Business Administration (MBA) - Program Overview
Traditional MBA (20-32 Months)
The Traditional MBA program is geared toward working professionals by offering all classes in the evening on the Flint campus. Small class sizes (typically 25-30 students) greatly enhance peer interactions and faculty consultations. The group experience encourages the development of a lifelong professional network.
Students typically enroll in two courses in the fall and winter terms, and one course in the spring or summer term. International students in the Traditional MBA program are required to be full-time students and will take three courses (9 credit hours) in the fall and winter terms.
The NetPlus!MBA program is an innovative Internet-based version of the MBA program. It is designed to make the UM-Flint MBA program conveniently accessible to busy professionals from a wide geographic area. This program blends the personal interaction of traditional classroom activities with the anytime, anywhere convenience of modern online learning. Weekend campus sessions (Fri-Sat) are held every six weeks and enhance the quality of the learning experience.
Students typically enroll in two courses in the fall, winter, spring and summer terms (12-week terms).
Degree Requirements
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Business Administration (Master of Business Administration)
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- Completion of 30-45 credit hours of graduate-level coursework, as follows:
- Foundation courses (12 credits).
MGT 512 - Applied Quantitative Analysis.
MGT 521 - Accounting for Managers.
MGT 541 - Organizational Behavior.
MGT 551 - Business Economics. - MBA core courses (24 credits).
Functional
MGT 531 - Marketing Management.
MGT 561 - Financial Management.
MGT 571 - Operations Management.
External Environment/Managerial Support/Integrative
MGT 501 - Organizational Communication and Negotiation.
MGT 552 - Business and Society.
MGT 581 - Management Information Systems.
MGT 585 - Global Dimensions of Management.
Capstone
MGT 589 - Strategic Management. - Elective/concentration courses.
General MBA (6 credits of electives).
MBA with concentration (9 credits of concentration electives).
Accounting Concentration
a. MGT 527, MGT 528.
b. One from: MGT 522, MGT 523, MGT 525, MGT 567, PUB 523.
Computer Information Systems Concentration
Three from: CIS 520 , CIS 530, CIS 550, CSC 549, CSC 580.
Finance Concentration
Three from: MGT 562 , MGT 564, MGT 565, MGT 566, MGT 567, MGT 568.
Health Care Management Concentration
Three from: HCR 505, HCR 509, HCR 525, HCR 577.
International Business Concentration
Three from: MGT 536, MGT 566, MGT 580, MGT 586, MGT 588, ECN 566.
Lean Manufacturing Concentration
MFGO 633, 635, 637. (These courses are offered through Kettering University.)
Marketing Concentration
Three from: MGT 532, MGT 533, MGT 534, MGT 535, MGT 536, MGT 537.
Organizational Leadership Concentration
a. MGT 549.
b. Two from: MGT 542, MGT 545, MGT 573
- All requirements must be completed within seven calendar years of initial enrollment in the program.
- An overall grade point average of at least 5.0 is required for program completion. A grade point average of less than 5.0 constitutes a sufficient basis for probationary status and, if the grade point average is not improved, dismissal from the program. Students with probationary status must make progress toward “good standing.” Failure to do so may result in required reduction in the maximum courses the student may enroll in or other actions. Credit toward satisfaction of degree requirements is not granted for courses in which a grade below C (e.g., C-) is received. Courses in which a grade below B is received may be retaken once for credit. In such cases, both the original grade and the grade received when the course is retaken appear on the transcript and are used in determining the student’s grade point average.
- Transfer credit is limited to no more than nine credits and must have been completed in the last 7 years with a grade of B or better in graduate courses while enrolled as a graduate student at an AACSB accredited program, and must not be part of another degree. Exceptions to this rule are accepted only in unusual circumstances and then only by approval of the SOM Graduate Programs Committee.
- Course waivers are limited to foundation courses. Equivalency is determined by AACSB-International accreditation status of the institution, or by the School of Management Graduate Programs Committee. Grades in equivalent courses are also considered. Waivers reduce the number of credits required to complete the MBA degree. However, completion of a minimum of 30 graduate credit hours (33 for a MBA with a concentration) at the University of Michigan-Flint is required to graduate.
