Full-Time Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Business Administration" without focus area specifications.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		22
Students must complete all courses in the three Core Courses areas listed below:
Markets and Finance Core Courses
ACC 501	Financial Accounting for Decision Makers
ACC 502	Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers
ECG 505	Essential Economics for Managers
FIN 520	Principles of Finance
Analyzing the Value Chain Core Courses
ITAO 550	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 1
ITAO 551	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 2
ITAO 540	Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management
MKT 510	Marketing Management and Strategy
Managing the Organization Core Courses
MIE 510	Managerial and Career Effectiveness
MIE 511	Managerial Analysis and Communication
MIE 522	Critical Thinking and Managerial Ethics
MIE 530	Leading People
MIE 580	Creating Value in Organizations
M 601	Professional Development Panels
M 602	Professional Development Cases
Analytics / Quantitative Course 1		3
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 2		3
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses		20
Students may select elective courses from the list below. Additional elective course options are approved in conjunction with the academic committee and academic director of the NC State MBA
Total Hours		48

¹

"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is a minimum of one course that builds upon the core statistics course.  Offerings include electives in applied statistics, finance, information technology, marketing, and operations.

²

"Practicum Course" must be a minimum of one course semester-long course where students serve as a consulting team for an actual organization.  Offerings include applications in analytics, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, product innovation, operations and supply chain, and risk management.

Elective Courses

"Elective Courses" may include any courses listed below; courses not on the list below may count toward the degree, but only by approval of the academic director of the NC State MBA.

Students that have completed the Business Sustainability Graduate Certificate may use up to 3 credits to count as elective credit toward the completion of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ACC 531	Taxes and Business Strategy
ACC 541	Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
ACC 542	Advanced SAP
ACC 570	Enterprise Risk Management
ACC 584	Root Cause Analysis: Interpreting Data for Decision-Making
FIN 521	Advanced Corporate Finance
FIN 522	Financial Modeling
FIN 530	Investments
FIN 539	Equity Valuation
FIN 526	International Finance
ITAO 511	Data Security and Privacy
ITAO 541	Supply Management
ITAO 544	Operations Analysis
ITAO 545	Decision Making under Uncertainty
ITAO 546	Strategic Operations Management
ITAO 547	Sustainable Operations Management
ITAO 548	Analytical Supply Chain Management
ITAO 549	Supply Chain Management Practicum
ITAO 552	Predictive Analytics for Business and Big Data
ITAO 553	Data Engineering, Management and Warehousing
ITAO 558	Artificial Intelligence in Management
ITAO 559	Business Analytics Practicum
MIE 519	Think and Do: The Leadership Challenge
MIE 533	Negotiation and Conflict Management
MIE 534	Core Concepts of Human Capital Management
MIE 572	Venture Opportunity Analytics
MIE 576	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I
MIE 577	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II
MIE 578	Venture Launch Practicum
MIE 579	Entrepreneurship Clinic Practicum
MIE 585	Current Topics in BioSciences Management
MIE 586	Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries
MIE 589	Jenkins Consulting Practicum
MKT 521	Consumer Behavior
MKT 531	Business Relationship Management
MKT 541	Digital Marketing
MKT 551	Research Methods In Marketing
MKT 552	Marketing Analytics
MKT 557	Marketing Metrics
MKT 561	Product and Brand Management
MKT 562	Experience Innovation and Strategic Design
MKT 569	Product Design and Development
Students can select three credits from the courses below to apply to the MBA degree.
EA 505	Environmental Assessment Law & Policy
EA 520	Renewable Energy Policy and Economics
EA 521	Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Site Assessment
EA 522	Photovoltaic Design and Assessment
EA 523	Assessment of Renewable Energy Storage Systems
FB 576	Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
FOR 519	Forest Economics
NR 500	Natural Resource Management
NR 560	Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy
NR 595	Special Topics in Natural Resources
PRT 550	Human Behavior and the Environment
PSE 576	Environmental Life Cycle Analysis

Part-Time Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Business Administration" without focus area specifications.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		20
See "Core Courses" listed below
Analytics / Quantitative Course 1		3
"Analytics / Quantitative Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Practicum Course 2		3
"Practicum Course" is approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses 3		14
"Elective Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours		40

Core Courses

All courses in the following categories are required by all MBA students:

Markets and Finance

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ACC 501	Financial Accounting for Decision Makers	1
ACC 502	Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers	1
ECG 505	Essential Economics for Managers	2
FIN 520	Principles of Finance	2

Analyzing the Value Chain

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITAO 550	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 1	1
ITAO 551	Data-Driven Managerial Decisions 2	1
ITAO 540	Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management	2
MKT 510	Marketing Management and Strategy	2

Managing the Organization

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MIE 512	Managerial Ethics	1
MIE 531	Leading People 1	2
MIE 532	Leading People 2	2
MIE 580	Creating Value in Organizations	3

¹

"Analytics / Quantitative Course" must be at least one course that builds upon the core statistics course.  Offerings include electives in: applied statistics, finance, information technology, marketing, and operations.

 

²

"Practicum Course" is a semester-long course where students serve as a consulting team for an actual organization.  Offerings include: applications in analytics, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, product innovation, operations and supply chain, and risk management.

³

"Elective Courses" may include any graduate course in the Poole College of Management; courses outside the College must be approved by the academic director of the NC State MBA. Students that have completed the Business Sustainability Graduate Certificate may use up to 3 credits to count for elective credit toward the completion of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

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