Flex MBA
The FLEX MBA curriculum is a flexible program consisting of 36 credit hours for a professional MBA and 39 credit hours for an MBA with a concentration in one of the following five areas: Accounting and Finance, Healthcare Administration, MBA Customized Professional, Management, or Portfolio Management. Non-business degree graduates must complete the foundation courses within the graduate business program or their equivalent in an undergraduate school of business. A student may elect to test-out of the foundation courses. See the graduate academic advisor to schedule exam(s).
Admission Requirements
For a list of admission requirements to the Flex MBA program, see Graduate Admission - FLEX MBA Admission in the Admissions section of this catalog.
Tuition and Other Costs
- Tuition per credit hour - $850 (Fall 2022 – Summer 2023)
- Books – per course (estimated) - $150-250
- All students are required to have a laptop computer with a microphone and webcam
Part- And Full-Time Status
FLEX MBA program students can attend part-time or may elect to register for full-time status and complete the program in as little as one year. To qualify for full-time status, a student must be registered for six or more graduate hours in the College of Business for the fall, spring and summer semesters. Attendance during the summer semester is optional.
Program Completion
The program can be designed to be completed in as little as 12 months, but all students must successfully complete all course work no later than five years after the completion of the first graduate-level course taken after entrance into the program.
Program requirements:
Foundation Courses
These courses are required for candidates who do not have a bachelor's degree in business or who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
MBA Core Courses
The following courses are required for all FLEX MBA students:
Additional Courses Required for the Professional MBA:
Total Credit Hours: 36
Concentration Courses
FLEX MBA students may elect one of four concentrations in Accounting and Finance, Management, Management Accounting, or Consumer Goods and Services Marketing. In addition to the MBA Core courses, each concentration requires the courses as listed below. More than one concentration may be earned. One course cannot count for two concentrations.
Accounting and Finance
Students in the Accounting and Finance concentration must choose three of the following three-credit hour courses for a total of nine credit hours:
Healthcare Management Concentration
Select a minimum of courses (6) courses from the choices listed below to total 18 credit hours.
| MSHI 500 | Advanced Health Informatics I | 3 |
| NUR 530 | Financial Management of Nursing Systems | 3 |
| HQS 502 | Health Law, Regulatory Issues, and the Business of Healthcare Quality Improvement | 3 |
| HQS 501 | Introduction to Healthcare Quality/Culture, Interprofessional Teams, and Simulation | 3 |
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| HQS 512 | Organization, Delivery, and Policy in Healthcare | 3 |
| | Or | |
| NUR 512 | Organization, Delivery, and Policy in Healthcare | 3 |
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| MSHI 505 | Advanced Health Informatics II | 3 |
| | Or | |
| DSIM 518 | Competing through Innovation, Analytics & Information Technology | 3 |
| MGT 587 | Special Topics in Management | 1-3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
MGT 587 -Topic needs approval of the DCOB Director of Graduate Programs
DSIM 535, ECON 520, and FIN 534 are not required for the Healthcare Management Concentration.
Healthcare Management Concentration Foundation Courses Prerequisites
These courses are required for candidates who do not have a bachelor's degree in business or who lack basic knowledge in the following disciplines:
| ACCT 509 | Essentials of Accounting | 3 |
| DSIM 509 | Essentials of Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| ECON 509 | Essentials of Economics | 3 |
| FIN 509 | Essentials of Finance | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Management
Students in the Management concentration must take the following three courses:
Portfolio Management
Students in this concentration must take the following three courses for a total of nine credit hours:
NOTE: Students pursuing the Portfolio Management concentration who also wish to pursue the Accounting and Finance concentration may not “double count” FIN 610.
MBA Customized Professional
Three three-credit hour courses from any of the following disciplines: Accounting (ACCT), Decision Science & Information Management (DSIM), Finance (FIN), Management (MGT), Marketing (MKG) or Aviation (AVM).
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| XXX-XXX | XXXXXXXX | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
NOTE: Requires a graduate concentration plan and advisor registration for all classes