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Master Of Business Administration

Home Department: Department of Business Available: On-campus or Off-campus
Program Mission, Educational Objectives, and Intended Outcomes

Note: Students may start this program in any term.

Kettering University’s new MBA program provides students the ability to become effective management professionals and leaders in modern organizations. The MBA consists of 13 core courses (48 quarter credit hours). The core curriculum focuses on the business concepts and methods that will provide graduates of the program the ability to be effective management professionals and leaders. Students pursuing the MBA must select an area of concentration and electives in the program that will allow them to customize their MBA program to suit their professional needs.

Business Concentrations include:

  • General MBA
  • Information Technology

Engineering Concentrations include:
(Students must have a Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited Engineering discipline/program.)

  • Power Electronics and Machine Drives (Electrical Engineering)
  • Wireless Communications (Electrical Engineering)
  • Mechanical Design (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Systems Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering) *
  • Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering) *

* Students taking these technical concentrations cannot select courses that substantially support their undergraduate degree.

The Curriculum for the MBA

13 courses totaling 48 credit hours include ten core courses for 36 credits, plus three concentration courses for 12 credits

10 Core Courses (36 Credits):

  • FINC-619 Financial Management
  • ACCT-639 Managerial Accounting
  • ISYS-669 Managing an e-Business
  • MGMT-639 Managing People & Technology
  • MGMT-661 Operations Management
  • BUSN-659 International Business
  • MRKT-679 Business Marketing Management
  • MGMT-659 Strategy
  • BUSN-779 MBA Capstone: Innovation & Venturing
  • BUSN-789 MBA Capstone: Final Project

Concentrations

3 Courses (12 credits)

Leadership Concentration

BUSN-689
MGMT-649
MGMT-679

Information Technology Concentration

Choose 2:
ISYS-609
ISYS-619
ISYS-629

Choose 1:
ISYS-639
ISYS-649

Power Electronics and Machine Drives Concentration (EE)

ECE-610
EE-524
ECE-642

Wireless Communications Concentration (EE)

ECE-610
EE-584
ECE-682

General Concentration

BUSN-689 (required)

Choose 2:
IME-540
IME-581
IME-582
IME-674
ISYS-609
ISYS-639

Mechanical Design Concentration(ME)

MECH-610
MECH-611
MECH-615

Systems Engineering Concentration (IME)

IME-581
IME-582
IME-674

Manufacturing Engineering Concentration (IME)

Choose 3:
IME-601
IME-664
IME-674
IME-683

(Course names/descriptions may be subject to change.)

Prerequisites

(4 credit hours) ACCT-518 Accounting/Financial Concepts
(4 credit hours) ECON-513 Micro/Macro Economic Concepts
(4 credit hours) MGMT-521 Statistical and Quantitative Methods
(2 credit hours) MGMT-550 Management Concepts & Applications
(2 credit hours) MRKT-570 Marketing Concepts & Applications

Students should review course descriptions for prerequisites and select courses carefully to avoid lacking a prerequisite in future terms. The student is responsible for ensuring prerequisite requirements are satisfied and for completing all courses required for each degree area. Students may wish to test out of these prerequisites. Each test is $30.00. Students may attempt each test one time only.

A Course Offering Matrix is also available.

Dual Degree Option

The MBA may be taken as a dual degree or additional degree in conjunction with the following degrees:
MS-Manufacturing Management
MS-Operations Management
MS in Information Technology
MS-Engineering Management

If you are a graduate of one or more of the programs listed above, AND if you completed your degree in the year 2000 or more recently, you may qualify for the Dual Degree Option. Or if you are currently in one of the programs above, you may have the option of leveraging the Dual Degree Option. The Dual Degree/Additional Degree Option for the MBA must be started within 6 years of completion of the first degree and completed within an additional 3 years.

The MBA as an additional degree requires a minimum of 20 additional credit hours. In some cases, additional credit hours may be required to meet the minimum common professional component as required for accreditation. You must complete an Application for Admission before starting your dual degree classes

For more information or advising for the Dual Degree Option, e-mail business@kettering.edu.