MBA Program Overview
Nazarian MBA Classroom Experience
Graduates describe their highly qualified professors as a highlight of the program, noting their ability to combine academics with real-life applications. Faculty, handpicked for excellent teaching, research and business credentials, facilitate active learning by integrating and applying rigorous academic and theoretical training to practical situations. Professors leverage students’ business experience, lead their analysis of data and situations in the business world, run business simulations, and engage them in client-based projects. Small class sizes allow faculty and students to take full advantage of this active-learning approach.
Classes are Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM and occasional Saturdays. The MBA program is flexible. Students typically take two courses per semester, but may reduce or accelerate their academic load commensurate with career and family demands.
- Those with an undergraduate degree in business from AACSB accredited institutions, or who have successfully completed our one-year Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (GCBA), usually complete the 33 units of core and elective MBA courses in two years, including summer.
- Students without an undergraduate degree in business who did not complete the GCBA program typically complete 15 units of foundation-level classes in their first year of the program, and complete the program in its entirety in three years, including summers.
Curriculum Summary
| Core MBA Curriculum | 24 units |
| Elective Courses | 6 units |
| Culminating Experience: MBA Consulting Project | 3 units |
| MBA Program Total | 33 units |
*For non-business undergraduates, an additional 15 units of coursework may be required in Foundation Courses. These courses may be waived if the student has completed equivalent coursework with grades of “C“ or better at a regionally accredited university.
ACCT 501 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Prerequisite: Admission to a David Nazarian College of Business and Economics graduate program or consent of instructor.
BLAW 508 BUSINESS LAW
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
ECON 500 SURVEY OF ECONOMICS
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
FIN 502 MANAGERIAL FINANCE
Prerequisite: ACCT 501.
SOM 591 BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOUNDATION
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
GBUS 600 ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS (must be taken in the first semester)
ECON 600 ECONOMICS OF STRATEGY
Prerequisite: Economics 500 or equivalent.
BANA 607 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Prerequisite: SOM 591 or equivalent.
MGT 620 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Prerequisite: GBUS 600 (may be taken concurrently with MGT 620).
FIN 635 CORPORATE FINANCE
Prerequisite: FIN 502 or equivalent.
MKT 640 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: ECON 500, SOM 591, and GBUS 600.
SOM 686 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: SOM 591.
MGT 693 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: Last semester of course work for MBA students or advisor’s consent.
ELECTIVES (6 UNITS)
After completing most of the required core courses (600-level), MBA students choose two electives (6 units) from varying elective options offered in traditional and innovative subject areas. Elective courses are offered in spring, summer, and fall.
GBUS 698A MBA CONSULTING PROJECT
Prerequisite: All MBA core courses and MGT 693 completed or concurrent enrollment, classified status or applied for classified status.