Degree Requirements
Common Body of Knowledge/Foundation (0-15 credits)
Undergraduate Preparation
- ACCOUNT-244 Intro to Financial Accounting(*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:
- 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)
- If you completed Macro Economics AND Micro Economics with a grade of at least a C, you do not take Economics Foundations (CBK)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
