Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

The master of business administration is a 37- credit degree that prepares students for leadership positions in business, state and federal government, or non-profit institutions. Building on a foundation of management, accounting, finance, economics, and marketing, the program emphasizes administrative ability, managerial potential, financial decision making, and long-range planning skills.

The program utilizes an intensive problem-solving approach, featuring case studies and simulations across the spectrum of decision areas within business organizations and emphasizing the integrative nature of managerial responsibilities. Use of the computer as a management tool is required for databases, spreadsheets, statistical analysis, and linear programming.

Exit Requirements for Completing the M.B.A. Degree

During the final year of M.B.A. coursework all students must take Mgmt 689, Business Strategy and Bus 696 Business Case Study. Students should take these courses in the last semester of coursework. Mgmt 689 focuses on strategic business analysis, and each student will prepare and present a final written case analysis that demonstrates their ability to analyze business problems. They will present their case solution formally in an oral examination to a committee of three faculty members; two from the School of Business and one faculty from outside of the School of Business. Students must continue to register for Bus 696 until all requirements are completed.

The written document will follow the APA style format and will comply with the exit requirements of the Office of Graduate Studies at New Mexico Highlands University.

Upon successful completion of any deficiencies, all coursework, the written case analysis and oral examination, the student will be nominated to candidacy for the M.B.A. degree.

General MBA Program

Required courses:

Bus 501 Intro to Bus Analysis (3)
Mgmt 601 Bus Rsrch Meth (3)
Bus 604 Quant Meth (3)
Acct 605 Managerial Acct (3)
Fin 607 Managerial Finance (3)
Econ 608 Managerial Econ (3)
Blaw 639 Legal Environment of Business (3)
Mgmt 622 Intl Business and Society (3)
Mgmt 664 Organizational Theory (3)
Mktg 684 Marketing Mgmt (3)
Mgmt 687 Human Resource Mgmt (3)
Mgmt 689 Business Strategy (3)
Bus 696 Business Case Study (1)

Core Total: 37

*Bus 500 is only required of students lacking preparation in Marketing, Management, and Information Systems and this course will be assigned if students are admitted provisionally.

Students may choose an MBA concentration, in addition to the general program, in one of the following areas:

Concentration in Non-Profit Financial Management:

Acct 589 Governmental Acct (3)
Acct 501 Budgeting (3)
Econ 609 Public Economics (3)
Policy Either SW 541, EdAdm 675 or PolS 614 (3)
Mgmt 634 Practicum in Not for Profit (3)

Total hours: 15

Concentration in International Business:

Fin 575 International Finance (3)
Mktg 574 International Mktg (3)
Acct 582 International Acct (3)
Bus 654 Practicum: Residency in Latin America (6)
Span 625 Applied Span for the Professions (3)
IntB 530 Intl Negotiations (3)

Total hours: 21

Concentration in Human Resources Management:

Mgmt 540 Intl Human Resource Mgmt (3)
Mgmt 553 Organizational Leadership (3)
Mgmt 560 Training and Develop of Human Resourse (3)
Mgmt 565 Personnel Practices and the Law (3)
Mgmt 566 Compensation and Benefits(3)

Total hours: 15

Master of Business Administration (MBA)