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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
(Catalog 2008)

MBA Background Preparation

Students admitted into the MBA degree program are required to have proper business background preparation for taking the graduate level coursework. The student must clear all deficiencies before being allowed to take the degree required courses. A student may choose to clear each deficiency by either (1) taking the subject course for credit at NPU and earning a grade of at least C- or higher or (2) taking and passing the appropriate preparatory module of studies. With advance approval by the academic review committee, the student may be allowed to take proficiency exams to clear each individual subject . In addition, English proficieny is also required. Refer to the section on "English Proficiency Requirement" in the chapter of Admission Policy for details.
The following are the business preparatory module courses covering the required background subject:
Preparatory Module A(PBUS01): Essentials of Management and Business Law
Preparatory Module B(PBUS02): Essentials of Economics and Marketing
Preparatory Module C(PBUS03): Essentials of Accounting and Finance
Preparatory Module D(PBUS04): Essentials of Quantitative Analysis and Information Technology

Module A corresponds to the individual courses of MGT201 and LAW310, Module B for ECON201 and MKT310, Module C for ACC201 and FIN310, and Module D for MATH208, IT310, and IT370.

Students choosing the Accounting concentration must also have the background in ACC202. In addition, these students must gain bands-on experience with popular accounting tools, such as QuickBooks and Peachtree.

Mezzanine courses (*The student may earn graduate credit by taking these courses at NPU): The student is also required to have background in the following subjects in order to take the foundation courses in the MBA curriculum:

MGT450G Organizational Behavior and Management
MGT460G Production and Operations Management

MBA Curriculum

A minimum of 36 semester units of graduate study are required for the MBA program. A maximum of four (4) 4xxG courses (400 level courses with a G designation) are allowed to count towards graduation credits. The student must meet prerequisite requirements when taking any of the following courses.

I. Foundation Courses (12 units)
The required courses provide a knowledge base of interdisciplinary business theories and techniques and decision-making methodology. A student must take the following courses to complete the required graduate course requirement:

BUS501    Quantitative Methods for Business
FIN501     Financial Management
MGT530    Logistics and Operations Management
MGT531    Human Resources Management

II. Area of Concentration   (12 units)

In addition to the required graduate courses in section I, a student must select an area of concentration and complete at least 12 units (4 courses) in the chosen concentration area. This is to ensure the student's competence in a selected area.   The courses taken to fulfill the concentration requirement must not overlap the courses taken for the above Foundation Courses requirement. As new courses are also offered between publications of the university catalogs, the students are advised to refer to the "Concentration Area Course Tables" published with each release of the semester class schedule to select courses for meeting the concentration area requirements.

Area A. Information Technology Management
(Background requirements: IT370 and *IT450G)
Required courses:
IT553    Business Intelligence and CRM
IT560    Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Select two other graduate courses in this concentration area.

Area B. Accounting
(*Background requirement: ACC451G)
Required courses:
ACC501    Advanced Accounting
ACC512    Federal Taxation of Business Enterprises

Select two other graduate courses in this concentration area.

Area C. Project Management
(Background requirement: Advanced graduate standing)
Required courses:
MGT501    Project and Risk Management
MGT542    Technology Product Management and Marketing

Select two other graduate courses in this concentration area.

Area D. Global Business and Marketing
(*Background requirement: MKT450G Marketing Management)
Required courses:
MKT541    Strategic Marketing
MKT542    International Marketing

Select two other graduate courses in this concentration area.

III. Electives   (12 units)

Students may elect graduate-level courses (4xxG, 500-level, and higher level courses) in any discipline as electives to meet the elective requirements.

Mezzanine Courses for program requirement - Students admitted with a background deficiency in organizational behavior and management must take the course of "MGT450G Organizational Behavior and Management" course and those with a deficiency in production and operations management must take "MGT460G Production and Operations Management" course at NPU. Credits earned can be counted as elective credits towards the MBA graduation requirements.

* Other background requirements for the concentration areas: Each concentration area requires certain 400 level background courses. Students may earn credit towards the degree, if observing the limit for the number of 400-level courses for the program, by taking these courses, such as

a. Area A (Information Technology Management): IT450G,
b. Area B (Accounting): ACC451G,
c. Area D (Global Business and Marketing): MKT450G.

MBA Total Requirements: (36 units)


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