MAIN PROGRAM COURSES
Courses in the MBA Program reflect the knowledge and skills essential for the manager/leader in the business sector—both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Cases, projects, examples and discipline-specific course content are tailored to practice and problems of private industry. Course content focuses on the needs of general managers as opposed to functional specialists.
The MBA schedule for courses is:
| Year One—Fall, Spring, and Summer | |
| BA 611 | Financial Accounting |
| BA 615 | Statistics |
| BA 616 | Org Behavior & HR Management Concepts |
| BA 617 | Leadership and Business Ethics |
| BA 630 | Marketing Management |
| ECON 600 | Managerial Economics |
| Year Two—Fall, Spring, and Summer | |
| BA 621 | Managerial Accounting |
| BA 625 | Management Science |
| BA 626 | Financial Decision Making |
| BA 635 |
Information Technologies & Management |
| BA 645 | Operations Management |
| BA 650 | Strategic Management in the Global Environment |
Important Notes:
- Fall and Spring semesters are 16 weeks in length and Summer is 11 weeks.
- Academic calendars for each year can be found at the CSUSM Academic Calendars.
- Entry into MBA courses is only allowed in the Fall term of each year. This is done to encourage students to continue through the program together, as a cohort. Experience shows that cohort-based learning, in an MBA environment, greatly enhances the satisfaction MBA students have with their degrees.
- BA 650 Strategic Management in the Global Environment can only be taken concurrently with a maximum of one other course left for completion.
- Students have a maximum of five years from entering the MBA program to complete their degree.
