Curriculum 2

The value in an MBA degree begins with substantive, demanding classroom experiences.

The UNI MBA requires 30 units of course work covering the core business disciplines. This is a curriculum designed for technical or business specialists ready to gain a broadly strategic understanding of issues facing managers in today's turbulent economic environment.

Graduate Programs

Required Core Classes (27 Credits

 

Business Fundamentals Certificate: 

  • Financial Management and Markets: In-depth examination of tools, concepts, theories, and analysis of managerial finance integrated with case applications. Students expected to apply concepts from managerial finance in analyzing, presenting, and discussing cases at an advanced level. 
  • Accounting for Business Management: Use of accounting data in managerial decision-making process and in the analysis and control of business operations. 
  • Business Strategy: Analysis of business organization, its environment, and the strategic planning function. Should be taken in first semester of study. 
  • Research & Analysis for Management Decisions: Study of the tools and techniques for business research and data analysis. Emphasis on applying the tools and techniques to determine, define, and solve complex business problems and improve managerial decision making.

 

 

Strategic Leadership and Innovative Certificate: 

  • Marketing Management: Integrated and applied approach utilizing modern marketing theory and practice by developing a framework for decision making and implementing a marketing program. 
  • Business Strategy: Analysis of business organization, its environment, and the strategic planning function. Should be taken in first semester of study. 
  • Leading People, Driving Success: Leadership and HR Management: This course will use principles of organizational behavior applied to managerial practices and human resource management to show how effective leadership in managing people can drive overall success for employees and organizations.
  • Innovative Thinking & Creative Problem Solving: This course explores the essential skills and mindset needed to drive innovation in the business world. Students will learn strategies to foster creativity, generate novel ideas, and solve complex problems. This course equips students with the tools and techniques to think innovatively and tackle business challenges with a fresh perspective.

 

 

Managerial Analytics Certificate: 

  • Research & Analysis for Management Decisions: Study of the tools and techniques for business research and data analysis. Emphasis on applying the tools and techniques to determine, define, and solve complex business problems and improve managerial decision making.
  • Business Intelligence: This course provides a broad overview of business intelligence and data management techniques, including data management/data governance strategies, data mining and other business/data analytics techniques, and business intelligence approaches. The primary emphasis will be on the managerial perspective, focusing on how you can design, implement, and leverage business intelligence systems and strategies in a management role.  
  • Information Systems & Data Visualization: This course provides students with knowledge of the role of information systems within an organization and how information systems can be used to support decision-making. Students will learn to identify, access, and prepare data for visualization based on best practices and create dashboards and data stories that effectively communicate data insights to aid in operational and strategic decision-making processes.
  • Cross-Functional Operations: Analysis and design of business operational decisions in complex production and service environments.