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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM (33 semester hours) I. Core courses (18 semester hours) • Accounting (ACCT) 547 - Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis • Decision Sciences (DS 533) - Applied Business Forecasting and Planning -ORManagement (MGT) 540 - Applied Business Research • Economics (ECON) 538 - Economics for Managers • Finance (FIN) 565 - Fiinancial Management: Theory and Practice • Information Systems (IS) 524 - Corporate Information Systems • Marketing (MKTG) 576 - Decision Making for Global Markets • Business and Technology (BAT) 611 - MBA Outcomes (0 s.h.) II. Directed Elective (3 semester hours) • A directed elective can be any 500 level or 400G class offered through Western Illinois Univer sity. III. Concentration Courses (9 semester hours) • Select three courses for any single area of concentration with approval from the MBA director. IV. Integrative Course (3 semester hours) • Management (MGT) 590 - Strategic Management Background Course Requirements Students without business degrees or with degrees from non-AACSB–International accredited schools may be required to take one or more background courses to assure adequate preparation for advanced study. • ACCT 307 Accounting for Managers and Management Decisions (or ACCT 201 Principles of Financial Accounting and ACCT 202 Principles of Managerial Accounting) • ECON 408G Economic Theory for Decision Makers (or ECON 231 Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 232 Principles of Microeconomics) • FIN 331 Financial Management I • IS 340 Management Information Systems • MGT 349 Management and Organizational Behavior • MKTG 327 Marketing Principles • STAT 171 General Elementary Statistics Western Illinois University College of Business and Technology • www.wiu.edu/CBT • [phone] • [email protected] • Fall 2016