1996-1997 catalog

Business Administration M.B.A. Degree

1. Complete UAF degree requirements.
2. Complete grade requirements established by the School of Management Graduate Committee.
3. Course Requirements: (30-54 credits)
   Complete a minimum of 30 credits plus up to 24 credit hours of foundation first year courses if previous college work was not in business. Foundation courses are prerequisites to the advanced MBA core courses. Students with strong academic background in business or management may be able to reduce the required MBA course sequence to as few as ten courses. Foundation courses may be waived by competency exams or equivalent coursework completed within the last five years with a grade of B or better. Waiver requests are evaluated after an applicant is accepted into the program.
   
   For advanced coursework, students may choose: (1) the general MBA program (2) the Accounting concentration, or (3) the Natural Resources Management concentration.

Foundation Courses: (24 credits)

• ACCT 602 Accounting for Managers (3)
  AIS 605 Management Information Systems (3)
  BA 604 The Legal Environment of Business (3)
  BA 610 Production/Operations Management (3)
  BA 617 Organizational Theory and Behavior (3)
  BA 625 Financial Management (3)
  BA 643 Marketing Management (3)
  ECON 622 Managerial Economics (3)

Advanced MBA Core Courses: (30 credits)

• All students must complete the following courses and one of the options:
  BA 675 Practical Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making (3)
  BA 690 Corporate Strategy (3)

General MBA option:

• BA 675, BA 690, the following breadth courses and two electives:
  ACCT 650 Management Accounting Seminar (3)
  BA 607 Human Resources Management (3)
  BA 660 Seminar in Production Management (3)
  BA 680 Seminar in Finance (3)
  BA 683 Seminar in Marketing (3)
  BA 691 Advanced Topics in Business (3)
  Elective* (3)
  Elective* (3)

*The two electives can be chosen from undergraduate 400 level courses in Accounting or Business Administration, or from other graduate courses. All electives must be preapproved by the MBA director. Highly motivated students who wish to focus their studies may take up to two additional graduate electives and reduce the number of breadth courses to as few as four courses (12 credits).

Accounting concentration (2):

• BA 675, BA 690, four breadth courses (ACCT 650, BA 607, 660, 680, 683, 691, see above) and:
  ACCT 620 Accounting Theory and Practice (3)
  ACCT 670 Public Accounting Seminar (3)
  Two electives from the following:
  AIS 473 Applied System Design (3)
  ACCT 401 Advanced Accounting (3)
  ACCT 403 Advanced Taxes (3)
  ACCT 404 Advanced Cost Accounting and Controllership (3)
  ACCT 472 Computer Control and Advanced Auditing (3)
  ACCT 650 Management Accounting Seminar (3)
  (ACCT 650 may not be used to meet both the MBA breadth and elective requirements. Also, to meet prerequisites, additional courses may be required.)

Natural Resources Management concentration:

• BA 675, BA 690, four breadth courses (ACCT 650, BA 607, 660, 680, 683, 691, see above) and:
  ECON 635 Resource Economics (3)
  NRM 630 Planning Theory      or NRM 681 Natural Protection and Management (3)
  Two electives from the following:
  NRM 630 Planning Theory      or NRM 681 Natural Protection and Management (3)
  (whichever was not taken as a required course)
  ECON 434 Environmental Economics (3)
  ECON 436 Energy Economics (3)
  ECON 438 Fisheries Management (3)
  ECON 636 Microeconomics II-Dynamic Resource Optimization (3)
  ECON 638 Marine Policy (3)
  NRM 407 Environmental Law (3)
  NRM 431 Wildlife Policy and Administration (3)
  NRM 651 Advanced Silviculture (3)
  NRM 665 Advanced Outdoor Recreation (3)
  NRM 693 Research Methods (3)