Master of Business Administration (MBA)

A Redlands MBA provides you with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities for career enhancement that you need to succeed. More than that, 我们培养自信和创新的领导者,以应对不断变化的世界中最复杂的商业挑战.


MBA At-A-Glance

Modalities

In-person
Online (asynchronous)
Online (synchronous)

Guaranteed Classes

Meet 1 evening per week

Program Length

12-24 months
9-12 courses
36-48 credits

Concentrations

Finance
Global Business
Healthcare Administration
Human Resources
Location Analytics
Marketing
Organizational Leadership

Student Success

Academic advising
Career & professional development
Extensive alumni network

 

Visit the Student Financial Services office site for the most up-to-date tuition and fee schedules.

Businesses of every size need leaders who can think critically, communicate effectively, 协同工作,以对社会和道德负责的方式确定和实现业务目标. An MBA from the Redlands School of Business & 社会可以让你成为企业所寻找的那种领导者,并提供对企业和社会产生积极影响所需的技能. Whether you choose to be an entrepreneur, work for a global corporation, or serve in the public sector, you can manage innovation, growth, and stability at organizations of every size.

The Redlands School of Business & Society Master of Business Administration degree:

  • Prepares you for business leadership by providing you with 21st century business skills to help you tackle the financial, organizational, human resources, strategy, and ethical challenges of today’s technology-driven, complex global business environment
  • Features intimate class sizes, which foster a collaborative learning environment that emulates the camaraderie, diverse discussions, and teamwork of a professional environment
  • 确保您通过众多的实践和合作项目获得现实世界的经验,并获得与知名私人公司的合作伙伴关系, public, and nonprofit organizations
  • 为您提供独特和创新的MBA课程,如位置分析,并通过我们与Esri的空间商业倡议合作伙伴关系, the global leader in location analytics and geographic information systems (GIS)

工商管理硕士课程还为您提供个性化学位课程的机会,可以选择以下七种专业之一:

  • Finance
  • Global Business
  • Healthcare Administration
  • Human Resources
  • Location Analytics
  • Marketing
  • Organizational Leadership

With each graduating class, 我们的MBA学生告诉我们,他们获得和应用的知识,让他们有信心发展并清晰地捍卫自己的想法. In our most recent survey of 2020 Redlands graduates,超过95%的人会向他们的朋友、家人和同事推荐我们的课程. Additionally, more than half of our 2020 graduates said their degree has increased their earning power.

As a Redlands School of Business & Society student, you are welcomed by a 30,校友网络,并被邀请和鼓励参加演讲者的活动和活动,在一系列当代商业主题.

Program Learning Outcomes

As a graduate of the Redlands MBA program, you will have mastered critical 21st century business skills and be able to:

  • Think and plan strategically
  • Solve complex problems that require analytical and creative problem-solving skills
  • Effectively and clearly communicate, negotiate, and present ideas
  • Work in teams and collaborate effectively
  • 运用推理和道德决策来确定提出的解决方案如何影响公司或更广泛的社区
  • Understand money and the role of finance in an organization
  • Understand the role of marketing in identifying markets, developing products, and ensuring a business or product has relevancy in a changing world
  • Develop an organizational construct
  • Create and manage a Profit & Loss statement
  • Utilize human resources best practices
  • Demonstrate a higher level of purposeful leadership to effect change

Utilize data, including business and location analytics, to set strategy and measure effectiveness of tactical execution

Course Sequence

MBA course sequence

Course Descriptions

Business Foundation Knowledge Courses (12 Credits)

BUAD 658: Accounting and Finance for Managers (4)

This course focuses on the role of accounting and finance in managerial decision-making, including how managers access capital, invest in resources, budget operations, and report economic events.

 

BUAD 631: Data-Driven Decision-Making (4)

该课程侧重于从各种商业学科角度对决策进行描述性和预测性分析. 重要的元素包括识别业务中数据驱动的决策环境, ascertaining data needs, analyzing data, interpreting and communicating results, and ultimately the value proposition of analytics.

 

BUAD 632: Introduction to Managerial Economics (4)

本课程探讨了管理决策所必需的经济概念,重点是将宏观经济基础和微观经济分析应用于广泛的商业问题.

