The following areas are available:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

M.S. in Management Information Systems

Master of Accounting

Graduate Certificate Programs in Business Studies

• Business Administration
• Human Resource Management
• Information Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing Management
• Taxation

Special Interdisciplinary Degree

Master of Business Administration Program (MBA)
The M.B.A. is available in two formats: the evening M.B.A. program and the Professional MBA on-line program.  Both are fully accredited by the the  AACSB, the authorized professional accrediting body in collegiate business education. The M.B.A. programs are designed to prepare students for administrative positions.  They also provide an appropriate foundation for students contemplating doctoral work and eventual careers in college teaching or in research.  The programs are designed for students who have bachelor's degrees from accredited institutions, including those with undergraduate backgrounds in the sciences, engineering, humanities, or arts.

The Evening MBA Program
A  54-hour or two-year program, the M.B.A. curriculum provides training in the fundamental areas of administration. The core program is designed to generate a working knowledge of the concepts and interrelationships of four broad categories fundamental to management training

• The external environment confronting business organizations and management's response to interactive legal, economic, social, and political issues.
• The internal operation of various business organizations and management's role in channeling human behavior to satisfy both personal and organizational goals.
• Basic concepts, terminology, and interaction of the accounting, marketing, finance, information technology, and operations management disciplines.
• Quantitative management decisionmaking models put to use in the context of current management information systems..

The total degree program is integrated by a course in strategy formulation and implementation in the student's last semester. There is no thesis requirement; however, students interested in undertaking an individual research project may earn elective credit by enrolling in a supervised independent study course.

Degree Requirements
Depending on the student's previous background, the program will range from 39 to 54 hours. Course work must be completed within a sixyear period. At least 30 hours of course work must be taken while enrolled as an M.B.A. candidate at UMSt. Louis.

Candidates must take at least one course at either the core level or from the business breadth requirements list in each of the following six areas: accounting, finance, management, marketing, information systems, and management science. Also, no more than 15 credit hours may be taken in any one of the six areas.

Students are also required to have completed the equivalent of Econ 301, Quantitative Methods and Modeling in Economics, Business, and the Social Sciences, by the end of their first 15 hours in the program.

Required Courses
The following courses or their equivalents are required of all degree candidates.

General Requirements
Econ 301, Quantitative Methods and Modeling in Economics, Business, and the Social Sciences
BA 405, Managerial Communication
BA 408, Economics for Managers
BA 412, Law, Ethics, and Business
MS/IS 481, Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions
BA 490, Strategy Formulation and Implementation

Core Requirements
Accounting 440, Financial and Managerial Accounting
Finance 450, Financial Management
Management 460, Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes
Marketing 470, Contemporary Marketing Concepts
MS/IS 480, Management Information Systems
MS/IS 483, Production and Operations Management

Business Breadth Requirements
A student must take a secondlevel course in three of the following areas:
Accounting:
Accounting 442, Accounting for Decision Makers
Finance: Any approved 400level course beyond Finance 450
Management: Any approved 400level course beyond Management 460
Marketing: Any approved 400level course beyond Marketing 470
Information Systems: Any approved 400level course beyond MSIS 480
Management Science: Any approved 400level course beyond MSIS 483

Electives
The student must take a minimum of 9 hours of elective courses. A maximum of 6 hours of electives may be taken at the 300 level. Nine elective hours may be taken outside the School of Business Administration if the student has approval in advance from a graduate adviser for the specific courses desired.

Previous Education
After a formal review and evaluation by the office of graduate studies in business, students may be granted waivers of certain courses from the general and core requirements.  Waivers depend on the applicability of prior course work and the student's performance in these courses.  Regardless of the number of courses waived, all students must take at least 39 hours to earn the degree.

Professional M.B.A. On-line Program
An Internet-based version of the M.B.A. program exists as an alternative to the traditional part-time evening program.  The M.B.A. On-line program is designed in a 48-credit-hour lock step format and is intended for students who are unable to attend classes on a regular basis.  As such, students will meet on campus only several weekends throughout the course, with the remainder of the interaction between instructor and students taking place over the Internet.  Students proceed through the program as part of a cohort group and complete the requirements for the degree in two years.

The first 30 hours of the Internet-based program consist of the same core courses required in the evening program (except for the mathematics and economics requirements, which are treated as prerequisites and must be satisfied prior to starting the program).  The remaining 18 hours consist of the following courses:
Accounting 442, Accounting for Decision Makers
Finance 459, Seminar in Finance
Management 469, Seminar in Management
Marketing 474, Seminar in Marketing
MS/IS 424B, Seminar in Management Information Systems
MS/IS 494B, Seminar in Logistics and Operations Management