Business Administration

Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.)

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For distance education and registration questions:

Frances Betts
Continuing Education
(970) 491-0675
(877) 491-4336
fbetts@learn.colostate.edu

For program information and questions, please contact:

Matt Leland
College of Business - MBA Programs
(800) 491-4622 ext. 1
matt.leland@colostate.edu

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Degree Requirements and Plan of Study

This is a professional degree program (Plan C); therefore, you are not required to complete a thesis, final project, or comprehensive final examination. Transfer credits are not accepted.

The distance MBA program can be completed in either a 2-year (21 month) plan or a 4-year plan. The 2-year plan requires you to take two courses concurrently, while the 4-year plan required you to take only one course at a time. Both programs require courses to be taken in the summer.

Plan of Study

The complete list of MBA required courses is below. For sequencing options, visit the College of Business web site: 2-year plan, 4-year plan.

BUS 601 - Business Decision Making (2 cr.)
BUS 615 - Accounting Systems (4 cr.)
BUS 616 - Financial Reporting and Analysis (2 cr.)
BUS 620 - Leadership, Ethics and Motivation (2 cr.)
BUS 621 - Tools for Decision Making (2 cr.)
BUS 625 - Organizational Communication (2 cr.)
BUS 630 - Information Management (2 cr.)
BUS 635 - Business Economics for the World Market (2 cr.)
BUS 640 - Financial Principles and Practice (2 cr.)
BUS 641 - Financial Markets and Investments (2 cr.)
BUS 650 - Supply Chain Management (2 cr.)
BUS 655 - Marketing Management (2 cr.)
BUS 656 - Marketing Strategy and Planning (2 cr.)
BUS 660 - Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues (2 cr.)
BUS 662 - International Business (2 cr.)
BUS 665 - Strategic Management (4 cr.)

Tutorials

The following tutorials are intended to help you learn new skill sets or to brush up on skills that have become rusty. An MBA program is, by nature, very quantitative. It is common to struggle in these classes; these tutorials and those soon to be introduced will increase your opportunity to be successful in the MBA program. Take these tutorials now and be ready for your classes!

BUS 690B – Contemporary Issues in Business - Accounting Tutorial (1 cr.)
Students enrolling in BUS 615 will find this tutorial helpful.
BUS 690B – Contemporary Issues in Business - Excel Tutorial (1 cr.)
The Excel tutorial is designed for the beginner up through the intermediate user and closely follows the Excel requirements in the MBA program.
BUS 690B – Contemporary Issues in Business - Finance Tutorial (1 cr.)
Students enrolling in BUS 640 or BUS 641 will find this tutorial beneficial.
BUS 690B – Contemporary Issues in Business - Quantitative Methods Tutorial (1 cr.)
Students enrolling in many of the MBA courses beginning with BUS 621 will find this tutorial valuable.

Students will not be allowed to register for a class without the appropriate prerequisites.

Degree at a Glance

Delivery

DVD "Live" Recording, from the on-campus Professional MBA program, with an online component. On-campus attendance is not required to complete this program.

Total Credits

Plan C - 40 credits

Tuition

$620 per credit
(financial aid available)

Time Frame

Can be completed in a 2-year or 4-year plan of study. Summer courses are required for both plans. If the program is started in the spring semester then the program length will be increased by a full semester, or approximately four months.

Designed For

Business professionals who desire to increase their understanding of business principles and practices; entrepreneurs; managers and middle managers looking to advance in their profession; private business owners who want to be more effective in making business decisions.

What You Will Earn

You will earn the same regionally accredited Colorado State University degree that a student on the Fort Collins campus is awarded. Your diploma and transcript are identical to those given to on-campus students.