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C.T. Bauer College of Business

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree is a fully-accredited curriculum that provides students with the professional skills necessary to manage a modern business enterprise. The degree program emphasizes practices that benefit the individual, the organization, and the social and economic environment.

In addition, the curriculum requires students to master topics in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, law and ethics, operations management, quantitative methods, information systems, management, and corporate strategy and policies. Electives may be selected from the following business areas: accounting and taxation, entrepreneurship, finance, general business, international business, management, MIS, marketing, operations management, and statistics. Within the elective section of the degree, students pursue one of the following paths:

• Free Electives Path: A variety of graduate courses may be taken from across the college.
• Focused Path: 9 or more hours may be taken in a single department to focus on a specific functional area (for example, MIS, Finance, etc.)
• Cross-Functional Electives (Certificate) Path: 12-18 hours of lock-step courses may be taken in a cross-functional certificate area. Students selecting this option will be awarded a Certificate in addition to the MBA diploma upon completion of their degree. Information on Certificate Programs is available in the MBA Program Office, see www.bauer.uh.edu/certificate/index.html.

While there are several thousand institutions granting degrees in business administration, the University of Houston is one of approximately 540 colleges whose master's programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).