Business Administration: MBA | Stanton University

Master Of Business Administration - MBA

Stanton University

Program Description

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is designed to meet the educational needs of working adult managers in an ever-expanding global economy. The program emphasizes the identification, analysis, and solution of complex management problems within a context requiring both technical understanding and balanced decision making.

Management consists of the rational assessment of a situation and the systematic selection of goals and purposes; the systematic development of strategies to achieve these goals; the marshalling of the required resources; the rational design, organization, direction, and control of the activities required to attain the selected purposes, and finally, motivation and rewarding of people to do the work.

The MBA program provides adult learners with a comprehensive foundation for business decision making and prepares them to lead effectively in a rapidly changing business environment. The program has been structured with flexibility so as to serve holders of baccalaureate degrees in business administration as well as those who hold degrees in other disciplines.

Admssion Requirements

The following materials are required before a decision on admission can be made by the Admission Committee:

Official transcripts of all academic work undertaken since graduation from high school should be submitted directly to Stanton University’s Office of admissions and Records. A final official transcript indicating that the bachelor’s degree has been granted should be submitted. If the bachelor’s degree has not been granted at the time that the student applies for admission into the M.B.A. program, then the student upon receipt of the bachelor’s degree should immediately make arrangements to have an official transcript sent directly to Stanton University indicating that the bachelor’s degree has been granted.
Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree program from a college or university accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by the US Department of Education, from an institution approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or from a national or international institution that meets these standards.
Application Fee
Application Form: an application is valid for one year.

Degree Requirements

A candidate for the Master’s Degree in Business Administration shall have:

Successfully completed an approved program in Business Administration with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, while having received no more than two letter grades of less than a B and no letter grade of less than a C;
Successfully completed a minimum of 60 quarter units of coursework, at least 40 of which were completed in residence at SU and at least 12 Units of which were completed after Advancement to Candidacy;
Successfully completed all degree requirements within the maximum time limit allowed, five years, or within an officially approved time extension;
Successfully completed the Master of Business Administration Capstone Project, BA 750;
Filed all the necessary graduation forms in accordance with the timetable provided by the School of Business and Management, and
Settled all financial obligations to the University.

Degree Required Units:

60 Units

Complete 60-quarter units of MBA courses in the following fields:

Common Core Curriculum – 32 units
Concentration – 16 units
General concentration- 8 units
MBA Project:- 4 units

MBA Common Core Curriculum:

32 units

You have to take all the eight core courses.

Common Core Curriculum 32 units, 8 Courses

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Units
BA 630	BUS 630	Accounting for Managerial Decision Making	4
BA 638	BUS 638	Business Law	4
BA 640	BUS 640	Economics for Managerial Decision Making	4
MGT 646	BUS 646	Human Resource Management and Employment Law	4
BA 647	BUS 647	Marketing Management and Strategies	4
BA 665	BUS 665	Executive Leadership	4
BA 680	BUS 680	Operations Management	4
MGT 695	BUS 695	International Strategic Management	4

MBA Concentration 16 units, 4 courses

You have to take Minimum four courses in concentration to receive a degree with a concentration (Management, Marketing, Finance).

MBA General Concentration 8 Units, 2 Courses

You can choose any two courses in any concentration

Marketing Concentration

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Units
BA 685	MGT 643	Business Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation	4
MGT 655	MGT 655	Organizational Conflict Management	4
MGT 665	MGT 665	Management Information Systems	4
MGT 675	MGT 675	Management of Innovation	4
MGT 685	MGT 685	Organizational Leadership, Leadership Development and Change Management	4
MGT 697	MGT 697	Cost-Benefit Analysis for Executive Decision-making	4

Marketing Concentration

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Units
MKT 610	MKT 610	Integrated Marketing and Communications	4
MGT 630	MGT 630	Consumer Behavior	4
MGT 640	MGT 640	International Marketing	4
MGT 650	MGT 650	Sales Management	4
MGT 660	MGT 660	Market Research	4
BA 650	MGT 675	E-commerce	4

Finance Concentration

Old Course Code	New Course Code	Course Name	Units
BA 625	FIN 625	Financial Accounting	4
FIN 650	FIN 650	Financing the Emerging Enterprise	4
FIN 655	FIN 655	Financial Risk Management	4
FIN 660	FIN 660	Real Estate Finance and Valuation	4
FIN 665	FIN 665	International Business Finance	4
FIN 690	FIN 690	Financial Institutions	4

MBA Project 4 units, 1 course

Course Code	Course Name	Units	Pre-requisties
BA 750	Master of Business Administration Project	4	Approval of MBA Advisor