 

General Business Knowledge Courses (16 Credits)

MGMT 667: Business, Ethics, and Society (4)

This course examines the ethical, legal, and social environment of business and its impact on managerial decision-making.

 

MGMT 631: Management and Organizational Behavior (4)

This course focuses on key business areas such as managing individual performance, team and intergroup dynamics, leadership, human resource management, organizational design, decision-making, and management of change.

 

BUAD 683: Information and Knowledge Management (4)

本课程回顾信息系统原理,强调信息系统在商业中的战略作用,以及信息系统的全球性和交互性.

 

MGMT 651: Analytics for Managerial Decision-Making (4)

本课程让学生了解分析在决策过程中所扮演的角色. 主题包括管理决策的定量方法,如线性规划(LP), network models, transportation, assignment, transshipment, project management (PERT/CPM), inventory management, simulation, decision theory, forecasting, and supply chain management.

 

Specialized Area In-Depth Knowledge (16 Credits)

Students choose an MBA concentration in Finance, Global Business, Location Analytics, or Marketing, or complete a minimum of 16 credits in the following:

 

INTB 655: Global Environment for Business (4)  

本课程探讨了地缘政治和经济关系的理论和实践概念,以评估全球化对商业的影响. Focus is on evaluating and formulating strategic responses to diverse political, economic, 以及社会因素对国际贸易和投资带来的风险, resource allocation decisions, and organizational structures. This course may be substituted with INTB 670: International Area Studies.

 

INTB 670: International Area Studies (4)

Students intensively study a specific country or region in the world. They evaluate the characteristics of the analyzed area’s socioeconomic conditions, its policy environment, 以及作为商学院国际商业项目一部分的商业活动. They then analyze how these factors jointly influence the international marketplace. 课程将讲座与海外研讨会、公司/机构参观和文化接触相结合. Note: Students cannot repeat the same course destination from their undergraduate program. This course may substitute for INTB 655.

 

BUAD 660: Managerial Finance (4)

本课程概述了用于分析和制定商业决策策略的财务管理工具. Topics include time value of money, bond and stock valuation, risk and return, capital budgeting, capital structure and dividend policy, working capital management, options, and their applications in corporate finance.

 

MGMT 680: Marketing Management (4)  

本课程探讨市场营销的关键方面,重点是客户和营销组合,并通过案例研究包括分析和批判性思维技能的发展, and the design and assessment of a basic marketing plan.

 

MGMT 674: Human Resources Management (4)

本课程侧重于对现代人力资源/人事职能的理论和实践进行批判性分析, complex organizations with an emphasis on personnel policies, workforce diversity, HR practices, employee discipline, health and safety, and collective bargaining. An understanding of the goals of equity, efficiency, and effectiveness in a diverse environment is provided.

 

Interdisciplinary Capstone Program (4 Credits)

BUAD 696: Strategy Capstone (4)

最终的活动使学生能够整合课程中的知识和技能,从战略和功能的角度分析和解决业务问题. 学生在动态模拟的实验和适应性学习环境中工作,以体验商业决策的复杂性. 模拟决策侧重于团队合作和战略计划执行的批判性思维. 本课程可替换为INTB 695:全球商业咨询顶点或BUAD 695:商业咨询顶点.

 

INTB 695: Global Business Consultancy Capstone (4)

在策略制定和实施的背景下整合先前的课程, 学生团队与国外的一个组织进行“现场”咨询. 学生发展参与的参数,并在实际环境中应用适当的理论知识,准备并向客户和教授提交项目报告.

 

BUAD 695: Business Consultancy Capstone (4)

在策略制定和实施的背景下整合先前的课程, 学生团队与南加州的一个组织进行“现场”咨询. 学生发展参与的参数,并在实际环境中应用适当的理论知识,准备并向客户和教授提交项目报告.

 

BUAD 694-IR11: Entrepreneurship Capstone (4)

一个密集的精益创业课程,使用创业启动辅助地图(SLAM)方法. This session will be a mix of lectures, discussion, practical exercises, mentoring from experts for each team, peer mentoring and customer discovery to validate your whole approach.

Course Outcomes:
Business Plan (Startup Launch Assistance Map (SLAM))
Entrepreneurial Mindset Development