Business Administration (BADM)
Alan Ellstrand
Associate Dean of Programs and Research
Willard J. Walker Hall
aellstrand@walton.uark.edu
Adam Stoverink
Director of M.B.A. Programs
Business Building
astoveri@uark.edu
Degrees Conferred:
Master of Business Administration (BADMMB)
Ph.D. in Business Administration (BADMPH)
Program Descriptions: The Master of Business Administration degree is offered in four concentrations including the Full-Time M.B.A. and two concentrations designed for working professionals: the Executive M.B.A.; the Executive Healthcare M.B.A; and a Healthcare Business Administration M.B.A. These hybrid/online program options allow students to obtain M.B.A.s in two years by attending classes approximately one Saturday each month.
A dual program leading to a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Business Administration is also offered in collaboration with the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing in the U of A College of Education and Health Professions.
The Ph.D. in Business Administration is also offered as concentrations with requirements listed in the various respective departments of Walton College.
In addition, the Business Administration program offers a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship.
Requirements for the Full-Time M.B.A. Concentration
Admission to the M.B.A.: Students must apply to and meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School of Business and be admitted by the departmental admissions committee.
Current University of Arkansas undergraduate students may be eligible to apply for early admission to the full-time concentration in the M.B.A. program as Accelerated M.B.A. students. Typically, students would apply by the Full-time M.B.A. deadline in their junior year or after completing a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours.
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students entering the M.B.A. program are expected to have already mastered basic business concepts. Students may be required to take additional hours or noncredit preparatory classes prior to enrollment in the M.B.A. program.
Requirements for a Master of Business Administration Degree
Requirements include one or more courses from each of the following core areas: People Management, Ethics, and Leadership; Information Technology and Analytics; Accounting and Financial Capital; Marketing and Supply Chain Management; and Strategic and International Management. In addition, requirements include two to four courses from each concentration’s specialization track.
Requirements for the M.B.A. are fulfilled through one of the following concentrations: Full-Time M.B.A., Healthcare M.B.A. for approved partnership programs, Executive M.B.A., and Executive Healthcare M.B.A. Students who pursue the Accelerated M.B.A. through early admission will be eligible to take a maximum of 19 hours of M.B.A. graduate coursework out-of-career in the final 12-month period of their undergraduate degree.
Academic Standing and Dismissal: Please see the Graduate School of Business policy for more information.
| Core Courses | 39 | |
| People Management, Ethics and Leadership | ||
| Business Leadership and Ethics | ||
| Business History and Practice | ||
| Information Technology and Analytics | ||
| Business Analytics | ||
| Analytics and Visualization | ||
| Accounting and Financial Capital | ||
| Financial Markets & Valuation | ||
| MBA Accounting Analysis | ||
| Marketing and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Introduction to Marketing | ||
| Foundations for New Product Launch and Integrated Demand-Driven Value Networks | ||
| Strategic and International Management | ||
| Managerial Economics | ||
| Strategic Management | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Global Experience/Study Abroad | ||
| Intro to Global Business | ||
| Global Business | ||
| Professional Development (3 hours) and Internship (1 hour) | ||
| Professional Development -- Special Topics In Business (students must repeat course for a total of 3 hours) | ||
| MBA Internship | ||
| Tracks | 12 | |
| Full-Time M.B.A. concentration students must select from one of the following tracks: | ||
| Retail Track | ||
| Consumer and Market Research | ||
| Marketing Analytics | ||
| New Product Development and Strategy | ||
| Retail Strategy | ||
| Supply Chain Management Track | ||
| Technology-enabled Supply Chain Design and Optimization | ||
| PLAN: Demand Planning and Inventory Operations | ||
| SOURCE: Global Procurement and Supply Management | ||
| Supply Chain Performance Management and Analytics | ||
| Finance Track | ||
| Energy Finance and Risk Management | ||
| Advanced Corporate Financial Management | ||
| Advanced Investments | ||
or FINN 5410V | Shollmier Investment Project | |
| Investment Theory and Management | ||
| Business Analytics Track | ||
| Data Analytics Fundamentals | ||
| Decision Support and Analytics | ||
| Data Management Systems | ||
3 hours of approved ISYS elective | ||
| Innovation/Entrepreneurship Track | ||
| New Venture Development | ||
| New Venture Development II | ||
| Innovation & Creativity | ||
3 hours of Graduate Business Elective | ||
| Agribusiness Track | ||
Choose 1 from the following 3 Management courses | ||
| Advanced Farm Business Management | ||
| Financial Management in Agriculture | ||
| AgriBusiness Entrepreneurship | ||
Choose 1 from the following 4 Marketing courses | ||
| Basis Trading: Applied Price Risk Management | ||
| Basis Trading: Case Study | ||
| Agricultural Prices and Forecasting | ||
| Agricultural Marketing Theory | ||
Choose any two 5000-level AGEC courses with adviser approval | ||
| General Business Administration Track | ||
Students may choose 12 hours of combined track classes from the above course list as offered. | ||
| Total Hours | 51 | |
Requirements for Executive M.B.A. Concentration
Admission to the M.B.A.: Students must apply to and meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School of Business and be admitted by the departmental admissions committee.
