Sustainable Business (MBA)

Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements below for the MBA in Sustainable Business, students need to satisfy the general requirements for a master’s degree.

MBA students must complete a total of 60 semester-hour credits, consisting of 18 credits to fulfill the MBA Distribution Requirement and 42 credits in specialization, concentration, general requirements, and elective courses.

MBA Distribution Requirement (18 credits)

As a preparation for meeting the requirement of a specialization or several concentrations, each MBA student must demonstrate a basic competence in the foundational fields of business. This is demonstrated by having a total of 18 credits earned by taking at least 2 semester-hour credits in each of five of the following six fields:

• Marketing
• Accounting
• Financial management
• Business law and ethics
• Leadership, the management of people or organizations
• Management of operations or quality

Students may fulfill the MBA Distribution Requirement in whole or in part by having completed equivalent undergraduate course work at an accredited university and earned a grade of at least B.

Students who have taken graduate course work in business administration at another university and have not used those credits for a degree may apply to have those credits transferred to M.U.M. and used as specialization, concentration or elective credits, up to a maximum of 18 credits.

Depth Requirement (16–18 credits)

MBA students must complete either a specialization or three concentrations.

A specialization is a depth of study in one cross-functional field consisting of at least 16 credits. Examples of specialization topics are business process improvement, sustainable business, entrepreneurship, international business, public management, or industry-specific focuses such as communications & media, health care administration, and so on. Each specialization must include a seminar or capstone course in which there is a substantial requirement of research and writing. Examples of two specialization options are shown below.

A concentration is a depth of study in an area of business, typically in one of the business functions, beyond that which is covered in the distribution requirement. MBA students may fulfill the depth requirement by taking three concentrations of at least 6 credits each.

Specializations

Specialization Courses in Sustainable Business

• MGT 402 Managing for Sustainability (4 credits)
• MGT 501 Organizational Change for Sustainability (4 credits)
• MGT 5165 Measuring and Reporting on Sustainability (2-4 credits)
• MGT 531 Sustainable Technologies (2–4 credits)
• MGT 5313 Socially and Environmentally Responsible Management (2–4 credits)
• MGT 5314 Modeling Sustainable Technologies (2 credits)
• MGT 5552 Employee Health and Wellness (2 credits)
• MGT 5681 Socially Responsible Investing (2–4 credits)
• MGT 5881 Sustainable Community Development (2-4 credits)
• MGT 5312 MBA Capstone Project (4 credits)

Specialization Courses in Business Process Improvement

• MGT 518 Operations Management (2-4 credits)
• MGT 524 Statistics for Business Process Improvement (4 credits)
• MGT 567 Managing for World Class Quality (2–4 credits)
• MGT 502 Business Process Improvement (4 credits)
• MGT 509 Performance Improvement Project (4 credits)

Concentrations

With the prior approval of the MBA program director, MGT 598 Internship (2 credits) may apply to any concentration according to the subject of the internship report. A concentration may be taken from any of the specialization areas. Other concentrations include the following:

Concentration Courses in Marketing

• MGT 573 Advertising (2-4 credits)
• MGT 574 Marketing Research (4 credits)
• MGT 575 Internet Marketing (2–4 credits)
• MGT 5751 Analytics for Internet Marketing (2-4 credits)

Concentration Courses in Human Resource Management

• MGT 583 Mediation and Negotiation (2-4 credits)
• MGT 501 Organizational Change for Sustainability (2-4 credits)
• MGT 555 Human Resource Development (2–4 credits)
• MGT 535 Needs Analysis and Program Evaluation (4 credits)
• MGT 581 Employment Law (2-4 credits)
• MGT 5551 TM Program Teacher Training (2-4 credits; may be repeated)
• MGT 566 Human Resource Strategy (2-4 credits)

Concentration Courses in Financial Management

• MGT 531 Sustainable Technologies (2 credits)
• MGT 551 Corporate Finance (2-4 credits)
• MGT 562 International Finance (2-4 credits)
• MGT 5681 Socially Responsible Investing (2 credits)

Concentration Courses in International Business

• MGT 529 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (1-4 credits)
• MGT 562 International Finance (2-4 credits)
• MGT 569 International Business (2-4 credits)
• MGT 579 International Marketing (2-4 credits)
• MGT 583 Mediation and Negotiation (2-4 credits)
• MGT 5859 US and International Accounting Practices (2-4 credits)

Electives

Elective courses may be taken from any concentration offered by the department. With the permission of the department chair, a maximum of 8 elective credits may be taken as courses designated 400-level or above in other departments of the University or as 300-level courses in Sustainable Living.

Electives in Sustainable Living (Fairfield, Iowa campus)

• SL 350 Environmental Planning and Landscaping (4 credits)
• SL 405 Ecology (4 credits)
• SL 420 Renewable Energy (4 credits)
• SL 428 Sustainable Living Workshop (4 credits)
• SL 445 Environmental Law (4 credits)
• SL 450 Environmental Planning and Landscaping (4 credits)
• BIO 328 Ethnobotany (4 credits)
• BIO 338 Organic Agriculture (4 credits)
• BIO 341 Permaculture Design (4 credits)
• BIO 375 Earth Science (4 credits)
• BIO 405 Sustainable Global Environment (4 credits)
• GOV 420 Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy (4 credits)

The above information is subject to change any time. Students already enrolled at the University should contact the graduation director for their degree requirements. The content of this page was reviewed in March 2011.

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