Programs of Study
The Mason MBA program requires 48 credits: 33 credits of core courses and 15 credits of elective courses. Students complete the degree program in two or three years depending on the program selected. Evening students commit to attending classes a minimum of two times per week and traditional students attend classes during the day four days each week. Evening students are required to enroll in classes during the summer session to complete their degrees on a timely basis.
Core Courses
MBA 603 - Managerial Economics and Decisions of the Firm (Credits: 3)
MBA 612 - Managing Costs and Evaluating Performance (Credits: 1.5)
MBA 613 - Financial Reporting and Decision Making (Credits: 3)
MBA 623 - Marketing Management (Credits: 3)
MBA 633 - Statistics for Business Decision Making (Credits: 3)
MBA 638 - Operations Management (Credits: 3)
MBA 643 - Managerial Finance (Credits: 3)
MBA 653 - Organizational Behavior (Credits: 3)
MBA 662 - Management of Information Technology (Credits: 1.5)
MBA 673 - Legal Environment for Management (Credits: 1.5)
MBA 674 - Ethical and Social Environment of Business in the 21st Century (Credits: 1.5)
MBA 678 - Strategy and Organizational Leadership (Credits: 3)
MBA 795 - Global Business Perspectives (Credits: 3)
After completing the core curriculum, students take fifteen credits (5 courses) of electives. You may select to focus in one area of the curriculum by choosing to take more than one of your electives in one area of emphasis. The areas of emphasis allow you to gain additional expertise through an integrated set of electives.
The Mason MBA currently offers the following areas of emphasis:
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Management
- Information Systems Management
- International Business
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Real Estate
A limited number of courses from outside the MBA Program or through the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area may be taken as electives with the permission of the program director.
Please refer to the University Catalog for the most current course descriptions.
