MBA Concentrations
Concentrations are available in a variety of business disciplines; however, students may opt to create a general MBA based on their selection of electives.
Required Core Courses (12 hours)*
ACCT 5003—Advanced Tax
ACCT 5103—Accounting Theory
ACCT 5153—Financial Statement Analysis and
ACCT 5013 (Tax Research)
OR
ACCT 5113 (Financial Accounting Research)
* pending approval
MBA students interested in pursuing an ACCT concentration will need to meet our program requirements of having completed the following courses or course equivalents with the appropriate ACCT upper division GPA.
Prerequisite course: Foundational Skills in Accounting, Federal Income Taxation, Intermediate Accounting I and II, Cost Accounting, Accounting Information Systems and Audit.
For more information about curriculum please contact Rachel Domnick at rachel.domnick@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the business sustainability concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- MGMT 5033 Sustainable Enterprises
- MGMT 5083 Business and Social Responsibility
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- MGMT 5031 Leading Organizational Change (1-credit hour)
- MGMT 5051 Creating Ethical Work Places (1-credit hour)
- MGMT 5061 Managing Confrontations (1-credit hour)
- MGMT 5073 Ethical Leadership and Organizations
- MGMT 5093 Business and Non-Profit Organizations
- MGMT 5533 Leadership Challenges
- MGMT 5113 Management and Organization Theory
- EEE 5213 Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology
- EEE 5403 Social Entrepreneurship
- EEE 5603 Supporting Emerging Enterprises (practicum in South Africa)
For more information about curriculum please contact Jason Aamodt at jason.aamodt@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the data science concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- MSIS 5643 Advanced Data Management
- MSIS 5633 Business Intelligence Tools and Techniques
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- MSIS 5663 Data Warehousing
- MSIS 5673 Data Visualization
- MSIS 5683 Big Data Technologies
- MKTG 5983 Database Marketing
For more information about curriculum please contact Bryan Hammer at bryan.hammer@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete any 12-credit hour combination of the following courses to receive the Economics concentration.
- ECON 4223 Business and Economic Forecasting
- ECON 5010 Research and Independent Studies
- ECON 5033 Macroeconomic Analysis
- ECON 5213 Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON 5223 Mathematical Economics
- ECON 5733 Energy Economics
- ECON 6013 Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 6213 Econometrics I
For more information about curriculum please contact Mary Gade at mary.gade@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
This concentration in the MBA program is designed to help prepare full-time students or working professionals for successful careers in the energy industry. This concentration offers an in-depth look at finance, strategy, economics, risk management, and contemporary issues specific to the energy industry. Students will develop business acumen to prepare them for the complexities of energy business and decision making.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- FIN 5003 Introduction to Energy Business [online]
- FIN 5363 Energy Finance [online]
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- GEOL 5990 Special Topics
- ECON 5010 Special Topics (Energy Economics) - [requested to be offered online]
- MGMT 5033 Management of Sustainable Enterprises - [online]
- FIN 5053 Theory and Practice of Financial Management [online]
- FIN 5763 Derivative Securities and Management of Financial Price Risk
- FIN 5343 Valuation and Financial Modeling
For more information about curriculum please contact Emma Wang at qin.wang@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
EEE Concentration in the MBA
Whether you are starting a company, are an executive in an existing firm, or are managing a small or family business, entrepreneurial skills are critical to identifying and evaluating the factors that will make your undertaking a success. The Spears School of Business MBA in Entrepreneurship curriculum integrates all business areas including marketing, finance, business analytics, accounting and entrepreneurship to produce students who have well-round business skills coupled with entrepreneurship-related training and preparation. The curriculum also takes students beyond the classroom, and allows them to test themselves in real world settings.
For more information about curriculum on the MBA in Entrepreneurship, call 405-744-9000.
Requirements
33 credit hours for Tulsa and online students.
36 credit hours for Stillwater full-time students
Entrepreneurship Concentration (12 credit hours)
EEE 5610 Ideation, Creativity & Innovation
EEE 5333 Launching a Business The First 100 Days
Super Core (6 credit hours)
Functional Core (15 hours)
Full Time MBA Stillwater Students participate in two 1-hour Professional Development courses designed to develop their soft skills and introduce them to etiquette, networking and professional speakers, and a 1 Hour Case Competition course.
For more information about curriculum please contact Bruce Barringer at bruce.barringer@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
This concentration in the Watson Graduate School of Management MBA program prepares students for a multitude of high-profile careers in finance and investment banking including, but not limited to, advisory, equity and fixed income capital markets, risk management, private equity, corporate finance, and careers in financial institutions. This concentration is ideal for professionals with a bachelor’s degree in any area who want to move into the cutting edge areas of finance and investment banking.
Students can expect to gain an in-depth understanding of finance and investment banking and to develop specific competencies, including critical thought and analysis, and problem solving, in these areas.
