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M.B.A. program provides students with a professional education preparing them for responsible leadership and for management positions in business and public service. The program is specifically designed to meet the needs of business professionals who wish to pursue a graduate degree part-time while working full-time during the day. Most of the classes are held in the evenings or on weekends. Hood's central location in the Frederick-Washington-Baltimore triangle allows us to serve the many multinational corporations, government agencies, consulting firms, regional chains, local entrepreneurs, and research organizations based in the region. We offer courses taught by a distinguished team of full-time professors as well as by adjunct faculty members who are acknowledged experts in their respective fields.
Foundation Courses
Six foundation courses (18 credits) are designed to provide a background for students who did not take courses in business administration at the undergraduate level. Students who have completed appropriate undergraduate course work with a grade of C+ or higher may be exempted from foundation courses. Any grade below a C+ will require students to take the respective foundation courses(s) upon admission into the MBA program.
- ECON 551 Foundations of Economics (3 credits)
- MGMT 551 Management Theory (3 credits)
- MGMT 552 Quantitative Methods for Managers (3 credits)
- MGMT 553 Foundations of Accounting (3 credits)
- MGMT 554 Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
- MATH 500 Statistics (3 credits)
Core Requirements
Ten core courses (30 credits) provide a common body of knowledge for all students in the M.B.A. program. These courses provide a solid foundation in management, economics, accounting, finance, and marketing. Included in the core is a capstone course, MGMT 590 Management Policy, which is taken by M.B.A. students in their final semester of study and only after all other core courses have been completed. There are no exemptions from M.B.A. core requirements.
- ECON 560 Managerial Economics* (3 credits)
- MGMT 560 Organizational Behavior* (3 credits)
- MGMT 561 Financial Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 562 Financial and Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- MGMT 563 Marketing Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 564 Production and Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 565 International Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 566 Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGMT 567 Social and Ethical Issues of Business (3 credits)
- MGMT 590 Management Policy (3 credits)
*Beginning for new students in fall 2009, these courses must be taken before any other core and/or concentration courses.
Concentration Courses
Students are required to complete two courses (6 credits) in one of the following concentrations: accounting, finance, human resource management, information systems, marketing, or public management. Alternatively, students may elect a general business concentration by taking courses in two different concentrations. Accounting Concentration
- MGMT 580 Strategic Cost Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 581 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
Finance Concentration
- MGMT 576 Advanced Financial Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 577 Portfolio and Investment Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 581 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)
- ECMG 578 International Financial Management
Human Resource Management Concentration
- MGMT 582 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
- MGMT 584 Leadership and Supervision (3 credits)
- MGMT 585 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
Information Systems Concentration
Students may complete a concentration in information systems by selecting two graduate computer science courses with consent of their adviser. Marketing Concentration
- MGMT 570 Marketing Research (3 credits)
- MGMT 571 Advertising Management (3 credits)
Public Management Concentration
- MGMT 585 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 587 Public Administration (3 credits)
