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.
In order to qualify for the degree of MBA in Sustainable Business, students must successfully complete 74 credits of course work as follows:
MBA Foundation Courses (34 credits)
- MGT 402 Managing for Sustainability (4 credits)
- MGT 425 Marketing Management (4 credits)
- MGT 315 Financial Accounting (4 credits)
- MGT 404 Managerial Accounting (4 credits)
- MGT 428 Business Law and Ethics (4 credits)
- MGT 429 Human Resource Management (2–4 credits)
- MGT 430 Financial Management (4 credits)
- MGT 482 Management and Organization (4 credits)
- MGT 432 Entrepreneurship Project (4 credits)
Students may waive with credit any course in the MBA Foundation program by having completed an equivalent undergraduate course at an accredited university and earned a grade of at least B. Students who waive at least 28 credits in the MBA Foundation may waive, without credit, the requirement to take MGT 432 Entrepreneurship Project. 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 MUM and used as specialization or elective credits.
MBA Core Courses (8 credits)
The following courses are required of all MBA students:
- MGT 517 Data Analysis for Managers (4 credits)
- MGT 518 Operations Management for Sustainable Business (4 credits)
MBA Specialization (12 credits)
All MBA students must complete a specialization consisting of at least 12 credits. Each specialization must include a seminar or capstone course, designated below by an asterisk (*), in which there is a substantial requirement of research and writing.
Specialization Courses in Sustainable Business
- MGT 5681 Socially Responsible Investing (2–4 credits)
- MGT 5313 Socially and Environmentally Responsible Management (2–4 credits)
- MGT 531 Sustainable Technologies (2–4 credits)
- MGT 418 Sustainable Economics (4 credits)
- MGT 5311 Seminar in Sustainable Business (2–4 credits) *
- MGT 5941 Business Process Modeling I (2 credits)
- MGT 5942 Business Process Modeling II (2 credits)
- MGT 567 Managing for World Class Quality (2–4 credits)
- MGT 502 Sustainable Continuous Improvement I (4 credits)
- MGT 580 Sustainable Continuous Improvement II (4 credits) *
Electives (20 credits)
Elective courses may be taken from any specialization 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 or Biology.
Electives in Sustainable Living and Biology
- 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 January 2010.
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