| Degree Requirements
Preparing for the Future with a World-Class Curriculum The Cardean M.B.A. program provides you with general management skills and knowledge of essential tools of business leadership. We believe that success in business requires one to have a foundation of knowledge in various academic disciplines combined with the understanding of how these concepts and tools apply to solving problems and responding to opportunities in real-world situations. Additionally you may do an optional concentration in any one of the following three areas: - Finance and Accounting
- Management and Organizations
- Marketing and Product Development
You need 45 credits to complete the M.B.A. Program as follows:
Core Curriculum
(all courses are required)
18 credits | | — Financial Accounting (4)
— Corporate Finance (3)
— Leading and Managing Organizations (5)
— Effective Communications (2)
— Principles of Marketing (4) | Distribution Curriculum
7 credits
— 4 credits from Strategy and Economics
— 3 credits from Analysis and Control | | Strategy and Economics
— Principles of Economic Strategy (4)
— Managerial Economics (4)
Analysis and Control
— Decision Models (3)
— Operations (3)
— Managerial Accounting (3) | Electives
20 credits* | | — Managing in the Global Economy (4)
— Data Mining (3)
— Internet Marketing (3)
— Internet User Experience (3)
— Investment (3)
— Topics in Competitive Strategy (3)
— Managerial Economics (4)
— Managing the Workforce (4)
— Creating a Visionary Organization (3)
— Managerial Decision Making (4) | | Total: 45 credits required for an M.B.A. degree |
*Cardean Electives account for 20 of the 45 credits required. If you choose to pursue an area of Concentration, the number of Elective credits required is 10 rather than 20.
Concentrations are not mandatory, but they can help you focus your academic experience on a specific discipline. | 
