Lakeland College

Master of Business Administration

Degree Requirements

Lakeland College requires thirty-six semester hours of graduate credit for the M.B.A. degree. A minimum grade point average of 3.00 on a scale of 4.00 must be maintained in all course work in the Lakeland M.B.A. program.

Core Courses - 27 credits

Twenty-seven of the thirty-six credit hours must be from the core courses listed below. These courses cover the common body of knowledge necessary for students to develop critical thinking and analytical abilities and foster leadership skills and teamwork attitudes.

All courses listed are 3 semester hours, unless otherwise indicated:

BA 700 Business Research Methodology
BA 715 Applied Microeconomic Theory
BA 720 Applied Managerial Accounting
BA 730 Organizational Effectiveness
BA 750 Applied Marketing Management
BA 760 Production and Operations Management
BA 770 Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
BA 780 Managerial Finance
BA 790 Corporate Strategy & Decision Making

Elective Courses - 9 credits

The remaining nine semester hours of credit (generally three courses) shall be chosen from the following electives.

General M.B.A. Program:

BA 710 Applied Macroeconomic Theory
BA 725 Applied International Economics
BA 735 International Trade and Finance
BA 740 Management Information Systems
BA 745 Cultural Understanding and International Business
BA 755 Buyer Behavior
BA 765 Financial Decision Making
BA 775 Human Resource Management
BA 779 Preparation for Practice as a CPA
BA 785 Special Topics and Issues
BA 795 Special Study Project
BA 800 Master's Thesis

Accounting Concentration:

BA 767 Advanced Industrial Accountancy I
BA 768 Advanced Industrial Accountancy II
BA 777 Advanced Public Accounting I
BA 778 Advanced Public Accounting II (6 sem. hrs.)
BA 785 Special Topics: Accounting Information Systems
BA 789 Corporate Financial Management

Finance Concentration:

BA 735 International Trade and Finance
BA 765 Financial Decision Making
BA 786 Cash Management and Investments
BA 787 Capital Budgeting and Risk Analysis
BA 788 Mergers and Acquisitions
BA 789 Corporate Financial Management

Project Management Concentration:

BA 781 Fundamentals of Project Management
BA 782 Managing the Project Team
BA 783 Project Procurement and Contract Management

Note: A course used to satisfy the requirements of one concentration
may not be applied to the requirements of the other concentration.

Lakeland's Online M.B.A. program is also fully accredited. Classes follow the same curriculum as the traditional classroom sessions.