The interdisciplinary nature of the program is in consonance with the needs of future administrators. The acquisition of knowledge of many facets of administrative activities, the accumulation and organization of relevant information, and the identification and solving of complex business problems requires such an interdisciplinary approach.

The curriculum leading to the MBA is administrative oriented and is characterized by breadth of course-field requirements. It does not require and, in fact, does not permit a major in any particular field. Many students desire a focused concentration in one subject area, and the two primary concentrations in the MBA, (1) Innovation and (2) Information Assurance, allow students to acquire specialized knowledge and skills to succeed as business managers and leaders. Other concentrations include accounting and finance.

Once the admission requirements of the Graduate School have been met, the MBA Admissions Committee will grant admission only to those individuals who demonstrate significant accomplishment and/or high potential for success. The decision of the Admissions Committee is normally based on a combination of the applicant's previous academic record and the applicant's score on the Graduate Admissions Test (GMAT). For consideration, the GMAT score must be no more than five years old. Also, significant business experience may serve as an indicator of an individual's ability to complete the program, thus may be considered by the Committee.

*NOTE: CURRICULUM HAS BEEN CHANGED. QA 525 Quantitative Approaches for Decision-Making has been replaced with BUSN 501 Global Perspectives in Management as a core course effective Fall 2009. QA525 is now an elective. This curriculum change still requires QA390 Calculus and Linear Algebra or the equivalent (MATH 222) but eliminates QA233 Business Statistics from the foundation courses. Students who begin in the Fall 2009 will be placed under the new curriculum. Current students may choose the new curriculum but must do so by the first day of classes Fall 2009.

Foundation Requirements
Students entering the MBA program may come from areas other than business, but need to demonstrate a knowledge base sufficient to enable them to complete graduate-level work in business. Evidence of such foundation knowledge can consist of the completion of undergraduate courses constituting a business core, recent business experience, and/or satisfactory performance on standardized examinations (GMAT). At a minimum, each student is presumed to be computer literate and to have had recent, college-level course work in economics (Economics 215), calculus and linear algebra (QA 390), and statistics (QA 233). The Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs and Academic Research of the College of Business determines the acceptability of all work submitted in satisfaction of the foundation and prescribes appropriate courses to be taken to remove any deficiencies.