Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Woodbury’s Master of Business Administration curriculum is comprised of a sound foundation of functional skills in the areas of accounting, finance, economics, marketing and IT. This knowledge base is further enhanced by a profound understanding of organizational behavior skills, including emotional intelligence, ethical leadership and strategy.

In addition, the MBA capstone provides an excellent consulting opportunity in which students collaborate on developing a client engagement, performing consulting services for that client and presenting the results to both the client and their peers. This will help you hone on your consulting skills through the actual completion of a real-life consulting project.

These courses are required for students who do NOT have an undergraduate degree in business.

ACCB 501: Accounting Practices
A course in principles and applications of financial and accounting. Topics include the study of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) necessary for financial reporting, and current techniques used by management for costing, pricing, and performance measurement. (Satisfies the common professional component (CPC) requirements for the subject area of Accounting.)

MGTB 506: Organizational Behavior and Strategy
Provides an overview of management strategy, Human Resources Management (HRM), and organizational behavior. Topics include: management processes; group and individual behavior models; motivation and leadership; and strategic management process. (Satisfies the CPC requirements for the subject areas of Management, HRM, Organizational Behavior, and Business Strategy.)

FINA 508: Fundamentals of Finance, Economics, and Statistics
Provides fundamental knowledge in finance (primarily time value of money), economics (basic supply and demand concepts, how the economy works, calculation of inflation, unemployment rates, etc.), and descriptive statistics. (Satisfies the CPC requirements for the subject areas of Finance, Economics, and quantitative techniques.)

These courses can be taken in any order.

ACCB 600: Financial Accounting
An accelerated course in financial accounting with emphasis on the fundamentals of accounting and the preparation, analysis, and interpretation of financial statements. Students will develop the skills needed in understanding and analyzing of corporate financial statements for decision-making by prospective consumers of accounting information, such as managers, stockholders, creditors, financial analysts, and regulators. Students will also develop the skills needed to interpret how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process. Prerequisites: PMBA 501 or graduate standing.

MGTB 603: Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
This course is an introduction to quantitative methods used in solving problems in accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. Includes the fundamentals of business mathematics, operations research modeling, and statistical analysis. Lecture. Prerequisites: PMBA 502 and PMBA 505 or their equivalents, and graduate standing.

ENCB 604: Managerial Economics
This course focuses on basic economic theory with applications to business and policy issues. Special attention to the major concepts and methods of analysis applied to aggregate micro- and macroeconomic activity is given. Lecture. Prerequisite: PMBA 502 or its equivalent and graduate standing.

MGTB 605: Managing and Leading Organizations Ethically
This course deals with an in-depth examination of behavioral issues in organizations. Course topics include individual and group behavior, communication issues, ethical theories, employee empowerment and motivation, and managing and leading organizations under conditions of uncertainty. The course requires students to apply advanced knowledge of management and leadership skills in the pursuit of creating effective organizations through teamwork. The central objective of this course is to learn how to create socially sensitive, high performing organizations: organizations that are financially viable and ethically responsible. Working as a team member, every student will complete one social action project in this course. Lecture. Prerequisite: PMBA 506 or its equivalent and graduate standing.

MRKT 606: Marketing Concepts and Strategies
This course will equip students with the relevant knowledge, perspectives, and practical skills required to develop marketing strategies that leverage the opportunities inherent in today’s global, digital marketplace including: international marketing, social media, consumer-to-consumer online interactions, internet marketing, mobile marketing, and big data. The elements of the marketing mix and the promotional mix are reviewed with an emphasis on the development of sound strategic planning, implementation, and control. Case studies will be used to simulate management decision-making processes in the marketing arena. Lecture. Prerequisite: PMBA 504 or its equivalent and graduate standing.

FINA 607: Managerial Finance, Theory, and Practice
This course explores the principles of finance and their application to typical financial problems of business enterprises. Emphasis is placed on the methods used by business managers to make investment, dividend, and financing decisions. Lecture. Prerequisite: PMBA 501 and PMBA 502 or their equivalents and graduate standing.

ENTR 608: Entrepreneurship
This is a course requiring the integration of management functions for a new business venture. Students must devise a feasibility study and an organizational structure. Consideration is given to legal and tax issues; marketing strategy; financing needs and sources; cash flow forecasts; and pro forma financial statements. A team approach will be utilized, with members preparing and presenting written and oral reports. Lecture. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of CPC requirements and graduate standing.

MGTB 609: Management of Information Technology
The role of information as a corporate resource, and its use in providing strategic advantage. Problems of aligning corporate IT and corporate goals, creating IT architectures, and using IT to enable change in organization. The case study method is used. This course is appropriate for both users of systems and providers of system support. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

MGTB 682: Strategic Management Consulting
This course is a capstone seminar in strategic management incorporating organization/consulting and design thinking elements. It examines the roles and responsibilities of top managers in developing, implementing, and managing an effective organization-wide strategy. Students learn current, new, and future perspectives and concepts as well as integrate learning from previous coursework to solve complex and challenging business problems. Specifically, this course provides the students with an overview of the “world” of strategic consulting and consulting as a career. Students will develop the basic conceptual and skill-based understanding required to practice consulting or hire and work with an outside consultant. A case study method is used to develop an integrative enterprise perspective. Being the capstone course, it must be taken within 6 units of graduation and after the completion of all PMBA course requirements.

Choose 1 concentration* from the following areas:

• AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Finance
• Entrepreneurship
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Healthcare Administration
• Human Resources
• Marketing
• Organizational Leadership

*Concentration courses may rotate based on timeliness, thought leadership, and student appeal.

1. Apply online through the Redlands graduate application
2. Review admission requirements on how to apply and the graduate application deadlines
3. Order your transcript(s)
4. Consider scheduling an appointment with an enrollment counselor
5. Review current tuition
6. Apply for financial aid