Core Courses | Master of Business Administration (MBA)

MBA Core Courses

You will take 5 core courses (20 credits) and then choose from a wide variety of electives to design a pathway suited to your skills and passions. Our focus on best practices and our faculty of business professionals help us offer a distinctive program on our campus in Irvine, California.

MBA Core
20 Units

MBA 603: Management
4

This course integrates management principles to effectively utilize resources to the firm’s competitive advantage, thus creating value for shareholders. Business Exam fee required.

MBA 604: Accounting
4

Accounting is the financial language of business communications and a measurement point of an organization's financial health, creating the quantitative information used in decision making. This course examines financial statements, reviewing generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and reporting of financial transactions on both an accrual and cash basis.

MBA 605: Marketing
4

This course provides a comprehensive overview of marketing activities for managers in the private and public sectors and not-for-profit organizations. The focus is on key marketing processes to identify needs and target markets, create demand through value propositions and manage the competitive landscape.

MBA 606: Finance
4

Minimizing risk and increasing value requires successful acquisition of and efficient allocation of capital resources. This course examines the financial health of a company, funding sources and capital structure, cash flow modeling used to make capital investment decisions, funding of day-to-day working capital needs, and the corporate planning cycle leading to earnings announcements. Prerequisites: MBA 604, and an Economics course with a grade of B or better or MBA 632.

MBA 607: Strategic Management
4

A successful organization is able to appraise its marketing, production, research and development and resource allocation models with a critical eye. This course develops the tools to acquire data and interpret information applicable to decision making. Prerequisites: MBA 603, MBA 604, MBA 605 and MBA 606.

Next, you get to choose 8 elective courses that will allow you to specialize in areas like marketing, finance, management, entrepreneurship, strategy, and sports business.

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IACBE Accreditation

As you research Business Schools, you may notice that some business programs are accredited by organizations with long acronyms such as AACSB, IACBE, and ACBSP. What is accreditation and why does it matter? Business schools seek out accreditation to obtain quality assurance as an institution of higher learning, as well as to ensure an environment of continuous improvement. The Concordia School of Business chose to voluntarily complete a rigorous process with IACBE to evaluate the effectiveness of our business programs. You can be assured at Concordia University Irvine our goal is your academic and occupational success.