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Overview

Program Requirements

Completion requirement

Core Major Units: 24
Additional Emphasis Units: (see emphasis requirements below)

  • Evening: 18

  • Executive: 19

  • Full-Time: 24

  • One Year: 15

  • Online: 21

  • Professional: 21

Total Minimum Degree Units: 39

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

18 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

  • course: Communications Management (2)

  • course: Human Resource Management (2)

  • course: Advanced Negotiation (2)

  • course: Communication for Consultants (2)

  • course: Special Topics in Marketing (2)

  • course: Advanced Strategic Communication (2)

  • course: Global Context of Business (2)

  • course: Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (2)

  • course: Marketing of Innovation (2)

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

None

  

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Visit the following program website for more information: https://eller.arizona.edu/programs/mba/evening/admissions

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

19 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Visit the following program web site for more information: https://eller.arizona.edu/programs/mba/executive/program
Core coursework: Mandatory Orientation and Residential Launch Pre-Session prior to start of Fall Semester

  • course: Communication for Managers and Professional Development (3)

  • course: Policy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Business (3)

  • course: Leading Organizational Change (3)

  • course: Human Resource Management (2)

  • course: Global Context of Business (2)

  • course: Advanced Negotiation (3)

  • course: Marketing of Innovation (3)

Emphasis Elective Coursework

None

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Visit the following program web site for more information: https://eller.arizona.edu/programs/mba/executive/admissions

 Launch

Topics: Overview of Quantitative Intensive, Applied Business Statistics and Leadership in Organizations

Launch is held in Phoenix at the downtown campus as an introduction to the program and includes curriculum overview, team building and content overview of the first two courses of the program. Optional meetings with campus partners occur at the beginning of the week.

This hybrid program blends online coursework with in-person classes one weekend per month in Phoenix.

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

24 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

8 units

  • course: Communication for Managers and Professional Development (3)

  • course: Global Business Experience* (2)

  • course: Eller Business Consulting (3)

*Global Business Experience subject to change

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

16 units

  • course: Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3)

  • course: Intermediate Financial Accounting II (3)

  • course: Principles of Federal Taxation (3)

  • course: Business Law for Accountants (3)

  • course: Multijurisdictional Taxation (3)

  • course: Principles of Auditing (3)

  • course: Accounting Analysis of Financial Statements (3)

  • course: Accounting Information Systems (3)

  • course: Technology for Accountants (1)

  • course: International Financial Reporting Standards (1)

  • course: MBA Advanced Field Projects (3)

  • course: Experimental Economics (3)

  • course: Econometrics (3)

  • course: Current Topics in Healthcare Economics & Policy (3)

  • course: Health Economics (3)

  • course: Labor Economics (3)

  • course: Economic History II (3)

  • course: Industrial Analysis and New Venture Development (3)

  • course: Healthcare Entrepreneurship (3)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Assessing Early Stage Medical Technologies for Commercial Potential (3)

  • course: Advanced Corporation Finance (3)

  • course: Fundamental Valuation Modeling (3)

  • course: Financial Management of the Multi-National Enterprise (3)

  • course: Financial Statement Analysis for Investment Management (3)

  • course: Investment Analysis (3)

  • course: Advanced Risk Management and Derivatives (3)

  • course: Applied Investment Management (3)

  • course: Applied Investment Management (3)

  • course: Applied Risk Management (3)

  • course: Empirical Methods in Finance (3)

  • course: Portfolio Management Theory (3)

  • course: Financial Intermediaries (3)

  • course: Corporate Financial Strategy (3)

  • course: New Venture Finance (3)

  • course: Fixed Income: Markets, Instruments, and Strategies (3)

  • course: Real Property Investments (3)

  • course: International Management (3)

  • course: Health Care Organization and Management (3)

  • course: Planning of New Ventures (3)

  • course: Programming Concepts for Business (3)

  • course: Healthcare Information Systems (3)

  • course: Social and Ethical Issues of the Internet (3)

  • course: IT Governance and Value Creation (3)

  • course: Information Security in Public & Private Sectors (3)

  • course: Information Security Risk Management (3)

  • course: Systems Security Management (3)

  • course: Introduction to Enterprise Computing Environments (3)

  • course: Detection of Deception and Intent (3)

  • course: Enterprise Data Management (3)

  • course: Information System Analysis and Design (3)

  • course: Business Data Communications & Networking (3)

  • course: Data Mining and Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Data Visualization (3)

