To be exempted from a core course, the applicant must have passed an equivalent undergraduate course with a grade of 3.0 (C) or better within the previous seven years. Students exempted from some or all of the core courses will still be required to take a minimum of 36 credits.  As part of the program the MBA student must take at least one graduate course in each of the functional areas; accounting, marketing, production/operation management or quantitative methods, finance, and management information systems. 

MBA Electives / Concentrations

MBA candidates complete their program by selecting a minimum of 15 credits of MBA electives. Of these, one course must be an information technology elective and one must be an international business elective. The remaining 9 credits may be drawn from MBA elective courses offered by the School of Business Administration or from approved courses offered by other units of Oakland University.

If MBA students want a more structured set of electives, they can take one of the MBA concentrations. A maximum of two concentrations can be noted on the transcript. Concentrations are offered in; accounting, business economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources management, international business, management information systems, marketing, production/operations management, and supply chain management.

MBA Electives and Concentrations

MGT 535 - Integrative Business Policy Courses

This course draws on all coursework in the core of the MBA program in the analysis of real world cases in a team setting.  MGT 535 is required of all MBA students.