Mar 28, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, M.B.A.


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MBA Degree Program

To qualify for the Master of Business Administration degree, the admitted student must satisfy the requirements of 17 courses. MBA course descriptions and prerequisites are listed in the University Bulletin. Course syllabi are available on the MBA Student Intranet page.

Learning Outcomes


  • Students will be able to apply key concepts in the business-related areas of accounting, finance, marketing, operations and supply chain management, information technology, and economics.
  • Students will be able to evaluate how economic and trade issues, different cultures, and the political environment impact business situations.
  • Students will be able to utilize critical thinking skills in analyzing business situations.
  • Students will be able to integrate concepts and skills from multiple business areas when analyzing business situations.
  • Students will be able to effectively express knowledge and ideas through written communication and oral communication.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of leadership principles within themselves and in organizations.
  • Students will understand and be able to evaluate formal and informal organizational structure and processes.
  • Students will be able to analyze teamwork and interpersonal relations in an organizational setting.
  • Students will be able to apply appropriate data analysis techniques in the analysis of business situations and in decision making.
  • Students will be able to identify an ethical dilemma in a business situation and apply an ethics model or framework to propose and defend a resolution.
  • Students will be able to identify social responsibility issues and incorporate responsibility to stakeholders in their analysis of business situations.
  • Students will be able to identify sustainability issues and incorporate environmental responsibilities in their analysis of business situations.

MBA Course Categories


Five broad divisions of courses exist in the MBA Program: Residentials, Workshops, the core, emphasis (or concentration) courses, and the international experience. Total semester hours requirement is 51 semester hours.

The completion of the program includes:

  • 1 Residential weekend
  • 11 Core Classes
  • 2 Workshops
  • 3 Emphasis (concentration) courses
  • 1 Elective course
  • 1 International Experience

Core Curriculum


The core curriculum consists of a Pre-Program Residential weekend held before classes commence and 7 workshops held throughout the first two years. In addition, 11 specific courses that comprise the common body of knowledge of business administration as defined by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

Core courses are prefixed MBAW for the Residential Orientation and workshops and MBAA 6010-6100 represent the core curriculum.

Core courses are described in the next section. They include the following:

Satisfied by taking one of the following courses:


Note:


Several topics which are vital to the common body of knowledge in business are not directly referenced in the titles of the 11 core courses. These topics include the following: business ethics, social influences, political influences, computer applications, organizational theory, interpersonal communications, integrating analysis, and the international dimension of business. Because of their critical nature for emerging business leaders, many of these topics are included as major elements within each core course.

Due to the MBA program’s flexible design, certain courses are eight weeks in duration, while others are 16 weeks long; please note that courses may begin on the first day of a new semester, or mid-semester based on course length.

Area of Emphasis/Specialization


Depth in a specialized field of knowledge is obtained by the selection of three courses within one of three designated areas of emphasis. For example, a student who plans on selecting MBAF: Finance as their area of emphasis/specialization, must take 3 MBAF advanced courses to fulfill the area of emphasis/specialization requirement. These specializations and their course designator prefixes are listed below:

MBAC: Marketing
MBAD: Information Technology–currently not being offered as an emphasis
MBAE: Human Resources and Organizational Behavior–currently not being offered as an emphasis
MBAF: Finance
MBAG: International–currently not being offered as an emphasis
MBAH: Entrepreneurship

International Experience


The international experience is designed to draw together the knowledge gained in the MBA program into a combined focus. Two options are available:

Option One: Comparative Management Systems (CMS), MBAI 690  and MBAI 691  

This integrative course requires prep activities in the Fall and Spring semesters prior to the three-week travel taken in the first Summer Session. Prior to departure, students participate in a corequisite advanced elective course, MBAI 690 International Regional Strategies: Cultural and Industrial , during which they perform area studies of the nations to be visited and participate in seminars conducted by area and industry specialists. The industries visited are held constant for each annual CMS Program. Students are grouped by business functional areas and meet with executives from those areas in each firm visited. Group papers and presentations comprise final outputs for the course.

Option Two: Bonn Program, “The European Union,” MBAG 676  and 1 free elective

The program is designed so students can experience an in-depth immersion into the EU, beginning with establishing a baseline historical perspective of the ideas and events that led to its creation. Included are visits to major companies to examine their practices as they compete in EU and global marketplaces. Field trips to EU headquarters in Brussels and to the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt to examine how policy makers at both the EU and the European Monetary Union (countries with the Euro) are influenced not only by economic and political factors but also in many ways by historical events and cultural traditions deeply imbedded in each EU member state. Each year the program is adapted to include the current critical issues facing the EU and the Eurozone.

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