Full-Time Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Business Administration" without focus area specifications.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		22
Students must complete all courses in the three Core Courses areas listed below:
Markets and Finance Core Courses
MBA 501	Financial Accounting for Decision Makers
MBA 502	Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers
MBA 505	Essential Economics for Managers
MBA 520	Financial Management of Corporations
Analyzing the Value Chain Core Courses
MBA 506	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 1
MBA 507	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 2
MBA 540	Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management
MBA 560	Marketing Management and Strategy
Managing the Organization Core Courses
MBA 510	Critical Thinking for Managers
MBA 512	Ethical Thinking for Managers
MBA 530	Leading People
MBA 580	Creating Value in Organizations
MBA 590	Special Topics In Business Management
MBA 610	Special Topics in Business Administration
Analytics / Quantitative Course 1		3
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 2		3
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses		26
Students may select elective courses from the list below. Additional elective course options are approved in conjunction with the academic committee and academic director of the NC State MBA
Total Hours		54

¹

"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is a minimum of one course that builds upon the core statistics course.  Offerings include electives in applied statistics, finance, information technology, marketing, and operations.

²

"Practicum Course" must be a minimum of one course semester-long course where students serve as a consulting team for an actual organization.  Offerings include applications in analytics, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, product innovation, operations and supply chain, and risk management.

Elective Courses

"Elective Courses" may include any courses listed below; courses not on the list below may count toward the degree, but only by approval of the academic director of the NC State MBA.

Students that have completed the Business Sustainability Graduate Certificate may use up to 3 credits to count as elective credit toward the completion of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MBA 511	Data Security and Privacy
MBA 515	Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
MBA 516	Advanced SAP
MBA 518	Enterprise Risk Management
MBA 519	Enterprise Risk Management Practicum
MBA 521	Advanced Corporate Finance
MBA 523	Investment Theory and Practice
MBA 524	Equity Valuation
MBA 525	Taxes and Business Strategy
MBA 526	International Finance
MBA 533	Negotiation and Conflict Management
MBA 534	Core Concepts of Human Capital Management
MBA 535	Leading Teams
MBA 536	Experience Innovation and Strategic Design
MBA 538	Women as Leaders
MBA 539	Jenkins Leadership Challenge
MBA 541	Supply Management
MBA 542	Supply Chain Logistics
MBA 544	Operations Analysis
MBA 545	Decision Making under Uncertainty
MBA 546	Strategic Operations Management
MBA 547	Sustainable Operations Management
MBA 548	Analytical Supply Chain Management
MBA 549	Supply Chain Management Practicum
MBA 551	Predictive Analytics for Business and Big Data
MBA 552	Data Engineering, Management and Warehousing
MBA 555	Product Design and Development
MBA 558	Artificial Intelligence in Management
MBA 559	Business Analytics Practicum
MBA 561	Consumer Behavior
MBA 562	Research Methods In Marketing
MBA 563	Product and Brand Management
MBA 564	Business Relationship Management
MBA 565	Marketing Analytics
MBA 566	Digital Marketing
MBA 567	Marketing Metrics
MBA 570	Opportunity Evaluation and Value Creation
MBA 571	High Growth Entrepreneurship
MBA 572	Venture Opportunity Analytics
MBA/MSE 576	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I
MBA/MSE 577	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II
MBA 578	Venture Launch
MBA 579	Entrepreneurship Clinic Practicum
MBA 582	B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum
MBA 584	Root Cause Analysis: Interpreting Data for Decision-Making
MBA 585	Current Topics in BioSciences Management
MBA 586	Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries
MBA 589	Jenkins Consulting Practicum
MBA 590	Special Topics In Business Management
Students can select three credits from the courses below to apply to the MBA degree.
EA 505	Environmental Assessment Law & Policy
EA 520	Renewable Energy Policy and Economics
EA 521	Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Site Assessment
EA 522	Photovoltaic Design and Assessment
EA 523	Assessment of Renewable Energy Storage Systems
FB 576	Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
FOR 519	Forest Economics
NR 500	Natural Resource Management
NR 560	Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy
NR 595	Special Topics in Natural Resources
PRT 550	Human Behavior and the Environment
PSE 576	Environmental Life Cycle Analysis

Part-Time Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Business Administration" without focus area specifications.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		20
See "Core Courses" listed below
Analytics / Quantitative Course 1		3
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 2		3
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses 3		14
"Elective Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours		40

Core Courses

All courses in the following categories are required by all MBA students:

Markets and Finance

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MBA 501	Financial Accounting for Decision Makers	1
MBA 502	Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers	1
MBA 505	Essential Economics for Managers	2
MBA 520	Financial Management of Corporations	2

Analyzing the Value Chain

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MBA 506	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 1	1
MBA 507	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 2	1
MBA 540	Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management	2
MBA 560	Marketing Management and Strategy	2

Managing the Organization

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MBA 510	Critical Thinking for Managers	1
MBA 512	Ethical Thinking for Managers	1
MBA 531 & MBA 532	Leading People 1 and Leading People 2	3
MBA 580	Creating Value in Organizations	3

¹

"Analytics / Quantitative Course" must be at least one course that builds upon the core statistics course.  Offerings include electives in: applied statistics, finance, information technology, marketing, and operations.

 

²

"Practicum Course" is a semester-long course where students serve as a consulting team for an actual organization.  Offerings include: applications in analytics, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, product innovation, operations and supply chain, and risk management.

³

"Elective Courses" may include any graduate course in the Poole College of Management; courses outside the College must be approved by the academic director of the NC State MBA. Students that have completed the Business Sustainability Graduate Certificate may use up to 3 credits to count for elective credit toward the completion of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

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