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Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management online
Develop the in-demand professional leadership and analytical skills that give you an advantage in a wide range of business management roles with this AACSB-accredited online MBA program.
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Program Overview
Get to know our 100% online Management MBA program
Tuition breakdown:
$12,474
Total Tuition
$378
Tuition per credit hour
Broaden your foundation in essential business functions by earning your Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management online from Henderson State University. Taught by experienced faculty members, many of whom hold Ph.D.s, this flexible online MBA program will prepare you to advance your career in today’s competitive workforce.
Learn to apply effective leadership, management and communication techniques that help you motivate people to achieve organizational objectives. 100% online courses in accounting, finance, economics, organizational strategy and information systems are designed to teach you how to analyze and use data from a variety of sources to inform strategic business decisions. Plus, you will get to tailor your degree to suit your goals and interests by choosing from a diverse set of relevant electives. With 7-week courses and multiple starts a year, you can graduate prepared for new professional opportunities in as few as 14 months.
In this online MBA in Management, you will enhance your skills in:
- Oral Communication: Synthesize key business concepts and orally communicate them effectively
- Ethical Reasoning: Learn to apply ethical reasoning in leadership/managerial roles
- Strategic Decision-Making: Apply relevant information to arrive at a well-rounded conclusion
- Leadership: Apply relevant information to increase understanding of various leadership theories and the application of leadership skills
- Oral Communication: Synthesize key business concepts and orally communicate them effectively
- Ethical Reasoning: Learn to apply ethical reasoning in leadership/managerial roles
- Strategic Decision-Making: Apply relevant information to arrive at a well-rounded conclusion
- Leadership: Apply relevant information to increase understanding of various leadership theories and the application of leadership skills
Business management career opportunities:
- Marketing Director
- Project Manager
- Human Resources Director
- Business Consultant
- Entrepreneur
- Marketing Director
- Project Manager
- Human Resources Director
- Business Consultant
- Entrepreneur
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$12,474
Total Tuition
As few as 14 months
Duration
33
Credit Hours
The School of Business at Henderson State University is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
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Tuition
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The MBA in Management online program tuition is the same affordable, pay-by-the-course rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition. Financial aid may be available for eligible students.
Tuition breakdown:
$12,474
Total Tuition
$378
Tuition per credit hour
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBA in Mgmt | $378 | $1,134 | $12,474 |
Financial Aid
Financial Aid
To be eligible for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid online at fafsa.gov. Henderson State’s institutional code is 001098.
Tuition breakdown:
$12,474
Total Tuition
$378
Tuition per credit hour
Calendar
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Our MBA in Management online program offers a convenient course schedule with 7-week courses and multiple start dates. View the full calendar for all upcoming starts and corresponding deadlines.
Now enrolling:
1/3/25
Apply Date
1/14/25
Class Starts
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 | 1/14/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/6/25 | 1/8/25 | 1/14/25 | 3/2/25 | 7 weeks |
| Spring 2 | 3/2/25 | 2/24/25 | 3/3/25 | 3/5/25 | 3/11/25 | 4/27/25 | 7 weeks |
| Summer 1 | 5/5/25 | 4/21/25 | 4/28/25 | 4/30/25 | 5/6/25 | 6/15/25 | 6 weeks |
| Summer 2 | 6/23/25 | 6/9/25 | 6/16/25 | 6/18/25 | 6/24/25 | 8/3/25 | 6 weeks |
Now enrolling:
1/3/25
Apply Date
1/14/25
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Admissions
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We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Henderson online MBA in Management below.
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 2.5 GPA
- GMAT waived
GMAT is waived for all students with a 2.7 GPA or better.
- Resume required for the MBA program
- GPA requirements for unconditional admission:
- 2.7 cumulative undergraduate GPA or 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework from a Regionally Accredited Institution (Non-Accredited Institution Transcripts can be submitted for further review before a final admission decision is made)
- GPA requirements for conditional admission:
- 2.5-2.69 cumulative undergraduate GPA
- If a student is Conditionally Admitted – A GMAT or GRE score must be submitted to the Office of the Graduate School before completing 12 graduate hours. The minimum acceptable GMAT score is 400.
Courses
See the degree plan for our online Management MBA program
In order to earn the MBA in Management online, you will complete 11 courses for a total of 33 credit hours. There are no leveling courses or prerequisites required.
All MBA Concentrations must take these 4 CORE courses for 12 hours.
ACC 6123: Accounting for Business & Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course reviews the application of accounting to firms in manufacturing, retailing and service industries. The course emphasizes using accounting information to make management decisions including analyzing financial statements, cost analysis, budgeting, and capital investment decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- Critically analyze the role of accounting in business
- Utilize accounting data to make data-backed decisions
- Effectively describe, interpret, and draw conclusions related to accounting issues in both written and oral formats
MGM 6183: Managerial Leadership and Ethics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A graduate course designed to develop an understanding of leadership styles in management and to further ethical reasoning in the management field.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate personal and organizational leadership principles
- Demonstrate personal and organizational ethical reasoning
- Cultivate leadership skills
- Evaluate ethical dilemmas and approaches
FIN 6113: Managerial Finance
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses "real world" issues from both theoretical and practical standpoints for most types of businesses, proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. The specific objectives for the course include the following: 1) financial management of the firm with special emphasis on financial planning, capital budgeting, and cost of capital concepts; 2) an analysis of management aspects relating to the inflow and outflow of capital in business enterprise; and 3) practicing financial decision-making through case methods.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate proficiency in financial management by determining optimal capital structures, creating proforma financial statements, and utilizing ratio analysis for statement assessments
- Apply traditional evaluation models for capital budgeting analyses and estimate the value of various securities issued by corporations
- Assess factors influencing debt versus equity structures and dividend decisions, as well as motives for mergers and acquisitions, ensuring appropriate valuation
MGM 6123: Organizational Strategy
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course examines the key issues involved in formulating and implementing corporate strategies. These issues are approached from the
position of the general manager, who must analyze complex business situations and find realistic solutions to strategic and organizational problems. The course merges various functional areas and provides students with a "total business" perspective on corporate and international strategy.
