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MBA Academics:

The Master degree program consists of 16 to 18 graduate courses.  (Some students may be required to take additional "pre-requisite" courses, as determined by an evaluation of an applicant's undergraduate transcripts).   

As an coop intern applicant, you will also be required to pay $975 to enroll in the non-credit bearing workshop in the first semester entitled, "Legal Environment of Business and Employment Preparation", this workshop is given by job placement staffs to prepare student to be placed in legal Curricular Practical Training (CPT). 

Each semester that a student is working he/she will need to take the coop course, "BA 390 Internship in Business Administration". This class gives the student the legal right to work.  Students can register for BA 390 each semester. 

How many courses you will need to take will depend on how many units you choose to take each semester. Students that choose to register 9 units each semester, will study and work for three years, therefore they will take 6 extra courses (BA 390). However, if they choose to register 12 units per semester, they will only study and work for two years and will only need four extra courses to complete the whole program.

BA 390 includes 

• business presentation, 

• reading assignment (<<Harvard Business Review>>, <<Economist>>, <<Fortune>>, <<Forbes>>...etc.,) 

• research essays, 

• meeting with speakers from local business community and industrial leaders, ..., etc.

Master of Science in Business Administration

The MBA at Lincoln University is a professional degree. It is designed to develop broad managerial competence to enable graduates to cope with a wide variety of business situations appropriate to their diverse backgrounds. The Lincoln MBA program upholds a strong international focus. In order to fulfill the overall objective, emphasis is placed throughout the program on the development of the individual through the concentration on basic disciplines and skills as well as specific subject areas. The following objectives have been identified and judged appropriate: 

1. use of analytical tools from the quantitative and behavioral sciences; 
2. coverage of the basic functional areas of business with stress on their inter-relationships; 
3. the building of flexible adaptability to changing environments; 
4. the development of the student's ability to evaluate social, political, and economic values; 
5. advancement of skills in group cooperation and decision-making; 
6. development of communication skills; 
7. development of a sense of professional responsibility; 
8. the multinational aspects as related to all the subject areas. MBA 

MBA GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 

          The MBA is designed for those qualified students, regardless of area of undergraduate preparation, who have the motivation to pursue graduate-level work in business administration. The required courses are limited to the traditional "foundation" and "core" areas in order to permit students the widest possible electives choice to tailor the program to individual needs. This approach is consistent with the previously stated educational objectives. The availability of a representative selection of courses in related areas of computer science, economics, social science and humanities extends the opportunities for matching the curriculum with individual background and interests. Students with an undergraduate major other than business or economics will be required to take foundation courses. 

UNIT REQUIREMENTS 

          The MBA requirements include 21 units of core courses, 12 units of concentration courses, 3 units from a research project or graduate internship, and up to 21 units of foundation subjects, making a total of up to 57 units for those students with Bachelor's degrees in areas other than business or economics. Those with business or economics degrees will require a minimum of 36 units. Appropriate adjustments, based on individual background, may lead to somewhat different requirements. 

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS 

         In order to maintain continuous enrollment at Lincoln University, all students who are working on a Master's project, completing course work in which an incomplete was given, or engaging in special research projects, must register each successive semester (excluding Summer Session) until the degree requirements are completed. All rules and regulations of the University apply to graduate students unless specifically noted. Rules of attendance, withdrawal, and conduct, as well as admission procedures, apply to graduate and undergraduate students alike. 

GRADE REQUIREMENTS

         A student enrolled in the Graduate Program is expected to maintain at least a "B" (3.0) average for all courses taken. If a student fails to maintain a satisfactory record, the individual will be placed on probation. Student failing to attain a "B" (3.0) average within one term after being placed on probation will be subject to possible suspension or dismissal.

Thirty-six units represent the minimum requirement for the major M.B.A. degree courses.  For coop there is an additional one course (BA390) per semester that applicant is in the internship program.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE COURSE REQUIREMENTS 

I. Required Core Courses * 

 

	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 301		Business Research Methodology		3
	BA 304		Marketing Management		3
	BA 306		Managerial Economics		3
	BA 307		Operations Management		3
	BA 340		Advanced Accounting & Financial Control		3
	BA 370		Organization Behavior and Administration		3
	BA 380		Business Strategy & Decision-Making		3
Total MBA Core Courses: ...................................................................					21

* One or two of these course may be substituted by the Dean for a cohort group pursuing a specific professional concentration. 

