose to complete the program in 21 months or four years.  If you start in the spring, it will take two and a half years to complete the program. The average program completion is 3.3 years; your MBA advisors will help you find a program plan that will work with your professional and personal schedule.

  
Year 1 - Fall Start
Fall Semester
• Weeks 1-16: BUS 615 - Accounting (4 credits)

• Pre-Term Tutorial: BUS 690B - Accounting(1 credit)
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 620 - Leadership, Ethics and Motivation (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 621 - Business Decision Tools (2 credits)

 
Spring Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 601 - Business Decision Making (2 credits) 

                  and BUS 630 - Information Management (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 625 - Organizational Communication (2 credits)

                  and BUS 650 - Supply Chain Management (2 credits)

 
Summer Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 616 - Financial Statements and Analysis (2 credits)

                  and BUS 635 - Business Economics for the World Market (2 credits)
 

Year 2
Fall Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 640 - Financial Principles and Practice (2 credits)

                  and BUS 655 - Marketing Management (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 641 - Financial Markets and Investments (2 credits)

                  and BUS 656 - Marketing Strategy ad Planning (2 credits)


Spring Semester
• Weeks 1-16: BUS 665 - Strategic Management (4 credits)
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 660 - Ethical, Legal, and Regulatry Issues (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 662 - International Business (2 credits)

 

BUS690 elective courses will total 4 credits and may be taken throughout the program. In the pre-term before BUS615-Accounting, all students are required to successfully complete BUS690B-Accounting Tutorial.  This 1-credit tutorial is part of the four required credits from BUS690 courses.


Year 1 - Spring Start
Spring Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 601 - Business Decision Making (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 625 - Organization Communication (2 credits)


Summer Semester
• Open


Fall Semester
• Weeks 1-16: BUS 615 - Accounting (4 credits)
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 620 - Leadership, Ethics, and Motivation (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 621 - Business Decision Tools (2 credits)

 
Year 2
Spring Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 630 - Information Management (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 650 - Supply Chain Management (2 credits)


Summer Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 616 - Financial Statements and Analysis (2 credits)

                   and BUS 635 - Business Economics in the World Market (2 credits)

 
Fall Semester
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 640 - Financial Principles and Practice (2 credits)

                  and BUS 655 - Marketing Management (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 641 - Financial Markets and Investments (2 credits)

                  and BUS 656 - Marketing Strategy and Planning (2 credits)

 
Year 2.5
Spring Semester
Weeks 1-8
• Weeks 1-16: BUS 665 - Strategic Management (4 credits)
• Weeks 1-8: BUS 660 - Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Issues (2 credits)
• Weeks 9-16: BUS 662 - International Business (2 credits)

 

BUS690 elective courses will total 4 credits and may be taken throughout the program. In the pre-term before BUS615-Accounting, all students are required to successfully complete BUS690B-Accounting Tutorial.  This 1-credit tutorial is part of the four required credits from BUS690 courses.

 
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