Curriculum
Drake’s M.B.A. program allows you to customize your degree based on your personal interests.
While working with faculty members to develop leadership skills in courses focused on expanding your business acumen, your adviser will assist you in choosing elective courses and an area of specialization to help you realize your career goals. The 39 credit-hour M.B.A. program consists of 27 credit-hours of required courses, nine elective credit-hours in an area of specialization and three credit-hours of professional development seminars.
Foundations of Decision Making - 6 Credit Hours
Core Courses - 21 Credit Hours
- MBA 242: Financial Reporting and Analysis
- MBA 251: Creating Customer Value through Marketing
- MBA 253: Corporate Finance
- MBA 254: Leadership and Human Capital Development
- MBA 256: Information Technology & Business
- MBA 257: Project Management
- MBA 260: Strategic Business Processes (Capstone)
Areas of Specialization - 9 Credit Hours
Students must complete nine (9) hours focused within an area of specialization, or selected from all offerings. Students work with their advisor to determine which area of specialization best matches their goals.
Accounting (12 hours required)
Students must complete twelve (12) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Accounting.
ACCT 120: Advanced Managerial Accounting
ACCT 167: Advanced Financial Accounting
ACCT 175: Auditing Principals
ACCT 185: Individual Taxation
ACCT 186: Business Equity Taxation
ACCT 210: Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities
ACCT 255: Tax Research and Planning
ACCT 265: Emerging Accounting Issues
ACCT 275: Seminar in Auditing
ACCT 276: IT Auditing
ACCT 277: Fraud Examination
ACCT 278: Internal Auditing
ACCT 280: Financial Statement Analysis
BLAW 250: The Law of Business Organizations
Business Analytics (Online Only)
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Business Analytics.
IS 210: Business Analytics, Teams, & Projects
IS 220: Information Tech Legal & Ethical Issues
IS 231: Data Management & Visual Analytics
STAT 240: Statistical Modeling
Cybersecurity Management (Online Only)
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Cybersecurity Management.
IS 298: Cybersecurity Management
IS 298: Cyber Attack Prevention & Mitigation
ACCT 276: IT Auditing
ACCT 277: Fraud Examination
ACCT 278: Internal Auditing
INS 280: Operational Risk Management
BLAW 298: Practical Contract Interpretation
Financial Management
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Financial Management.
ACCT 280: Financial Statement Analysis
ECON 280: Business, Govt, and the Global Economy
FIN 280: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Mgmt
FIN 281: Regulatory Environ for Fin Institutions
FIN 283: Multinational Financial Management
FIN 284: Analysis of Fixed Income Securities & Deriv
FIN 285: Equity Evaluation
FIN 286: Risk Management for Financial Institutions
FIN 288: Futures, Options, and Swaps
INS 280: Operational Risk Management
QUAN 270: Quanitiative Analytical Methods
Health Care Management
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Health Care Management.
HLTH 261: Health Care Policy
HLTH 263: Health Care Administration
HLTH 264: Beyond Ethics: Policy & Healthcare
HLTH 266: Health Regulation, Law, and Advocacy
Human Resources
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Human Resources.
BLAW 245: Law in the Workplace
BUS 283: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
MGMT 282: Human Resource Management
or
MPA 216: Managing Human Resources as Assets
MGMT 284: Talent Management and HR Analytics
MGMT 288: Compensations and Benefits
MGMT 298: Special Topics
PADM 287: Workplace/Workforce Issues
PADM 288: Human Resource Applications
Individualized
Students select nine (9) hours tailored to their unique interests from among all specialization courses offered.
Innovation & Leadership
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Innovation & Leadership.
BLAW 245: Law in the Workplace
BUS 212: Seminar in Executive Leadership
BUS 283: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
BUS 298: Special Topics
ECON 280: Business, Government, and the Global Economy
INS 280: Operational Risk Management
MGMT 280: International Management
MGMT 298: Special Topics
Marketing
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Marketing.
MKTG 275: Sales Management
MKTG 280: Global Marketing Management
MKTG 285: Brand Management
MKTG 291: Services Marketing
MKTG 298: Special Topics
Nonprofit Management
Students must complete nine (9) credit hours from the offerings below to earn an area of specialization in Nonprofit Management.
ACCT 210: Accounting for Not-for-Profit Entities
MPA 221: Public Organizations & Leadership
PADM 270: Foundations of Nonprofit Organizations
PADM 273: Nonprofit Management
PADM 280: Managing Across Sector Boundaries
PADM 281: Program Performance Evaluation & Mgmt
PADM 283: External Resource Development
Professional Development Seminars - 3 Credit Hours
Students complete three one credit-hour professional development seminars.
Learn more about the Drake Master of Business Administration program. Plan to attend an information session, discuss your educational goals with CBPA staff, or apply now.
