M.B.A. Foundation Courses

Any M.B.A. candidate who has not successfully achieved a thorough preparation in the basic disciplines of business through completion of the four foundation areas listed below (or their equivalents) with a grade of “C” or better from a regionally accredited institution within the last 15 years. These courses may be taken for credit or the student may attempt a CLEP examination for any or all of these courses. If the student passes the CLEP exam for a foundation course, it is satisfied. Brenau applies the same transfer credit policy toward CLEP as any other method of credit.

IMPORTANT: A student may take no more than 9 graduate credit hours in the M.B.A. program prior to completion of the foundation course requirement.

• BA 506 - Business Academic Research
• BA 510 - Accounting Survey
• BA 511 - Survey of Economics and Statistics
• BA 512 - Introduction to Finance

Accounting Foundation Courses

Upon completion of the M.B.A. with an accounting major, the graduate will have the required additional hours for licensure as a CPA, provided they have fulfilled the CPA Exam and experience requirement.

• Any of the following courses may be required as prerequisites to the accounting curriculum dependent upon what courses are chosen as concentration courses.

• AC 201 - Accounting Principles I (Financial)
• AC 202 - Accounting Principles II (Managerial)

• (May use AC 200.)

• AC 323 - Taxation
• AC 332 - Intermediate Accounting II
• AC 333 - Intermediate Accounting III
• AC 439 - Auditing and Assurance Services
• AC 422 - Advanced Accounting
• BA 510 - Accounting Survey

M.B.A. Core Curriculum

The M.B.A. curriculum focuses on the key management, economics, financial, marketing, accounting and leadership principles needed in an advanced program of study in business. Students taking core classes can expect a strong emphasis of theoretical methods combined with pragmatic techniques.

Note:  AC 721 (included in the core curriculum) is not a required course for Accounting M.B.A. students. Accounting students have an option to take AC 721 –or– an additional graduate business elective as a substitute for those hours.

The department suggests Management and Insurance Management majors take a study abroad experience for the core elective. The International Business major has a study abroad experience as part of the concentration requirements.

• BA 642 - Ethics and Communication Across Cultures
• BA 670 - Integrated Business Operations
• MK 715 - Marketing Management
• AC 721 - Managerial Accounting
• MG 729 - Management and Organizational Behavior
• BA 723 - Financial Management
• BA 743 - Managerial Economics

• Graduate Elective  Credits / Units: 3

• BA 799 - Strategic Management and Policy

Accounting Concentration

The accounting major must take any FOUR course from the following:

• AC 721 - Managerial Accounting
• AC 722 - Advanced Accounting
• AC 724 - Taxation
• AC 739 - Advanced Auditing and Assurance Services
• AC 740 - Accounting Theory
• AC 755 - Financial Statement Analysis

• If AC 721 is taken as part of the accounting core curriculum, it can not be applied toward the accounting concentration.

TOTAL

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree:  39