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MBA Course Sequences

Master of Business Administration

WITHOUT Concentration

For students who choose to complete the major without a concentration: Courses required for the major (30 hours)

  • MBA 5306 Critical Thinking

    This course is designed to give new MBA students a common foundation in management concepts, analysis, and technologies. Students will improve their skills in self-awareness, reflection, listening, and making sound judgments. Students will learn how to research and write at the graduate level, prepare and analyze case studies, improve their speaking and presentation skills, along with working in teams. Students will also develop skills necessary to evaluate the assumptions, evidence, and inferences of what one thinks, reads and hears, and to present ideas in a logical, thorough, and persuasive manner.

  • MBA 5303 Marketing Management

    This course focuses on the marketing decisions made by businesses and organizations, covering the strategic role of marketing, marketing problems typically encountered in business, and the analytical concepts and techniques used in marketing. Students will understand marketing planning and strategy in the context of organizational plans as well as how to integrate the functional areas of business administration into a realistic approach to solving complex problems at the executive level. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5103 Leadership Self

    Leadership Seminars are designed to provide a space for students to integrate course content, personal commitments, and real world experience to transform themselves as leaders. The Seminars enable students to do this with the support and input of their cohort peers. Each seminar covers an essential aspect or “site” of leadership and consists of relevant assessment and discovery tools, discussion, self-reflection, and integration of course material. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5304 Managerial Economics

    This course covers the economic forces that have a fundamental influence on a business’ profitability, growth, and sustainability. It provides the core economic concepts that guide managerial decision-making. Topics include Supply/Demand, Capital Markets, Consumer Theory, Structures of Markets, Trade-offs, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Forecasting and Budgeting. Prerequisites: Peregrine Software module may be required depending upon admission requirements.

  • MBA 5301 Data Analytics

    This course is designed to equip managers and leaders with the knowledge to understand, manage, and visualize the data, and apply the appropriate analysis tools to translate managerial, financial, or economics problems into timely business applications. This course will also examine data management, exploratory data analysis and visualization, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, regression analysis, and data mining in the decision-making process of solving complex business problems. Pre-Requisites: Students may be required to take Peregrine Software before the course begins per admission criteria.

  • MBA 5220 Business, Society and Public Policy

    This course examines current political, legal, and social forces acting on business and the ways in which business influences these forces. It focuses in particular on legislative and regulatory actions, policy making and implementation, and the interaction of the political-economic systems, public policy, and business. The course also examines the evolving relationship of business, government, and nonprofit organizations in America today, especially the rise of business-public-private-nonprofit collaborations. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5305 Financial Accounting and Management

    This course covers the use of accounting data and processes in managing a business or an organization. In particular, it focuses on the concepts, processes, and models that provide information and control for managers, as well as the ways in which accounting supports and enables marketing and strategy decisions, performance, and operations management. Prerequisites: Peregrine Software module may be required depending upon admission requirements.

  • MBA 5113 Leadership Others

    Leadership Seminars are designed to provide a space for students to integrate course content, personal commitments, and real-world experience to transform themselves as leaders. The Seminars enable students to do this with the support and input of their cohort peers. Each seminar covers an essential aspect or “site” of leadership and consists of relevant assessment and discovery tools, discussion, self-reflection, and integration of course material. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5122 Leadership Community

    Leadership Seminars are designed to provide a space for students to integrate course content, personal commitments, and real-world experience to transform themselves as leaders. The Seminars enable students to do this with the support and input of their cohort peers. Each seminar covers an essential aspect or “site” of leadership and consists of relevant assessment and discovery tools, discussion, self-reflection, and integration of course material. Leadership Seminar III will help students understand the needs of their local community and explore how they can personally make an impact for the common good within their community. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5316 Managing Operations and Supply Chain

    This course covers key operational aspects of a business: tactical and strategic decision-making, project management, lean operations, Six Sigma, TQM, and change management. Supply chain management topics include business continuity planning, inbound logistics planning for environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility, and IT solutions for agile supply chain management. Course emphasizes the use of IT, social media, and the Internet for business processes and communication. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5312 Corporate Finance & Investments

    This course focuses on finance concepts and tools necessary for successfully running a business and making effective decisions. Emphasis placed on preparing students with the practical tools necessary for running a business. Topics include Debt/Equity mix, Cash Flow, Opportunity Cost, Risk-Return, Valuation of Assets/Projects. Students will participate in the investment stock market simulation StockTrak global trading software throughout the semester. Pre-Requisites: Peregrine Software module may be required depending upon admission requirements. MBA 5207.

