Master of Business Administration
The master of business administration is a 37-credit degree that prepares students for leadership positions in business, state and federal government, or nonprofit 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.
Our program focuses on intensive problem-solving, using case studies and simulations across the spectrum of decision areas within business organizations and emphasizing the integrative nature of managerial responsibilities. We provide state of the art business training using current business tools: 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 his or her ability to analyze a comprehensive business problem.
Students 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.
MBA Program
Students must complete the required MBA core (22 hours), and then choose a concentration (15 hours).
Required MBA Core courses:
Bus 500 Introduction to Business Administration (3)*
Bus 501 Intro to Bus Analysis (3)*
Bus 604 Quant Meth (3)
Acct 606 Managerial Acct (3)
Fin 607 Managerial Finance (3)
Econ 608 Managerial Econ (3)
Blaw 639 Legal Environment of Business (3)
Mktg 684 Marketing Mgmt (3)
Mgmt 689 Business Strategy (3)
Bus 696 Business Case Study (1)
Core Total: 22 hours (*or 28)
*Bus 500 and Bus 501 are required of students lacking preparation in accounting, finance, marketing, management, or information systems. These courses are assigned based upon the student's undergraduate transcripts.
Students must choose an MBA concentration, in addition to the general program, in one of the following areas:
Concentration in Finance
Concentration in Nonprofit 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 ProfiĀt (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