Online Master’s Degree Program

Online MBA

Advance Your Career and Increase Your Earning Potential

Program Detail

Next Start Date

January 10

Est. Program Length

1 year

Credit Hours

33

Course Length

8 weeks

Cost Per Credit

$429

Degree Overview

Improve your skills in a wide range of fundamental business topics with an online MBA from the University of West Alabama. Our MBA programs can be completed in just over one year, and feature concentration options in:

Accounting
Computing and Data Analytics
Computer Information Systems
Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Policy
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Finance
General Business
Human Resource Management
International Business
Management
Marketing
Rural Business
Sports Management

When you graduate, you’ll have the advanced knowledge to take the next step in your business career and increase your earning potential. Forbes reports salary gains of 40 percent to 50 percent post-MBA.

Earn your degree fully online, at one of the most affordable institutions in the state.

Our courses top the list for one of the best programs in Alabama. UWA’s online MBA was recently recognized for its affordability, value and for our accredited finance curriculum!

Who is this degree for?

Individuals seeking to advance their knowledge of business theory and apply it to industry roles.
Individuals seeking career growth in fields like accounting, cybersecurity, data analytics, technology, entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing and more.
Professionals who want to pursue leadership roles like marketing manager, media director, sales manager, C-level executive, financial manager, human resources manager and data analyst.

Program Detail

Next Start Date

January 10

Est. Program Length

1 year

Credit Hours

33

Course Length

8 weeks

Cost Per Credit

$429

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Course Details

Total Hours: 33

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

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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
AC 520	Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting	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 and 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:

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	3
CD 599	Thesis in Computing and Data Analysis	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
CS 520	Social and Organizational Issues in Information Systems	3
CS 540	Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence	3
CS 580	Globalization and Technology	3
CS 598	Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)	3
CS 599	Thesis in Computer Information Systems	6

The Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Policy 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:

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	3 (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)
CY 599	Thesis in Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Policy	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
EL 520	Business Model Design & Innovation	3
EL 530	Social Entrepreneurship	3
EL 540	Global Entrepreneurship & 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.

Choose nine hours from the following:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
EC 510	Financial and Economic Analysis	3
FI 507	Independent Study in Finance	3
FI 508	Selected Topics in Finance	3
FI 511	Behavioral Finance and Organizational Decisions	3
FI 514	Non-Profit Financial Management	3
FI 550	International Finance and Capital Markets	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 500	Business Seminar	1
BA 507	Independent Study	3
BA 508	Selected 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
BQ 571	Statistical Analysis	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:

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
HR 501	Employment Law	3
HR 502	Strategic Planning and Staffing	3
HR 503	Compensation and Benefits	3
HR 504	Labor Relations and Union Contract Negotiation	3
HR 505	Safety, Health, Diversity and Work/Life Balance	3
HR 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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 550	Current Issues in International Business	3
AC 560	International Accounting Standards and Reporting	3
CS 580	Globalization and Technology	3
CY 514	Globalization, Cybersecurity and Cybercrime	3
EI 550	Cross-Cultural Innovation Management	3
FF 550	International Finance and Capital Markets	3
FF 551	International Financial Statement Analysis	3
MG 560	International Management	3
MK 550	International Marketing	3
ST 501	Study Abroad I	1-6
ST 502	Study Abroad II	1-6

Nine semester hours from the following electives:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
MG 515	Operations and Project Management	3
MG 575	Operation Management Research	3
MG 580	Transformational Leadership	3
MG 550	Entrepreneurship	3
MG 560	International Management	3
MG 540	Human Resources	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
MK 511	Consumer and Buyer Behavior	3
MK 512	Electronic Branding and Strategy	3
MK 550	International Marketing	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
RB 501	Challenges in Rural Business Management	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 598	Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)	3
SM 532	Organization and Administration in Human Performance	3
SM 533	Athletic Administration Seminar	3
SM 534	Sport and Exercise Law	3
SM 535	Accounting and Economics in Sport	3
SM 537	Sport Management and Marketing	3

Concentrations

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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
AC 520	Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting	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 and 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:

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	3
CD 599	Thesis in Computing and Data Analysis	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
CS 520	Social and Organizational Issues in Information Systems	3
CS 540	Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence	3
CS 580	Globalization and Technology	3
CS 598	Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)	3
CS 599	Thesis in Computer Information Systems	6

The Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Policy 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:

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	3 (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)
CY 599	Thesis in Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Policy	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
EL 520	Business Model Design & Innovation	3
EL 530	Social Entrepreneurship	3
EL 540	Global Entrepreneurship & 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.

Choose nine hours from the following:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
EC 510	Financial and Economic Analysis	3
FI 507	Independent Study in Finance	3
FI 508	Selected Topics in Finance	3
FI 511	Behavioral Finance and Organizational Decisions	3
FI 514	Non-Profit Financial Management	3
FI 550	International Finance and Capital Markets	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 500	Business Seminar	1
BA 507	Independent Study	3
BA 508	Selected 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
BQ 571	Statistical Analysis	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:

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
HR 501	Employment Law	3
HR 502	Strategic Planning and Staffing	3
HR 503	Compensation and Benefits	3
HR 504	Labor Relations and Union Contract Negotiation	3
HR 505	Safety, Health, Diversity and Work/Life Balance	3
HR 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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 550	Current Issues in International Business	3
AC 560	International Accounting Standards and Reporting	3
CS 580	Globalization and Technology	3
CY 514	Globalization, Cybersecurity and Cybercrime	3
EI 550	Cross-Cultural Innovation Management	3
FF 550	International Finance and Capital Markets	3
FF 551	International Financial Statement Analysis	3
MG 560	International Management	3
MK 550	International Marketing	3
ST 501	Study Abroad I	1-6
ST 502	Study Abroad II	1-6

Nine semester hours from the following electives:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
MG 515	Operations and Project Management	3
MG 575	Operation Management Research	3
MG 580	Transformational Leadership	3
MG 550	Entrepreneurship	3
MG 560	International Management	3
MG 540	Human Resources	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
MK 511	Consumer and Buyer Behavior	3
MK 512	Electronic Branding and Strategy	3
MK 550	International Marketing	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
RB 501	Challenges in Rural Business Management	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:

Course Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
BA 598	Project (may be repeated for a total of six semester hours)	3
SM 532	Organization and Administration in Human Performance	3
SM 533	Athletic Administration Seminar	3
SM 534	Sport and Exercise Law	3
SM 535	Accounting and Economics in Sport	3
SM 537	Sport Management and Marketing	3

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 333 (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.

Complete an online application.
Submit official college and institution transcripts – Download Form

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.

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