General Business Track (no concentration) - MBA
Graduate Program Director: Patsy Norman
The general Master of Business Administration degree is awarded after the successful completion of the requirements listed below.
All course work must be in graduate level courses.
Resident study of at least nine months at Baylor University is required. Not more than six hours of work may be transferred from another college or university. No credit will be given for work done by extension or correspondence, or for courses counted already toward a bachelor’s or another master’s degree.
All MBA candidates must earn an average grade of “B” (3.0) or higher in all courses. Any fully admitted student whose overall GPA falls below a “B” (3.0) average during any semester will be placed on probation for the next nine semester hours of graduate course work. If, after completion of the ninth semester-hour credit, the student’s overall grade point average is still below 3.0, the student will receive notification of dismissal from the Graduate School. Students employed by the University must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0 to avoid being placed on probation. Probationary status prevents the student from Student employment and tuition scholarships eligibility.
Early in the semester in which the degree is to be awarded, candidates must complete an application for graduation found in BearWeb. Instructions for this form can be found on the Graduate School website.
Requirements for a MBA in Business Administration
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Framework Course | ||
| BUS 5301 | Business Frameworks | 3 |
| Required Core Courses | ||
| ACC 5300 | Accounting Tools for Management Decision Making | 3 |
| BUS 5295 | Focus Firm | 2 |
| BUS 5111 | Professional Career Development for First Semester Graduate Students | 1 |
| BUS 5112 | Professional Career Development for Second Semester Graduate Students | 1 |
| BUS 5385 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| 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 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGT 5325 | Leadership in the Global Marketplace | 3 |
| MKT 5310 | Seminar in Marketing Strategy | 3 |
| QBA 5330 | Business Analytics for Decision Making | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Business Intelligence | ||
| Decision Making Using Excel for Healthcare Students | ||
| Data Visualization and Analysis using Excel | ||
| Management of Information Systems | ||
| Seminar in Information Security Foundations | ||
| Other Requirements | ||
| Required Electives | 12 | |
| Select any 5000-level course from the following prefixes: | ||
ACC, BL, BUS, ECO, ENT, FIN, HPA, INB, ISEC, MGT, MIS, MKT, QBA | ||
| Internship or Additional Elective | 1-3 | |
| Students without 2 years of full-time work experience must complete an internship: | ||
| Internship in Business (1 hr.) | ||
| Students with 2 years of full-time work experience may select either of the following: | ||
| Internship in Business (1 hr.) | ||
Additional Elective (3 hr.) | ||
| Total Hours | 53-55 | |