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MBA Program Curriculum

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Students may earn their MBA by completing a total of 12 courses:

  • 8 core courses (32 credit hours)
  • 3 elective courses (12 credit hours)
  • 1 capstone course (4 credit hours)

TOTAL = 48 credit hours

Foundation Requirements
Students must be able to utilize certain skills and knowledge sets in order to complete the MBA program. Students must take all the foundation courses, earning a “B” or better in each, prior to taking MBA courses.

  • Mathematics and Statistics: Students must be proficient in statistics for business applications and the mathematics that drive modeling and decision-making.
  • Accounting: Students must understand basic accounting principles and applications.
  • Economics: Students must understand basic principles of micro- and macroeconomics.
  • Technology: Students must be proficient in word-processing, spreadsheets, graphic presentation applications, and the internet.

The foundation component requirements can be fulfilled by taking the following courses at Otterbein (or they may be transferred in from another accredited institution):

Mathematics & Statistics MATH 230 Statistics I (College Algebra is a required prerequisite to this course)
Accounting ACCT 200 Financial Accounting
Economics ECON 210 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 220 Principles of Macroeconomics

Core Courses (32 hours)

Course Number Name Hours Prerequisites
BADM 600 Managing in Organizations 4 hrs.

N/A
BADM 605 Managerial Accounting 4 hrs. ACCT 200
BADM 615 Managerial Economics 4 hrs. ECON 210 & ECON 220
BADM 640 Marketing Management 4 hrs. N/A
BADM 645 Financial Management 4 hrs. ACCT 200 & MATH 230
BADM 660 Quantitative Methods for Business Decision-Making 4 hrs. MATH 230
BADM 670 Global Competition and the World Economy 4 hrs. N/A
BADM 696 Ethical Leadership
 4 hrs. N/A

Application Course (required)

BADM 699

Consulting Project Teams:
Strategy Formulation and Implementation

(Fall is a non-profit organization; Spring is a for-profit company)

 4 hrs.

Must be taken during one of the last two terms of the program and upon completion of the core courses, or by permission of the instructor.

 

Elective Courses(12 hours required)

Note: In addition to, or in place of the electives listed below, electives may also be taken from graduate courses specially approved by the College. For example, courses might include languages for the international business manager, nursing for the health care professional, religion & philosophy for the corporate ethics officer, education for the school administrator, or sports medicine for the sports administrator.

 

BADM 500 Financial Management for Health Care Administration* 4 hrs.
BADM 610 Financial Reporting and Analysis* 4 hrs.
BADM 620 Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations* 4 hrs.
BADM 625 Change Management* 4 hrs.
BADM 630 Production and Operations Management* 4 hrs.
BADM 635 Management of Services* 4 hrs.
BADM 661 Computer Simulation of Business and Manufacturing Processes* 4 hrs.
BADM 662 Legal Environment of Business 4 hrs.
BADM 663 Fraud Examination* 4 hrs.
BADM 664 Entrepreneurship 4 hrs.
BADM 665 Special Topics in Finance* 4 hrs.
BADM 675 Strategic Marketing* 4 hrs.
BADM 680 Communications and Negotiations 4 hrs.
BADM 685 Managing Information Systems 4 hrs.
BADM 690 Independent Study 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Creativity and Innovation
 4 hrs.
BADM 691 New Paradigms in Strategy* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Debating Modern Capitalism*
 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Exploring Strategy and Structure in the Digital Economy* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Fraud Examination* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Issues in Technology Management* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Leagal Environment of Business* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Macroeconomics: Theory and Application* 4 hrs.
BADM 691 Principles of Taxation for Business Decision Making* 4 hrs.
BADM 695 Business Strategy*
 4 hrs.
BADM 692 International Business Seminar 4 hrs.
BADM 698 21st. Century Leadership 4 hrs.

*These courses have prerequisites. See the Course Catalog for more information.