La Salle University Course Catalog
  • Undergraduate

    Day

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Accelerated RN-BSN Program
    2. Accounting
    3. Art and Art History
    4. Biology
    5. Business Administration
    6. Criminal Justice
    7. Economics
    8. English as a Second Language (ESL)
    9. Finance
    10. Foreign Language - Conversation and Culture
    11. Foreign Languages
    12. Humanities
    13. Literature in Translation
    14. Management and Leadership
    15. Marketing
    16. Mathematics, Computer Science, and Information Technology
    17. Music
    18. Philosophy
    19. Physics
    20. Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
    1. Pre Speech-Language Pathology Program
    2. Pre-Business Administration Program (PBA)
    3. Pre-Nursing Program
    4. Psychology
    5. R.N.-BSN to MSN Program
    6. Religion
    7. RN to MSN Bridge Program
    8. Social Work
    9. Sociology
    10. The Achieve Program
  • Minors
  • Masters
    1. Analytics
    2. Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
    3. Business Administration (Full-time)
    4. Business Administration (One-Year)
    5. Business Administration (Part-Time Hybrid)
    6. Central and Eastern European Studies
    7. Computer Information Science
    8. Counseling and Family Therapy
    1. Cybersecurity
    2. Economic Crime Forensics
    3. Education
    4. English
    5. Hispanic Institute
    6. History
    7. Human Capital Development
    8. Information Technology Leadership
    1. Instructional Technology Management
    2. MBA in Switzerland
    3. Nursing
    4. Online MBA
    5. Public Health
    6. Speech-Language Pathology
    7. Strategic Communication
    8. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Including ESL Program Specialist Certification (Pa.)
    1. Theology and Ministry
    2. Translation and Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Certificates
    1. Autism
    2. Certification (Only) as a Reading Specialist
    3. Certification as a Reading Specialist
    4. Classroom Management
    5. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    6. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    7. History (Certificate)
    8. Instructional Leadership
    1. Intelligence/Security Policy Studies with a Central/Eastern European Focus
    2. Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
    3. Nursing Certificates
    4. Program Specialist-English as a Second Language (ESL Program Specialist)
    5. Social and New Media
    6. Special Education Certification
    7. Special Education Certification (Only)
    8. Teacher Certification
    1. Teaching English as a Second Language
    2. Translation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Doctoral
    1. Doctor of Nursing Practice
    2. Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology
    3. Doctor of Theology
  • General Info

    Overall

    1. La Salle University

    Undergraduate

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Division of Student Affairs
    4. Financial Services
    5. Programs and Procedures

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Financial Services
    4. Information
    5. Policies and Procedures

    Graduate

    1. Academic Policies
    2. Centers, Offices, and Services
    3. Mission Statements
    4. Philosophy of Graduate Education
    5. Student Services
  • Curriculum

    Undergraduate

    1. School of Arts and Sciences
    2. School of Arts and Sciences (Evening)
    3. School of Business
    4. School of Business (Evening)
    5. School of Nursing and Health Sciences
    6. Evening and Weekend

    Special

    1. BUSCA (Bilingual Undergraduate Studies for Collegiate Advancement)
    2. English Lanugage Institute
    3. Thematic Minors

Business Administration (Part-Time Hybrid)

Faculty

Description of Program

Admission Requirements

Application Deadlines

Conditional Admission

Transfer Credit

MSN-MBA Dual Degree Program

Tuition and Fees

Tuition Assistance

The MBA Curriculum

Waiver of GMAT or GRE Requirement

Post MBA Certificate Programs

Accounting

  • ACC 704
  • ACC 761
  • ACC 772
  • ACC 780
  • ACC 782
  • ACC 790

Basic Skills

  • MBA Online Assessment Course

Business Systems and Analytics

  • BSA 710
  • BSA 720
  • BSA 780
  • BSA 790
  • BUS 785

Core

  • MBA 690
  • MBA 691
  • MBA 692
  • MBA 693
  • MBA 693

Executive Perspectives

  • MBA 810
  • MBA 820
  • MBA 830
  • MBA 840

Finance

  • FIN 746
  • FIN 748
  • FIN 764
  • FIN 765
  • FIN 767
  • FIN 780
  • FIN 783
  • FIN 790

Foundation

  • MBA 610
  • MBA 615
  • MBA 630

Integrative Capstone

  • MBA 902

Management

  • MGT 730
  • MGT 732 (Pending Approval)
  • MGT 736
  • MGT 739
  • MGT 742
  • MGT 743
  • MGT 744
  • MGT 752
  • MGT 760
  • MGT 765
  • MGT 769
  • MGT 780
  • MGT 790

Marketing

  • MKT 720
  • MKT 730
  • MKT 732
  • MKT 734
  • MKT 738
  • MKT 739
  • MKT 780
  • MKT 790

Finance

FIN 746: ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

3 credits

The course exams the risk management process as applied to the whole range of risks to which a corporation is exposed: financial, insurable, operational, and business. It focuses on risk in general and how multiple sources of risk can be addressed with strategies that integrate risk management and capital management. Specific topics include hedging, insurance, postloss investment, contingent capital, finite risk reinsurance, and insurance-linked securities. Emphasized throughout the course is that managing risk effectively is essential to corporate value, success, and survival.
Prerequisite: MBA 692

FIN 748: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND VENTURE CAPITAL MARKETS

3 credits

This course provides an examination of modern financial markets. Specifically, we discuss the largest financial intermediaries including commercial banks, finance companies, securities firms, investment banks, mutual funds and hedge funds with a focus on balance sheet structures, regulation, and current issues and trends. We also examine various financial instruments, derivatives, and off-balance sheet activities that are useful from a risk-management perspective within the industry.
Prerequisite: FIN 692

FIN 764: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

3 credits

The course focuses on current practice and recent theoretical developments. It deals with the characteristics of individual securities and portfolios, criteria and models for alternative portfolio composition, criteria for evaluation and measurement of performance, and the impact of government regulation.The evaluation of current theory, its significance for the financial management decision-making, and the consideration of relevant empirical evidence are covered.
Prerequisite: MBA 692

FIN 765: GLOBAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

3 credits

Current developments in global financial markets and instruments from the perspective of firm management. Topics include an overview of foreign security markets, trends in foreign exchange risk management, and the impact of international debt on multinational firms.
Prerequisite: MBA 692

FIN 767: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

3 credits

The course provices an analysis of the acquisition by one firm of all or some of the assets of another firm, and its impact on both the companies involved and on society. Topics include a discussion of the types of combinations, the motivations of the participants, the financial analysis required to carry out merger or acquisition activities, negotiation strategies, and the tax and accounting options that are available to the parties involved.
Prerequisite: MBA 692

FIN 780: APPLIED RESEARCH IN FINANCE

1-3 credits

This customized course provides students with a unique opportunity to integrate their academic work with a wide range of professional studies including but not limited to independent studies, research projects, or internships.
Prerequisite: Approval of supervising professor and program director

FIN 783: Financial Analysis Seminar

3 credits

This seminar covers the breadth of material included in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA I) exam.  It includes CFA I mock exams and students are encouraged to sit for Level I of the CFA exam at the end of the course. 
Prerequisites: MBA692, MBA830, FIN764 and a minimum graduate GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor.

FIN 790: SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE

3 credits

These courses will explore topics of contemporary interest.  Course titles include, but are not limited to Trends in Employee Benefit Planning, Speculative Market Analysis, and Travel Study among others.  Because the topic of this course will change, it can be repeated for additional credit when taken as a different topic.
Prerequisite: MBA692