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Cox MBA Curriculum and Pre-Requirements. Marci Armstrong, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Graduate Programs. The Cox MBA Curriculum. The Cox MBA Curriculum. 61 credit hours over two academic years Courses are ½ semester long (8 weeks) Combination of core and elective courses
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Cox MBA Curriculum and Pre-Requirements Marci Armstrong, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
The Cox MBA Curriculum 61 credit hours over two academic years Courses are ½ semester long (8 weeks) Combination of core and elective courses Opportunity for concentrations and minors Classes meet Monday – Thursday Plus Friday requirements
First Year: Core Courses Year 1 – Fall Mod B • Fin. Accounting 2 or Managerial Accounting • Management Decision Analysis • Managerial Economics • Business Presentation Techniques Year 1 – Fall Mod A Financial Accounting 1 Managerial Finance Managerial Statistics Marketing Management Managing Your Career
Core and Elective Courses Year 1 – Summer • Corporate Internship Year 2 – Fall & Spring • 14 Elective Courses Year 1 – Spring • Mod A • Operations Management • Organizational Behavior • Two Elective Courses • Mod B • Strategic Management • Global Leadership Program • Two Elective Courses
Finance Concentration • Sample Course Titles • Corporate Restructuring and Value Creation • Forwards, Futures and Swaps • Practicum in Portfolio Management • Employers include • Credit Suisse • ExxonMobil • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Wells Fargo • Concentration • Finance • Specializations • Alternative Asset Management • Corporate Finance • Energy Finance • Investments
Marketing Concentration • Concentration • Marketing • Sample Course Titles • Customer Insights and Market Intelligence • New Product Development • Digital and Social Media Marketing • Employers include • American Airlines • Dr Pepper Snapple Group • Essilor of America • Frito-Lay
Real Estate Concentration • Concentration • Real Estate • Sample Course Titles • Real Estate Analysis and Strategy • Real Estate Transactions • Employers include • CBRE • Jones Lang LaSalle
Strategy & Entrepreneurship • Concentration • Strategy & Entrepreneurship • Sample Course Titles • Essential Law for the Entrepreneur • Innovation and Strategic Change • Venture Capital Practicum • Employers include • Accenture • Booz Allen Hamilton • Deloitte • McKinsey & Company
ITOM Concentrations • Sample Course Titles • Business Intelligence and Data Mining • Managing Service Operations • Revenue Management • Employers include • Armeta Solutions • Hunt Oil Company • PRTM • Concentrations • Business Analytics • Information & Operations
Management & Organizations • Concentration • Management • Sample Course Titles • Corporate Governance • Managing Across Cultures • Strategic Human Resource Management • Employers include • American Airlines • Center for Nonprofit Management • Ford Motor Company
Accounting Concentration • Sample Course Titles • International Financial Reporting • Management Control Systems • Mergers & Acquisitions • Employers include • Capital One • Ernst & Young • FTI Consulting • Concentration • Accounting
Pre-MBA Requirements • Accounting, Finance and Statistics Prep • Ivy Software online prep courses (May 2012) • Successfully pass all three online tests by July 31, 2012 • MBA Career Prep • Instructions by June 1, 2012 • Complete requirements by July 31, 2012
Pre-MBA Requirements • Summer MBA Statistics (by invitation only) • Starts July 5 • International Orientation (by invitation only) • August 6 • Accounting Boot Camp (by invitation only) • August 6-7 • Finance Boot Camp (optional, open to all, $50 fee) • August 8-10
Cox MBA Orientation August 12-17 ALL entering students must attend ALL of Orientation week Starts 3:00pm Sunday, August 12 Concludes 11:00pm Friday, August 17 8:00am – 10:00pm MANDATORY Relocate and settle in before Orientation!
Tips for Next 3 Months Focus your career goals. Brush up on your quantitative and Excel skills. Take some time off. Relocate and settle in. Enjoy the Spring and Summer!