Students also receive an overview of contemporary business and its future.
Learning Outcomes
- Employ current strategic management frameworks for a variety of strategic problems
- Assess strategic opportunities on a company-wide basis
- Adapt an organization's strategic position to the current business environment
- Develop a plan to execute strategic goals in the organization
- Analyze various uses of technology to create, monitor, and control a strategic plan
All students are required to take this course regardless of background. Must complete prior to being able to register for additional courses.
GBU 6353: MBA Foundations
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In this course, you will receive the knowledge, skills, and abilities to prepare you for the rigors of the MBA program. In order to accomplish this objective, we deliver online work which covers the fundamentals of accounting, finance, data science/economics, management, and marketing. All incoming MBA students, regardless of undergraduate degree, will enroll in the Boot Camp.
Learning Outcomes
- Define critical business terms in a variety of functional areas
- Apply a model of critical thinking to a variety of business problems
- Explain the use of a variety of business tools for business problem-solving
- Recommend a problem-solving approach for business problems
Must take 2 of the following courses; availability will vary.
FIN 5163: Special Studies in Finance
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Individual or group research and seminar discussions on special issues in the field of finance. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
DSC 6113: Data Science for Business
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will teach students how to do data science: They will learn how to get data, get it into the most useful structure, transform it, visualize it, model it, and communicate effectively. In this course, students will find a practicum of skills for data science. They will learn the skills that allow data science to happen and apply best practices for doing data science. Topics that students may learn include; how to use the grammar of graphics, literate programming, and reproducible research to save time, as well as, how to manage cognitive resources to facilitate discoveries when wrangling, visualizing, and exploring data.
These courses will be 7 weeks in Fall/Spring and 6 weeks in Summer
Learning Outcomes
- Use R at the beginner level to import and review data, transform and summarize datasets, and create exploratory data visualizations
- Use R at the intermediate level to conduct exploratory data analysis
- Use R Markdown to create reproducible reports
DSC 6163 : Data Visualization
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course presents strategies and methods for effective visualization and communication of data analyses. Standard and open-source data visualization software packages will be used to develop presentations that convey findings, answer business questions, drive decisions, and provide persuasive evidence supported by data.
EGR 6083: Quality Control and Improvement
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of modern statistical methods for quality control and improvement. The focus of the course will be on engineering and management applications. An emphasis will be placed on utilizing Minitab and Excel as the primary illustrative software packages for the course.
Learning Outcomes
- Recommend statistical methods to analyze a business or manufacturing process
- Design statistical control charts for use in controlling and monitoring business processes or manufacturing operations
- Assess a business or manufacturing process and make recommendations for process capabilities
MKT 5133: Special Studies in Marketing
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Marketing Individual or group research and seminar discussions on special problems in the field of marketing. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
MGM 5243: Special Studies in Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Individual or group research and seminar discussions on special issues in the field of management. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
EGR 6093: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. We explore important supply chain metrics, primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management. We will also investigate topics such as global supply chain design, logistics, and outsourcing, several other recent supply chain innovations. Includes case studies.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the impact components of a supply chain have on the financials of a business
- Analyze the performance of a supply chain
- Develop mathematical models to optimize a supply chain network
Students must take these 4 courses.
ECO 6213: Economic Analysis for Managerial Decisions
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An application of micro- and macroeconomic theories to managerial decision-making including demand and cost analysis, theory of the firm, monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System with an emphasis on quantitative economic analysis.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply and graph key economic models
- Interpret economic indicators and public policies using economic models
- Calculate key economic measures
DSC 6253: Strategic Information Systems
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the various ways in which information technology can be leveraged by an organization for competitive advantage and addresses the issue of IT strategy and evaluation. Attention is given to strategic implementation of technology, developing and maintaining secure and effective systems, and externally focused systems.
Learning Outcomes
- Assess a business strategy informed and created by IT capabilities
- Evaluate an organization's comprehensive IT architecture and models
- Develop a plan to create an analytics culture within an organization
- Evaluate emerging key issues in the IT industry
- Appraise Google Cloud services as an IT infrastructure technology for business needs
MGM 6013: Evidence-Based Management & Analytics
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will build students' capability to manage an analytics workforce, lead analytics team/project, and operate as an analytics translator. The course will introduce students to the principles of evidence-based management and analytics. This involves the appraising of scientific evidence and the processing of information and data for managerial decision-making. The course will also equip students with skills for gathering primary local evidence for problems and managerial decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of principles of evidence-based management and the analytic techniques for processing data/information for insight
- Acquire and evaluate scientific evidence for problem resolution and managerial decisions
- Develop and present an analytical project for decisions in organizations
- Utilize the insights from data and analytical outputs to problems and managerial decisions
- Articulate evidence effectively to influence organizational decisions
MKT 6063: Marketing Management
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A graduate marketing seminar to provide a comprehensive knowledge of marketing strategy and marketing program development. Students will be expected to read widely in the marketing literature. They will solve business problems using case analyses and/or simulation. It is recommended that this "capstone" course be taken near the end of the student's program of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Utilize the marketing strategy framework by employing the strategic marketing management process
- Articulate the importance of creating customer value through customer centricity and the significance of consumer behavior in the buying process
- Evaluate the market through segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategies
- Assess brand, promotion, pricing, and distribution strategies
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