University Catalog 2024-2025

Business Administration (MR)

Full-Time Degree Requirements

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

Core Courses22
See "Core Courses" listed below
Concentration Area Courses 112
"Concentration Area Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Analytics / Quantitative Course 23
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 33
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses 414
"Elective Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours54
1

"Concentration Area Courses" must be a minimum of 12 credit hours in entrepreneurship, finance, innovation management, marketing, or operations.

2

"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.

3

"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.

4

"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.

Core Courses

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

Markets and Finance

MBA 501Financial Accounting for Decision Makers1
MBA 502Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers1
MBA 505Essential Economics for Managers2
MBA 520Financial Management of Corporations2

Analyzing the Value Chain

MBA 506Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 11
MBA 507Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 21
MBA 540Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management2
MBA 560Marketing Management and Strategy2

Managing the Organization 

MBA 510Critical Thinking for Managers1
MBA 512Ethical Thinking for Managers1
MBA 530Leading People 3
MBA 580Creating Value in Organizations3
MBA 590Special Topics In Business Management1-6
MBA 610Special Topics in Business Administration1-6

Part-Time Degree Requirements

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

Core Courses20
See "Core Courses" listed below
Analytics / Quantitative Course 13
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 23
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses 314
"Elective Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours40

Core Courses

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

Markets and Finance

MBA 501Financial Accounting for Decision Makers1
MBA 502Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers1
MBA 505Essential Economics for Managers2
MBA 520Financial Management of Corporations2

Analyzing the Value Chain

MBA 506Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 11
MBA 507Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 21
MBA 540Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management2
MBA 560Marketing Management and Strategy2

Managing the Organization

MBA 510Critical Thinking for Managers1
MBA 512Ethical Thinking for Managers1
MBA 531
MBA 532
Leading People 1
and Leading People 2
3
MBA 580Creating Value in Organizations3
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.

Faculty

Professors

  • Steven G. Allen
  • Vikas Anand
  • Steve H. Barr
  • Jonathan D. Bohlmann
  • Marianne Bradford
  • Joseph F. Brazel
  • Jon Carr
  • Yuang Sung Al Chen
  • Robert L. Clark
  • Robert B. Handfield
  • Hans Sebastian Heese
  • David H. Henard
  • Ramkumar Janakiraman
  • Stacy W. King
  • Bradley Lane Kirkman
  • Shawn Mankad
  • Stephen K. Markham
  • Roger C. Mayer
  • Donald P. Pagach
  • Fay Cobb Payton
  • Eileen Z. Taylor
  • Beverly B. Tyler
  • Mark D. Walker
  • Richard Simon Warr
  • Ira R. Weiss
  • Turanay Caner
  • Bartley R. Danielsen
  • Julia B. Earp
  • Jesse Aaron Ellis
  • Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya
  • Srinivasan Krishnamurthy
  • Karlyn Mitchell
  • Paul W. Mulvey
  • Jeffrey M. Pollack
  • William Michael Rand
  • Stefanie Mora Robinson
  • Michael A. Stanko
  • Jeffrey S. Stonebraker
  • Donald P. Warsing
  • Nachiket Meghashyam Bhawe
  • Heather Johnson Dretsch
  • Patrick James Flynn
  • Timothy Charles Kraft
  • Elena Kulchina
  • Elizabeth Erin Powell
  • Rishika Rishika
  • Jared Smith
  • Qingqing Wu
  • Jon W. Bartley
  • David L. Baumer
  • Stephen N. Chapman
  • K. Shannon Davis
  • Gary W. Dickson
  • Cleon W. Harrell Jr.
  • Duncan M. Holthausen
  • Charles P. Jones
  • Stephen E. Margolis
  • John K. McCreery
  • Elizabeth A. McDermed
  • Julius C. Poindexter Jr.
  • Sarah Khan
  • Leigh Shamblin
  • Thomas Joseph Zagenczyk

Assistant Professors

  • Charles Clarke
  • Dora Li Horstman
  • Onkar Shamrao Malgonde