Master of Business Administration

The College of Business Administration, through the departments of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Information and Decision Sciences, and Marketing and Management, offers a Master of Business Administration degree. The MBA degree program is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The objective of the MBA program is to give students the opportunity to prepare for executive careers in business or in institutions that use business techniques and policies in management and administration. The program meets this objective by being broad in nature and aimed at general competence in overall management and administration. The majority of the coursework is devoted to a broad understanding of the environment, controls, and practices, which are
common to most institutions.
Admission Requirements
For admission into the Master of Business Administration program, students must present:
- Online Application for Admission into a Graduate Degree Program.
- Official transcript from an accredited institution demonstrating completion of a four-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent in the case of an international institution) and official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended.
- One –page Statement of Purpose
- Résumé
- Two letters of reference from professional and/or academic sources.
- Official GMAT score required for AMBA and Full-Time MBA.
- Applicants who submit a transcript demonstrating a conferred graduate degree may request a GMAT waiver.
- Applicants with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.50 or better from UTEP or a comparably accredited University may request a GMAT waiver.
- Official TOEFL score of at least 550 (paper based) for international students.
- Accelerated MBA applicants must have at least one year of professional work experience.
- Executive MBA applicants must demonstrate at least 5 years of managerial experience.
- Applicants to the Accelerated MBA program with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.30 or higher from UTEP or a comparably accredited University and at least one year of professional work experience may request conditional admission. As a conditional admit, student must earn a 3.3 GPA during the first 9 hours of program-designated MBA coursework, with no grades lower than a B. All conditionally admitted students who have not successfully completed quantitative coursework in their undergraduate coursework MUST successfully complete a program-designated online primer prior to enrollment.
Degree Requirements
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All students must complete 36 credit hours of Course of Study for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) which includes the 27 hours of the Required Graduate Core plus nine (9) credit hours of-MBA concentration electives. Courses in the Requires MBA Core can be substituted for other graduate courses in the same academic discipline if the MBA student has shown an appropriate understanding of the subject matter in previous undergraduate or graduate coursework.
- No more than three (3) hours in any concentration can be undergraduate courses available for graduate credit.
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Full-time MBA students are required to complete a program-approved internship prior to graduation. This internship requirement can be satisfied through the successful completion of BUSN 5392-Corporate Engagement Project. Students with two or more years of relevant professional work experience may be exempt from this requirement.
Degree Plan
Required Credits: 36
Code | Title | Hours |
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MBA Core Courses (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Required Courses: | ||
ACCT 5304 | Accounting Analysis | 3 |
BLAW 5306 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
ECON 5311 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
FIN 5311 | Financial Management | 3 |
MGMT 5311 | Organizational Mgmt Seminar | 3 |
MGMT 5335 | International Strategic Mgmt (to be taken in final semester) | 3 |
MKT 5311 | Marketing Management | 3 |
OSCM 5308 | Concepts of Production Mgmt | 3 |
QMB 5311 | Quantitative Methods-Business | 3 |
Concentration | ||
Complete one of the following concentrations | 9 | |
Total Hours | 36 |
Concentrations
Business Informatics for Healthcare (UTHSC-H)
The UTEP College of Business Administration (COBA) partnered with the School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) in order to offer our Master of Business Administration (MBA) program students access to a Certificate in Business Informatics in Healthcare (CBIH) and a concentration area in Business Informatics in Healthcare.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete the following three courses | ||
HI 5300 | 3 | |
HI 5301 | 3 | |
HI 5313 | 3 | |
Total Hours | 9 |
Computer Information Systems
Code | Title | Hours |
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Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
CIS 5340 | ||
CIS 5350 | ||
CIS 5360 | ||
CIS 5365 | ||
CIS 5370 | ||
CIS 5380 | ||
Current Issues in CIS | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Economics
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Monetary & Fiscal Pol & Prob | ||
Industrial Organization/Policy | ||
Economic Development | ||
Latin American Economics | ||
Applied Econometrics | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Finance
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Issues in Corporate Governance | ||
Securities Analysis | ||
Risk Mgmt and Derivative Mkts | ||
Capital Formation-Analysis-Bud | ||
International Financial Mgmt | ||
Financial Modeling | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
General Business
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Auditing Principles/Procedures | ||
Internship | ||
Independent Study in Acct | ||
Current Concepts in Accounting | ||
Financial Accounting | ||
Advanced Accounting I | ||
Accounting Analysis | ||
Not-for Profit Accounting | ||
Contemporary Accounting Issues | ||
Accounting for Management | ||
Professional Wrtng-Accountants | ||
Taxation-Ptners/Ptnershp/S Cor | ||
Advanced Topics in Federal Tax | ||
Tax Concepts Rsrch & Procedure | ||
Advanced Auditing | ||
Computer Appl-Auditing/Accting | ||
Fed Income Tax Partner & Corp | ||
Ethics in Accounting | ||
