Common MBA Coursework

Info on common MBA coursework offered in online and/or campus-based schools.

Strategic Cost Analysis

Strategic Cost Analysis introduces students to the concept of relevant costs of strategic and operating systems and the decision-facilitating aspects of those cost systems. Students will examine the effects of strategy, technology, and the environment on cost system design. The course provides a framework for the evaluation of system design and refinement through comparisons of traditional volume-based and activity-based costing.

Public Relations Classes

Every business needs to be perceived well by the public; oftentimes ensuring a company's public image is a full-time job.

Nonprofit Management Classes

Many of America's non-profits are run by dedicated individuals who have worked their way up the non-profit ranks from the front lines to management positions. Non-profits have specific business and management issues they must face. As a result of these demands, many strong MBA programs offer nonprofit management classes.

Negotiations Classes

Negotiations examines the complex dynamics that occur before, during, and after a business negotiation and the theory behind various approaches and negotiations.

Microeconomics Classes

Microeconomics examines the individual actors that comprise the economy, and the relationship between their individual interests and their group interests as expressed through such institutions as markets, governments, and households. This course will focus on such topics as the theory of distribution and the working of firms and their effectiveness (or lack thereof) at production.

Marketing Management Classes

Marketing management classes introduce students to marketing strategy and the elements of marketing analysis--including customer analysis, competitor analysis, and company analysis--and familiarizes students with the elements of the marketing mix (product strategy, pricing, advertising and promotion, and distribution). Overall, marketing management enhances students' problem-solving and decision-making abilities so they learn to work in a multicultural environment.

Managerial Finance

Managerial Finance combines theory with sophisticated analytical tools to provide students with the background to develop and manage major corporate financial decisions. The course covers a variety of topics including financial statement analysis, financial forecasting, time value of money, valuation of financial securities, management of risk and return, and cost of capital.

Managerial Economics

Managerial Economics introduces students to the basic principles of economics and their applications to managerial decision making. The course begins with an analysis of individual consumers' and producers' decision making and how they interact with one another in a variety of marketing settings.

Managerial Accounting Classes

Managerial accounting classes educate students on the accounting principles that must be mastered to successfully manage a business or operational team.

Management Information Systems Classes

Management Information Systems is a survey course that provides students with a broad understanding of how information technology applies to current business conditions. A general overview of the most relevant aspects of information technology ensures that students are thoroughly informed about the IT industry and how, specifically, it relates to business.