Master of Business Administration 

  Please contact Dr. Ed Forrest (office #907-786-4161/ home # 907-694-4674

email EdwardF@cbpp.uaa.alaska.edu) with any & all questions

Program Overview   

The College of Business and Public Policy’s Master of Business Administration degree is uniquely designed to fully cover the requisite  core curriculum common to every traditional MBA program as well as provide students with the opportunity to select or personally design a specialized field of concentration.

The 7 course/ 21 credit hour Core Curriculum  provides the requisite coverage of the essential functional areas of business-- accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, strategy, research, information systems and management.

Accounting & Finance: Management: Business Intelligence:

  • ACCT 650 Seminar in Executive Uses of Accounting -(Spring)

  • BA 636 Financial Decision Making-(Fall)

  • BA 632 Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management -(Fall & Spring)

  • BA 635 Current Marketing Issues-(Fall)

  • BA 655 Strategic Management Seminar-(Fall & Spring)
  • BA 633 Problem Formulation and Decision Analysis-(Fall)
  • CIS 692 Management Information Systems Seminar-(Fall)

 

Curricular Options (15 hours)

 

EXECUTIVE FOCUS (3 hours): Select-minimum 1-course from the following

ELECTIVE COURSEWORK  (9 hours):
  • BA 631 Business Environment Analysis-(Fall) 
  • BA 634 Creating the Successful Organization-(Spring)

  • BA 628 Executive Leadership-(Spring)

  • BA 629 Negotiation and Conflict Management-(Fall)

 

     Students can personally design an “area of concentration" from  courses offered within the College of Business and Public Policy that focus on: Management Theory and Practice, Marketing, Finance, International Business & Global Economics, Management Information Systems, Logistics, Public Administration.

     In addition, elective coursework can be selected from graduate course offered by outside disciplines (such as Engineering & Science Management, Educational Development& Leadership, Educational Technology, Heath Sciences etc.) and/or graduate courses in programs proffered at other universities.

     On-line courses (offered at UAA, or elsewhere) may prove to be of particular benefit for students wanting to further customize and/or accelerate their program of study

 

        CAPSTONE  (3 hours) elect 1 course from the following: (Capstone courses are available Fall, Spring & Summer Semesters)
  • BA 656 Management Project: Management research project, designed to integrate policy concepts, research methods, and practical problem solving techniques.
  • BA 686 Management Simulation: The course an opportunity to experience running a business, setting corporate strategies and applying strategic concepts within a practical framework that integrates decisions made across all functional areas (Marketing, Research & Development, Production, Human Resources and Finance). The simulation enables students to observe the impact of these decisions on business performance within a competitive market- comprised of other students in the class as well as student teams simultaneously competing from other universities around the world.

  • BA 695 Graduate Internship: Integrates classroom knowledge with  supervised work experience.

  • BA 698 Individual Research: Independent  primary research project conducted under the supervision of an  advisor.

  • BA 699 Thesis (6 hours):  Independent project conducted under the supervision of a thesis advisor and committee- culminating in a document prepared to publication standards

 

Foundations Courses

Students without an  undergraduate business degree or relevant business experience may request or be required to take foundation coursework:
  • BA 601 Business Statistics and Data Analysis-(Fall)
  • BA 603  Fundamentals of Finance-(Spring)
  • ECON 602 Intro to Economics for Managers-(Fall)
  • ACCT 601 Accounting  Foundations for Executives-(Fall)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must meet both the Admission Requirements for Master’s Degrees and the College of Business and Public Policy requirements outlined below.
Admission to the MBA program is restricted to students holding a baccalaureate degree from an AACSB or regionally accredited university, or foreign equivalent. In addition, it is highly desirable for prospective MBA students to have three years of full-time work experience. The majority of students meeting these conditions will be admitted, up to the limits of program capacity, based on their potential for success in graduate business studies. In general, two formulas using undergraduate performance as measured by the grade point average (GPA) on a 4.00 scale and the score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) will be used to assess an applicant’s potential for success in the MBA program:
1. Undergraduate GPA x 200 + GMAT > 1050  or 2. Upper-division GPA x 200 + GMAT > 1100
These formulas are minimums, and may not guarantee admission in cases where either the GPA or the GMAT scores are unusually low.

GMAT waivers- may be considered for applicants meeting any of the following criteria:
1. Hold another Master’s degree from an accredited university.
2. Have a professional designation beyond the Baccalaureate (such as CPA, CFA).
3. Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Additional indicators for predicting success in individual cases may be provided through documented performance in extracurricular activities, evidence of creativity and leadership, and a record of accomplishment in business or other professional activity. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to score at least 550 on the TOEFL exam or otherwise demonstrate competency in English. Students may apply to enter the program at the beginning of either the fall or spring semester. There currently is no specific application deadline, but students should apply before the start of their first semester. In some cases students may be admitted conditionally while their paperwork is completed. Students in conditional admission status are restricted in the number of courses that they can take before being fully admitted.