Academic Catalog

Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Information Management

Program Description:

Aspen University’s Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Information Management program equips business professionals and entrepreneurs to deal with the proliferation of information technologies and the need for managing the flow of information effectively both within an organization and between the organization and its various constituencies. It provides students with an understanding of essential business principles and technical topics, such as technology integration and e-Business strategies.

Degree Requirements: 36 Credits

Program Learning Goals:

It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Information Management program will learn or be able to do the following:

  1. Ethics: Exhibit the ethical standards that provide a framework for responsible decision making in business.
  2. Professional Skills: Develop the critical analysis, problem solving, technical aptitude, and communication skills required in for-profit and not-for-profit organizational environments.
  3. Management Skills: Analyze and apply the principles and practices of planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and oversight that are required to leverage a project’s internal interests in relation to the organization as a whole and to the total business, economic, political, technological, and social environments reflective of the particular MBA area of study.
  4. Management Strategies: Evaluate and select strategies to manage a project or complex organization utilizing SWOT analyses and employing of action plans.
  5. Information Management: Provide leadership in business technology implementation and management.

Academic Schedule

Courses:

MGT500Management

3

BUS530Marketing Management

3

BUS560Business Ethics

3

CIS685eBusiness

3

MGT520Quantitative Analysis

3

BUS510Managerial Accounting

3

BUS550Business Finance

3

BUS540Managerial Economics

3

MGT645Project Management Essentials

3

CIS525Information Systems Strategic Planning

3

CIS545Emerging Technologies

3

Final Proctored Exam

BUS799Graduate Capstone

3