Course Details
Total Hours: 33-45
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| BA 501 | Foundations of Business | 3 |
| AC 510 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BA 560 | Comparative Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BQ 570 | Research Methods and Design | 3 |
| CS 570 | Emerging Technologies | 3 |
| EC 500 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| FI 513 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MG 590 | Strategic Management and Business Policy | 3 |
| MK 500 | Marketing Management | 3 |
*Prior to enrollment or first semester
Emphases: 9 hours or Specialization: 18 hours
The MBA accounting emphasis is a graduate degree program for individuals with an undergraduate degree in any major. The purpose of the accounting emphasis is to prepare students for advancement into higher levels of management in the areas of accounting and financial management, and to provide students who wish to take the CPA exam with additional courses to satisfy the 150-hour requirement for CPA licensure.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| AC 520 | Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting | 3 |
| AC 525 | Accounting Systems Analysis & Control | 3 |
| AC 530 | Accounting Theory | 3 |
| AC 540 | Advanced Cost/Management Accounting | 3 |
| AC 550 | Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting | 3 |
| AC 560 | International Accounting Standards and Reporting | 3 |
| AC 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| AC 599 | Thesis in Accounting | 6 |
The Computer Information Systems (CIS) emphasis provides the educational background for entering an occupation in applied information systems in business, government and non-profit organizations toward solving a wide array of problems. Concepts within the CIS program show how managers can be more effective and efficient when assisted by computer-based information systems.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| CIS 520 | Social and Organizational Issues in Information Systems | 3 |
| CD 532 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| CD 534 | Database Management Systems | 3 |
| CIS 540 | Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence | 3 |
| CIS 580 | Globalization and Technology | 3 |
| CIS 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| CIS 599 | Thesis in Computer Information Systems | 6 |
The Cybersecurity emphasis prepares you to lead national and international cyber objectives in business. By graduation, you’ll have gained experience with a project, and you’ll be ready to manage issues in organizational policy, cybercrime, cyber laws and software systems to help keep your organization safe.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| CY 510 | Cybersecurity and Society | 3 |
| CY 511 | Cybersecurity Organizational Policy and Management Issues | 3 |
| CY 512 | Cybercrime and Legal Issues | 3 |
| CY 513 | Software and Systems Reliability and Safety | 3 |
| CY 514 | Globalism, Cybersecurity, and Cybercrime | 3 |
| CY 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| CY 599 | Thesis in Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Policy | 6 |
The Data Analytics emphasis gives you a strong base in data mining, artificial intelligence, the methods of big data analytics and how to use database management systems. You’ll complete a project to graduate with experience, prepared for your new role.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| CD 530 | Introduction to Computing and Data Analytics | 3 |
| CD 531 | Computing and Data Mining | 3 |
| CD 532 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| CD 533 | Environments and Methods of Big Data Analysis | 3 |
| CD 534 | Database Management Systems | 3 |
| CD 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| CD 599 | Thesis in Computer and Data Analysis | 6 |
In the entrepreneurship and innovation emphasis, MBA students will spend considerable time examining business models, evaluating various capital funding options and managing innovation. Students may engage in all or some of the activities that will include: developing and evaluating specific elements of business plans, financial statement forecasting and simulation, valuation and calculating potential investment returns, and negotiating.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| BA 505 | Fundraising for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| BA 506 | Grant Writing and Contract Administration | 3 |
| EL 520 | Business Model Design and Innovation | 3 |
| EL 530 | Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| EL 540 | Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 3 |
| EL 550 | Cross-Cultural Innovation Management | 3 |
| EL 560 | Venture Capital | 3 |
| EL 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| EL 599 | Thesis in Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 6 |
The Finance emphasis does a deep dive into financial and economic analysis in national and international markets in non-profit and for-profit sectors. It offers project-based courses so you can graduate with the experience you need for the role you want after graduation.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| EC 510 | Financial and Economic Analysis | 3 |
| FI 508 | Special Topics in Finance | 3 |
| FI 511 | Behavioral Finance and Organizational Decision | 3 |
| FI 514 | Non-Profit Financial Management | 3 |
| FI 550 | International Finance and Capital Markets | 3 |
