Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation Concentration (MBA)
The MBA Concentration in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation provides graduate students within the Hankamer School of Business exposure to concepts and techniques critical to success in the area of entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. The purpose of this Concentration will enable graduate students to gain the skills necessary to lead value creation innovation in both corporate and start up environments. Initiatives may include both process design/improvement as well as product design/improvement..
Admission to the Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation Concentration is contingent on admission into the Master of Business Administration (see requirements under Business School Admissions).
The Degree requirements are as follows:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Framework Courses | ||
| BUS 5401 | Business Frameworks | 4 |
| Required Core Courses | ||
| ACC 5300 | Accounting Tools for Management Decision Making | 3 |
| BUS 5101 | Focus Firm I | 1 |
| BUS 5111 | Professional Career Development for First Semester Graduate Students | 1 |
| BUS 5112 | Professional Career Development for Second Semester Graduate Students | 1 |
| BUS 5390 | Management Communication | 3 |
| ECO 5340 | Economic Tools for Management Decision Making | 3 |
| FIN 5360 | Seminar in Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGT 5310 | Management of Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 5320 | Manufacturing and Service Operations | 3 |
| MGT 5325 | Leadership in the Global Marketplace | 3 |
| MGT 5385 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKT 5310 | Seminar in Marketing Strategy | 3 |
| QBA 5330 | Business Analytics for Decision Making | 3 |
| Select one MIS course from the following: | 3 | |
| Business Intelligence | ||
| Decision Making Using Excel | ||
| Data Warehousing | ||
| Management of Information Systems | ||
| Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation Courses | ||
| ENT 5329 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 |
| ENT 5342 | Corporate Entrepreneurship: Initiating and Sustaining Innovation | 3 |
| ENT 5322 | Entrepreneurship Capstone | 3 |
| ENT 5341 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| or MGT 5331 | Project Management | |
| Other MBA Requirements | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
1-hour internship required for students without 2 years of full-time work experience | ||
Students with more than 2 years can choose to take an elective. | ||
| Students who do not have an undergraduate degree in Business Administration will be required to take the following: | ||
| BL 5104 | Business Foundations - Business Law | (1) |
| Total Hours | 53 | |