Master of Business Administration

About the Program
Curriculum – including courses
Admission Requirements
Start Dates and Application Deadlines
Tuition

About the Program

The Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program prepares students to assume managerial positions in commercial, not-for- profit, and governmental organizations. This program is offered in partnership with the AACSB accredited Rohrer College of Business. As such, it upholds a wide range of quality standards relating to curriculum, faculty resources, and intellectual climate. On average, students admitted to the Rowan University Master of Business Administration program in academic year 2009/2010 had a 516 GMAT score and a 3.38 undergraduate GPA.

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Curriculum – Program Code: .COMBA-BUS / Major Code: G501

The Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a part-time program offered in an accelerated format. This degree requires the completion of 36 graduate semester hours or 12 courses. Two courses are scheduled per semester for six consecutive semesters resulting in possible degree completion in less than 24 months.

Coursework

Each course is scheduled in 8 week modules with each week of work starting every Tuesday at 8:00a.m. and ending every Monday at 11:59p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The graduate-level courses listed here are not official and are subject to change. For an official list of available courses please visit the CGCE section tally. Click on the courses below to view available course descriptions.

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
MIS 02515	Electronic Commerce This course will introduce students to electronic business. It will cover such diverse issues as: e-commerce payment mechanisms, encryption and authentication of data, web assurance, electronic data interchange, legal issues on the web, and web marketing. There will also be a lab component that will provide students with exposure to and practice in web page design and creation.	3
MKT 09500	Marketing Management This course focuses on managing the marketing function in a dynamic, competitive environment in coordination with other organizational functions to enhance the overall performance of an organization. Attention will be devoted to the design of strategies for the achievement of competitive advantage in product/service offerings, pricing, promotion and distribution. Students will build upon their existing knowledge base of marketing concepts and will develop or extend competencies in analytical decision-making, ability to identify market opportunities, and ability to develop and evaluate marketing plans.	3
MGT 07500	Managerial Decision Making This course requires the application of analysis and decision making tools in a business setting, with emphasis on the evaluation of problems facing the modern firm in a changing global marketplace. It provides in-depth coverage of analytical tools that are invaluable to the entrepreneur/manager as he or she is confronted with strategy and implementation decisions in a competitive world.	3
ACC 03500	Managerial Accounting This course takes a managerial approach with emphasis on decision-making. It includes financial statement analysis and topics on determination of cost behavior using regression analysis and learning curves, activity based costing, cost allocation, performance measurement, and the decision-making process.	3
FIN 04500	Financial Decision Making Students in this course will learn valuation techniques including adjusted present value, equity cash flows, and real-option valuation. In addition to comparing alternative valuation techniques and the assumptions and limitations underlying each, students explore the technical difficulties and incentive effects caused by high leverage, the relation between capital structure and capital costs, the interaction between a firm's financial structure and its business strategies, the conditions contributing to potential under or over-valuation of a firm's prospects by the market, and the managerial consequences of such mis-valuation.	3
MGT 01510	Professional, Legal, & Managerial Responsibility In that business leaders have become personally and professionally responsible for the legal and ethical behaviors of the individuals within their organizations, the need for formal training in ethical and legal decision making is essential. In this course students will learn how to effectively apply a variety of legal and ethical frameworks within the global marketplace. Students will also learn appropriate and effective legal and ethical issue reporting practices, principles and responsibilities.	3
MGT 06629	Managing Organizational Strategy As understanding organizations in the context of their general and competitive environments is vital, future managers must learn how to utilize the perspectives and frameworks designed for strategic analyses and decision making. In this course students will learn how to conduct analyses across organizational functions and levels and effectively manage goals and strategies for different types of organizations.	3
MGT 06502	International Business & Society This course addresses numerous aspects of the increasingly global business environment and implications for business organizations and key stakeholders. Frameworks for comparing political, legal, social, economic, and governmental differences across nations are utilized. Macro issues include trade theories, trade regimes, roles of governments and global institutions. Strategies and structures adopted by various types of international firms and functional approaches to international finance, management, and marketing are also included.	3
MIS 02500	Issues in MIS Information technology and systems are pervasive in business today and will become more so in the future. Therefore, this course is designed to provide skills for managing this changing environment. The primary focus of the course is on the management of technology. The management of technology and systems is not left solely to information systems professionals; it is the responsibility of all managers.	3
MGT 06601	Strategic Human Resource Management This course prepares the operating manager for the responsibilities of performing strategic planning. The course will identify what goes into and how strategic planning is performed. Strategy formation and evaluation will be assisted by computer decision models and management games. The interrelationships of organizational units and pro-active management posture with respect to environmental forces will be stressed. This course may not be offered annually.	3
MGT 06500	Designing, Developing, Leading High Performance Organizations Students will study and develop skills in interpersonal behavior in organizations and groups. They will learn about issues in leadership, how groups function, elements of power and influence, conflict management, management of time and stress, creative and rational problem solving in groups. In addition, they will study theories of motivation and methods of empowerment in organizations.	3
ENT 06599	Special Topics: New Venture Creation Students will study advanced level topics in Entrepreneurship. The exact topics to be covered will change over time. Contact the MBA office or the Management and MIS Department for details.	3
Total Semester Hours: 36

