The Marquette MBA curriculum includes business foundations, analytics, strategy, ethics, leadership, and electives. The individualized curriculum ranges from 31.5-42 credits based on a student's prior business learning and includes 15 credits of electives which may be pursued across interdisciplinary subject areas or focused within a specialization.
The MBA curriculum is summarized through this flowchart. Learn more about specializations here.
Specializations are highlighted below and are described further through the MBA specializations website.
Business Essentials (9 credits)
Business Essentials (BE) Courses are 1.5 credit courses in the areas of accounting, finance, economics, information systems, marketing and supply chain management and provide important foundational learning for MBA strategy and elective courses. Business Essentials courses may be waived for students who have completed comparable prior learning through earning a B or better in transcript-documented coursework completed within the past ten years.
Business Essentials waivers will be evaluated within the admissions process and are further described within the admissions website
Decision Making (4.5 credits)
Decision Making courses include Quantitative Analysis and Business Analytics. Quantitative Analysis provides the statistical foundations, and Business Analytics focuses on predictive and prescriptive analytics and enables business leaders to structure and develop models that accurately depict a decision problem. Quantitative Analysis may be waived based on prior transcript-documented statistics coursework.
Strategy (6 credits)
The strategy courses prepare business leaders to identify and analyze sources of competitive advantage, optimize decision-making processes, and evaluate strategic management. Courses include strategic management, enterprise risk management, and the MBA capstone course.
Leadership (4.5 credits)
Leadership courses prepare students to lead people and change, innovation, and creativity, and to bring self-awareness and leadership frameworks to projects, teams, and management.
Ethics (3 credits)
Through courses in corporate social responsibility and ethical business practices, MBA students learn to apply theories of ethics and an understanding of how business, government and society interact to the effects of business on people, organizations, communities, and the environment.
Electives (15 credits)
Students may pursue electives across Graduate School of Management subjects including leadership, management, finance, marketing, supply chain, information systems, and marketing. Students may pursue a MBA specialization by completing 12 credits in a specific area of study. Specializations are highlighted below and are described further through the MBA specializations website.
With advisor approval and pre-requisite eligibility, MBA students may also pursue courses throughout Marquette University graduate offerings. MBA students most often select courses in data science, communications, and health systems leadership.
MBA courses course formats include:
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The Graduate School of Management offers a diverse range of MBA elective courses. Electives offered within the past year include:
Students may also pursue Health Systems Leadership courses in Health Care Advocacy, Managing Populations and Access, Quality Improvement and Workforce Solutions With advisor approval, MBA students may request course enrollment within additional Marquette University Colleges and departments such as Communications, Data Science and Health Systems Leadership. |
