Master of Business Administration
Is an MBA for Me?
Business administration professionals with advanced degrees and industry experience are in high demand. Southwestern College Professional Studies’ master of business administration (MBA) program is cutting-edge but grounded in real-world practicality. Solid contemporary management concepts and techniques, not just theory, are stressed. Our MBA program provides you a real education, not just a degree.
Southwestern College’s master of business administration program is taught by professional instructors with real world experience that will benefit learners of all backgrounds. 
Although our programs are flexible, and fit easily into your schedule, they’re demanding and practical. We’ve proactively designed our programs to prepare our graduates to lead today’s global organizations.
The MBA program is available completely online and in the classroom.
Program Outcomes
Business administration professionals with advanced degrees and industry experience are in high demand. Southwestern College Professional Studies’ Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is cutting-edge but grounded in real-world practicality. Solid contemporary management concepts and techniques, not just theory, are stressed. Our MBA program provides you a real education, not just a degree.
- Possess breadth and depth of understanding of key business concepts and theories.
- Be recognized by their current employers as excellent employees who contribute to their organizations and are candidates for advancement in their field.
- Exhibit an understanding and appreciation of the legal and ethical implications of conducting business in a global environment.
- Exhibit poise and confidence in verbal, interpersonal and written communication.
- Demonstrate that they have been and will continue to be a lifelong learner.
Required Courses
MGMT 500 Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Mngmt.
MGMT 505 Project Management Fundamentals
MGMT 510 Financial Accounting
MGMT 515 Managerial Accounting
MGMT 520 Managing Organizational Change and Conflict
MGMT 525 Business Law
MGMT 530 Marketing Strategies
MGMT 560 Ethics in the Global Marketplace
MGMT 565 Financial Analysis and Management I
MGMT 575 Financial Analysis and Management II
MGMT 580 Quality Management and Statistical Analysis
MGMT 585 Strategic Management
CAPS 600 Graduate Project
Course Descriptions
MGMT 500 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Models and theories of behavior, and human resources management concepts and processes as they apply to managing individual and work-group behavior in organizations. Organizational behavior topics include leadership, motivation, and teamwork. Human Resource management topics include human resources strategy, selection, performance evaluation, reward systems, and employee development. Heavy emphasis will be on the strategic implications of these topics.
MGMT 505 Project Management Fundamentals
Concepts, theories, principles and practical application of project management tools will be applied to real business situations. A critical analysis of tools and techniques that are available to aid project managers will be performed, with a view of the potential disconnect between these tools and real-world projects. Specific tools, including the Balanced Scorecard, Monte Carlo simulations, and stop-light charts, will be utilized.
MGMT 510 Financial Accounting
Concentrates on interpreting financial statement information, using accounting information for decision making and evaluation, and examining current trends in accounting of importance to the manager.
MGMT 515 Managerial Accounting
Examines the use of accounting information to assist management in planning, analyzing, and implementing business decisions and activities. Focuses on strategic and operational performance analysis and evaluation.
MGMT 520 Managing Organizational Change and Conflict
Techniques for successfully managing and communicating change and conflict in complex organizations. Included will be individual personality, preference and style assessment, interpersonal interaction, and group dynamics. Also covered are implementation strategies for change in organizations as they respond to socioeconomic, technological, ethical, and environmental factors and how to adapt to new competitive conditions. Analyzes forces inducing change; organizational barriers to change; human behavior and demographic diversity; strategies for overcoming resistance to change; and intervention techniques of effective organizational change programs.
MGMT 525 Business Law
This course is a study of legal concepts applicable to business, including forms of business organization, legal aspects of organizing and operating a business, the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, commercial paper, secured transactions, bankruptcy, securities regulations, antitrust law, consumer protection, torts, criminal business law, social and political influences, management rights, powers, and responsibilities, ethical considerations, and a brief overview of the structure of the judicial system.
MGMT 530 Marketing Strategies
Explores various marketing concepts of importance to managers, including product development and brand management, price determination, distribution strategy, and advertising/promotion management. Emphasis will be on strategic implications of these topics, rather than the theories themselves. Students will be required to exhibit mastery of the topics through the development of a complete, case-based integrated marketing strategy, which will include a variety of important communication techniques.
