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Degree Requirements

Common Body of Knowledge/Foundation (0-15 credits)

Undergraduate Preparation

ACCOUNT-244 Accounting Concepts(*1)
ECON-202 Macro Economics and
ECON-201 Micro Economics(*2)
ECON-245 Business Statistics(*3)

FNBSLW-341 Business Law(*4)
FNBSLW-344 Business Finance(*5)
MANGEMNT-306 Operations Management(*6)
MARKETNG-311 Marketing Principles(*7)

Graduate Equivalent

ACCOUNT-701 Accounting Foundations
ECON-704 Economics Foundations

ECON-703 Statistics Foundations

FNBSLW-721 Legal Environment of Bus
FNBSLW-718 Financial Management
MANGEMENT-719 Operations Management
MARKETNG-716 Marketing

* Notes:

  1. If you completed Accounting Concepts or an equivalent financial accounting course with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Accounting Foundations (CBK)
  2. If you completed Macro Economics AND Micro Economics with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Economics Foundations (CBK)
  3. If you completed Business Statistics or an equivalent introductory statistics course with a grade of at least a B, you do not take Statistics Foundations (CBK)
  4. If you completed Business Law or an equivalent business law course with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Legal Environment of Business (CBK)
  5. If you completed Business Finance or an equivalent introductory finance course with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Financial Management (CBK)
  6. If you completed Operations Management or an equivalent operations course with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Operations Management (CBK)
  7. If you completed Marketing Principles or an equivalent introductory marketing course with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Marketing (CBK)

Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) credits are added to the minimum 36 credits required for the MBA at UW-Whitewater.

Required Breadth (0-12 credits)

IT/BE-740 Business & Professional Communications
MARKETNG-731 Advanced Statistical Methods
MANGEMNT-759 Social Responsibility of Business OR
MARKETNG-766 Ethics in the Marketplace
ACCOUNT-725 Profit Planning & Control
ECON-736 Business Conditions Analysis OR
ECON-737 Managerial Economics
MANGEMNT-721 Organizational Behavior OR
MANGEMNT-745 Building Effective Organizations

The required Breadth credits count toward the minimum 36 credits needed for the MBA. A required Breadth class will not be required if an equivalent undergraduate course has been completed with at least a C grade. If a student has had an organizational behavior class, then they will take Building Effective Organizations.

Global Management (3-6 credits)

ECON-758 Advanced International Economics
FNBSLW-755 Multinational Business Finance
MANGEMNT-763 Global Operations Management OR
MANGEMNT-777 International Management
MARKETNG-761 International Business (Marketing) OR
MARKETNG-772 Internet Marketing

Students must take at least one class from this module. The Global Management course taken to satisfy this module requirement can also satisfy an emphasis requirement but will only count as 3 credits toward the minimum 36 credits needed for the MBA.

Managing Technology (3-6 credits)

IT/BE-734 Management Information Systems OR
IT/BE-778 Network Adminstration for End Users OR
IT/BE-772 Business Technologies OR
IT/BE-775 Business Telecommunications OR
MANGEMNT-738 Management of Technology OR
MANGEMNT-753 Training & Development OR

MANGEMNT-762 Project Management & Enterprise Resource Planning OR
MANGEMNT-769 Quality Issues in Operations
MARKETNG-745 Total Quality Management OR
MARKETNG-770 Product Innovation & Pricing OR
MARKETNG-772 Internet Marketing OR
MARKETNG-775 Database Marketing
MCS 785 Information Systems Project Management

Students must take at least one class from this module. The Managing Technology course taken to satisfy this module requirement can also satisfy an emphasis requirement but will only count as 3 credits toward the minimum 36 credits needed for the MBA. Students Must Take Three Courses/Nine Credits From the Global Management and Managing Technology Modules.

Strategic Management (8 credits)

MANGEMNT-788 Strategic Decision Making
(Must be taken in the last term of the program or in the final 12 credits)
FNBSLW-770 Capital Budgeting
MANGEMNT-760 Strategic Management of HR OR
MANGEMNT-768 Operation Policy OR
MANGEMNT-771 Strategic Management
MARKETNG-751 Buyer Behavior OR
MARKETNG-765 Advertising & Promotions Management OR

MARKETNG-767 Strategic Marketing For Entrepreneurs OR
MARKETNG-774 Strategic Marketing Planning OR
MARKETNG-775 Database Marketing
MCS-740 Information Systems Strategy and Policy

Six credits/two courses from this section must be taken after the CBK and Breadth requirements are complete.

Electives (0-9 credits)

Electives may be any graduate business class numbered 730 or above. Electives may be used to complete an additional emphasis or to take more courses in the first emphasis. Electives are usually needed when a course satisfies a module and emphasis requirement.

Emphasis (9-12 credits)

Marketing and IT Management are 12 credit emphases.

Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management are 9 credit emphases.

Finance, Human Resource Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management, International Business, Management, IT Management and Marketing can be completed entirely online.

A COURSE MAY NOT BE COUNTED IN MORE THAN ONE EMPHASIS!

For International Students...
English/Writing Proficiency Requirements (Undergraduate Courses)

If TOEFL score is:

  • 550 - 600, ENGLISH-091 Basic Writing Skills, 2 credits (213 - 250 if Computer-based test)
  • 540 - 549, ENGLISH-091 Basic Writing Skills, 2 credits AND ENGLISH-161 English for International Students, 3 credits (207 - 212 if Computer-based test)
  • 530 - 539, ENGLISH-091 Basic Writing Skills, 2 credits AND ENGLISH-161 English for International Students, 3 credits AND ENGLISH-162 English for International Students, 3 credits (197 - 206 if Computer-based test)