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College of Professional Studies
The Dunham School of Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.):

Mission Statement
Shape learners into knowledgeable professionals who, through critical thinking and communication skills, add value to their communities and organizations.

Purpose
Transform learners into developing professional leaders.

Core Values

  • Integrity
  • Student Centeredness
  • Integrative
  • Outreach

M.B.A. Program

  • Focuses on integrated learning experiences.
  • Offers a broad understanding of business operations or one of four concentrations.
  • Students may enter program at any time during calendar year.
  • Students develop problem solving and team building skills.
  • Students confidently learn from experienced faculty and graduate colleagues in a comfortable environment.

The program is designed for the working professional. Students are expected to have some work experience. Most classes are delivered one weekday evening per week for eight weeks. Some concentration courses are delivered in a more compressed weekend format (Friday evening and Saturday). Students entering the program who are not undergraduate business majors will take foundation courses to prepare them for other graduate business courses.

Residency Requirement
Any course work submitted for transfer must be approved. A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate credit must be earned at Aurora University.

M.B.A. Program Detail

  • The M.B.A. degree requires 36 semester hours: 21 semester hours of required core courses plus 15 semester hours from concentration courses and electives.
  • An interview with the director determines if/which prerequisite courses will be needed.


M.B.A. Core Courses
A total of 21 semester hours

  • MBA6020 Marketing Management
  • MBA6030 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
  • MBA6050 Financial Management
  • MBA6080 Managing Information Technology
  • MBA6100 Strategic Management
  • MBA6140 Managerial Accounting
  • MBA6500 Global Business Immersion or MBA6880 Travel Study


M.B.A. Concentrations
A minimum of 9 semester hours
M.B.A. Concentration in Accounting 3 semester hours each

  • ACC5510 Accounting Information Systems
  • ACC5520 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
  • ACC6530 Special Topics in Accounting
  • ACC6600 Accounting Research

M.B.A. Concentration in Human Resource Management 3 semester hours each

  • MBA6200 Human Resource Management
  • MBA6210 The SHRM® Learning System Course
  • MBA6220 Human Resource Information Systems
  • MBA6230 Strategic Human Resource Management

M.B.A. Concentration in Leadership 3 semester hours each

  • MBA6610 Innovative Leadership for Challenging Times
  • MBA6620 Creative Strategies for Problem Resolution
  • MBA6630 Creativity and the Process of Innovation

M.B.A. Concentration in Technology and Operations Management 3 semester hours each

  • MBA6400 Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains
  • MBA6410 Operations Strategy
  • MBA6420 Innovation and Venture Initiation

Please Note: The information listed on this page is current according to the 2007-2009 Graduate Catalog,
unless otherwise noted.
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