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.
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 please contact Jason Aamodt at jason.aamodt@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 please contact Bryan Hammer at bryan.hammer@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 please contact Mary Gade at mary.gade@okstate.edu.
Energy is crucial to the well-being and prosperity for societies around the world. 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.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the energy business concentration.
Required Core Courses (6 hours)
- FIN 5003 Introduction to Energy Business
- FIN 5363 Energy Finance
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- ENGR 5010 Special Topics
- GEOL 5990 Special Topics
- ECON 5010 Special Topics (Energy Economics)
- FIN 5053 Theory and Practice of Financial Management
- FIN 5763 Derivative Securities and Management of Financial Price Risk
- MSIS 5393 Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling
For more information please contact Betty Simkins at betty.simkins@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 on the MBA in Entrepreneurship, call 405-744-9000.
Capstone Class
- EEE 5863 CIE Scholar Class
Entrepreneurial Core (9 credit hours)
You must complete the following three courses:
- EEE 5610 Ideation, Creativity & Innovation
- EEE 5663 Venture Capital
- EEE 5333 Launching a Business: The First 100 Days
Electives (3 credit hours)
- EEE 5133 Dilemmas & Debates
- EEE 5403 Social Entrepreneurship
- EEE 5200 Global Project Participation - Enactus
- EEE 5513 Growing Small & Family
- EEE 5263 Corporate Entrepreneurship
- EEE 5223 Entrepreneurship Marketing
* For students in the EEE Concentration in the MBA, at least one of these courses must be taken to complete the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
* These courses may be co-listed with undergraduate-level courses
For more information please contact Bruce Barringer at bruce.barringer@okstate.edu.
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 Environments
- MKTG 5553 International Marketing Strategy
Choose an additional 6 hours from the following:
- GEOG 5123 International Resource Management
- ANTH 5243 Globalization and Culture
- MBA 5010 Independent Study
- MKTG 5220 Seminar in Marketing
- MKTG 5633 External Environments of Business
For more information please contact Kevin Voss at kevin.voss@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 please contact Evan Davis at evan.davis@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 please contact Jim Burkman at jim.burkman@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 please contact Goutam Chakraborty at goutam.chakraborty@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 please contact Durand Crosby at durand.crosby@okstate.edu.
The risk management concentration gives students a solid grounding in quantitative financial economic tools and methods as well as firm general management foundation from the rest to the MBA curriculum.
In addition to the MBA core required classes, students must complete the following courses to receive the risk management concentration.
Required Core Courses
- FIN 5223 Investment Theory and Strategy (prerequisite FIN 5013)
- FIN 5763 Derivative Securities (prerequisite FIN 5013)
- FIN 5550 Special Topics: Risk Management (instructor approval)
- STAT 4203 Mathematical Statistics I (Stat Department approval)
One of the following:
- STAT 4043 Applied Regression Analysis (Stat Department approval)
- ECON 5213 Introduction to Econometrics (Stat 3013 or Department approval)
For more information please contact Betty Simkins at betty.simkins@okstate.edu.