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Business Administration Graduate Major (MBA, PhD)
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College of Business
Options
Accounting
Business Analytics
Commercialization
Executive Leadership
Global Operations
Innovation/Commercialization
Marketing
Research Thesis
Wealth Management
Graduate Areas of Concentration
Clean technology
Also available via Ecampus.
The MBA program represents a broad, yet responsive, general management curriculum
with an entrepreneurial focus that crosses the functional disciplines of business and is
enhanced by advanced management and contemporary topics course work. The MBA
program is open to both business and nonbusiness undergraduates. Its advanced
management emphasis creates practical value-added content for all students.
The MBA program is intended to provide the broad knowledge and skills necessary to
become competent and responsible managers. As a result of completing the OSU MBA
program, you will be able to create, build and manage innovative, socially responsible, and
sustainable enterprises in a global business environment. The OSU MBA program will also
give you an understanding of how sustainable business meets economic, social and
environmental needs without compromising the future of any of them. Sustainability is
woven into our curriculum—so that when you leave, you’ll be able to be smart, daring and
make a positive impact on your world.
Persons interested in the MBA Program should write: Graduate Business Programs, College
of Business, Austin Hall 326, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331-2603, or email:
osumba@bus.oregonstate.edu.
The MBA is an accelerated management program with an experiential component and an
emphasis on innovation, sustainability, technology and entrepreneurship. The program is
designed to provide our graduates with the necessary skills to solve complex business
problems and to successfully compete in the business marketplace. Foundation courses
include such fundamentals as business law, accounting, finance, operations, management,
and marketing. Advanced courses explore contemporary business topics in depth, with an
emphasis on sustainability, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation in the global
economy. Course work is completed in tandem with the experiential component of the
program, the Integrated Business Project (IBP).
With the IBP, student teams are tasked with creating fact-based, research-driven business
plans for the companies of their choice. Whether developing an entrepreneurial venture
from scratch or providing an established business with new direction and growth potential,
students become active in their own education. As the cornerstone of the College of
Business MBA, the IBP program has a lasting impact, not only on students, but on
commerce and industry in Oregon.
The MBA program is an intensive, fast-paced program designed to guide students through a
rigorous foundation and core curriculum, while allowing them to pursue their interests and
push their boundaries. Throughout, students learn to build teams, integrate disciplines,
work under pressure and multitask. In short, the same skills they will rely on when they
leave campus.
- Signifies that the Major/Option can be completed thru Ecampus - Distance Ed
Major Code: 2050
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Business Analytics Option
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This option is offered within the following major(s):
Business Administration - College of Business
The MBA Business Analytics graduate option supports a rapidly-growing interest from
organizations that need people who can integrate data sets and tools to address
opportunities and risks. The information value of both in-house and third-party data sets
can now be leveraged using powerful emerging technologies. Increasingly organizations
leverage advances in software interoperability, data exchange mechanisms and data mining
and visualization techniques to better understand their operations, customers, and markets.
This trend has become known as ‘data mining,’ ‘business analytics,’ ‘business intelligence’
or, nowadays, ‘big data'.
Candidates with an undergraduate business major or minor can complete an MBA with
business analytics in nine intensive months as full-time students. Other college graduates
can take foundation courses over the summer and join the cohort in the fall. Part-time
students can complete the MBA over a longer time frame. A final capstone project and oral
exam demonstrate a student's ability to apply learned concepts.
Course work for the Business Analytics option contains 45 credits of course work including
MBA core curriculum, Business Analytics required courses, an unrestricted elective course,
and an oral exam.
MBA Core (21 credits)
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528.
531.
540.
550.
562.
569.
590.
Financial and Cost Analysis (3)
Business Law–Technology/New Ventures (3)
Corporate Finance (3)
Organization Leadership and Management (3)
Managing Projects (3)
Advanced Strategic Management (3)
Marketing Management (3)
Business Analytics (21 credits)
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BA
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555.
572.
573.
574.
575.
576.
577.
Practical Business Analysis (3)
Advanced Information Systems (3)
Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage (3)
Data Management (3)
Data Exploration and Visualization (3)
Data and Text Mining (3)
Integrated Business Analytics Project (3)
Unrestricted Elective. Any graduate-level course with a minimum of three credits that
contributes to the learning outcomes of the program. Must be approved by the Graduate
Business Programs office.
- Signifies that the Major/Option can be completed thru Ecampus - Distance Ed
Option Code: 2059