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Home > Degree Programs > Professional MBA > Curriculum

Curriculum

The Professional MBA program requires 48 credit hours to earn a degree. This includes 36 total credits (12 core courses) and 12 elective credits. 

First Semester (Fall)

MGA 604: Financial Analysis and Reporting
MGB 601: Behavioral and Organizational Concepts for Management

Second Semester (Spring)

MGE 601: Economics for Managers
MGQ 606: Probability and Statistics for Managers

Summer I

MGI 601: Human Resource Management

Third Semester (Fall)

MGF 631: Financial Management
MGE 602: The Global Economy & the Business Firm

Fourth Semester (Spring)

MGO 630: Operations and Service Management
MGO 607: Technology Management and E-Business

Summer II

MGM 625: Marketing Management

Fifth Semester (Fall)

MGT 617: Government, the Law & the Firm
MGO 641: Strategic Management

Sixth Semester (Spring)

PMBA Elective
PMBA Elective

 

PMBA Electives

  • Each January and August, prior to the start of the regular semester, one-credit mini courses are held on three evenings and a half day Saturday. These specialized courses have been created to help working professionals develop important career skills. For example, you might immerse yourself in building team skills or improving your competency with business communications.
  • Electives may include Power and Influence, Consulting, Leading Teams, Communication Skills, Integrated Marketing, Introduction to Healthcare Economics, Supply Chains and Global Operations, International Business Environment and many more.
  • The flexible elective credits may be filled by taking three additional mini-courses, completing a supervised research project or by taking a course that we may offer on an ad hoc basis in the latter part of the summer or during an intersession period. This is an opportunity for you to seek out a challenge to expand your portfolio of skills or to obtain depth in an area of interest.

The University at Buffalo School of Management is an internationally recognized school with world class faculty. Many faculty members are chancellor award nominees or winners, and have taught in countries throughout the world. In addition, instructors focus on helping students understand emerging trends in business that offer in-depth training and hands-on experience in complex management skills. Core courses teach materials that can be used by functional managers to solve day-to-day problems and address long-term strategic issues. Global and ethical perspectives are included throughout the core curriculum.

Participants are expected to complete significant work outside the classroom in both individual and study-group assignments. All students are working toward an MBA and need to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 to remain in good standing and eligible for a degree.