  • course: Big Data Technologies (3)

  • course: Business Intelligence (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3)

  • course: Management of Marketing Communications (3)

  • course: Introduction to Social Media Marketing (3)

  • course: Marketing Visual Analytics (3)

  • course: Marketing Strategy (3)

  • course: Brand Management (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Marketing (2-3)

  • course: Pricing Strategy and Tactics (3)

  • course: Healthcare Marketing (3)

  • course: Innovation and New Product Strategy (3)

  • course: Marketing Research for Managers (3)

  • course: The Supply Chain & Logistics (3)

Courses listed with the above prefixes are acceptable as long as students meet course prerequisites or have program approval to take those courses. Additional courses outside of the Eller College may be considered acceptable according to Graduate College policy and with prior program approval.

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Other requirements: Students are expected to work in an internship over the summer between their first and second year.

We expect students to complete the requirements in two academic years.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

15 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Visit the following program web site for more information: https://eller.arizona.edu/programs/mba/one-year/admissions

9 units

  • course: Career Management (1)

  • course: Communication for Managers and Professional Development (3)

  • course: Eller Business Consulting (3)

  • course: Marketing of Innovation (2)

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Six units of Graduate Level electives agreed upon between the student and the program director.

Accounting

  • course: Financial Statement Analysis (3)

  • course: Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare (3)

Business Management

  • course: Career Management (1)

  • course: Business Law (3)

  • course: Topics in Business and Leadership (1)

Economics

  • course: Microeconomic Theory (3)

  • course: Microeconomic Theory (3)

  • course: Experimental Economics (3)

  • course: Theory of Quantitative Methods in Economics (3)

  • course: Econometrics (3)

  • course: Econometrics and Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Macroeconomics in the Digital Era (3)

  • course: Health Economics (3)

Entrepreneurship

  • course: Customer Focuses Entrepreneurship (3)

  • course: Industrial Analysis and New Venture Development (3)

  • course: Leading and Organizing for Innovation (3)

  • course: Entrepreneurship for Owner-Operated Businesses (3)

Finance

  • course: Advanced Corporation Finance (3)

  • course: Fundamental Valuation Modeling (3)

  • course: International Finance (3)

  • course: Financial Statement Analysis for Investment Management (3)

  • course: Investment Analysis (3)

  • course: Advanced Risk Management and Derivatives (3)

  • course: Portfolio Management Theory (3)

  • course: Behavioral Finance (3)

  • course: Current Events in Capital Markets (3)

  • course: Fixed Income- Markets, Instruments, and Strategies (3)

  • course: Real Property Investments (3)

  • course: Real Estate Valuation (3)

Management

  • course: Teamwork and Group Process (3)

  • course: Advanced Negotiation (3)

Healthcare Management

  • course: Healthcare Information Systems (3)

  • course: Healthcare Consulting Skills (4)

  • course: Healthcare Quality and Reliability (3)

  • course: Leading Healthcare Change (3)

  • course: Leadership in Healthcare (3)

  • course: Healthcare Organization and Management (3)

  • course: Healthcare Analytics (3)

Management Information Systems

  • course: Social and Ethical Issues of the Internet (3)

  • course: Information Security in Public & Private Sectors (3)

  • course: Information Security Risk Management (3)

  • course: Data Mining and Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Policy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Business (3)

  • course: Generative AI for Business (3)

  • course: Data Visualization (3)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3)

Marketing

  • course: Management of Marketing Communications (3)

  • course: Introduction to Social Media Marketing (3)

  • course: Innovative Strategies in Healthcare Marketing (3)

  • course: Marketing Strategy (3)

  • course: Pricing Strategy and Tactics (3)

  • course: Marketing Research for Managers (3)

Operations & Supply Chain Management

  • course: Optimization and Decision Support Modeling for Business (3)

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

21 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

4 units

  • course: Communication Management (2)

  • course: Marketing of Innovations (2)

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Students must complete 17 units of electives.