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Admission Requirements

The following is a list of items required to begin the application process for the Online Master of Business Administration (MBA). There may be additional action or materials required for admission to the program. Upon receipt of the materials below a representative from the CGCE Admissions Processing Office will contact you with confirmation or indicating any missing items.

Completed Graduate-level CGCE Application Form. Download the PDF or click here to apply online.
$65 (U.S.) non-refundable application fee
Bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) from an accredited institution of higher learning
Official transcripts from all colleges attended (regardless of number of credits earned)
Current professional resume
Typewritten statement of professional objectives
Two letters of recommendation
Recommended undergraduate cumulative GPA of 2.5
Official copy of GRE or GMAT test scores. (Candidates with an earned Master’s or higher degree are waived from the five year standardized test constraint and might be waived from the standardized test requirement altogether, providing the following conditions are met:
- The degree granting institution holds a discipline-specific (based on the earned advanced degree) accreditation (e.g., ABET for Engineering/Technology, NCATE for Education)
- The applicant's overall graduate cumulative GPA exceeds 3.0
- All other M.B.A. acceptance criteria are satisfied.)
CGCE Foundation Course Completion Form (pdf)
Eligible applicants must have successfully completed the following undergraduate foundation courses at an accredited institution. (Foundation courses FC-6 and FC-7 must be completed at a 4-year institution to fulfill foundation course requirements. FC-1 through FC-5 may be taken at a junior/community college.)
- FC-1. Calculus Techniques & Applications
- FC-2. Statistics I
- FC-3. Foundations of Accounting
- FC-4. Principles of Econ: A Survey
- FC-5. Principles of Marketing
- FC-6. Principles of Finance
- FC-7. Operations Management
During the admissions process, the MBA Academic Advisor will determine foundation course equivalencies and how any unfinished undergraduate foundation courses can be scheduled concurrently with graduate enrollment. If applicable, official notification of any unfinished foundation courses will be included in the applicant’s official admission decision letter from Rowan University.

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Start Dates and Application Deadlines

Below is a list of MBA Online anticipated start dates. The start dates indicated are based on the university calendar or the CGCE schedule. Your actual first day of class will depend on the course sequence which will be provided by a CGCE Enrollment Advisor once you have matriculated in the program.

Entry Term & Module	Start Date(s)	Application Deadline(s)
Summer 2012 – Module 6	07/03/2012	06/01/2012
Fall 2012 – Module 1	08/28/2012	08/01/2012

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Tuition and Costs

$770 per semester hour
(this rate applies to academic year 2011/2012)

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Master of Business Administration

About the Program

Curriculum – Program Code: .COMBA-BUS / Major Code: G501

Coursework

Admission Requirements

Start Dates and Application Deadlines

Tuition and Costs