Master of Business Administration
The Mills 4+1 BA/MBA Program

The 4+1 option is designed to allow Mills undergraduates, majoring in economics or other fields, to earn both a BA and an MBA in five years, with all requirements for the BA degree completed during the first four years.

The 4+1 program includes a summer internship between graduation and the fifth year. Completion of the prerequisite course work and the required internship ensures that 4+1 participants enter the fifth year prepared for the graduate business curriculum. The San Francisco Bay Area offers a wide variety of internship opportunities that enhance the academic program.

Interested economics majors should discuss their plans with the program's director and their major advisor no later than the beginning of their junior year to ensure that they have time to satisfy the prerequisites. Students majoring in other subjects should begin curricular planning in their sophomore year. Undergraduates are not eligible to take graduate courses in this program for credit toward any Mills BA degree.

To receive the MBA degree, students must complete the prerequisite courses, the summer internship, the graduate core curriculum, and five graduate elective courses.

Graduate MBA Curriculum

To receive the Mills MBA degree, a student must complete 10 graduate courses consisting of five required core courses and five electives. 

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)

The electives provide an opportunity for students to focus on one of five areas: finance, global business, marketing, nonprofit management, or socially responsible business.

Finance electives include:

MGMT 213 Individual Investment (1)

MGMT 218 Financial Derivatives (1)

MGMT 219 International Finance (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)