II. MBA Concentrations 

          Students should choose a concentration to complete the requirements for the M.B.A. degree. Currently Lincoln University offers five concentrations: International Business, Financial Management and Investment Banking, General Business, Financial Engineering, and Management Information Systems. Elective courses may be chosen to supplement the concentration and may be in different areas. A personal concentration may be created by a student with the permission of the Dean and an Academic Adviser. 

A. International Business (12 units) 

          The International Business (IB) concentration is a program of courses designed to train the students in the fields most relevant to international managers. Students should choose four (4) of the following courses:

 

	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 305		International Business & Investment Strategy		3
	BA 310		International Political Economy		3
	BA 313		International Marketing		3
	BA 314		International Finance		3
	BA 316		International Management		3
	BA 317		Political and Legal Aspects of IB		3
	BA 343		International Banking		3
	BA 367		International Securities and Foreign Exchanges		3
	BA 354		Import-Export Management		3
	BA 318		Communications in Leadership and Negotiations		3

B. Finance Management and Investment Banking (12 units)

          The Financial Management and Investment Banking (FM/IB) concentration is a program that emphasizes various aspects of American and international finances. Stress is placed on the use of finance as a management tool. Students should choose 4 courses from the following: 

 

	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 303		Finance Management		3
	BA 305		International Business and Investment Strategy		3
	BA 314		International Finance		3
	BA 345		Commercial Banking and Lending		3
	BA 365		Investments (Stock Market)		3
	BA 367		International Securities and Foreign Exchanges		3
	BA 362		Quantitative Methods for Business and FM		3

C. General Business (12 units) 

          The General Business (GB) concentration is program providing courses in small business and general business in both human and quantitative aspects, suitable for the future general manager. Students select three (3) courses from the following: 

 

	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 302		Theory and Systems of Management		3
	BA 308		Human Resources Management		3
	BA 323		Organization Development		3
	BA 335		New and Small Business Enterprise		3
	BA 336		People Problems in Small Business		3
	BA 360		Political and Social Environment of Business		3
	BA 318		Communications in Leadership and Negotiations		3
Students in GB should also choose at least one of the following courses stressing quantitative aspects:
	BA 303		Finance Management		3
	BA 362		Quantitative Methods for Business and FM		3
	BA 365		Investments (Stock Market)		3
	BA 367		International Securities and Foreign Exchanges		3

D. Management Information Systems (12 units) 

          The Management Information Systems (MIS) concentration emphasizes management, design, development and operation of information systems. 

 

Prerequisite courses (may be included in a foundation program):
	Course #		Course Title		Units
	CS 10		Introduction to Computer Science		3
	BA 146		Applications Software		3
	BA 262		Information Systems Concept		3
Graduate level concentration courses (12 units):
	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 381		Management Information Systems		3
	BA 382		Advanced Systems Analysis & Design		3
	BA 383		Information Systems Data Base Mgmt.		3
	BA 385		Special Topics in MIS		3

E. Financial Engineering (18 units) 

          The Financial Engineering (FE) concentration is for students who are interested in modern quantitative methods of investment portfolio designs and options pricing. It is offered to cohort groups only and requires a strong mathematics background. The concentration is recommended to those who received Bachelor degrees in Mathematics, Sciences, Economics, or Engineering. 

 

Core courses (substitute core courses BA 304 and BA 370 of other concentrations):
	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 363		Financial Engineering		3
	BA 364		Investment Science		3
Graduate level concentration courses (choose 12 units from):
	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 362		Quantitative Methods for Business and FM		3
	BA 345		Commercial Banking and Lending		3
	BA 365		Investments (Stock Market)		3
	BA 367		International Securities and Foreign Exchanges		3
	BA 369		Credit Risk Management		3

III. MBA Research Project, MBA Internship report, or Comprehensive Examination (CE) 

          Each MBA candidate is required to complete the program by writing an MBA research project or a report of a graduate internship assignment. Both activities result in the project defense or the report presentation talks for a graduate committee. The project’s topic and the choice of employment for the internship must be related to the student’s area of concentration and be approved by an adviser and the Dean. A student may select to have a complete program comprehensive oral examination in front of a graduate committee in lieu of the project or the internship report. In this case, he/she is required to take an extra elective graduate course. Students should choose one of the following: 

 

	Course #		Course Title		Units
	BA 398		MBA Internship Report		3
	BA 399		M.B.A. research Project		3
	--    --		Elective Graduate Course and CE		3
Total Required for the MBA: .............................................................					36	Units
Total Required for the MBA with a Foundation Program: .........				up to	57	Units

          Students should fill the following graduation chart to receive the Lincoln University Master of Business Administration Degree (maximum of 9 credits can be transferred from another University).