  • MBA 5225 Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Principles and techniques of opportunity identification, new venture creation, innovation and sustainability. This course considers entrepreneurial innovation from concept to market. The course emphasizes social innovation and social entrepreneurship, including how principles of each benefit traditional businesses. Designed to support students’ venture creation in MBA Capstone. Pre-Requisites: None

  • MBA 5199 Capstone Seminar*

    This course allows students to establish a link between their academic knowledge and practical applications by partnering with business and industry in their community. Students will plan, develop, and propose a capstone project with emphasis on management consulting or integrate their learning experiences throughout the program in the creation of a venture or project they might pursue once they have left the program. Designed to build off concepts and techniques taught in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course. Pre-Requisites: Students must have completed at least 18 program hours.

Master of Business Administration

WITH Concentration

For Students who choose to complete the major with a concentration, all courses listed above will be required, with the exception of  MBA 5199, in addition to the concentration specific courses below.

For students who choose to complete the major with a concentration: Courses required for the concentration (12 hours)[top]

Choose one Concentration

  • Organizational Development and Learning

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)

    • MBA 5309 Organizational Culture, Power and Influence

      This course equips leaders with tools for assessing organizational culture and formulating a culture change strategy yielding improvements in organizational performance. These tools include the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument and the Competing Values Framework. Students will apply the Management Skills Assessment Instrument to develop a personal improvement agenda for enhancing their competencies in facilitating culture change. The roles of power and influence tactics are examined during organizational culture change formulation and implementation. Students will develop a culture change strategic plan for a real-world organization.

    • MBA 5319 Talent Management

      This course emphasizes the process between workforce engagement, motivation and development. Especially examined in this course is the role that talent management and motivation has in the realm of organizational learning and training. The course investigates into various motivational and talent management theories to help the student to understand the complexities and meaning/purpose of work - why do people work, and how effective motivation can lead to future employee success. Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5318 Principles of Corporate Training and Learning

      In this course students will examine critical processes associated with the planning, developing and implementing of training and education programs that build upon an organization's vision and mission. The processes will mesh proven methods with new trends that connect theories, models and strategies within organizational development. Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5313 Organizational Processes in Consulting and Coaching

      This is an application course exploring the profession of management consulting and coaching. Designed to teach through understanding the art and science of internal and external management consulting/coaching, students are offered an opportunity to explore the relationship between theory and practice, and the continual changing nature of the consultation industry. Students must take this course in their last semester of the MBA-ODL program. Pre-Requisites: None

     

  • School of Finance and Operations

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)
    *Students must be a current Texas Association of School Board Officers (TASBO) member to enroll in this concentration.

    • MBA 5372 School Finance for Business Officials

      Through relevant case studies and readings, this course traces the history of school finance legal 
      battles in Texas. Students will review the implications and complexities surrounding the statewide 
      system of school finance, and assess pending legislative issues. The course will help school finance 
      professionals improve their skills in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, revenue 
      generation, and ethical decision-making.

    • MBA 5373 School Law for Business Officials

      This course examines the development and current state of school policies as they relate to public, 
      private, charter and home schooling contexts. Students will analyze legal issues pertaining to bond 
      management, election requirements, employment procedures, special education mandates, federal 
      and state program reporting requirements and environmental issues. The course will focus on 
      development of skills in identification of “red flag” legal issues and appropriate responses.

    • MBA 5370 School Operations I

      This is the first of two courses which cover maintenance and operational aspects of a school operations system. Topics fo this course include school administrative oversight of facilities, food service, planning process, construction, and transportation. Focus will be on best practices, maximizing efficiencies, standards, outsourcing, and stewardship.

    • MBA 5371 School Operations II

      This is the second of two courses which cover maintenance and operational aspects of a school operations system. Topics for this course include purchasing, safety and risk management, emergancy management, and environmental issues. Focus will be on best practices, maximizing efficiencies, standards, outsourcing, and stewardship.