Current University of Arkansas undergraduate students may be eligible to apply for early admission to the full-time concentration in the M.B.A. program as Accelerated M.B.A. students. Typically, students would apply by the Full-time M.B.A. deadline in their junior year or after completing a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours.
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students entering the M.B.A. program are expected to have already mastered basic business concepts. Students may be required to take additional hours or noncredit preparatory classes prior to enrollment in the M.B.A. program.
Requirements for a Master of Business Administration Degree
Requirements include one or more courses from each of the following core areas: People Management, Ethics, and Leadership; Information Technology and Analytics; Accounting and Financial Capital; Marketing and Supply Chain Management; and Strategic and International Management. In addition, requirements include two to four courses from each concentration’s specialization track.
Requirements for the M.B.A. are fulfilled through one of the following concentrations: Full-Time M.B.A., Healthcare M.B.A. for approved partnership programs, Executive M.B.A., and Executive Healthcare M.B.A. Students who pursue the Accelerated M.B.A. through early admission will be eligible to take a maximum of 19 hours of M.B.A. graduate coursework out-of-career in the final 12-month period of their undergraduate degree.
Academic Standing and Dismissal: Please see the Graduate School of Business policy for more information.
Requirements for the Executive M.B.A. Concentration
| Core Courses | 32 | |
| People Management, Ethics and Leadership | ||
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | ||
| Information Technology and Analytics | ||
| Quantitative Methods and Decision Making | ||
| Analytics and Visualization | ||
| Accounting and Financial Capital | ||
| Corporate Financial Management | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis for Executives | ||
| Marketing and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Marketing | ||
| PLAN: Demand Planning and Inventory Operations | ||
| Strategic and International Management | ||
| Introduction to Strategy | ||
| Strategic Management | ||
| Economics of Management and Strategy | ||
| Global Business | ||
| Tracks | 6 | |
| Executive M.B.A. concentration students must select from one of the following tracks: | ||
| Retail Track | ||
| Retail Strategy | ||
| Marketing Analytics | ||
| Supply Chain Management Track | ||
| SOURCE: Global Procurement and Supply Management | ||
| Supply Chain Performance Management and Analytics | ||
| Financial Management Track | ||
| Advanced Corporate Financial Management | ||
| Investment Theory and Management | ||
| Innovation/Entrepreneurship Track | ||
| New Venture Development | ||
| New Venture Development II | ||
| Organizational Innovation Track | ||
| Human-Centered Design | ||
| Product Management | ||
| Business Analytics Track | ||
| Data Management Systems | ||
| Seminar in Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management | ||
| General Business Administration Track | ||
Students may choose 6 hours of combined track classes from the above course list as offered. | ||
| Total Hours | 38 | |
Requirements for Executive Healthcare M.B.A. Concentration
Admission to the M.B.A.: Students must apply to and meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School of Business and be admitted by the departmental admissions committee.
Current University of Arkansas undergraduate students may be eligible to apply for early admission to the full-time concentration in the M.B.A. program as Accelerated M.B.A. students. Typically, students would apply by the Full-time M.B.A. deadline in their junior year or after completing a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours.
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students entering the M.B.A. program are expected to have already mastered basic business concepts. Students may be required to take additional hours or noncredit preparatory classes prior to enrollment in the M.B.A. program.
Requirements for a Master of Business Administration Degree
Requirements include one or more courses from each of the following core areas: People Management, Ethics, and Leadership; Information Technology and Analytics; Accounting and Financial Capital; Marketing and Supply Chain Management; and Strategic and International Management. In addition, requirements include two to four courses from each concentration’s specialization track.
Requirements for the M.B.A. are fulfilled through one of the following concentrations: Full-Time M.B.A., Healthcare M.B.A. for approved partnership programs, Executive M.B.A., and Executive Healthcare M.B.A. Students who pursue the Accelerated M.B.A. through early admission will be eligible to take a maximum of 19 hours of M.B.A. graduate coursework out-of-career in the final 12-month period of their undergraduate degree.
Academic Standing and Dismissal: Please see the Graduate School of Business policy for more information.
