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—Summer, Fall and Spring |
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| BA 611 | Financial Accounting |
| BA 615 | Statistics for Management |
| BA 616 | Org Behavior and HR Management Concepts |
| BA 617 | Leadership and Business Ethics |
| BA 630 | Marketing Management |
| ECON 600 | Managerial Economics |
| BA 621 | Managerial Accounting |
| BA 626 | Financial Decision Making |
| Year Two—Summer and Fall |
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| BA 625 | Business Analytics |
| BA 635 |
Information Technologies & Management |
| BA 645 | Operations and Supply Chain Management |
| BA 650 | Strategic Management in the Global Environment |
| BA 680 | Master's Project |
*Course offerings are subject to change.
Important Notes:
- Fall and Spring semesters are 16 weeks in length and Summer terms are 10 weeks.
- Academic calendars for each year can be found at the CSUSM Academic Calendars.
- Entry into the MBA Program is only allowed in the Summer 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 and BA 680 Master's Project 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.
