Concentrations and Electives

MBA students must complete a minimum of nine credit hours in MBA elective courses. All students entering the program are registered in the general business concentration, which requires nine elective hours, but you may tailor your electives in the fields of your choice to provide a broader understanding of the business world or to specialize your degree. Some of these concentrations require 12 elective hours. Electives are taken near the end of a student’s academic program.

The following courses represent the approved Williams College of Business MBA curriculum and vary in offering based on faculty availability. For the most current curriculum, view the University catalog on the Office of the Registrar’s website: www.xavier.edu/registrar.

Xavier MBA faculty are committed to offering classes on current business trends and experiences. These courses are experimental due to the fast paced and ever changing nature of business. Recent courses have included: Change Management, Digital Marketing, Marketing: The Supply Chain, Marketing and Consumer Culture, and Portfolio & Hedge Fund Construction.

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General Business

9 credit hours

All MBA students begin the program with a General Business Concentration. The General Business Concentration can be fulfilled by any MBA elective. The electives listed here only count for the general business concentration:

  • BUAD 603: MBA Internship (3)
  • BUAD 609: Business Ethics Through Film (3)
  • BUAD 611: Workforce Diversity Issues (3)
  • ENTR 611: New Venture Creation (3)
  • ENTR 668: Small Business Consulting (3)
  • MGMT 613: Strengths Based Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 614: Principles of Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 644: Motivation and Behavior in Organizations (3)
  • MGMT 654: Project Management (3)
  • SHRM 600: Introduction to Human Resource
     

Business Intelligence

9 credit hours

  • INFO 655 : Business Intelligence (required) (3)
  • INFO 674 : Database Management (required) (3)
  • INFO 680 : Intro Data Mining for Managers (required) (3)
     

Finance

12 credit hours

  • FINC 602: Investment Management (3)
  • FINC 621: Options & Futures Markets (3)
  • FINC 632: Multinational Financial Management (3)
  • FINC 640: Purchase, Sale and Valuation of Closely Held Firms (3)
  • FINC 645: Mergers and Acquisitions (3)
  • FINC 651: Money & Capital Markets (3)
  • FINC 663: Fixed Income and Debt Management (3)
  • FINC 664: Bond Portfolio Management (3)
  • FINC 670: The Mutual Fund Business (3)
  • FINC 675: Real Estate Finance (3)
  • FINC 684: Financial Modeling (3)
  • FINC Elective: Other courses may count for this concentration. This is determined based upon course offerings each semester.
     

Health Industry

12 credit hours

  • BUAD 621: Economics of Health Industry (required) (3)
  • BUAD 622: Health Industry Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment (required) (3)
  • BUAD 623: Health Industry Operations (required) (3)
  • BUAD 624: Strategic Health Industry Leadership (required) (3)

International Business

9 credit hours

  • ECON 627: International Economics and Business (required) (3)
  • BUAD 680: Doing Business in Asia (international business study trip) (3)
  • BUAD 681: Doing Business in Europe (international business study trip) (3)
  • BUAD 684: Doing Business South America (international business study trip) (3)
  • FINC 632: Multinational Financial Management (3)
  • MGMT 625: Multinational Management (3)
  • MGMT 633: Global Supply Chain Management (3)
  • MKTG 626: Multinational Marketing (3)
  • MKTG 667: International Sale and Negotiations (3)
     

Marketing

9 credit hours

  • MKTG 602: Marketing Research (required) (3)
  • MKTG 621: Entrepreneurial Marketing (3)
  • MKTG 626: Multinational Marketing (3)
  • MKTG 629: Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
  • MKTG 630: Service Marketing (3)
  • MKTG 632: E-Commerce (3)
  • MKTG 640: Consumer-Centric Category Management (3)
  • MKTG 664: Consumer Behavior Theory (3)
  • MKTG 667: International Sales & Negotiations (3)
  • MKTG 668:  New Product Planning & Development (3)
  • MKTG 670: Ethical Issues in Marketing (seminar) (3)
  • MKTG Elective: Other courses may count for this concentration. This is determined based upon course offerings each semester.

Values Based Leadership

9 credit hours

  • BUAD 609: Business Ethics Through Film (3)
  • BUAD 625: Health Industry Law & Ethics (3)
  • BUAD 681: International Ethics (3)
  • MGMT 614: Principles of Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 613: Strengths Based Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 621: Corporate Citizenship − Sustainability (3)
  • MKTG 670 : Ethical Issues in Marketing (3)
  • BUAD 690: Corporate Governance (3) − NOTE this class is taken in the final semester of the MBA program after all required courses are taken.