| FI 553 | Fundamentals of Risk Management & Insurance | 3 |
| FI 561 | Commodities and Futures Trading | 3 |
| FI 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| FI 599 | Thesis in Finance | 6 |
The General Business emphasis develops deeper knowledge of analysis across an organization. With its project-based courses, you can focus your studies to graduate with specific experience in the area that interests you most.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| BA 500 | Business Seminar | 1 |
| BA 505 | Fundraising for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| BA 506 | Grant Writing and Contract Administration | 3 |
| BA 507 | Independent Study | 3 |
| BA 508 | Special Topics | 3 |
| BA 550 | Current Issues in International Business | 3 |
| BA 580 | Business Analytics and Intelligence | 3 |
| BA 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| BA 599 | Thesis in General Business | 6 |
| BQ 571 | Statistical Analysis | 3 |
Our online MBA healthcare administration concentration delivers a solid academic foundation in business, plus expert leadership skills for the evolving healthcare industry. Courses for this concentration explore health care law and policy, health insurance, professionalism in athletic training, industry economics, finance and more.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| AH 550 | Healthcare Management and Professional Behaviors in Athletic Training | 3 |
| HC 501 | Current Issues in Healthcare Administration | 3 |
| HC 502 | Role of the Healthcare Administrator | 3 |
| HC 503 | Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Policy | 3 |
| HC 504 | Healthcare Information Systems | 3 |
| HC 505 | Healthcare Systems, Insurance, and Managed Care | 3 |
| AH 556 | Healthcare Economics and Finance | 3 |
| HC 598 | Healthcare Project (may be repeated for a total of six hours) | 3 |
| HC 599 | Thesis | 6 |
The online MBA in Higher Education Administration emphasis explores the business, culture and context of higher education. Prepare for high-level positions in educational leadership, partnerships, budgeting and more through project-based learning in a selection of engaging courses.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| HEA 571 | Current Issues in Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| HEA 572 | Higher Education Policy & Law | 3 |
| HEA 573 | Curricular and Instructional Supervision | 3 |
| HEA 574 | Contextual Dimensions of Higher Education Leadership | 3 |
| HEA 575 | Leading and Managing Learning Organizations | 3 |
| HEA 576 | Diversity and Equity in Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| HEA 577 | Higher Education Business Management | 3 |
| HEA 578 | Assessments and Evaluation in Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| HEA 580 | Strategic Partnerships in Academic and Student Affairs | 3 |
| HEA 598 | Project I | 3 |
| HEA 599 | Project II | 3 |
Our MBA human resource management emphasis provides practical, real-life situational experiences for different employment settings, including non-profit organizations, service industries, manufacturing, and government. Classes focus on work place diversity and safety in addition to labor relations.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| MG 540 | Human Resources Management (Required elective for non -business majors and those who haven’t had an undergraduate HRM course, who choose HRM Emphasis) | 3 |
| HRM 501 | Employment Law | 3 |
| HRM 502 | Strategic Planning and Staffing | 3 |
| HRM 503 | Compensation and Benefits | 3 |
| HRM 504 | Labor Relations and Union Contract Negotiation | 3 |
| HRM 505 | Health, Safety, Diversity and Work-Life Balance | 3 |
| HRM 506 | Strategic Human Resource Management Capstone | 3 |
| HR 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| HR 599 | Thesis in Human Resource Management | 6 |
The International Business emphasis prepares you to manage the differences between national and international issues in accounting, reporting, technology, cybersecurity, marketing and managing teams to successfully build a business across the globe.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| AC 560 | International Accounting Standards and Reporting | 3 |
| BA 560 | Comparative Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BA 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| BA 599 | Thesis in General Business | 6 |
| CIS 580 | Globalization and Technology | 3 |
| CY 514 | Globalism, Cybersecurity, and Cybercrime | 3 |
| EI 550 | Cross-Cultural Innovation Management | 3 |
| FI 550 | International Finance and Capital Markets | 3 |
| FI 551 | International Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| MG 560 | International Management | 3 |
| MK 550 | International Marketing | 3 |
| ST 502 | Study Abroad I | 1-6 |
| ST 502 | Study Abroad II | 1-6 |
The University of West Alabama’s online MBA in Management will enhance your knowledge for managing critical areas of administration including human resources, marketing, operations and project management. You will master the principals of decision making, innovation, organizational change, and strategic thinking to lead any company to success.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| MG 515 | Operations and Project Management | 3 |
| MG 540 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| MG 550 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MG 560 | International Management | 3 |
