PMBA Curriculum

The Professional MBA curriculum is 40 credit hours and takes 19 months to completion. The core portion of the curriculum is comprised of 10 courses totaling 28 credits; the specialization portion of the curriculum, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is comprised of 4 courses totaling 12 credits. All courses listed below are 3-credits except where indicated.

Professional MBA Core Curriculum Course Descriptions

Graduate Business Communications (GEB 6217)
Written and verbal communication skills are integrated components in the Executive MBA program. Students must demonstrate communication proficiency appropriate to both the academic and professional environments.

Leadership and Executive Forum (GEB 6931) - 1 credit
This course is comprised of presentations by and seminar-like interaction with entrepreneurs and executives focusing on the practical nature of business development. Students and executives discuss current challenges facing business and industry today and consider alternative ways of meeting these challenges.

Global Environment of Management (MAN 6937)
Topics include regulation and deregulation, technology, ecology, national industrial policy, social responsibility and ethical reasoning, human resource issues, the globalization of economic conditions, security issues, and environmentalism as they affect global managers.

Advanced Analysis of Accounting Data (ACG 6315)
An analysis of financial and managerial accounting. This course includes financial and managerial accounting concepts, with an emphasis on use of accounting information in decision making.

Marketing Management in a Global Environment (MAR 6815)
A study in the application and integration of marketing factors within the decision framework of the firm.

Advanced Financial Management (FIN 6806)
Theory and practice of financial planning and management. It emphasizes the capital structure of business enterprise, its cost of capital and its evaluations. Applications of quantitative methods to capital theory.

Management of Information Systems and Technology (ISM 6026)
A study of evaluation of information systems: Types, development and use. Emphasis is on understanding information systems in the context of managerial use, problems, and opportunities.

Operations Management (MAN 6501)
An introduction to major managerial problems and decision processes of operations management. Includes topics such as: forecasting, design or production systems, simulation, modeling, using decision trees and PERT, analysis of univariate and multiple time series, quality control, just-in-time systems, and decision support systems.

Organizational Behavior (MAN 6245)
Understanding and practice in the use of behavioral science concepts for analyzing the behavior of individuals and groups in formal organizations. Concepts will be applied to the analysis and discussion of cases.

Global Management Strategy and Policy (MAN 6721)
Strategy, its formulation, articulation, and implementation. Review of current theory and practices and case studies as well as the role and responsibility of the general manager in managing the business enterprise.

PMBA Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialization

Venture Creation (ENT 6016)
Supervised study of a domestic or international business problem for an existing or emerging organization, including establishment of client-consultant relationships, identification of problem(s) or strategic questions, collection and analysis of data, development and reporting of implementable recommendations.

Entrepreneurial Consulting Project (ENT 6946)
Supervised study of a domestic or international business problem for an existing or emerging organization, including establishment of client-consultant relationships, identification of problem(s) or strategic questions, collection and analysis of data, development and reporting of implementable recommendations.

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (ENT 6428)
Course provides an understanding of new venture finance and related issues including due diligence, valuation, financing, deal structuring, deal sourcing, all within an overall framework of strategic decision making for value creation.

Project Management (MAN 6581)
This course provides a strong foundation in the planning and control of projects. In addition, specific operational issues related to projects in areas such as process re-engineering, new product development, enterprise resource planning, and software development are addressed. Examples of other topics included are project risk management, critical chain project management, contingency planning, and the balanced scoreboard.