Master of Business Administration
Full-Time or Part-Time MBA

Students enrolled in three or more classes each semester are considered full-time and generally complete the program in two years. Students enrolled in fewer than three courses per semester are considered part-time and earn their MBA in three to five years. Full-time and part-time MBA students enroll in the same courses and have access to the same outstanding faculty.

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

The curriculum consists of 17 courses: seven foundation courses, five core courses, and a choice of five electives.

Foundation Curriculum

Seven required foundation courses in economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance:

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

We encourage students to take the foundation courses early in the program. 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.

If you have taken any of the listed foundation courses at an approved institution, they may be transferred in to the Mills MBA program with approval from the Dean’s office. All remaining courses should be taken at Mills.

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 Governmental Accounting and Nonprofit Accounting* (1)

MGMT 265 Cost Accounting (1)

MGMT 266 Tax Accounting (1)

MGMT 267 Auditing (1)

Finance electives include:

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 and Nonprofit Accounting* (1)

MGMT 270 Nonprofit Management (1)

MGMT 271 Strategic Philanthropy and Social Enterprise (1)