| MG 575 | Operations Management Research | 3 |
| MG 580 | Transformational Leadership | 3 |
| MG 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| MG 599 | Thesis in Management | 6 |
The marketing emphasis helps students develop theoretical perspectives and practical skills in marketing management. Graduates with a marketing emphasis can pursue careers such as product management, advertising, professional sales, digital and social media, sport marketing, and research and marketing analytics for consulting and research.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| MK 511 | Behavioral Marketing and Advertising | 3 |
| MK 512 | Electronic Branding and Strategy | 3 |
| MK 520 | Sales Management | 3 |
| MK 540 | Digital Marketing Analytics | 3 |
| MK 550 | International Marketing | 3 |
| MK 580 | Marketing Research | 3 |
| MK 590 | Strategic Marketing | 3 |
| MK 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| MK 599 | Thesis in Marketing | 6 |
The Rural Business emphasis prepares you for the challenges of running a business in a remote community. You’ll complete a project and graduate ready to create and implement strategies that deal with limited markets and provide steady economic development.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| BA 505 | Fundraising for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| BA 506 | Grant Writing and Contract Administration | 3 |
| RB 501 | Challenges in Rural Business Management | 3 |
| RB 502 | Ethics and Legal Issues in Common Business Structures | 3 |
| RB 504 | Social and Organizational Issues in Rural Business | 3 |
| RB 511 | Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem | 3 |
| RB 530 | Strategic Management in Rural Communities | 3 |
| RB 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| RB 599 | Thesis in Rural Business | 6 |
The purpose of the sport management emphasis is to prepare graduate students for a career within all levels of professional sports, collegiate and preparatory athletics, and health-related fitness. Graduates may work within (but are not limited to) the administrative offices of sport franchises and managerial positions in all sport-related industries.
Nine semester hours from the following electives for an emphasis, 18 for a specialization:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| SM 532 | Organization and Administration in Health and Human Performance | 3 |
| SM 533 | Athletic Administration Seminar | 3 |
| SM 534 | Sport and Exercise Legal Issues | 3 |
| SM 535 | Accounting and Economics in Sport | 3 |
| SM 537 | Sport Management and Marketing | 3 |
| SM 598 | Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours) | 3 |
| SM 599 | Sport Management and Marketing | 6 |
Program Completion Requirements
Completion of all courses required in the curriculum with a 3.0 quality point average (overall and in each requirement area). Any awarding of an F or D grade results in immediate dismissal from the graduate program. A maximum of two C grades is allowable; however, the awarding of a third C grade results in dismissal from the MBA program.
At least 33 (36 if BA 501 is required) semester hours within the required areas.
Student may opt to repeat BA 598 for a total of six semester hours and three (3) elective hours to fulfill the nine (9) hours required in emphasis area.
Make a satisfactory score on a comprehensive examination documenting mastery of the curriculum of the program. Must be taken during the final semester of course work.
Admissions
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2.75 grade point average (four-point scale) or graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree or higher with a minimum of 3.0 grade point average (four-point scale).
Students with a 2.75 GPA and an undergraduate business degree in Accounting, Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Business Administration or Computer Information Systems are not required to take BA 501 Foundations of Business. Other business majors must have a “C” or higher in basic business courses in Accounting I & II, Economics I & II, Finance, and two courses in Business Statistical Analysis to avoid the BA 501 requirement.
Students who do not meet the undergraduate GPA requirement, but have a minimum GPA of 2.5 will be admitted on a conditional basis. As part of the conditional status, students will be required to take one course their first semester, BA 501, and pass it with a grade of C or higher to continue in the program.
Your experience at the University of West Alabama is designed to be as straightforward and convenient as possible. From the moment you apply, you’ll receive step-by-step guidance from an enrollment counselor. And once you’re in your program, you’ll have a personal success coach who can answer your questions and help with anything you need.
Simply follow these steps to get started.
Tuition
Graduate tuition is $429 per credit hour. There is a $60 technology fee each semester.
The University of West Alabama is dedicated to keeping education costs affordable and providing students with a full range of grants, scholarships and loans. Approximately 80 percent of UWA students receive some type of financial aid to support their studies. To apply for financial aid, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The school code for UWA is 001024.
Transfer
UWA may accept up to 9 hours at the Graduate level for matching courses and curriculums for most programs.
