Curriculum
There are three types of courses, listed below.
The full course descriptions provide more detailed information about specific courses. STEM qualifying Courses will be labeled (STEM).
Foundation Courses
You will gain the foundational knowledge and skills needed to be successful in advanced graduate business courses. You must meet the requirements for the foundation courses; however, you may qualify to have these courses waived based on previous academic work.
- Economics (STEM)
- Quantitative Methods (STEM)
- Accounting
Core Courses
You will develop your ability to analyze business information, understand business functional areas, and be a responsible leader. You must meet the requirements for all eight courses. However, if you have taken similar post-graduate courses in another MBA program, you may qualify for transfer credits.
- OPS 700 Operations Management (STEM)
- ORB 701 Organizational Behavior and Management (STEM)
- FIN 702 Managerial Finance (STEM)
- MKT 703 Marketing Management (STEM)
- MGT 704 International Business
- ORB 705 Ethical and Social Aspects of Business
- GMAN 706 Doing Business in World Regions (Note: travel course)
- OPS 727 Leading technology and innovation (STEM)
- MGT 719 Strategic Decision Making (STEM)
Concentration Courses
General Management
You can earn a general management degree by completing three courses from any of the concentrations or you can tailor your MBA to your career goal by selecting a concentration in finance, marketing, business analytics, international management or entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
This concentration will provide enrolled participants exposure to both the fundamentals of business and the practical aspects of identifying, evaluating, and moving business ideas forward through the stages of new venture formation, financing, startup and growth in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
To earn a specialization in entrepreneurship, you must take:
- MGT 770: Strategic Entrepreneurship
- MGT 771: Social Entrepreneurship From a Global Perspective
- FIN 766: Financing New Ventures
Finance
Firms, banks and other institutions rely on their finance departments to make and analyze major tactical and strategic decisions every day. Is this project feasible? Will it be profitable? How much should we spend on marketing? An MBA degree in Finance from Saint Mary’s College will provide you with the skills needed to make these critical decisions, making you an asset to any company, in any industry.
To earn a specialization in finance, you must take:
- FIN 763: Advanced Financial Management
- FIN 764: Investments and Financial Markets
- FIN 765: International Finance
Business Analytics
Analyzing large data sets — commonly called big data — has become a key basis of competition, fostering new waves of productivity growth and innovation. However, there is significant scarcity of talent that can elicit managerial implications from this type of comprehensive data. A MBA degree in Business Analytics from Saint Mary’s College will provide you with the skills needed to perform sophisticated analytics for actionable business opportunities and decisions.
To earn a specialization in business analytics, you must take:
- OPS 760: Programming for Analytics
- OPS 761: Advanced Data Analysis
- OPS 762: Data Visualization and Story Telling
Marketing
From a marketer’s point of view, figuring out how to appeal to consumers just like you through these types of methods is critical. The average U.S. consumer gets pitched 30,000 times a day. Discovering the best ways to effectively communicate with people is difficult. But, Saint Mary’s College MBA in Marketing can help you turn your job into a career, whether you are learning the intricacies of social media marketing strategy, or how to advance your own career by transforming your resume into an effective brand name.
To earn a specialization in marketing, you must take:
- MKT 767: Marketing Research
- MKT 768: Advanced Topics in Marketing
- MKT 769: International Marketing