Online MBA Curriculum Structure

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship students earning an MBA are expected to have developed skills in the following critical areas of business:

1. Critical Thinking -  Analyze the elements of a business problem and construct well-reasoned solutions.
2. Digital Technology – Employ appropriate tools in order to analyze business problems.
3. Written Communication – Write effective business communications.
4. Oral Communication – Make effective business presentations, using appropriate technologies.
5. Teamwork – Collaborate effectively with others to achieve a common business purpose.
6. Business Ethics – Recognize ethical business dilemmas and use ethical decision making to resolve the dilemma
7. Responsible Management – Analyze the complex issues confronting organizations and craft solutions to business problems that create long term value and shared prosperity for the broad array of stakeholders.
8. Global Mindset – Distinguish and analyze the key global factors when making business decisions.

CORE COURSES
 

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CAPSTONE COURSE
 

ELECTIVES
 

NOTE: Students with less than two years of full-time professional work experience at the time of enrollment will be required to complete a 1-credit hour professional development course, making the program a total of 37 credit hours. Those with two or more years of experience at time of enrollment will not be required to complete a professional development course, making the program a total of 36 credit hours.

 

SUMMER COURSE OFFERINGS

A select number of core courses and electives are offered in the summer semester as well. Summer offerings can adjust from year to year. Finalized schedules are shared with admitted students as each semester approaches - spring, summer and fall. Electives are also offered in fall and spring semesters.
 

WEBINARS
 

There are five proficiency webinars required prior to taking specific courses in the curriculum. Each webinar is estimated to take eight hours to complete, depending on background. They must be completed before the start of the corresponding course and must be passed at the 75% rate or higher.

The webinar topics are in the following subject areas:

• Accounting - completed prior to ACCT 63037
• Spreadsheets - completed prior to ACCT 63037
• Finance - completed prior to FIN 66060
• Statistics - completed prior to MIS 64005
• Economics - completed prior to the first Economics course taken, either ECON 62021 or ECON 62022

Cost of Webinars

There is a separate fee for the webinars which come in an 18-month subscription. The subscription is comparable in cost to that of books and supplies for one course.

COURSE SEQUENCING

Courses can be taken in the order which you choose, apart from the following courses with prerequisites:

• In order to take ACCT 63038, you must have first taken ACCT 63037 as a prerequisite. 
• In order to take MIS 64041, you must have first taken MIS 64005 as a prerequisite.
• In order to take FIN 66060, you must have first taken ACCT 63037 as a prerequisite.

OPTIONAL 100% ONLINE CONCENTRATIONS
 

• International Business
• Business Analytics
• Human Resource Management

PROGRAM SUMMARY