Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The MBA of Choice
Gonzaga’s MBA of Choice offers a comprehensive graduate education for professional management in a dynamic and complex economic environment. The program allows students the opportunity to choose among a large selection of electives to design a curriculum which will best satisfy their individual educational and career goals. The program prepares graduates for leadership roles in business and other organizations. The curriculum provides students opportunities to apply concepts, techniques, and practice in the functional disciplines of business. Students are intellectually challenged and taught to develop an appreciation of human behavior in organizations and the responsibilities facing entrepreneurs and managerial decision-makers.
Degree Requirements
To complete the MBA degree program, thirty-three credit hours of 600-level graduate business administration courses are required beyond the pre-requisite courses. Students are expected to maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.00. Degree requirements consist of 22 credit hours of core courses and 11 hours of graduate-level electives.
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Core Courses: 22 credits
| MBUS 600 | Orientation |
0 credit |
| MBUS 610 | Economic Environment of the Firm | 2 credits |
| MBUS 612 | Managing People and Performance | 2 credits |
| MBUS 613 | Quantitative and Statistical Analysis | 2 credits |
| MBUS 614 | Business Ethics | 2 credits |
| MBUS 616 | Strategic Management | 2 credits |
| MBUS 624 | Finance Theory and Practice | 2 credits |
| MBUS 625 | Operations Theory and Practice | 2 credits |
| MBUS 626 | Information Systems Theory and Practice | 2 credits |
| MBUS 627 | Marketing Theory and Practice | 2 credits |
| MBUS 628 | Managerial Accounting | 2 credits |
| MBUS 629 | Corporate Financial Reporting | 2 credits |
| Elective Courses (Concentration) | 11 credits | |
Total Credits Required – 33 credits
MBA Concentrations
In addition to the MBA of Choice, the Graduate School of Business offers the MBA with concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Marketing (nine credits). Students can complete an emphasis in Ethics, MIS, Supply Chain Management or Sports Management (six credits). MBA concentrations permit a student to tailor coursework to match career and educational goals and interests. The core courses are the same for these concentrations as they are for the MBA of Choice. Instead of 11 hours of electives, however, each of these programs substitutes additional course requirements. These courses are offered on a two year cycle.
| Entrepreneurship Concentration | ||
| 9 entrepreneurship credits + 2 general electives | ||
| Two of the following three: | ||
| MBUS 642 | Business Planning |
3 credits |
| MBUS 654 | Creating New Ventures | 3 credits |
| MBUS 696 | New Venture Lab | 1-3 credits |
| Three to six credits from the following: | ||
| MBUS 639 | Current Issues in Entrepreneurship | 1 credit |
| MBUS 643 | Entrepreneurial Strategy | 1 credit |
| MBUS 650 | Competitive Advantage in a Global Economy | 1 credit |
| MBUS 657 | Negotiations | 2 credits |
| MBUS 688 | Creativity and Intuition | 1 credit |
| MBUS 681 | New Product Development | 1 credit |
| MBUS 695 | Small Business Consulting | 1-3 credits |
| MBUS 697 | Entrepreneurship Internship | 1-3 credits |
| Core Courses: 22 credits | ||
| Finance Concentration | ||
| 9 finance credits + 2 general electives | ||
| MBUS 660 | Investments | 2 credits |
| MBUS 662 | Advanced Corporate Finance | 2 credits |
| Five credits from the following courses: | ||
| MBUS 609 | Financial Statement Analysis | 1 credit |
| MBUS 661 | Sustainable Business |
1 credit |
| MBUS 663 | International Finance | 2 credits |
| MBUS 664 | Derivatives | 1 credit |
| MBUS 665 | Mergers and Acquisitions | 2 credits |
| MBUS 666 | Intro to Personal Investing | 1 credit |
| MBUS 667 | Business Valuation | 1 credit |
| MBUS 668 | Financial Institutions | 2 credits |
| MBUS 669 | Ethics in Finance | 1 credit |
| MBUS 670 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 1 credit |
| MBUS 697 | Finance Internship | 1-3 credits |
| Marketing Concentration | ||
| 9 marketing credits + 2 general electives | ||
| MBUS 682 | Buyer Behavior | 2 credits |
| Seven credits from the following courses: | ||
| MBUS 679 | Ethics in Marketing | 1 credit |
| MBUS 681 | New Product Development | 1 credit |
| MBUS 683 | Persuasion | 1 credit |
| MBUS 684 | Business Analytics | 3 credit |
| MBUS 685 | International Marketing | 2 credits |
| MBUS 687 | Integrated Marketing Communications | 2 credits |
| MBUS 688 | Creativity and Intuition | 1 credit |
| MBUS 689 | Culture and Global Markets | 1 credit |
| MBUS 697 | Marketing Internship | 1-3 credits |