Fraud & Forensic Auditing | ||
International Accounting | ||
Seminar-Managerial Accounting | ||
Directed Individual Study-Acct | ||
Current Issues in Accounting | ||
Internship in Accounting | ||
Business Law | ||
Business Law and Ethics | ||
The CEO's Perspective | ||
Issues in Financial Markets | ||
Negotiations & Conflict Resoln | ||
Corporate Communications | ||
Data Analytics for Managers | ||
Talent Management | ||
Issues in Corporate Governance | ||
Project Management | ||
Strat Busn Comm & Reput Mgmt | ||
Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
Corporate/Comm Engagement Proj | ||
Spc Top in Int'l Business | ||
Advanced Programming | ||
Expert Sys & Decision Sup Sys | ||
Database Management | ||
Advanced Database Management | ||
Data Comm. & Network Manag. | ||
Intro to Electronic Commerce | ||
Info Sec. & Cybers. Analytics | ||
Intern. in Info Sys & Busn An. | ||
Independent Study (CIS) | ||
Current Top. in Bus Anal. & IS | ||
Strategic Information Systems | ||
Info Resource Policy & Mgmt | ||
Dir Individual Study in CIS | ||
Current Issues in CIS | ||
Current Issues in Banking | ||
International Economics | ||
Public Sector Economics | ||
Economics & Law | ||
ECON 4340 | ||
ECON 4368 | ||
Independent Study in Economics | ||
Current Topics in Econ | ||
Microeconomic Theory | ||
Macroeconomic Theory | ||
Applied Mathematical Economics | ||
Managerial Economics | ||
Monetary & Fiscal Pol & Prob | ||
Public Choice | ||
Public Sector Economics | ||
Urban Economics | ||
Economic Impact Modeling | ||
Industrial Organization/Policy | ||
Global Econ Environment-Mgrs | ||
Applied International Economic | ||
Economic Development | ||
Latin American Economics | ||
Country Risk Analysis | ||
Border Economics | ||
Health Economics | ||
Applied Econometrics | ||
Econometric Forecasting | ||
Panel Data & Discrt Chce Modls | ||
Directed Indiv Study-Economics | ||
Special Topics | ||
Thesis | ||
Thesis | ||
Managerial Finance | ||
Bank Management | ||
Managerial Finance Laboratory | ||
Current Issues in Banking | ||
Portfolio Analysis | ||
Portfolio Analysis Laboratory | ||
Analysis of Derivatives | ||
Fin Anal of Firm & Valuation | ||
International Finance | ||
Central Banking | ||
Internship in Finance | ||
Independent Study In Finance | ||
Current Topics in Finance | ||
Financial Concepts & Analysis | ||
Financial Management | ||
Securities Analysis | ||
Risk Mgmt and Derivative Mkts | ||
Capital Formation-Analysis-Bud | ||
Internat'l Financial Mkts/Inst | ||
International Financial Mgmt | ||
Country Risk Analysis | ||
Dir Individual Study-Finance | ||
Current Issues in Finance | ||
Healthcare Operations Mgmt | ||
Curr Topics in Healthcare Mgmt | ||
Strategic Management | ||
Human Resource Training/Develp | ||
Franchising | ||
Human Resource Staffing/Plan | ||
Corporate Entrepreneurship | ||
International Management | ||
Compensation/Employee Benefits | ||
Internship in Management | ||
Independent Study in Managemen | ||
Current Topics in Management | ||
Negotiation & Conflict Mgmt | ||
Cross-Cultural Management | ||
Organizational Mgmt Seminar | ||
Corporate Entrepreneurship | ||
International Strategic Mgmt | ||
Effective Mgmt of Human Resour | ||
Global Management | ||
Total Quality Management | ||
Dir Individual Study in Mgmt | ||
Current Issues In Management | ||
Marketing Research | ||
Social Media Marketing | ||
Selling and Sales Management | ||
Multi-Cultural Marketing | ||
Principles of Retailing | ||
International Marketing | ||
Services Marketing | ||
Strategic Marketing Managment | ||
Marketing Internship | ||
Independent Study In Marketing | ||
Current Topics In Marketing | ||
Marketing Management | ||
Marketing Research | ||
International Marketing | ||
Dir Individual Study-Marketing | ||
Current Issues in Marketing | ||
Purchasing & Supply Management | ||
Trans & Warehousing Sys | ||
Oper Mdl for Supply Chain Mgmt | ||
Independent Study in POM | ||
Concepts of Production Mgmt | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Healthcare Management
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
HI 5301 Introduction to Health Informatics (UT School of Bioinformatics at Houston) | 3 | |
ECON 5369 | Health Economics | 3 |
HCMA 5301 | Healthcare Operations Mgmt | 3 |
Total Hours | 9 |
International Business
Code | Title | Hours |
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Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Required Courses: 1 | ||
FIN 5325 | International Financial Mgmt | 3 |
MGMT 5345 | Global Management | 3 |
Concentration Elective: 1 | ||
Select two courses of the following: | 6 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Issues in Corporate Governance | ||
Spc Top in Int'l Business | ||
Internat'l Financial Mkts/Inst | ||
International Marketing | ||
Total Hours | 12 |
Management
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Issues in Corporate Governance | ||
Project Management | ||
Strat Busn Comm & Reput Mgmt | ||
Corporate/Comm Engagement Proj | ||
Corporate Entrepreneurship | ||
Global Management | ||
Total Quality Management | ||
Current Issues In Management | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Marketing
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
New Product Development | ||
Marketing Research | ||
Sales Management | ||
Consumer Behavior | ||
Retailing Management | ||
Services Marketing | ||
Marketing Strategy | ||
International Marketing | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Concentration Electives (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Select three courses from the following: | 9 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Leading Groups & Teams | ||
Employment Law | ||
Social Issues in Management | ||
Negotiation & Conflict Mgmt | ||
Cross-Cultural Management | ||
Diversity in Organizations | ||
Career Management | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Supply Chain Management
Code | Title | Hours |
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Concentration Courses (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Required Courses: | ||
OSCM 5311 | Inventory and Materials Mgmt | 3 |
OSCM 5325 | Glbl Oper & Supply Chain Mgmt | 3 |
Concentration Elective: | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Data Analytics for Managers and Talent Management | ||
Total Quality Management | ||
Mgmt of Service Operations | ||
Current Issues in POM | ||
Total Hours | 9 |