Accounting

  • course: Financial Statement Analysis (3)

  • course: Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare (3)

Business Management

  • course: Career Management (1)

  • course: Business Law (3)

  • course: Topics in Business and Leadership (1)

Economics

  • course: Microeconomic Theory (3)

  • course: Microeconomic Theory (3)

  • course: Experimental Economics (3)

  • course: Theory of Quantitative Methods in Economics (3)

  • course: Econometrics (3)

  • course: Econometrics and Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Macroeconomics in the Digital Era (3)

  • course: Health Economics (3)

Entrepreneurship

  • course: Customer Focuses Entrepreneurship (3)

  • course: Industrial Analysis and New Venture Development (3)

  • course: Leading and Organizing for Innovation (3)

  • course: Entrepreneurship for Owner-Operated Businesses (3)

Finance

  • course: Advanced Corporation Finance (3)

  • course: Fundamental Valuation Modeling (3)

  • course: International Finance (3)

  • course: Financial Statement Analysis for Investment Management (3)

  • course: Investment Analysis (3)

  • course: Advanced Risk Management and Derivatives (3)

  • course: Portfolio Management Theory (3)

  • course: Behavioral Finance (3)

  • course: Current Events in Capital Markets (3)

  • course: Fixed Income- Markets, Instruments, and Strategies (3)

  • course: Real Property Investments (3)

  • course: Real Estate Valuation (3)

Management

  • course: Teamwork and Group Process (3)

  • course: Advanced Negotiation (3)

Healthcare Management

  • course: Healthcare Information Systems (3)

  • course: Healthcare Information Systems (3)

  • course: Healthcare Consulting Skills (4)

  • course: Healthcare Quality and Reliability (3)

  • course: Leading Healthcare Change (3)

  • course: Leadership in Healthcare (3)

  • course: Healthcare Organization and Management (3)

  • course: Healthcare Analytics (3)

Management Information Systems

  • course: Social and Ethical Issues of the Internet (3)

  • course: Information Security in Public & Private Sectors (3)

  • course: Information Security Risk Management (3)

  • course: Data Mining and Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Policy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Business (3)

  • course: Generative AI for Business (3)

  • course: Data Visualization (3)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3)

Marketing

  • course: Management of Marketing Communications (3)

  • course: Introduction to Social Media Marketing (3)

  • course: Innovative Strategies in Healthcare Marketing (3)

  • course: Marketing Strategy (3)

  • course: Pricing Strategy and Tactics (3)

  • course: Marketing Research for Managers (3)

 Operations & Supply Chain Management

  • course: Optimization and Decision Support Modeling for Business (3)

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

21 (in addition to "Core Major Units" above)

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

7 units

  • course: Communication Management  (2)

  • course: Marketing of Innovations (2)

  • course: Strategic Innovation (3)

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

14 units

Concentrations

These concentrations are offered and are earned by taking specific electives. Like our on- ground MBA programs, concentrations do not appear on your diploma or transcripts; they are self-declared and may be added to your résumé:

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Management Information Systems

  • Management and Operations

  • Marketing

Management Information Systems (MIS) electives

  • course: Social and Ethical Issues of the Internet (3)

  • course: Information Security in Public & Private Sectors (3)

  • course: Information Security Risk Management (3)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Data Mining and Machine Learning (3)

Entrepreneurship (ENTR) electives

  • course: Customer Focuses Entrepreneurship (3)

  • course: Leading and Organizing for Innovation (3)

  • course: Principles of Entrepreneurship (3)

  • course: Industrial Analysis and New Venture Development (3)

  • course / course: Social Entrepreneurship (3)

Management and Operations electives

  • course: Business Law (2)

  • course: Macroeconomics & Forecasting (3)

  • course: Health Economics (3)

  • course: Teamwork and Group Process (3)

  • course: Advanced Negotiation (3)

  • course: Management of Marketing Communications (3)

  • course: Marketing Research for Managers (3)

  • course: Introduction to Social Media Marketing (3)

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

See additional requirements for overall plan above.

Visit the following program web site for more information: https://eller.arizona.edu/programs/mba/professional-mba/admissions

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Core: 24 units

  • course: Introduction to Financial Accounting (2)

  • course: Introduction to Managerial Accounting (2)

  • course: Applied Business Statistics (2)

  • course: Economics for Managers (2)

  • course: Business Strategy (2)

  • course: Financial Management (2)

  • course: Financial Management (2)

  • course: Leadership in Organizations (2)

  • course: Managing Ethics in Organizations (2) 

  • course: Strategic Management of Information Systems (2)

  • course: Market-Based Management (2)

  • course: Operations Management (2)

Completion requirement

See elective coursework for emphasis below.

Completion requirement

Students in the University of Arizona Eller College of Management MBA programs must earn a grade of C or better in each course and maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in order to graduate. 

See additional requirements for emphasis below.

Completion requirement

See handbook for specific emphasis below.