Dr. Vivian Luo
Professor of Management
Assigns first-year advisors and approves program changes (Graduate Handbook §4.1, §2.9).
School of Business · Master's degree
Master of Business Administration
The MBA prepares early- and mid-career professionals to lead organizations. The full-time cohort and the evening program share one curriculum: a core in accounting, finance, marketing, operations, and leadership, electives in an area of emphasis, and a team capstone consulting project.
MBA · 36 credits
Program Overview & Curriculum
The MBA prepares early- and mid-career professionals to lead organizations. The full-time cohort and the evening program share one curriculum: a core in accounting, finance, marketing, operations, and leadership, electives in an area of emphasis, and a team capstone consulting project.
Program requirements, the Graduate Program Director, and tuition for this degree are set out in Graduate Handbook §12.5: Master of Business Administration (MBA).
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Core courses: financial and managerial accounting, corporate finance, marketing strategy, operations, organizational leadership, and business analytics | 24 |
| Electives in an area of emphasis | 9 |
| Strategy capstone consulting project | 3 |
| Total | 36 |
Culminating experience
Team strategy capstone project for a partner organization in the final semester.
At a glance
- Degree
- MBA
- Credits
- 36
- Pathway
- Non-thesis
- Format
- Full-time cohort in two years, or the evening program in three years
- Delivery
- Evening classes
- Time limit
- 5 years from matriculation
Program: Graduate Handbook §12.5 · Time limits: Graduate Handbook §3.5
Graduate Program Director
Departments
36 credits
Courses
The courses that count toward each part of the MBA curriculum, with the terms each is usually offered.
Core courses: financial and managerial accounting, corporate finance, marketing strategy, operations, organizational leadership, and business analytics
24 creditsACCT 510 Financial and Managerial Accounting 3 credits Fall, Spring
Covers how to read the three financial statements and how managers use cost behavior, budgets, and variance analysis to make decisions. Weekly problem sets use cases from manufacturing and service firms.
MGT 520 Statistics and Data Analysis for Managers 3 credits Fall
Reviews probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, and regression as tools for business decisions. Students interpret output from statistical software rather than derive formulas.
FIN 520 Corporate Finance 3 credits Fall, Spring
Covers time value of money, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, and payout policy. Students value projects and firms using spreadsheet models.
MKT 530 Marketing Strategy 3 credits Fall, Spring
Covers segmentation, targeting, positioning, pricing, and channel decisions in competitive markets. Cases ask students to build and defend a marketing plan.
MGT 530 Managerial Economics 3 credits Spring
Applies demand, cost, pricing, and market structure analysis to managerial decisions. Cases include pricing strategy and entry into competitive markets.
MGT 540 Operations Management 3 credits Fall, Spring
Covers process design, capacity, inventory, quality, and supply chain flow in manufacturing and service settings. Includes a process improvement project at a local firm.
MGT 550 Organizational Leadership 3 credits Fall
Examines how leaders motivate teams, manage conflict, and lead organizational change. Sessions combine case discussion, peer feedback, and a personal leadership plan.
MGT 560 Business Analytics 3 credits Fall, Spring
Introduces data preparation, descriptive and predictive modeling, and communicating results to decision makers. Students complete analyses in Python and spreadsheets during lab sessions.
Electives in an area of emphasis
9 creditsFIN 560 Investments and Portfolio Management 3 credits Fall
Introduces security valuation, risk and return, diversification, and portfolio construction. Students manage a simulated portfolio through the semester.
FIN 570 Financial Modeling 3 credits Fall, Spring, Summer
Students build three-statement forecasts, discounted cash flow valuations, and sensitivity analyses in spreadsheets. Each session is a guided modeling exercise in the computer lab.
MKT 560 Digital Marketing and Analytics 3 credits Fall, Spring
Covers search, social, email, and web analytics, and how firms budget across digital channels. Students run a small paid campaign and report on its results.
MKT 570 Consumer Insights and Research 3 credits Spring
Teaches survey design, interviews, and experiments for understanding customer behavior. Students carry out a research study for a local organization.
MGT 565 Data Visualization and Predictive Modeling 3 credits Fall, Spring, Summer
Builds dashboards and forecasting models for sales, cost, and risk data. Students present a data story to a mock executive audience.
Strategy capstone consulting project
3 creditsMGT 690 Strategy Capstone Consulting Project 3 credits Spring
Student teams consult for a partner organization on a strategic problem and deliver a written report and final presentation to its leaders. Work takes place at the client site with faculty advising.
Sample Roadmap
Sample Plan
A representative term-by-term sequence for the MBA. “Elective” is one 3-credit course chosen from the program's elective list above, with your advisor.
Fall 1
- ACCT 510 Financial and Managerial Accounting 3 cr
- MGT 520 Statistics and Data Analysis for Managers 3 cr
- FIN 520 Corporate Finance 3 cr
Term total 9 credits
Spring 1
- MKT 530 Marketing Strategy 3 cr
- MGT 530 Managerial Economics 3 cr
- MGT 540 Operations Management 3 cr
Term total 9 credits
Fall 2
- MGT 550 Organizational Leadership 3 cr
- MGT 560 Business Analytics 3 cr
- Elective 3 cr
Term total 9 credits
Spring 2
- Elective 3 cr
- Elective 3 cr
- MGT 690 Strategy Capstone Consulting Project 3 cr
Term total 9 credits
Graduate Handbook
Milestones & Academic Standards
Every master's program at Alkimi follows the same Graduate School milestones. Each links to the handbook section that governs it.
- 1
- 2
Format review and ProQuest submission
Graduate Handbook §5.6: Thesis and Dissertation Format Review and ProQuest Submission
- 3
Intent to Graduate and degree audit
Graduate Handbook §11.1: Filing the Intent to Graduate and Degree Audits
The 3.0 rule
Graduate students must keep a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or higher to stay in good standing and to graduate (Graduate Handbook §3.1).
Advisor
The Graduate Program Director or a designated capstone coordinator is your permanent advisor (Graduate Handbook §4.1).
2026–27
Tuition & Funding
MBA tuition
$1,580
Per credit hour, plus $300 in mandatory fees per semester. 36 credits come to $56,880 in tuition at 2026–27 rates.
Assistantship stipend
$21,000
9-month stipend for a master's teaching, research, or graduate assistant.
Rates: Graduate Handbook §6.2
Assistantships in this program
MBA coursework is billed at the MBA per-credit rate. Graduate assistantships are limited, and most evening students work full time.
A 20-hour assistantship includes a full tuition waiver of up to 12 credits per semester and covers mandatory fees (Graduate Handbook §6.3).
People
Faculty & Contacts
Department of Management
34 faculty →Chair: Dr. Nora Mahoney
Management teaches leadership, organizations, business law and ethics, business communication, and the strategy capstone that closes the Business Administration degree.
Department of Accounting
25 faculty →Chair: Dr. Joan Ziegler
Accounting teaches financial and managerial accounting to every business student and prepares majors for professional practice.
Department of Finance
26 faculty →Chair: Dr. Meredith Bishop
Finance covers corporate finance, markets, and banking, with courses shared with the Economics department.
Department of Marketing
24 faculty →Chair: Dr. Svetlana Marinov
Marketing studies customers, brands, and markets, and teaches the business information systems and analytics course.
The Graduate School
- Where
- Founders Hall 240
- Phone
- (555) 555-0138
- gradschool
@university.alkimi.ai - Hours
- Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Lead
- Dr. Victor Huang, Dean of the Graduate School