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Professional MBA (PMBA)

The Professional MBA Program (PMBA) is designed to meet the needs of working professionals by offering an MBA curriculum in a flexible part-time evening class format (8 credit hours or less per semester) to students who have five years of full-time professional work experience. The program features a leadership development program and a capstone strategic management project designed specifically to meet the career needs of working professionals interested in taking their career to the next level.

Degree Requirements

Business Essentials Courses

ACC 500Essentials of Financial Accounting

2
ACC 501Essentials of Managerial Accounting

2
ECO 500Microeconomics for Managers

2
ECO 501Macroeconomics for Managers

2
FIN 500Foundations of Finance

2
MKT 500Introduction to Marketing

2
QMB 500Statistics for Decision Makers

4
Total Credit Hours:16
All Business Essential requirements must be met prior to taking the PMBA core. See Business Essentials section of the catalog for more information. 

Required PMBA Courses

ACC 610Accounting and Value Creation

4
ECO 640The Economics of Organizations

4
FIN 611Financial Management and Strategy

4
ITM 608Information Systems and Operations Management

4
MGT 609Leading for Competitive Advantage

4
MGT 615Strategic Management

4
MKT 610Strategic Marketing Analysis

4
Total Credit Hours:28

Elective Requirements (8 credit hours)

Electives (8 credit hours)
Total Credit Hours:8

Decision Analysis Elective (one of the following)

ACC 625Advanced Accounting Analytics

4
ECO 611Econometrics

4
FIN 617Analytics in Finance

4
FIN 645Advanced Portfolio Management

4
ITM 615Data Mining for Business

4
MGT 667HR Metrics and Analytics

4
MKT 612Business Research Methods

4
MKT 617Marketing Analytics

4
QMB 612Decision Modeling and Analysis

4
QMB 660Advanced Forecasting and Predictive Analytics

4
Total Credit Hours:4

Total Credit Hours: 40-56