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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Master of Business Administration

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30 credit hours |  In-state tuition: $664/credit hour | Out-of-state tuition: $664/credit hour

  • Rigorous and relevant 16-month, business-focused academic program that combines quality and affordability
  • Uses a combination of optional synchronous evening classes along with asynchronous assignments to provide flexibility
  • Experienced faculty who provide practical insight into the business world
  • Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • No GMAT/GRE required
  • Offers UTEP’s top-ranked MBA 100% online; the UTEP MBA has been ranked among the “Best of the Best” MBA Schools by Professional Woman’s Magazine and Black EOE Journal 
NOTE: EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. YOU MUST HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO APPLY.

PROGRAM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Join a Collaborative Community of Business Professionals with an Innovative Mindset

UTEP’s online MBA program provides students with a comprehensive graduate business education, emphasizing analytical and critical thinking skills coupled with ethical and responsible leadership. It is well-suited to a wide range of students including working professionals, parents, military and career enhancers. 

The curriculum fosters an understanding of the functional areas involved in every organization (profit and nonprofit) and their interconnectedness and is offered online in a combination of optional synchronous evening classes and asynchronous assignments. The program format  allows students to enjoy the flexibility of an online degree while still cultivating robust  connections with their professors and peers. 

As a student in the program, you will also have the opportunity to participate in an international faculty-led program where you travel abroad for a weeklong academic engagement.

Acquire Valuable, Highly-Marketable Skills

As a student of this program, you will  

  • hone your business acumen and develop strong leadership, analytical, communications and emotional intelligence skills.
  • gain exposure to diverse perspectives and cultures.
  • cultivate a strategic, innovative, creative and entrepreneurial mindset.
  • acquire a solid understanding of ethical decision-making and the impact of decisions on various stakeholders
  • have the opportunity to connect and network with fellow students and alumni.

These valuable networking opportunities can lead to valuable career connections and  employment opportunities. The online MBA is a practical degree that is easily applied in any business and is transferable to different industries and the roles within those industries.

Below are some entry-level and managerial job roles available to MBA graduates.

  • Management Consultant
  • Business Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Marketing Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Entrepreneur

Course Overview

The 30-credit hour program is AACSB-accredited. Applicants with a GPA below 3.30 may be admitted conditionally and required to complete an online quantitative primer prior to registration.

Study accounting procedures involved in recording transactions producing income statements and interpreting financial data prepared primarily for external users. Examine the theory and practices related to recording assets, liabilities, owners' equities, revenues and expenses in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Undertake an experiential study of management processes and problems associated with the social system of organizations including individual and group behavior, behavior among groups, and behavior of organizations in an international context interacting in external and internal environments.

Study the financial manager in executive decision making involving financial planning and analysis in the allocation of the financial resources of a firm; explore investment decision-making, capital budgeting and financial problems of growth.

Analyze policy formulation by marketing management with special emphasis on the influence of internal and external environment factors that affect the competitive strategies of a marketing firm.

Study accounting as related to making business decisions. Readings, cases, and problems dealing with accounting concepts, budgeting and cost control, use of accounting data in planning operations and policy formulation, and tax planning in business policies.

Study basic mathematical and statistical techniques employed in the solution of management problems, including probability theory and tests of hypotheses.

The production or operations function is concerned with the planning and decision-making activities of managers directly responsible for the conversion of resources into products and services. The operations manager plans production, schedules work and controls inventories. Study the issues underlying the management of operations and get an introduction to a variety of tools and techniques used by operations managers exploring alternative means of implementing decisions.

Cover the relationship between corporate ownership and corporate control in-depth as well as the various social and ethical responsibilities to both external and internal stakeholder groups. Corporate business governance concerns how ethical or moral considerations are included in the public issues facing organizations and the decision-making process of managers. Specific topics can include: external governance-law and regulation; internal controls and accountability; financial market supervision and control; best practices and norms of behavior and governance and financial market economics.

Undertake an evaluative study of the theory of economic decision- making in individual firms, groups of firms and industries under market conditions ranging from competitive to monopoly.

Study the global competitive and economic factors that shape the environment in which firms operate. The distinctive nature of the business environment in developing countries, and the managerial implications of that will be highlighted.

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