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Master of Business Administration (Livonia MBA)
The Master’s in Business Administration program offers academic quality, convenience and affordability. The program is designed for working professionals. The MBA provides graduates with cross functional business skills and knowledge; an understanding of the importance of innovation as it relates to products and business processes; tools and knowledge for competing in a global business environment; as well as strategic, critical and analytical skills for solving business problems.
Career Opportunities
The MBA degree prepares individuals for leadership positions. Graduates work in a variety of areas including corporations, government, non-profit, general management, finance, accounting, banking, human resources, manufacturing, marketing and supply chain.
Quality
The College of Business is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the premier accreditation body for business education. The College of Business at EMU has been selected as a “Best Business School” for six consecutive years by the Princeton Review. MBA courses are taught by full-time, Ph.D. faculty that integrate theory with practical business applications.
Program of Study
Foundation courses: 18 credit hours*
- ACC 501 Accounting Principles (3)
- DS 501 Intro to Probability and Business Statistics (3)
- ECON 500 Foundations of Economic Analysis (3)
- FIN 502 Financial Principles (3)
- MKTG 510 Marketing Management (3)
- MGMT 505 Organizational Theory and Behavior (3)
*Students with an undergraduate degree in business from an AACSB accredited institution may waive the foundation courses (non-AACSB courses require waiver request and faculty evaluation).
Core Courses: 18 credit hours
- MGMT 604/Strategic Communication and Ethics (3)
- ACC 605/Administrative Controls (3)
- FIN 620/Financial Administrative Policies (3)
- MKTG 610/Marketing Policies and Problems (3)
- IB 610/Globalization and Business Environment (3)
- MGMT 696/Strategic Management (3)
Restricted Elective Courses: 6 credit hours
- Innovation (3) (Choose one from IS 605, IS 650, MGMT 600, MGMT 603, MKTG 655, OM 600, SCM 611)
- Analytical Skills (3) (Choose one from ACC 642, DS 602, DS 605, IS 662, MGMT 610, MKTG 645)
The general MBA requires 12 credit hours (four courses) of 500- or 600-level electives from the College of Business. Specialization requirements are in lieu of elective courses.
Livonia Specializations include:
Human Resource Management (12 credit hours)*
- MGMT 509 Strategic Human Resource Management (3)
- Plus choose three of the following:
- LAW 540 Employment Law (3)
- MGMT 611 HR and Technology (3)
- MGMT 618 Staffing Organizations (3)
- MGMT 620 Compensation Management (3)
- MGMT 621 Benefits Administration (3)
- MGMT 622 Current Issues in Human Resources (3)
- MGMT 625 Management in Unionized Settings (3)
- MGMT 628 Human Resource Development (3)
- SCM 611 Supply Chain Management (3) (can be used to satisfy innovation restricted elective and specialization requirement)
- SCM 614 Information Technology for SCM (3)
- SCM 618 Logistics in the Supply Chain (3)
- Plus choose two of the following:
- EM 620 Integrated Product and Process Design (3)
- SCM 622 Customer Relationship Management (3)
- SCM 624 Supply Chain Operations Planning & Scheduling (3)
- SCM 628 Purchasing, Outsourcing & Quality (3)
- Enterprise Business Intelligence
- E-Business
- Entrepreneurship*
- Finance
- Human Resource Management*
- International Business
- Internal Auditing
- Marketing Management*
- Non-Profit Management
- Supply Chain Management
For More Information
The College of Business
Graduate Programs Office
Eastern Michigan University
404 Owen Building
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.4444 | Fax: 734.483.1316
cob.graduate@emich.edu
Read more information by downloading the fact sheet [PDF].