     

  • Data Science & Analytics Leadership

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)

    • MBA 5332 Business Analytics Fundamentals and Strategy

      This foundational course equips business leaders with essential analytics skills for data-driven decision making. Students learn to develop KPIs, interpret business metrics, and create analytics strategies that drive organizational performance and competitive advantage.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5335 Data Visualization and Business Storytelling

      This course focuses on the critical executive skill of transforming data into compelling business narratives. Students learn to create executive dashboards, present insights to C-suite audiences, and communicate complex analytics findings in ways that drive action and investment.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5338 Customer Analytics and Predictive Modeling for Business

      Students explore high-impact customer analytics applications that directly affect revenue and profitability. The course covers customer segmentation, lifetime value modeling, churn prediction, and pricing optimization using business-friendly analytics tools and real customer datasets.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5341 Business Intellignece Systems and Performance Management

      This capstone course focuses on building organizational analytics capabilities and performance management systems. Students learn to evaluate BI platforms, design analytics governance structures, and create measurement frameworks that drive continuous business improvement.
      Pre-Requisites: None

  • Artificial Intelligence Strategy & Leadership

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)

    • MBA 5331 AI Strategy and Implementation for Business

      This foundational course equips business leaders with the strategic frameworks needed to evaluate, select, and implement AI solutions. Students learn to identify AI opportunities, assess vendor capabilities, calculate ROI, and develop business cases for AI investments without requiring technical programming knowledge.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5334 AI Project Management and Change Leadership

      This course focuses on successfully leading AI initiatives from conception to deployment. Students learn to manage AI projects, work effectively with technical teams, navigate organizational resistance, and drive adoption of AI solutions across business units.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5337 Customer Analytics and AI-Powered Marketing

      Students explore the most common and high-impact AI applications in marketing and customer analytics while developing critical thinking skills about the ethical implications of data-driven marketing practices. The course covers personalization engines, predictive customer modeling, automated marketing campaigns, and AI-driven customer segmentation strategies that directly impact revenue. Students will learn to balance business objectives with ethical considerations including privacy, transparency, bias mitigation, and responsible data stewardship.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5340 AI Ethics, Risk Management, and Governance

      This capstone course addresses the critical executive responsibilities around AI governance, risk management, and ethical deployment. Students learn to develop AI governance frameworks, manage legal and regulatory compliance, and make ethical decisions about AI use that protect both business interests and stakeholder welfare. The course emphasizes practical leadership skills for navigating complex AI challenges while building organizational trust and sustainable competitive advantage.
      Pre-Requisites: None

     

  • Learning Technology & Innovation Leadership

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)

    • MBA 5330 Learning Innovation and Design Foundations

      This foundational course introduces students to learning design principles, innovation frameworks, and technology applications in corporate training and development. Students learn to identify learning challenges, evaluate technology solutions, and develop strategic approaches to organizational learning initiatives.

      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5333 AI and Learning Analytics for Performance

      This course explores artificial intelligence and data analytics applications in learning and development contexts. Students learn to implement AI-powered learning solutions, analyze learning data for performance insights, and develop data-driven strategies for training effectiveness and employee development.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5336 Learning Culture and Employee Engagement

      This course examines the strategic development of learning cultures within organizations and their impact on employee engagement, retention, and performance. Students explore how to build learning organizations, foster continuous improvement mindsets, and create environments where learning becomes integral to organizational culture and employee experience.
      Pre-Requisites: None

    • MBA 5339 Learning Ethics and Organizational Development Leadership

      This capstone course integrates learning ethics with organizational development leadership, preparing students to lead inclusive learning initiatives and drive human performance improvement. Students develop a comprehensive understanding of learning accessibility, privacy considerations, and ethical learning design while learning to support diverse populations through inclusive technology.
      Pre-Requisites: None

  • Faith & Social Impact

    (12 credit hours) (fully online only)

    *Course titles are subject to change.

    • MBA 53XX Faith-Driven Leadership & Vocational Calling

      Course description coming soon!

    • MBA 53XX Nonprofit Strategy & Social Impact Design

      Course description coming soon!

    • MBA 53XX Missional Entrepreneurship & Innovation

      Course description coming soon!

    • MBA 53XX Christian Stewardship & Resource Development

      Course description coming soon!