Program Structure

Saturday MBA

Offered at The Medina County University Center,

The Wayne Campus and UA Lakewood

MBA Program Structure

MBA Gateway
6200:601 Financial Accounting 3
6400:602 Managerial Finance 3
6400:655 Government and Business 3
3250:600 Foundations of Economic Analysis 3
Total Gateway Credits: 12
     
MBA Professional - (All Professional courses require EXCEL; writing; and statistics proficiency.*)
6700: 689 Leading and Influencing 1
6700:691 Professional Integrity 1
6700:693 Negotiations in the Workplace 1
6500:601 Business Analytics and Information Strategy 3
  Total Professional Credits 6
     
MBA Core - (All CORE courses require EXCEL; writing; and statistics proficiency.)
6800:605 International Business Environments 3
6400:674 Strategic Financial Decision Making 3
6200:610 Process Analysis and Cost Management 3
6500:670 Management of Supply Chain and Operations 3
6600:620 Strategic Marketing 3
6500:652 Managing People in Organizations 3
  Total Core Credits 18
     
MBA Inter-Disciplinary Concentration

3 classes - 9 credits
The particular 3 courses of the concentration will be selected by the Director of Graduate Programs based upon the interests of members of the Saturday MBA Cohort. All students in the cohort will take the same concentration courses.

MBA Integrative
6500:695 Organizational Strategy 3
  Total Integrative Credits 3
     
MBA Action Learning

Approved courses will be included in the interdisciplinary concentration to meet this requirement.

  • Actual business problem project with direct contact with representatives of the business (individual or team). This could constitute the entire course or could be a major (1/3 or more or the course requirements) course assignment.
  • “Live case” – students work on a case about a real firm and have contact with representatives of the firm; make a presentation to those representatives.
  • Students work on projects (individual or team) where they are applying a course concept within an actual firm.
  • Students do survey research involving business practitioners.
  • Students conduct primary or field research.
  • Students interact in some way in real-time within the real business environment.
  • Students interview practicing managers as part of a project.
  • Students use real data bases, make recommendations about real business problems.
    • Application
    • Interaction with professionals outside CBA
    • Real business environment
  • Total courses: 18
  • Credits: 48 maximum

Contact Information

Jason Quinn, Academic Advisor
College of Business Administration Graduate Programs
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4805
330-972-7043
gradcba@uakron.edu

Denise Testa, Associate Director
Medina County University Center
6300 Technology Lane
Medina, OH 44256
330.721.2213
dtesta@uakron.edu
www.mcuc.uakron.edu

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Akron, OH 44325
Phone: 330-972-7111
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