Cox MBA Curriculum
and Pre-Requirements
Marci Armstrong, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
The Cox MBA Curriculum
The Cox MBA Curriculum
• 61 credit hours over two academic years
• Courses are ½ semester long (8 weeks)
• Combination of core and elective courses
• Opportunity for concentrations and minors
• Classes meet Monday – Thursday
• Plus Friday requirements
First Year: Core Courses
Year 1 – Fall Mod A
Year 1 – Fall Mod B
• Financial Accounting 1
• Fin. Accounting 2 or
Managerial Accounting
• Managerial Finance
• Managerial Statistics
• Marketing Management
• Managing Your Career
• Management Decision
Analysis
• Managerial Economics
• Business Presentation
Techniques
Core and Elective Courses
Year 1 – Spring
• Mod A
− Operations Management
− Organizational Behavior
− Two Elective Courses
• Mod B
Year 1 – Summer
• Corporate Internship
Year 2 – Fall & Spring
• 14 Elective Courses
− Strategic Management
− Global Leadership Program
− Two Elective Courses
Finance Concentration
• Concentration
• Finance
• Specializations
• Alternative Asset
Management
• Corporate Finance
• Energy Finance
• Investments
• Sample Course Titles
– Corporate Restructuring
and Value Creation
– Forwards, Futures and
Swaps
– Practicum in Portfolio
Management
• Employers include
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Credit Suisse
ExxonMobil
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Wells Fargo
Marketing Concentration
• Concentration
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Marketing
• Sample Course Titles
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Customer Insights and Market Intelligence
New Product Development
Digital and Social Media Marketing
• Employers include
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American Airlines
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Essilor of America
Frito-Lay
Real Estate Concentration
• Concentration
• Real Estate
• Sample Course Titles
• Real Estate Analysis and Strategy
• Real Estate Transactions
• Employers include
• CBRE
• Jones Lang LaSalle
Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Concentration
• Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Sample Course Titles
• Essential Law for the Entrepreneur
• Innovation and Strategic Change
• Venture Capital Practicum
• Employers include
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Accenture
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte
McKinsey & Company
ITOM Concentrations
• Concentrations
• Business Analytics
• Information &
Operations
• Sample Course Titles
– Business Intelligence
and Data Mining
– Managing Service
Operations
– Revenue Management
• Employers include
– Armeta Solutions
– Hunt Oil Company
– PRTM
Management & Organizations
• Concentration
• Management
• Sample Course Titles
• Corporate Governance
• Managing Across Cultures
• Strategic Human Resource
Management
• Employers include
• American Airlines
• Center for Nonprofit Management
• Ford Motor Company
Accounting Concentration
• Concentration
• Accounting
• Sample Course Titles
– International Financial
Reporting
– Management Control
Systems
– Mergers & Acquisitions
• Employers include
– Capital One
– Ernst & Young
– FTI Consulting
Pre-MBA
Requirements
Pre-MBA Requirements
• Accounting, Finance and Statistics Prep
• Ivy Software online prep courses (May 2012)
• Successfully pass all three online tests by July 31, 2012
• MBA Career Prep
• Instructions by June 1, 2012
• Complete requirements by July 31, 2012
Pre-MBA Requirements
• Summer MBA Statistics (by invitation only)
• Starts July 5
• International Orientation (by invitation only)
• August 6
• Accounting Boot Camp (by invitation only)
• August 6-7
• Finance Boot Camp (optional, open to all, $50 fee)
• August 8-10
Cox MBA Orientation
• August 12-17
• ALL entering students must attend
ALL of Orientation week
• Starts 3:00pm Sunday, August 12
• Concludes 11:00pm Friday, August 17
• 8:00am – 10:00pm MANDATORY
• Relocate and settle in before Orientation!
Words of Wisdom
Tips for Next 3 Months
• Focus your career goals.
• Brush up on your quantitative and
Excel skills.
• Take some time off.
• Relocate and settle in.
• Enjoy the Spring and Summer!
Welcome to the
Cox MBA program!
Any Questions?