MBA Services : Concentrations

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Although Santa Clara University's MBA Program has a general management perspective, students may also use their choice of electives to select a concentrated emphasis. Students do not, however, have to select a concentration or, once chosen and begun, do not have to finish the concentration in order to graduate.

A concentration will be reflected on a student's official transcript if the concentration is declared when the student petitions to graduate and all completed courses required for the concentration are documented. Although the awarded concentration will appear on the student's official degree transcript, the concentration does not appear on the student's diploma.

Santa Clara's MBA Program currently offers 13 concentrations, the requirements for which are detailed below. Some courses may count toward more than one concentration or may count as a second required course where, for example, there is a menu, as in Accounting or Finance. Such "double counting" permits increased flexibility in elective choice but does not reduce the number of courses required for graduation. Appropriate experimental courses (696) may count toward a concentration if approved; consult with the Graduate Business Programs Office for the petition procedure.

As a result of the dynamic nature of concentrations and course offerings, changes to concentration requirements are made throughout the academic year. Consult with the Graduate Business Programs Office for the most recent concentration requirements.

Note: In order to ensure breadth of coverage within a general management degree, no more than 17 elective units may be taken in any one discipline. (Most electives are 3 unit courses, so only five 3-unit courses and two 1-unit courses in any one discipline may be taken to fulfill the elective requirement.) A minimum of 12 units is required to earn a concentration.

Concentration Petitions
Concentrations will be recorded on transcripts. If you want your transcript to record a concentration, you must file a concentration petition along with your petition to graduate. Please call the MBA Student Services Office at 408-554-5485 to learn the current deadline for filing a petition; or visit the graduating student web site Petition forms are available through your Schedulaid account.

All Concentrations require a minimum total of 12 units for fulfillment.

ACTG 311 Mgmt Acctng: Incentives and performance Mgmt
or
ACTG 313 Mgmt Acctg:  Statgc Cst Mgmt

In addition, choose three of the following:

• ACTG 303 Corporate Financial Reporting
• ACTG 305 Financial Statement Analysis
• ACTG 309 Seminar in International Accounting
• ACTG 311 (if not taken as required)
• ACTG 313 (if not taken as required)
• ACTG 317 Taxation and Personal Business Strategy

E*Commerce
Must complete:

MKTG 592 Introduction to E*Commerce

In addition, choose a minimum of  three of the following:

• IDIS 612 Management of High Tech Firms Seminar
• MGMT 524 Managing Innovation and Technology
• MKTG 566 Small Business Entrepreneurship
• MKTG 590 Channel Marketing
• MKTG 698 E*Practicum Independent Study
• OMIS 366/MSIS 603 Database Management Systems
• OMIS 378/MSIS 604 Information Systems Policy and Strategy
• OMIS 384 Supply Chain Management
  

Entrepreneurship
Must complete:

• FNCE 480 Emerging Company Finance
• MKTG 566 Small Business Entrepreneurship
  

In addition, choose a minimum of two of the following:

• IDIS 612 Management of the High Tech Firm
• ECON 430 Negotiation, Business Strategy, and Game Theory
• MKTG 572 Product Market Planning and Strategy
• MKTG 568 Marketing Research or MKTG 590 Channel Marketing
• ECON 422/MKTG 588 Topics in Pricing and New Product Planning
• MGMT 524 Managing Innovation and Technology

Finance
Choose a minimum of four and a maximum of five of the following courses:

• FNCE 455 Investments
• FNCE 457 International Financial Management
• FNCE 459 Financial Markets and Institutions
• FNCE 460 Mergers and Acquisitions
• FNCE 462 Behavioral Finance
• FNCE 474 Risk Management with Derivative Securities
• FNCE 480 Emerging Company Finance
• FNCE 482 Business Valuation

Food and Agribusiness
Students taking this concentration must complete:

• FNCE 474 Risk Management with Derivative Securities
• MGMT 540 Social Political, and Legal Environment of Food and Agribusiness Firms

