Curriculum

In order to qualify for the Master of Business Administration degree, each student must:

  1. Complete 42 semester hours, including BUS 510, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 570, 610, 620, 630, 640, 700; plus 6 hours selected from other graduate business courses or courses approved for transfer from other institutions;

  2. Earn at least 30 hours in residence;

  3. Achieve a cumulative B average (3.0 grade point average) in all courses applicable toward the MBA degree and in all MBA work completed at Wesleyan.
Course No. Required Functional Core Courses
Semester Hours
BUSI 510 Accounting I: Financial Accounting
3
BUSI 610 Accounting II: Management Accounting
3
BUSI 520 Finance I: Fundamentals of Finance
3
BUSI 620 Finance II: Financial Management and Policy
3
BUSI 530 Management I: Management Theory & Leadership
3
BUSI 630 Management II: Organizational Behavior
3
BUSI 540 Marketing I: Marketing Management
3
BUSI 640 Marketing II: Marketing Research
3
TOTAL REQUIRED FUNCTIONAL HOURS: 24
   
   
Course No. Required Functional Core Courses
Semester Hours
BUSI 550 Quantitative Methods for Management
3
BUSI 560 Mangerial Economics
3
BUSI 570 Applied Ethics for Management
3
TOTAL REQUIRED SUPPORT HOURS: 9
   
   
Course No. Required Elective Courses (select two)
Semester Hours
BUSI 534 Human Resource Management
3
BUSI 535 Management for Non-profits
3
BUSI 562 Labor Economics
3
BUSI 571 Ethical Issues in Marketing
3
BUSI 572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
3
BUSI 573 Insurance Principles and Planning
3
BUSI 575 Legal Environment of Business
3
BUSI 580-589 Special Topics
3
BUSI 680-689 Special Topics
3
BUSI 590-599 Independent Studies
3
BUSI 690-699 Independent Studies
3
TOTAL ELECTIVE HOURS: 6
   
   
Course No. Required Capstone Courses
Semester Hours
BUSI 700 Business Policy
3
TOTAL MBA HOURS: 42

 

The Program is designed for maximum flexibility and includes a three-stage sequence of courses:

  1. Students may begin with either
    • first-level functional courses,
    • 500-level electives, or
    • support area courses.
  2. Students follow with a) second-level functional courses and b) 600-level electives.
  3. Students complete the program with the capstone course, Business Policy.

Required prerequisite(s):

Foundation Course Semester Hours
Financial Accounting
3
Microeconomics
3
Statistics and computers
3
Total Hours
9