(36 credits)
Required Core Courses (24 credits)
Required Core Courses (24 credit hours)
Choose 3 of the following courses (9 credit hours)
| MBA 590 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
MBA 599
| Internship | 1-4 |
| MBA 641 | Investment Management | 3 |
| MBA 650 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MBA 651 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MBA 652 | International Business | 3 |
| MBA 654 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MBA 660 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| MBA 661 | Integrated Marketing Communications | 3 |
| MBA 670 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| MBA 696 | Business Planning and Strategies | 3 |
MBA Concentrations
Concentrations are designed for students interested in obtaining additional depth in a particular area of study.
Finance
Complete three of the following courses
Health Care Administration
| MBA 581 | Healthcare Finance & Reimbursement | 3 |
| MBA 582 | Organizational Behavior and Leadership | 3 |
| MBA 583 | U.S. Healthcare Strategy | 3 |
Project Management: Complete the three following courses
| MBA 650 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MBA 676 | Special Topics in Business Administratn | 3 |
| MBA 685 | Contemporary Topics and Issues in Orgs | 3 |
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
| 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 | 3.000 |
| ACCT 645 | Advanced Federal Tax | 3 |
| ACCT 646 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 647 | Auditing Theory and Practice | 3 |
ACCT 660
/ACCT 460 | Accounting Information Systems | 3.000 |
Students should also have one or two semesters of Business Law.
Required Core and Track Courses (36 credits)
One of the following two courses
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MBA 503
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Managerial Economics
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3
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MBA 504
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Business and the National Economy
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3
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Take all of the following seven courses
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MBA 510
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Legal Environment of Business
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3
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MBA 540
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Financial Management
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3
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MBA 550
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Management Theory and Practice
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3
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MBA 560
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Marketing
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3
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MBA 580
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Introduction to Business Research
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3
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MBA 590
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Organizational Communication
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3
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MBA 696
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Business Planning and Strategies
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3
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Four additional electives as approved by the advisor or program director.
These can include any accounting courses above taken at the graduate level except MBA 524 .