MBA Program

Else School of Management - Master of Business Administration

Howard L. McMillan Jr., Dean of the Else School of Management

Curriculum

The Master of Business Administration Curriculum consists of three levels of coursework: Foundation, Core, and Electives. The total amount of coursework required of the MBA student varies from 30 - 48 hours of academic credit depending on the amount of Foundation coursework that can be waived with prior academic credit.

The MBA program can be completed in 12 months by a full-time student who has all of the Foundation courses waived. For the full-time student with no previous academic credit in business, the program can be completed in 20 months. For the part-time student, the time to complete the program varies depending on the number of courses taken each semester.

All MBA courses are offered at night which allows the working professional to attend the Millsaps MBA program. In fact, the working professional is encouraged to attend the Millsaps MBA program.

Foundation

Foundation coursework consists of 18 hours of academic credit (six courses at three hours each). All students must have credit for these courses. Students may take the Foundation courses here at Millsaps or have all or part of the courses waived based on equivalent academic credit from another business school. The Foundation courses are:

Survey of Accounting
Survey of Economics
Survey of Operations Management
Survey of Marketing
Survey of Finance
Survey of Management

Core

The MBA Core Curriculum consists of 18 hours of academic credit. All MBA students at Millsaps must take these courses. The MBA Core courses are:

Managerial Analysis: Analytical and Economic Concepts (3 hours)
Issues in Organizational Behavior and Leadership (3 hours)
Strategic Marketing and Management Information Systems (3 hours)
Accounting and Financial Strategy for Managers (3 hours)
Strategic Management: Concepts and Applications (3 hours)
Renaissance Readings* (2 hours)
Communication Seminars** (1 hour)

* Renaissance Readings are one hour courses that are usually taught by non-business faculty of Millsaps College. These courses explore business topics, but from a point of view outside the normal scope of business education. For example, the MBA student might read a Greek tragedy with an eye toward issues of leadership and ethics, or discuss marketing or management issues with a psychology professor.

** Communication Seminars are two weekend seminars that focus on a variety of business communication issues including writing, speaking, meeting management, facilitation, and negotiation. The seminars are taught in an executive education format each over the course of a weekend.

Elective Courses

The MBA student must earn at least 12 academic credit hours in elective courses. These courses (most of which are three academic credit hours) allow the student to focus his or her study in a particular area of interest. Or a student may choose to take elective courses in a variety of discipline areas.

International Study

The Millsaps MBA program has a long-established international study component. The European Study program is a 3-week or 6-week summer course of study conducted in such business and cultural centers as London, Paris, Munich, and Florence. During the semester break, after Christmas and before the Spring semester begins, the MBA student has a wonderful opportunity to study in Mexico at the Millsaps College mini-campus in the Yucatan.

Internships

Internships are encouraged and facilitated by the faculty of the Else School of Management. Internships are a cooperative effort involving the student, one or more Else School professors, and the student's field supervisor. Together this group must agree upon terms of the internship as specified in the official internship registration documents provided by the registrar's office. Activities of the intern must include legitimate academic inquiry and the student must be amenable to evaluation on that basis. Else School internships require the student to work in a meaningful capacity for at least 10 - 12 hours per week for the 14-week semester to receive three hours of graduate credit.

For complete course descriptions, see our online graduate catalog.