Information Systems
Students taking this concentration must complete a minimum of four of the following six courses:

• OMIS 362/MSIS 626 Computer Simulation Modeling
• OMIS 366 Database Management Systems
• OMIS 368/MSIS 606 Software Process Management
• OMIS 372/MSIS 602 Systems Analysis and Design
• OMIS 378/MSIS 604 Information Systems Policy and Strategy
• IDIS 612 Management of the High-Technology Firm Seminar

International Business
Choose a minimum of four of the following courses:

• ACTG 309 Seminar in International Accounting
• ECON 432 International Economics
• ECON 466 International Monetary and Financial Relations
• FNCE 457 International Financial Management
• MKTG 564 International Marketing
• MGMT 514 International Management
• MGMT 542 Advanced Seminar in International Business

Leading People and Organizations
Students taking this concentration must complete:

          MGMT 512 Social Psychology of Leadership

In addition, students must complete three of the following courses:

• ECON 424 Economics of Decision Making Under Uncertainty
• ECON 430 Negotiation, Business Strategy, and Game Theory

• IDIS 612 Management of the High-Technology Firm

• MKTG 566 Small Business Entrepreneurship
• MGMT 516 Organizational Politics
• MGMT 524 Managing Innovation and Technology
• MGMT 526 Strategic Human Resources Management
• MGMT 532 Managerial Communications
• MGMT 538 Managing Teams and Projects
  

Managing Technology and Innovation
Students taking this concentration should choose IDIS 619 (Business Policy in High-Technology Firms) for their policy course.

• MGMT 524 Managing Innovation and Technology
• IDIS 612 Management of the High-Technology Firm Seminar

In addition, choose two of the following courses:

• MGMT 538 Managing Teams and Projects
• MGMT 526 Strategic Human Resources Management
• MKTG 566 Small Business Entrepreneurship
• OMIS 360 Seminar in Manufacturing Management
• OMIS 368 Software Process Management

Marketing Management
Choose a minimum of four and a maximum of five courses from the following:

• MKTG 562 Services Marketing
• MKTG 564 International Marketing
• MKTG 568 Marketing Research
• MKTG 572 Product Market Planning and Strategy
• MKTG 574 Sales Management
• MKTG 578 Marketing Information Systems
• MKTG 582 Customer Behavior
• MKTG 584 Advertising Management
• MKTG 590 Channel Marketing

Market Research
Students must complete:

In addition, choose any two of the following:

• ECON 422/MKTG 588 Topics in Pricing and Sales Forecasting
• ECON 436 Business and Economic Forecasting
• MKTG 578 Marketing Information Systems
• OMIS 366/MSIS 603 Database Management Systems
• OMIS 378/MSIS 604 Information Systems Policy and Strategy
  

Quantitative Approaches to Business Problems
Choose four of the following courses:

• FNCE 474 Risk Management with Derivative Securities
• ECON 422/MKTG 588 Topics in Pricing and New Product Planning
• ECON 424 Economics of Decision Making Under Uncertainty
• ECON 430 Negotiation, Business Strategy, and Game Theory
• ECON 436 Business and Economic Forecasting
• OMIS 384 Supply Chain Management

Operations
Choose four of the following courses:

• ECON 436 Business and Economics Forecasting
• ECON 438 Institutions, Technology, and Economics Organization
• IDIS 612 Management of the High-Technology Firm Seminar
• MGMT 524 Managing Innovation and Technology
• OMIS 362/MSIS 626 Computer Simulation and Modeling
• OMIS 360 Seminar in Manufacturing Management
• OMIS 382 Quality Control and Improvement
• OMIS 384 Supply Chain Management

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Accounting | E*Commerce |  Entrepreneurship | Finance |Food & Agribusiness |
Information Systems | International Business |Leading People and Organizations|
Managing Technology & Innovation | Marketing Management | Market Research |
Quantitative Approaches to Business Problems | Operations