Basic Skills || Foundation || Core || Specialization || Executive Perspectives || Integrative Capstone || Tracks

Basic Skills

In order to succeed in business, individuals must first possess three basic skills: communication, computer, and quantitative abilities. Since La Salle's MBA program attracts individuals with a wide variety of academic backgrounds and professional experiences, the following three courses (one credit each) may be required:

• MBA 501 The Executive Communicator: Presentation Module
• MBA 502 Computer Literacy for the Contemporary Business Environment
• MBA 503 Mathematical Methods Module

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Foundation

The purpose of the Foundation area of this program is to provide students with a functional knowledge of business theory in the context of decision making and leadership skills. The following five course (three credits each) are required but may be waived based on a student's academic and professional background.

• MBA 610 Business Economics
• MBA 615 Financial Accounting: A Customer Focus
• MBA 620 Statistical Thinking for Managers
• MBA 625 Effective and Efficient Management of Operations
• MBA 630 Financial Markets

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The Core

The following three courses (three credits each) provide students with practical applications for business leaders in the areas of marketing, accounting, and financial management. Applying our analytical, problem-solving approach to business education, the courses in this area ensure comprehensiveness in the program of studies, expose the student to these areas at a more sophisticated level than most traditional MBA programs, and supply a conceptual framework for the analysis of management decision making.

• MBA 690 Creating Customers Through Effective Marketing Management
• MBA 691 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making, Planning and Control
• MBA 692 Financial Performance: Control and Measurement

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Specialization

Students may elect to complete a dual-specialization as part of their MBA program. Since the variations are many, it is recommended that students meet with an advisor to discuss what would be required to complete such a program.

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Executive Perspectives

The following three courses (three credits each) provide students with a greater understanding of what it means to lead ideas and people in an organization. Topics include assessing and developing one's leadership skills, learning how to use technology for managing the vast array of information sources available, and in making appropriate decisions, understand how the financial outlook of an organization might be effected by such decisions.

• MBA 810 Self-Assessment for Leadership
• MBA 820 Information Technology for Decision Making
• MBA 830 Financial Statement Analysis

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Integrative Capstone

The following two-course sequence (three credits each) is taken in the last two semesters of the student's program. These two courses are completed as a cohort group of students and provide the opportunity to integrate what has been learned in the core, specialization, and executive perspective areas while adding other content in business strategy, global perspectives, and ethical/legal dimensions necessary to succeed in the global business arena.

• MBA 901 Competing in a Global Market I: Analysis of the Business Environment
• MBA 902 Competing in a Global Market II: Analysis and Implementation of Strategy

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Tracks

Students who participate in Track I or II complete the full-time MBA Program in 12-months. These intensive options, designed for students with a Bachelor's degree in a business related field, consist of 11 courses (33 credits) and 4 or 5 non-credit courses. Track I students do not participate in the MBA semester long study abroad program. They may specialize in accounting, e-commerce, finance, health care administration, human resource management, international business, management, management information systems, marketing or general business administration. Track I students who major in international business are required to participate in one of the international travel seminars. Track II students participate in the MBA semester long study abroad program. They attend La Salle University during the fall and summer semesters and they study at ESC Marseille, France (or with another La Salle partner university) for the spring term. Track II students may specialize in international business, marketing, finance, or general business administration.

Students who participate in Tracks III and IV complete the full-time MBA Program in two years. These tracks, designed for students who do not have an undergraduate degree in business administration, consist of 16 courses (48 credits) and 4 or 5 non-credit courses. Track III students do not study abroad. Specialization options are the same as Track I students (see above). Track IV students to participate in study abroad for a full semester, spending three semesters at La Salle University and one semester at ESC Marseille or (one of LaSalle's partner institutions). Track four students may specialize in international business, marketing, finance, or general business administration.

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