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Online M.B.A. Courses

Curriculum Details

  • 10 to 12 Courses
  • 30 to 36 Credit Hours
  • 7-Week Courses

Winthrop University’s online M.B.A. courses equip you with a dynamic skillset to accelerate your success. Through our STEM-designated curriculum, you’ll gain the tools needed to thrive in innovation while building a strong foundation in globalization, analytics and communication. You’ll also enhance your resume by acquiring these built-in micro-certificates:

  • Business Analytics: This micro-certificate consists of BADM 571, CSCI 685 and QMTH 680.
  • Financial Analysis: This micro-certificate consists of ACCT 680, ECON 680 and FINC 680.
  • Leadership in Organizations: This micro-certificate consists of MGMT 680, MKTG 680 and MGMT 684.

You can complete the core M.B.A. degree (30 credit hours) in as few as 12 months. We also offer the following optional concentrations (six additional credit hours), with a program duration of 12 to 18 months:

Winthrop’s online M.B.A. degree is available to students with non-business undergraduate degrees, which may require the completion of some or all of the following prerequisite foundation courses. Students can complete these non-credit-hour prerequisites online in a self-paced format before beginning the M.B.A. program or prior to taking the associated M.B.A. core course:

  • Accounting (completed in Blackboard at no additional cost)
  • Finance (completed in Blackboard at no additional cost)
  • Economics (completed in Blackboard at no additional cost)
  • Using Microsoft Excel (CSCI 101B, can be taken at the same time as BSAN 680, 0.5 credit hours)

For more information on prerequisite foundation courses, please request information.

Core Courses

Credits

Develop financial literacy in the areas of financial accounting and financial statements, as well as in managerial accounting tools essential to manage the business. Learn how each of these processes interact with or are impacted by the internal and external environment of an enterprise.
The course introduces predictive modeling and analytics techniques in a data-rich business setting. It covers the process of formulating business objectives, data preparation and study design, followed by implementation and evaluation of predictive models for a variety of practical business applications. The set of analytical tools discussed in the course contains cluster analysis, decision trees, neural networks, regressions and association analysis. Application examples include customer retention, customer segmentation, delinquency analytics, fraud detection and market basket analysis. The course takes a “learning-by-doing” approach with the use of the state-of-the-art analytical software.
This course introduces students to concepts used in the field of data management (quality, policy, and storage methods). Students will extract and manipulate data. The course will also include foundational concepts of data security.
This course applies analytical tools and economic reasoning to recognize and solve business problems. Business strategies are used in different market structures.
This course provides financial managers with a practical understanding of the core financial concepts that are used in business.

This course explores the evolutionary development of organizational theory and behavior at both the micro and macro levels, with a particular emphasis on leaders and leadership. Specifically, this course will examine individual characteristics, behaviors and attributions, as well as group and organizational dynamics.

Notes: Offered periodically.

Prerequisite: Graduate student status.

Seminar in strategic management designed to integrate business functions and examine issues that develop in the relationship between organizations and their changing environment, both global and domestic. Students will complete a capstone project that applies ethics, leadership, financial and other concepts covered in this, prerequisite, and corequisite courses.

Notes: Offered periodically.

Prerequisite: Graduate student status.

This course addresses how to design and implement the best combination of marketing efforts to carry out a firm’s strategy in its target markets. Specifically, this course seeks to develop the student’s (1) understanding of how the firm can benefit by creating and delivering value to its customers, and stakeholders, and (2) skills in applying the analytical concepts and tools of marketing to such decisions as segmentation and targeting, branding, pricing, distribution, and promotion. The course uses a combination of methods including lectures, case discussions, data analysis and client based projects to achieve these objectives.

Notes: Offered periodically.

Prerequisite: Graduate student status

Topics of this course include research question and hypothesis specification and testing, experimental design, measurement and sampling. Analysis of data is conducted using SPSS, STATA or other appropriate statistical software. Statistical methods utilized include hypothesis testing, simple linear and multiple regression, and correlation analysis.

Choose 1 Elective Course

Credits

Restricted to students with limited business experience or who wish to switch career paths. This internship integrates a student’s classroom learning with practical work experience.

A practical investment course that focuses on portfolio management through the use of an investment simulation.
A comprehensive study of the issues, decision variables and public policy considerations for the management of an organization’s human resources with special attention on public and private sector differences, international variation and unions.
This capstone course explores current issues and trends in the rapidly changing arena of marketing, from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Instruction will include a selection of current readings, guest speakers and experiential learning projects that will require students to use concepts and tools learned in previous courses in the program. Creativity practices and innovation strategies will be applied in conjunction with the development of marketing strategies and tactics for an area business. Applied marketing analytics, especially as they relate to digital marketing and trends in social media, will also be covered

Required Courses for Concentrations

Credits

Develop business expertise tailored to healthcare leadership as you prepare to transform the operations of hospitals and health systems.

  • HCMT 621 Foundations of the U.S. Healthcare System (3 credits)
  • HCMT 623 Transforming Healthcare: Quality & Performance (3 credits)
  • Choose one of the following electives (3 credits)
    • BADM 694 Internship in Business Administration
    • MGMT 675 Leadership Dynamics
    • MKTG 681 Strategic Marketing Seminar – Capstone Course

Healthcare Management Details

Delve into marketing analytics, sales forecasting, leadership dynamics and more while learning strategic approaches to marketing decision-making.

  • MGMT 675 Leadership Dynamics (3 credits)
  • MKTG 581 Marketing for Global Competitiveness (3 credits)
  • MKTG 681 Strategic Marketing Seminar – Capstone Course (3 credits)

Marketing Details

Explore key concepts in leadership, global competitiveness and human resources management to get on the fast track to executive-level management.

  • MGMT 622 Advanced Human Resource Management and Labor Relations (3 credits)
  • MGMT 675 Leadership Dynamics (3 credits)
  • MKTG 581 Marketing for Global Competitiveness (3 credits)

Strategic Leadership Details

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