MGMT 560 Ethics in the Global Marketplace
Explores the role of business in society. Critical managerial issues from historical, theoretical, and social/ethical perspectives. Coverage of company values, actions, and outcomes that affect employees, investors, business partners, communities, and the natural environment. Examines business ethics in these relationships and ways that leaders can improve corporate citizenship. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the role of ethics in multi-national corporations.
MGMT 565 Financial Analysis and Management I
Introduces and covers a broad range of financial topics of interest to managers. Included are differentiation between accounting and finance; time value of money; macroeconomics, including supply and demand; forecasting techniques, capital budgeting and investment decisions.
MGMT 575 Financial Analysis and Management II
Applies complex financial analysis tools and their role in managerial decision-making. The student will utilize the techniques learned in Financial Analysis I in practical case studies. Specifically covered are risk measurement, opportunity cost of capital, short and long-term financial decisions, corporate financing alternatives, and financial analysis and planning. Students will be expected to perform hands-on modeling projects in Excel. This course will assume prior familiarity with spreadsheet software such as Excel or Lotus. `Prerequisite: Successful Completion of MGMT 565.`
MGMT 580 Quality Management and Statistical Analysis
This course explores foundations of quality management. Included are tools and methods for analytic study including basic probability and statistics. Models of quality management are utilized through practical case study application. Students will have the opportunity to apply quality management and statistical analysis to a real-world project of their choice. Special emphasis will be placed not only on the content and statistics of their project but also on how to effectively communicate the value of their project to a variety of organizational stakeholders.
MGMT 585 Strategic Management
Students will be expected to synthesize material learned in several previous MBA courses. Projects are based on computer simulations in which teams compete. `Prerequisite: successful completion of at least 27 credit hours in the MBA program.`
CAPS 600 Graduate Project
All learners in graduate MBA, Management and Leadership programs will be required to submit a professional electronic capstone portfolio as a graduate requirement in this course. This course includes an applied leadership project designed to demonstrate how to plan, implement, and integrate progressive initiatives for highly successful organizations by using the five practices of exemplary leadership based on Kouzes & Posner’s international research on leadership. Learners’ projects from this course are included in the final capstone portfolio submitted. The capstone portfolio is a tool for learners to document and demonstrate they have met specific institutional and program learning outcomes. ‘Prerequisite: Completion of all courses in the learners’ program.’
Admission Requirements
To be admitted into the Master of Business Administration program, candidates must submit the following:
Southwestern College Professional Studies Graduate Program Application form – Application forms are accepted on an ongoing basis. No application admission fee is charged. Complete the online application.
Official transcripts of all prior college/university coursework – Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale).
Print a copy of the transcript request form and mail the request to the institution which awarded your bachelor’s degree.
Two confidential letters of recommendation – using the Graduate Recommendation Form (at least one from a current or former employer).
A one page Admissions Essay – submit your written statement electronically to graduate@sckans.edu or via mail or fax to 316.688.5218.
Resume- Applicants should have at least three years of professional work experience.
All international learners must show evidence of their English language ability by providing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) report. A score of 550 (paper test) or 213 (computer-based test) on the TOEFL is considered the minimum acceptable for admission to the MSL program.
Applicants who hold bachelor’s degrees from a U.S. institution or from an institution in another English-only speaking country will receive a waiver of the TOEFL. Applicants who are from native English speaking countries are not required to take the TOEFL.
Admission requirements may differ for international learners, or for learners whose undergraduate degrees were awarded outside of the United States. Please contact an admissions counselor for more details.
In addition to the above, it is recommended that candidates have a working knowledge of word processing and presentation software.
A candidate’s file must be complete before an admissions decision may be made. It is the responsibility of each candidate to provide all of the information requested above. Candidates will receive a letter of admission to the program.
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Our MBA program is taught by professional instructors with real world experience that will benefit learners of all backgrounds. Although our programs are flexible, and fit easily into your schedule, theyre demanding and practical.
