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College of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration

Curriculum

nsu_5640.JPGPrepare to be challenged. The Master of Business Administration program’s broad, integrated curriculum focuses on the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed by effective managers and leaders in a dynamic global business world. The MBA curriculum consists of 24 hours of foundation courses and 33 hours of graduate courses.

FOUNDATION COURSES
The Nicholls State University MBA program is designed to accommodate all undergraduate backgrounds. Foundation courses consist of a series of undergraduate courses required to prepare students without a business degree for graduate-level business courses.

An applicant’s academic background will be assessed to determine if some foundation studies may be waived. Students with undergraduate degrees in business have normally satisfied most, if not all, of these requirements. A minimum grade of C is required in all foundation courses.

Required foundation courses include:

  • ACCT 205 — Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACCT 206 — Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  • ECON 211 — Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 212 — Principles of Macroeconomics
  • FINC 302 — Financial Management
  • MNGT 301 — Management of Organizations and Behavioral Processes
  • MKTG 300 — Marketing
  • QBA 282 — Business Statistics I

GRADUATE COURSES
Graduate coursework consists of 24 semester hours of accounting, business administration, economics, finance, management and marketing courses as well as nine hours of approved electives.

Upon completion of the foundation requirements, a full-time student could reasonably expect to complete the graduate coursework in two years of study, or less. Students may pursue the degree on either a full- or part-time basis. A total of 12 graduate hours is considered to be the maximum regular semester course load (nine hours with an assistantship).

Required graduate courses include:

  • ACCT 500 — Advanced Managerial Accounting
  • BSAD 501 — Business Statistics and Data Processing
  • BSAD 525 — Seminar in Corporate Strategy
  • CIS 501 — Info Systems Managers
  • ECON 500 — Managerial Economics
  • FINC 500 — Seminar in Financial Management
  • MNGT 502 — Organization Theory and Practice
  • MKTG 501 — Marketing Theory and Practice
  • Nine hours of graduate-level electives