Requirements for the Executive Healthcare M.B.A. Concentration
| Core Courses | 32 | |
| People Management, Ethics and Leadership | ||
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | ||
| Information Technology and Analytics | ||
| Quantitative Methods and Decision Making | ||
| Analytics and Visualization | ||
| Accounting and Financial Capital | ||
| Corporate Financial Management | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis for Executives | ||
| Marketing and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Marketing | ||
| PLAN: Demand Planning and Inventory Operations | ||
| Strategic and International Management | ||
| Introduction to Strategy | ||
| Global Business | ||
| Strategic Management | ||
| Economics of Management and Strategy | ||
| Public Health Courses | 12 | |
| Executive Healthcare M.B.A. concentration students must also complete the following courses from UAMS: | ||
| The Health Care System | ||
| Health Law | ||
| Applications in Health Systems Financial Management | ||
| Healthcare Quality Management and Information Systems | ||
| Total Hours | 44 | |
Requirements for M.B.A. with Health Care Business Administration Concentration
Admission to the M.B.A. Healthcare Business Administration Concentration: Students already admitted to the M.D. program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be eligible to apply for admission to the M.B.A. program at the Walton College of Business. Interested students will inform their adviser at UAMS and the Walton M.B.A. Programs office of their intent to pursue the M.B.A. Healthcare Business Administration Concentration (after either their second or third year as approved by their adviser at UAMS). On gaining approval, students must apply to and meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School of Business and be admitted by the departmental admissions committee.
Prerequisites to Degree Program: Students may be required to take additional hours or noncredit preparatory classes prior to enrollment in the M.B.A. program.
Requirements for a Master of Business Administration Degree
Requirements include one or more courses from each of the following core areas: People Management, Ethics, and Leadership; Information Technology and Analytics; Accounting and Financial Capital; Marketing and Supply Chain Management; and Strategic and International Management. Twelve hours of approved UAMS transfer courses will apply towards the M.B.A. degree. These 12 hours of UAMS courses shall be applied to the 12 hours of career track courses within the M.B.A. Healthcare Business Administration concentration degree plan. Pass/Fail courses from UAMS will be accepted as satisfying the transfer requirements and will apply as degree credit.
Requirements for the M.B.A. Healthcare Business Administration concentration:
| Core Courses | 45 | |
| People Management, Ethics and Leadership | ||
| Business Leadership and Ethics | ||
| Business History and Practice | ||
| Information Technology and Analytics | ||
| Business Analytics | ||
| Accounting and Financial Capital | ||
| Financial Markets & Valuation | ||
| MBA Accounting Analysis | ||
| Marketing and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Introduction to Marketing | ||
| Foundations for New Product Launch and Integrated Demand-Driven Value Networks | ||
| Strategic and International Management | ||
| Managerial Economics | ||
| Strategic Management | ||
| Business Elective (3 Hours) | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Professional Development (2 Hours) | ||
| Professional Development -- Special Topics In Business (students must repeat course for a total of 2 hours) | ||
| Healthcare Business Administration concentration students must transfer 12 hours of approved partner school coursework | ||
| Total Hours | 45 | |
Requirements for D.N.P./Executive M.B.A. Dual Program
For students interested in obtaining both the M.B.A. (Executive M.B.A. concentration only) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degrees, the D.N.P./M.B.A. dual degree program is available. This program allows the student to receive both the M.B.A. degree and the D.N.P. degree. The program requires separate application and admission to both the D.N.P. program and the Executive M.B.A. program. Interested students should obtain bulletins and applications from both the Graduate School and the Graduate School of Business. If the student is accepted into both degree programs, a maximum of six hours of approved D.N.P. core courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the M.B.A. degree. These six hours of D.N.P. core courses shall be applied to the 6 hours of career track courses within the Executive M.B.A. curriculum plan. Likewise, a maximum of 12 hours of approved Executive M.B.A. core courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the D.N.P. degree, thus reducing the total time necessary for the completion of both degrees.
Refer also to the graduate Nursing program for more information about the Doctor of Nursing Practice.
J.D./M.B.A. Program
For students interested in obtaining both the M.B.A. and J.D. (law) degrees, the M.B.A./J.D. dual degree program is available. This program allows the student to receive both the M.B.A. degree and the J.D. degree.
The program requires separate application and admission to both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business and the M.B.A. degree program. Interested students should obtain bulletins and applications from both the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business.
If the student is accepted into both programs, a maximum of 12 hours of approved law core courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the M.B.A. degree. These 12 hours of law core courses shall be applied to the 12 hours of career track courses within the M.B.A. degree plan. Likewise, a maximum of 12 hours of approved M.B.A. core courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the J.D. degree, thus reducing the total time necessary for the completion of both degrees. Students pursuing the dual degree plan must begin their academic program in the School of Law.
Requirements for M.P.S./M.B.A. Dual Program
Students interested in obtaining both the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) for the University of Arkansas and a Master of Public Service (M.P.S.) from the Clinton School of Public Service may pursue both degrees concurrently. The programs require separate application and admission to both the Clinton School of Public Service and the Graduate School of Business M.B.A. program. Students participating in the M.B.A./M.P.S. programs concurrently must file a degree plan for both degrees and obtain prior approval to take courses to be used for reciprocal credit. Interested students should obtain applications from both the Walton College Graduate School of Business and the Clinton School of Public Service. If the student is accepted into both programs, a maximum of 6 hours of approved M.P.S. courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the M.B.A. degree. Likewise, a maximum of 6 hours of approved M.B.A. core courses may be used as duplicate credit toward the M.P.S. degree, thus reducing the total time necessary for the completion of both degrees.