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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Online Program
Purpose
CIU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program presents a graduate-level curriculum for a master’s degree in
business administration, totaling 36 credit hours. These total credit hours enable the curriculum to include the twelve core
subject areas traditionally recognized as the core courses covered in awarding an MBA degree. The MBA curriculum is
taught by faculty who espouse and embrace the institution’s core values.
The MBA program prepares graduate students vocationally for both for-profit and not-for-profit environments in which
advanced competencies in business management, organizational leadership, economics, finance, and other core
business-related disciplines are required.
Combined with CIU’s core institutional values and its emphasis on leadership from a biblically based Christian worldview,
graduate students will be distinctively equipped for domestic and international service with for-profit enterprises, not-for-
profit organizations, and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs). Students will study the principles and
best practices of effective and ethical leadership and management, concentrating on the traditional core business-related
disciplines so that graduates of the MBA program acquire the knowledge and skills to be successful across a broad range
of organizational settings as entrepreneurs, business professionals, and organizational leaders.
The ideal candidate for admission to CIU’s online MBA program is working in the marketplace, and needs flexible hours
and online access to business-related courses to be able to advance in their professional development and to achieve
advancement in their business or organizational career
Objectives
Engage and learn generally recognized principles, dynamics, and best practices in the core disciplines of
business, economics, and organizational development, especially as applied within a cross-cultural and
international context
Formulate a personal philosophy of effective and ethical business and leadership practices and strategies, well-
grounded in a biblically-based Christian worldview
Demonstrate the ability to effectively and ethically lead people, manage systems and operations, and steward
resources at various levels within for-profit and not-for-profit organizations for the overall benefit of the
organizations’ owners, donors, and stakeholders
Graduation Requirements
Minimum 36 semester hours
Minimum cumulative 2.7 GPA
No courses with grades lower than a C may be used toward degree requirements
Course of Study
36
BUS 5010
Business Research and Data Analysis
3
BUS 5020
Organizational Leadership and Ethics
3
BUS 5030
Organizational Behavior and Change Management
3
BUS 5040
Information Systems and Technology for Business
3
BUS 5050
Marketing
3
BUS 5060
Business Law
3
BUS 6010
Managerial Finance
3
BUS 6020
Accounting for Financial Reporting and Management
3
BUS 6030
International Business
3
BUS 6040
Operations and Quality Management
3
BUS 6050
Strategic Planning and Management
3
ECN 6010
Economics for Business Management
3