Master of Business Administration
Accelerated MBA

The Accelerated MBA can be completed in 12 to 18 months and is designed for students who have completed all or most of the MBA foundation courses at other institutions. Students who have not completed all seven courses are encouraged to take the remaining courses at Mills as part of the 18-month option, or as a regular full-time or part-time student.

Accelerated MBA students generally have at least two years of professional work experience. If students do not have work experience, an internship is required prior to or during their time in the program.

Foundation Curriculum

To be eligible for the Accelerated MBA Program, applicants and current students must complete seven required foundation courses (or approved equivalencies) in economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. Courses taken outside of Mills must be approved by the Dean's office:

1. Intermediate Microeconomics
2. Intermediate Macroeconomics
3. Financial Accounting
4. Managerial Accounting
5. Quantitative Methods for Business
6. Managerial Economics
7. Corporate Finance

These requirements can be satisfied in three ways:

1. As part of regular undergraduate studies at an accredited institution
2. As post-baccalaureate course work at Mills or another accredited institution
3. By taking the remaining MBA courses at Mills and choosing the 18-month option

Accelerated MBA students are full-time students, taking four to five classes per semester. All foundation courses must be completed prior to a student’s last semester in the MBA Program. No grade below a C will fulfill degree requirements.

After satisfaction of the prerequisites, the Fast Track MBA consists of 1 to 1.5 years of full-time study in the graduate curriculum.

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Graduate MBA Curriculum

In addition to the seven foundation courses, a student must complete 10 graduate courses consisting of five required core courses and five electives in order to complete the Mills MBA degree. 

Graduate Core Curriculum

Required: (5 semester course credits)

MGMT 226 Management Information Systems (1)

MGMT 230 Marketing Management (1)

MGMT 232 Operations Management (1)

MGMT 234 Human Resources Management (1)

MGMT 244 Ethics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (1)

Electives

The electives provide an opportunity for students to focus on one of six areas: accounting, finance, global business, marketing, nonprofit management, or socially responsible business. A concentration requires that the student take at least three electives approved for the concentration.

*Several of these concentration electives are crosslisted with the Economics department, as indicated.

Accounting electives include:

MGMT 212 Intermediate Financial Accounting* (1)

MGMT 228 Government Accounting and Nonprofit Accounting* (1)

MGMT 265 Cost Accounting (1)

MGMT 266 Tax Accounting (1)

MGMT 267 Auditing (1)

MGMT 211 Money and Financial Institutions* (1)

MGMT 213 Individual Investment* (1)

MGMT 218 Financial Derivatives* (1)

MGMT 219 International Finance* (1)

MGMT 260 Capital Markets, Real Estate, and Consulting (1)

Global business electives include:

MGMT 219 International Finance* (1)

MGMT 246 Multinational Business Strategy (1)

MGMT 255 International Trade* (1) 

Marketing electives include:

MGMT 223 Advertising and Public Relations (1)

MGMT 231 Marketing Strategy (1)

MGMT 233 Marketing Research (1)

Nonprofit management electives include:

MGMT 228 Governmental Accounting and Nonprofit Accounting* (1)

MGMT 270 Nonprofit Management (1)

MGMT 271 Strategic Philanthropy and Social Enterprise (1)

MGMT 202 Administrative Behavior (1)

MGMT 203 Organizational Theory (1)

MGMT 211 Money and Financial Institutions (1)

MGMT 212 Intermediate Financial Accounting (1) 

MGMT 213 Individual Investment (1)

MGMT 218 Financial Derivatives (1)

MGMT 219 International Finance (1)

MGMT 220 Competitive Strategy (1)

MGMT 221 Labor Economics (1)

MGMT 222 Legal Environment of Business (1)

MGMT 223 Advertising and Public Relations (1)

MGMT 224 Communication for Business (1)

MGMT 225 Information Technology (1)

MGMT 227 Negotiations (1)

MGMT 228 Governmental Accounting and Nonprofit Accounting (1)

MGMT 231 Marketing Strategy (1)

MGMT 233 Marketing Research (1)

MGMT 237 Public Sector Economics: The Economics of Government (1)

MGMT 238 Environmental Sustainability and Business (1)

MGMT 239 Urban Economics (1)

MGMT 240 Health Economics (1)

MGMT 242 Industrial Organization and Public Policy (1)

MGMT 245 Women and Business (1)

MGMT 246 Multinational Business Strategy (1)

MGMT 253 Environmental Economics (1)

MGMT 255 International Trade (1)

MGMT 260 Capital Markets, Real Estate, and Consulting (1)

MGMT 265 Cost Accounting (1)

MGMT 266 Tax Accounting (1)

MGMT 267 Auditing (1)

MGMT 270 Nonprofit Management (1)

MGMT 271 Strategic Philanthropy and Social Enterprise (1)

MGMT 272 Corporate Social Responsibility (1)

MGMT 274 Innovation in Business (1)

MGMT 275 Entrepreneurship (1)

MGMT 280 Topics in Business (1)

MGMT 282 Modeling and Data Analysis (1)

MGMT 288 Management Practicum (1)