Required Core Courses
- FIN 5013 MBA Business Finance**
- FIN 5053 Theory & Practice of Corporate Financial Management
- FIN 5223 Investment & Strategy
- FIN 5343 Valuation and Financial Modeling
One of the following:
- Finance 5653 Bond Markets
- Finance 5550 Portfolio Management
- Finance 5550 Derivatives
- Finance 5363 Energy Finance
- Finance 5833 Student Managed Investment Fund
- Finance 5550 Securities Industry Essentials
- Finance 5550 Computational Finance
For more information about curriculum please contact Emma Wang at qin.wang@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic adviser, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
*Pending approval from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
** If a student has taken the equivalent of FIN 5013, or they have an undergraduate
major in Finance, they will need to take an
extra elective in lieu of this required course.
The global marketing concentration gives students a solid grounding in marketing tools
and techniques used to approach markets around the world including cross-cultural
issues, marketing strategies, and awareness of how globalization is affecting business.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following
courses to receive the global marketing concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- MKTG 5233 Global Competitive Environment
- MKTG 5553 International Marketing Strategy
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- AGIN 5353 Advanced Case Studies in Agricultural Marketing and International Development
- ANTH 5243 Globalization and Culture
- MKTG 5633 External Environment of Business
- MBA 5010 Independent Study
- MKTG 5220 Seminar in Marketing
- GS 5313 Introduction to Public Diplomacy and Global Communication
- GS 5413 Overview of Global Development
- GS 5513 Global Crisis Mgt.
- GS 5323 Nation Branding
- GS 5343 The Geopolitics of New Media
- GS 5020 Issues in Global Trade
- GS 5070 Trade and Investment Promotion Strategies
For more information about curriculum please contact Kevin Voss at kevin.voss@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the human resource management concentration.
Required Core Courses (15 hours)
- MGMT 5133 Total Rewards
- MGMT 5153 Talent Development
- MGMT 5543 Human Resource Analytics
- MGMT 5823 Talent Acquisition
- LSB 5423 Employment Law
For more information about curriculum please contact Sumathi Pearl at sumathi.pearl@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the Information Assurance concentration. All prerequisites must be met.
Required Core Course (3 hours)
- MSIS 5213 Information Assurance Management
Choose an additional 9 hours from the following:
- MSIS 5233 Applied Information Systems Security
- MSIS 5243 Information Technology Forensics
- MSIS 5253 Advanced System Certification and Accreditation
- MSIS 5273 Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
- MSIS 5713 Scripting Essentials
- MSIS 5773 The Upper Layers of Telecommunications Systems
For more information about curriculum please contact Jim Burkman at jim.burkman@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
This concentration is designed for MBA students who want to enhance their marketing analytic skills. The structure of the curriculum is designed to balance the need for understanding applications of quantitative and statistical modeling along with data visualization, data exploration and interpretation. Hands-on courses build actual experience in using data to make better marketing decisions and will give students the opportunity to develop relevant skills in marketing analytics.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete 12 credit hours to receive a concentration in Marketing Analytics.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- MKTG 5733 Introduction to Marketing Analytics
- MKTG 5743 Advanced Marketing Analytics (Prerequisite—MKTG 5733)
Choose an additional 6 hours of electives from the following:
- MKTG 5243 Base SAS Programming for Database Marketing
- MKTG 5500 Current Topics in Marketing Analytics (series of 1 or 2 credit hour classes)
- Web Analytics and Digital Marketing
- GIS Applications in Marketing
- MSIS 5303 Prescriptive Analytics
- MSIS 5633 Business Tools and Tech
Students who complete this concentration will qualify for the OSU certificate in Marketing Analytics. To receive this certificate, students must apply online through the OSU Graduate College for the Marketing Analytics Certificate. Apply now!
For more information about curriculum please contact Goutam Chakraborty at goutam.chakraborty@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the nonprofit concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- MGMT 5093 Business and Non-Profit Organizations
- MGMT 5163 Fundraising for Non-Profits
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- MGMT 5033 Sustainable Enterprises
- MGMT 5031 Leading Organizational Change (1-credit hour)
- MGMT 5051 Creating Ethical Work Places (1-credit hour)
- MGMT 5061 Managing Confrontations (1-credit hour
- MGMT 5073 Ethical Leadership and Organizations
- MGMT 5533 Leadership Challenges
- MGMT 5113 Management and Organizational Theory
- MGMT 5713 Negotiation and Third Party Dispute Resolution
- AGED 5203 Grant Writing
- EEE 5213 Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology
- EEE 5403 Social Entrepreneurship
- EEE 5603 Supporting Emerging Enterprises (practicum in South Africa)
For more information about curriculum please contact Durand Crosby at durand.crosby@okstate.edu.
To meet with an academic advisor, please call 405-744-9000 or email spearsmasters@okstate.edu.