College of Business Administration
: MBA Curriculum

The MBA curriculum is designed to equip the future leaders of business with relevant, real-world knowledge about the workings and motivations of every level of the enterprise - employees, customers, the firm itself and all levels of the economy.

Foundation Courses (18 credits) consists of introductory graduate level business courses and is designed to be completed in the first year of full-time study. These requirements can be waived for those students with bachelor's degrees in business/management or a minor in business from an accredited institution.

• BUAD 5100 - Financial and Managerial Accounting
• BUAD 5200 - Managerial Finance
• BUAD 5300 - Economics for Business Decisions
• BUAD 5400 - Applied Business Statistics
• BUAD 5500 - Marketing Systems
• BUAD 5600 - Analysis of Manufacturing and Service Systems

Students are able to waive courses required in the Foundation Courses section by taking certain undergraduate courses and earning a C or better in those courses. Please see the MBA Program Checksheet for the UT undergraduate course that corresponds to the graduate-level Foundation Course.

The Core Courses (24 credits) are designed for in-depth study of the many facets of business management, ending with the Strategic Management Capstone, which "pulls it all together." The capstone features lectures, guest speakers and case analyses, requiring students to apply their MBA education toward real-world scenarios. Core Courses are required of all MBA students regardless of undergraduate background.

Any student entering the program with an undergraduate degree in business or management and has taken more than three courses in a functional area will be exempted from the corresponding 6000-level course. For example, an Accounting and Finance double-major will most likely be exempted from BUAD 6100 - Accounting and BUAD 6200 - Finance. These courses will be replaced by electives of the student's choosing, thus allowing you to have a greater level of customization for your program.

• BUAD 6100 - Accounting for Decision Making
• BUAD 6200 - Financial Systems
• BUAD 6300 - Strategic Marketing and Analysis
• BUAD 6400 - Results-Based Management
• BUAD 6500 - International Business
• BUAD 6600 - Supply Chain Management
• BUAD 6800 - Information Technology and E-Business
• BUAD 6900 - Strategic Management Capstone

Practicum Requirement
All MBA students entering the program in the fall of 2008 or later must complete one practicum requirement. This requirement can be met by completing either a study abroad experience (usually a week-long trip during Spring Break or the summer); an internship; the Business Project Workshop, where you act as a consultant for a regional company; or through an independent study.

Electives
All students are required to complete a minimum of three electives (9 credits), thus earning a concentration in a specific area. You can choose from numerous specializations in tradiational areas of business such as Finance, Human Resources, or in emerging fields such as Leadership, Technological Entrepreneurship or Professional Sales.

Please see our Concentrations page for more information on concentrations currently offered in our MBA program.