MBA PROGRAM OF STUDY
Candidates for the MBA degree must complete 39 credit hours, divided into core courses (30 hours) and elective courses (9 hours). In addition, up to 15 credit hours of foundation courses may need to be taken depending on your undergraduate degree. Those candidates with undergraduate coursework in business administration may be permitted to waive some or all of the required foundation courses, as described below. Part-time students normally take from three to four years to earn their degrees.

Foundation Courses (3 credits unless otherwise noted)
MBA501 Graduate Survey of Accounting
MBA502 Graduate Survey of Economics
MBA503 Survey of Marketing & Management
MBA504 Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment of Business
MBA505 Foundations of Statistics
MBA506/507 Pre-Professional Business Seminar (for Dual Degree students; 0 credits each)         

Some or all of the foundation courses - except MBA505 - may be waived if the student has completed similar undergraduate courses at York College of Pennsylvania or other accredited institutions with a grade of "C" or better within five years of the date of application. A course may also be waived by challenging the course through credit by examination or by earning a 50th percentile or higher score in the CLEP examination. (Information about the CLEP examination can be secured by contacting the Registrar’s Office.) MBA505 may be waived upon satisfactory completion of the Statistics Proficiency Exam.

Core Courses (3 credits each)
MBA523 Statistical Decision Analysis
MBA525 Economic Modeling & Analysis
MBA527 Managerial Accounting 
MBA531 Strategic Marketing
MBA537 Strategic Information Management
MBA539 Organizational Theory and Behavior 
MBA545 Operations Research and Application
MBA572 Financial Management
MBA576 Business & Government 
MBA593 Business Strategy

Up to 9 of the above 30 required credit hours may be waived depending upon a student’s undergraduate degree. A minimum of 33 credit hours is required to complete the MBA degree.

Concentration Elective Courses (9 hours)
Three additional graduate level courses, from the listing of concentration areas, must be taken to complete the degree requirements. If all three courses are taken in one concentration area, then that student’s degree will be designated as having completed that concentration. Concentration Area Electives are 3 credits each.

Accounting
MBA542 Accounting Theory
MBA552 Accounting Information Systems
MBA562 Financial Statement Analysis

Finance
MBA562 Financial Statement Analysis
MBA582 Investments
MBA592 Financial Planning

General Business
Students choose any three courses (9 credits) that fit their personal, academic, and career goals from the other concentration electives.

Human Resource Management
MBA554 Human Resource Management
MBA567 Compensation and Benefits Systems
MBA584 Organizational Development

Management (Choose three of the following)
MBA554 Human Resource Management
MBA556 Executive Leadership
MBA566 International Business 
MBA591 Six Sigma and Quality Management
MBA586 Continuous Improvement and Lean Systems Development

Marketing (Choose three of the following)
MBA558 Buyer Behavior
MBA568 Promotional Strategy Management
MBA578 Marketing Information and Research
MBA588 Internet Marketing