(36 credits)
Required Core Courses (27 credits)
(for all but Accounting/CPA and Public and Not-for-Profit Programs)
The academic terms in which the courses normally are offered are listed to the right of the course title.
Note: All courses in the MBA program are three credit hours unless otherwise noted.
One of the following two courses
Offered Fall, Summer
Offered Spring
| BSAD 504 | Business and the National Economy | 3 |
| (PRQ for both BSAD 501 and BSAD 502) | |
Take all of the following eight courses
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
| BSAD 510 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BSAD 540 | Financial Management | 3 |
| (PRQ BSAD 518 and BSAD 530) | |
| BSAD 550 | Management Theory and Practice | 3 |
| BSAD 560 | Marketing | 3 |
| BSAD 580 | Introduction to Business Research | 3 |
| (PRQ Math 223 or MATH 224) | |
| BSAD 590 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
Offered Spring and Summer
| BSAD 530 | Managerial Accounting and Control | 3 |
| (PRQ BSAD 524) | |
Offered Fall and Spring
| BSAD 696 | Business Planning and Strategies | 3 |
Required Elective Courses (9 credits)
(for all but MBA/CPA and Public and Not-for-Profit concentrations).
All courses in the MBA program are three credit hours unless otherwise noted. The elective courses are offered about every other year or as deemed appropriate. Normally there are three electives each fall and spring semester, and two in the summer. To obtain an MBA without a specific concentration a student can choose any three of the following ten electives:
Other courses as approved by the advisor or program director
BSAD 685: Different topics are taught each semester; more than one class can be taken as long as each topic is different. Contemporary Topics in the past few years have included the following: Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare Administration, Entrepreneurship, Business Forecasting, Leadership, Project Planning and Risk Control, Role of Information Tech in Healthcare Administration, Services Marketing; Project Management, Gender Relations, the Entrepreneurial Experience and International Marketing, Program Management
MBA Concentrations
Concentrations are designed for students interested in obtaining additional depth in a particular area of study. Rockford University MBA students can choose from six different concentrations:
Entrepreneurship
All three of the following courses
| BSAD 645 | Fund Development & Marketing | 3 |
| BSAD 685 | Contemporary Topics and Issues in Orgs | 3 |
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to Entrepreneurship
Finance
Choose three from the following seven courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to Finance
Health Administration
Choose three from the following six courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to Health Administration
Management
Choose three from the following seven courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to Management
Marketing
Choose three from the following seven courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to Marketing
Project Management
Choose three from the following four courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director.
BSAD 685: related to project management
Strategic
Choose three from the following five courses
| BSAD 650 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BSAD 670 | International Trade and Financial Mangmt | 3 |
| BSAD 680 | Information Systems in Business | 3 |
| BSAD 685 | Contemporary Topics and Issues in Orgs | 3 |
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director
BSAD 685: related to strategic management
Accounting/CPA Track (36 credits)
The Accounting/CPA is an MBA track designed for those individuals who want to acquire the necessary course work and hours to qualify to sit for the CPA exam in Illinois. All courses are three credit hours.
The student must take the following accounting courses at Rockford University or equivalent courses at another institution in order to be able to sit for the exam. These courses can be undergraduate courses or taken at the graduate level. All regular PRQ for the MBA program also apply to the Accounting/CPA Track. If these courses are taken at the graduate level as a part of the MBA program, they can be used as electives.
Undergraduate PRQ
Graduate PRQ
| BSAD 524 | Accounting Concepts | 3 |
| BSAD 524 | Accounting Concepts | 3 |
| ACCT 540 | Intermediate Accounting Theory I | 3 |
| ACCT 541 | Intermediate Accounting Theory II | 3 |
| ACCT 542 | Intermediate Accounting Theory III | 3 |
| ACCT 544 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 545 | Federal Tax Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 644
| Advanced Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 645 | Advanced Federal Tax | 3 |
| ACCT 646 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 647 | Auditing Theory and Practice | 3 |
ACCT 660
| Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
Students should also have one or two semesters of Business Law.
Required Core and Track Courses (36 credits)
One of the following two courses
Take all of the following seven courses
Four additional electives as approved by the advisor or program director.
These can include any accounting courses above taken at the graduate level except BSAD 524 .
Public and Not-for-Profit Track (39 credits)
All regular PRQ for the MBA program also apply to the Public and Not-for-Profit track. This concentration is designed for those people who are interested in working within a public or not-for-profit organization.
Required Core Courses
In addition, students seeking the concentration in this area would need to either have two years of work experience in a not-for-profit or government position, or be required to take a three-hour internship at a not-for-profit or government agency.
Required Elective Course
One of the following seven courses
Other elective courses as approved by the advisor or program director
BSAD 685: related to not-for-profit