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Master of Business Administration
Minimum of 36 graduate hours

MBA Program
Director:  Robert McGlashan
Phone:  281-283-3110
Office:   Bayou Bldg. Suite 2117
Advisor: busadvoff@uhcl.edu

What this degree will do for you…
Our MBA program emphasizes leadership, problem solving, initiative, time management, team building, analytical ability, strategic thinking, and quantitative ability. Our MBA degree prepares graduates for a wide range of administrative, managerial, and professional positions in areas such as consulting, finance, general management, human resources, quality management, operations management and marketing. It also prepares graduates to function in large or small organizations, public or private, domestic or international. All MBA foundation and required courses are available as online classes.

Foundation Graduate Courses for MBA: 18 hours

ACCT

5031

Acct Concepts for Managers

FINC

5031

Financial Analysis & Markets

DSCI

5031

Business Stat for Decision Making

MGMT

5032

Human Behavior in Orgs

ECON

5031

Economic Principles

MKTG

5031

Marketing Essentials for the 21st Century:
Creating Customer Value?

Required Graduate Courses for MBA: 24 hours

ACCT

5131

Accounting for Admin. Control

FINC

5133

Financial Policy

BAPA

5131

Global Environment of Business

MGMT

5133

Teamwork & Leadership Skills

DSCI

5431

Management Science & Ops

MGMT

6731

*Strategic Management Seminar

ECON

5136

Economic Policy & Application

MKTG

5332

Executive Decisions in Marketing

*MGMT 6731 – Must be taken by all MBA students the semester they plan to graduate.           

Graduate Electives for MBA: 12 hours

Must be selected from School of Business graduate courses.

MBA Sub-Plans (Concentrations)

Students may use their 12 hours of graduate electives to earn formal concentrations within the MBA degree program.  In addition to the completion of the required 24 hours of MBA course work, all sub-plans require the completion of 12 semester hours of course work in the area of concentration.  The Candidate Plan of Study will contain a minimum of 36 semester hours.

Environmental Management Concentration:  Required Courses 12 hours

ENVR

5331

Environmental Economics

ENVR

5332

Environmental Law

*ENVR graduate elective – 3 hours       
*ENVR graduate elective – 3 hours       
*May not use ENVR 6132 Environmental Impact Assessment for these electives.

Finance Concentration:  Required Courses 12 hours

FINC

5331

Financial Administrative Practice

FINC

5332

Structure of Financial Statements

Six additional hours of Finance:
Master’s thesis – 6 hours OR *Two FINC graduate courses

*May not use FINC 5031 and 5133 for these electives.

Human Resource Management Concentration:  Required Courses 12 hours

HMRS

5131

Human Resource Mgmt Processes

HMRS

5231

Legal Environment of Human Resource MGMT I

HMRS

5435

Employee Planning, Staffing & Selection 

Choose 3 hours from the following list:
HMRS 5433 Compensation & Benefits
HMRS 5531 Training & Development
MGMT 5322 Labor Relations             

International Business Concentration:  Required Courses 12 hours

ACCT

5531

International Accounting

MGMT

6332

International Management

FINC

6531

International Finance

MKTG

5532

International Marketing Strategy

Management of Technology Concentration:   Required Courses 12 hours

MGMT

5636

Management of Technology

MGMT

5638

Managing Tech & Prof People

Choose 6 hours from the following list:

HMRS  5131

Human Resource Management Processes

HMRS  5136

Group Processes in Organizations

MGMT  5931

Research Topics in Management: Designated by (MOT) in the course title

MGMT  6332

International Business Management

MGMT  6739

Internship in Management

SENG  5332

Decision Analysis For Systems Eng

SENG  5334

Human Factors

SWEN  5230

Software Project Management

Management Information Systems Concentration:  Required Courses 12 hours

12 hours selected from any Graduate ISAM courses, excluding ISAM 5030*
*Students lacking 6 hours of computer programming must also take ISAM 5030 Fundamentals of Business Programming in addition to the 12 hours required for the sub-plan.

Contact:
Office of the Dean
School of Business
University of Houston
Clear Lake, Box 385
2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058

281-283-3110
busadvoff@uhcl.edu

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