Students who wish to develop a specific foundation to pursue their desired career objective may tailor the MBA program to meet specific requirements of certain industries, positions, or business sectors. Such preparation in the MBA program may be accomplished via targeting the nine (9) semester credit hours of elective courses to enhance a student’s skill set within a specific field of study.
Cybersecurity
The MBA concentration in Cybersecurity is designed to prepare for students for the realities of today's Cyber Society. Students will learn to recognize retail organizational vulnerabilities and threats and to evaluate risk for conducting business in this environment. Students will also learn how to defend their retail organizations from these threats and to protect critical organizational infrastructure and information. Relevant courses might include:
COSC 5341: Cybersecurity,
COSC 5342: Cybersecurity Management, and
COSC 5364: Cyber Risk Analysis.
Executive Health Care Management
The Executive MBA in Health Care Management Program provides industry specific knowledge in the fundamental areas of business with topics related to the healthcare profession. This program concentration is delivered in an Executive format and is taught in a face-to-face cohort setting. Applicants are required to have a minimum 3 years of managerial experience. The Executive Program concentration includes the MBA Core and elective courses.
Health Care Management
The MBA Health Care Management specific program is designed to provide students with industry relevant knowledge in the fundamental areas of the health care profession. The industry specific concentration develops skills relevant to the health care profession and provides exposure to contemporary issues in health care. Applicants with three or more years of extensive health care work experience can request to have the GMAT requirement waived by the Graduate Advisor. Relevant courses might include: MARK 5370, Healthcare Marketing for Contemporary Society, MANA 5361, Introduction to the American Healthcare System, and MANA 5375, Special Topics in Health Management.
Internal Assurance and Consulting Services
The Internal Assurance and Consulting Services specialization provides students with the skills and knowledge to evaluate risk management and control systems. Topics covered include internal audit, fraud detection and prevention and enterprise and information systems risk management. Those who complete this specialization may have an interest in becoming Certified Internal Auditors. Relevant courses include
ACCT 5368: Internal Auditing,
ACCT 5372: Fraud Examination and
COSC 5364: Cyber Risk Analysis.
Lean Six Sigma
The MBA concentration Lean Six Sigma is designed to provide students the expertise in identifying waste in an organization as well as reducing variation. The course work emphasizes continuous improvement skills and techniques utilized in manufacturing, healthcare, and office environments. Relevant courses might include:
TECH 5310: Six Sigma Quality,
TECH 5335: Lean Management, and
TECH 5366: Value Stream Management.
Marketing
The MBA concentration in Marketing is designed to provide students with relevant knowledge in Marketing, particularly in the services industry. Relevant courses might include: MARK 5360: Advanced Service Marketing, MARK 5370: Healthcare Marketing for Contemporary Society, and MARK 5375: Special Topics in Marketing.
Oil, Gas and Energy Industry Specialization
Graduates with a specialization in oil, gas and energy accounting are of interest to firms in the energy industry, accounting firms that specialize in energy accounting and many organizations associated with the energy industry. Students interested in this area should consider taking ACCT 5376: Oil, Gas and Energy Accounting I, ACCT 5377: Oil, Gas and Energy Accounting II, and FINA 5355: Oil, Gas and Energy Finance.
Project Management
The MBA concentration in Project Management is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques utilized to meet project requirements. The concentration follows the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) so individuals will be prepared to take the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or the Project Management Professional (PMP) exams to be certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Relevant courses might include:
TECH 5331: Project Management,
TECH 5320: Total Quality Management, and
COSC 5348: Information Systems Project Management.
Quality Management
Individuals with specializations in quality management are attractive across a broad spectrum of industries and in both the service and manufacturing sectors of the economy. Students interested in this area of specialization should select courses from across the university that focus on quality issues, and should consider taking TECH 5310: Six Sigma Quality, TECH 5320: Total Quality Management, and TECH 5335: Lean Management.
Organizational Development
Students interested in careers in Organizational Development are likely to find positions as internal consultants to large organizations, with professional consulting firms, or with business consulting services associated with management development and accounting firms. Students interested in this area should consider enrolling in HRD 5352: Organizational Development, HRD 5344: Conflict Resolution, HRD 5343: Foundations of HRD.
Engineering Management
The MBA concentration in Engineering Management consists of three courses (9 hrs.) and is designed to provide students with relevant business knowledge in Engineering. The course offerings are structured such that a student could complete the concentration in either face to face or on-line offerings. The courses are arranged as follows:
Required Course
This course will be required of all students, regardless of their chosen competency area.
Electives
The electives are arranged in four competency areas and students will be allowed to pick their area:
Civil Engineering Technical Competency Area
Pick two (6 hrs.):
Engineering Mechanics Technical Competency Area
Electrical Engineering Technical Competency Area
Pick two (6 hrs.):
| EENG 5301 | Wireless Communications and Networks | |
| EENG 5340 | Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering | |
Select from:
EENG 5340 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering: Pattern Recognition
EENG 5340 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering: Electric Power Transmission and Distribution
EENG 5340 Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering: Reliability Analysis
Mechanical Engineering Technical Competency Area
(
MENG 5340 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering - Vibrations)