Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The M.B.A. degree is directed at students preparing for a professional career. It requires a minimum of 38 graduate credit hours of study for students with an adequate undergraduate background. Students without the necessary academic background may be required to take additional hours prior to enrollment in the M.B.A. program. Two plans of study are offered: the full-time program and the managerial (part-time) program. The full-time program can be finished in one calendar year; the managerial program requires a minimum of 24 months of study. The degree is a non-thesis program. See page 29 for M.B.A. academic dismissal policy.

The lock-step program comprises pre-matriculation preparatory work, a foundations module, two core modules, strategic management, a partnering project (capstone project for managerial program students), and nine hours of approved electives (twelve hours for students in the managerial program) which constitute the concentration area.

Areas of Concentration: The M.B.A. full-time program has four defined areas of concentration in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation, Finance, Global Business, and Strategic Retail Alliances. The student may also create his or her own customized concentration with the approval of the Director of the M.B.A. program.

Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students entering the M.B.A. program are expected to have already mastered basic business concepts in the areas of information technology, quantitative analysis, accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, and business law. Mastery of the aforementioned topics must be demonstrated before entering the core modules.

Admission to Degree Program: Students must be admitted to the Graduate School of Business and to the M.B.A. program by the M.B.A. Admissions Committee. Admission to the M.B.A. program is based upon an acceptable Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score, an acceptable grade-point average, recommendations, essays, and related work experience. For specific admission requirements in addition to general admission requirements for the M.B.A. program, write to:

MBA Program Director
475 Business Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Requirements for the Master of Business Administration Degree, Full time Program:

Summer I

    MBAD 5013 Foundations I

    MBAD 5023 Foundations II

Fall

    MBAD 5232 Economics of Management and Strategy

    MBAD 5122 Accounting Decisions and Control

    MBAD 5132 Information, Technology, and Decision Making

    MBAD 5212 Leading High Performance Organizations

    MBAD 5222 Managing Ideas, Products, and Services

    MBAD 5112 Corporate Financial Management

    MBAD 5511 Focus Topic 1

    MBAD 5521 Focus Topic 2

Spring

    MBAD 5313 Strategic Management

    MBAD 5413 Partnering Project I

    MBAD 5423 Partnering Project II

    + One concentration course

Summer II

    Two concentration courses

Managerial (part-time) Program:

Fall

    MBAD 5013 Foundations I

    MBAD 5023 Foundations II

Spring

    MBAD 5122 Accounting Decisions and Control

    MBAD 5132 Information, Technology, and Decision Making

    MBAD 5232 Economics of Management and Strategy

    MBAD 5511 Focus Topic 1

Fall 

    MBAD 5112 Corporate Financial  Management

    MBAD 5212 Leading High Performance Organizations

    MBAD 5222 Managing Ideas, Products, and Services

    MBAD 5521 Focus Topic 2

Spring

    MBAD 5313 Strategic Management

    MBAD 5433 Capstone Project

Summers and/or Third Year

    12 hours of electives

Defined Concentrations

Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation Requirements:

    MGMT 5323 New Venture Development &Small Business Mgmt.

Choose 6-9 hours from the following:

    MGMT 5363 Strategic Innovation

    MGMT 5993 Entrepreneurship Practicum

    MGMT 5383 Intra/Entrepreneurship of Technology

    TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems

    MKTG 5433 Consumer and Market Research

    FINN 5633 Financial Institutions

Strategic Retail Alliances Requirements:

    MKTG5333 Retailing Strategy and Processes

Choose 6-9 hours from the following:

    MKTT 5433 Consumer and Market Research

    MKTG 5533 Strategic Category Management

    TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems

    FINN 5703 Multinational Business Finance

Global Business Requirements:

    ECON 5853 International Economics Policy

Choose 6 hours from the following:

    • Study abroad (6 hours + 6 hours for language proficiency, if needed)

    • International internship

Finance Requirements:

    FINN 5333 Investment Theory and Management

Choose 6-9 hours from the following:

    FINN 5633 Financial Institutions

    FINN 5703 Multinational Business Finance

    ECON 5853 International Economics Policy

Customized Concentration Requirements:

    Choose 9 hours (12 hours for managerial program) from the following:

       • Any WCBA course, 5000 level or above

       • Any approved course, 5000 level or above outside WCBA

M.B.A./J.D. Program

For students interested in obtaining both the M.B.A. and J.D. (law) degrees, the M.B.A./J.D. dual degree program is available. This program allows the student to receive both the M.B.A. degree and the J.D. degree. The program requires separate application and admission to both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business and the M.B.A. degree program. Students participating in the M.B.A./J.D. program must file a degree plan for both degrees and obtain approval prior to taking elective courses to be used for reciprocal credit. Interested students should obtain bulletins and applications from both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business.

See Business Administration Department for course listings.