Business Administration

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Program Description

The Master of Business Administration program at North Dakota State University is a non-thesis, professional program structured to serve qualified students with undergraduate degrees in various fields. The program is designed to provide the student with an effective set of analytical skills, a broad view of the way organizations work, and an understanding of the functional areas of business. The NDSU program takes a generalist approach to graduate business education while providing a variety of MBA electives in areas including business analytics, digital marketing and innovation, investments and applied portfolio management, and leadership and managerial skills. Concentrations in the health care industry, and in supply chain and logistics are also offered.  

NDSU business faculty use a variety of teaching methods: case studies, group and individual projects, field research, computer applications, guest lecturers, student presentations, and discussion. Class interaction provides rich opportunity to network with aspiring professionals from a wide range of industries and countries. The student is able to acquire and improve problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills and to apply these skills in business situations. 

Financial Assistance

The College of Business offers financial assistance through a limited number of graduate assistantships and scholarships. Applicants must be admitted on a conditional or full-standing basis to be considered for either an assistantship or scholarship. Assistantships include a stipend and tuition waiver for NDSU's base graduate tuition in return for work within the college. The tuition waiver is limited to graduate course work. Awards are based on academic excellence as determined by grade point average, and high potential as measured by the GMAT score. Applications are available at www.ndsu.edu/business.

GMAT/GRE**

Individuals seeking admission to the MBA program (or a College of Business graduate certificate program associated with the MBA program) may request a waiver of the GMAT/GRE requirement if they meet one of the following requirements:

• The applicant holds a terminal degree (e.g., PhD, MD, JD).
• The applicant has a minimum of five (5) years of recent, post-bachelor’s, full-time, professional work experience, including managerial responsibilities.

Appropriate documentation (i.e. official transcript, resume) is required to be uploaded to the application file. It does not, however, guarantee a waiver. Applicants are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and waiver approval is determined at the discretion of the MBA program coordinator and/or director.

The total course requirements necessary to complete the MBA degree will vary depending on the background of the student. An adequate background in the functional areas of business is necessary for all students.

Foundation course areas include accounting, economics, statistics, management, marketing, and finance. Based on previous course work, some or all of these courses may be waived.

Beyond the foundation course requirements, all students must complete 30 semester hours of graduate work. Graduate courses in the MBA Program include the following eight required 2-credit core courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
MBA Core Courses (16 credits)
MBA 701	Strategic Cost Management	2
MBA 702	Advanced Financial Management	2
MBA 703	Advanced Organizational Behavior	2
MBA 704	Supply Chain and Operations Management	2
MBA 705	Strategic Marketing Management	2
MBA 706	Managing Information Resources	2
MBA 707	Microeconomics for Managers	2
MBA 708	Advanced Strategic Management	2
MBA Elective Course Options (14 credits)		14
MBA 711	Advanced Investment Analysis
MBA 712	Advanced Portfolio Management
MBA 713	Financial Derivatives
MBA 714	Financial Analysis and Valuation
MBA 721	Creating and Marketing Innovations
MBA 722	Marketing Analytics and Customer Intelligence
MBA 723	Digital Marketing
MBA 724	Integrated Marketing Communications
MBA 731	Leading and Managing Teams
MBA 732	Managerial Leadership: Essential Competencies
MBA 733	Management Decision Making
MBA 734	Negotiations
MBA 751	Business Analytics Concepts
MBA 752	Business Analytics Strategy
MBA 753	Business Analytics Methods
Any 700-level or higher course offered by the College of Business may be accepted as an elective for the MBA program. Select 600-level courses (FIN 610, FIN 620, FIN 630, FIN 640, and MGMT 630) may also be accepted as electives for the MBA program, so long as the student has not already earned credit for a 400-level equivalent course.
Total Credits		30

Margaret Andersen, Ph.D.
Indiana University, 1989
Field: Accounting

Somnath Banerjee, Ph.D. 
University of Central Florida, 2015
Field: Marketing

Scott Beaulier, Ph.D.
George Mason University, 2004
Field: Economics

John Bitzan, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997
Field: Economics

Linlin Chai, Ph.D. 
Iowa State University, 2016
Field: Marketing

Jun Chen, Ph.D. 
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2014
Field: Accounting & Information Systems

James W. Clifton, M.Acc.
University of North Dakota, 1988
Field:  Accounting

Thomas D. Dowdell, Ph.D.
Temple University, 2004
Field: Accounting

Rajani Ganesh-Pillai, Ph.D.
University of Central Florida, 2009
Field: Marketing 

Yongtao "David" Hong, Ph.D.
Drexel University, 2008
Field: Accounting

Huichi Huang, Ph.D.
Syracuse University, 2012
Field:  Accounting 

Fariz Huseynov, Ph.D.
University of Memphis, 2009
Field: Finance

Joseph M. Jones, Ph.D.
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1991
Field: Marketing

Bonnie Klamm, Ph.D., CPA
Virginia Commonwealth University-Richmond, 1999
Field: Accounting Information System

Derek Lehmberg, Ph.D.
University of Western Ontario, 2010
Field: Strategic Management

Jin Li, Ph.D. 
University of Alberta, 2007
Field: Marketing

Gerry Macintosh, Ph.D. 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992
Field: Sales and Sales Management

Joshua Marineau, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, 2012
Field: Organizational Behavior

Supavich Pengnate, Ph.D.
Oklahoma State University, 2013
Field: Management Information Systems

Michael J. Peterson, Ph.D.
The University of Iowa, 2002
Field: Accounting

Tim O. Peterson, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University at College Station, 1988
Field: Management/Organizational Behavior

Frederick Riggins, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
Field: Management Information Systems

Herbert Snyder, Ph.D.
Syracuse University, 1994
Field: Auditing, Forensic Accounting

Charles D. Stevens, Ph.D.
University of Kansas, 1998
Field: Human Resource Management

Joseph G. Szmerekovsky, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University, 2003
Field: Operations

Chanchai Tangpong, Ph.D.
University of Southern Illinois, 2002
Field: Strategic Management

Ruilin Tian, Ph.D.
Georgia State University, 2008
Field: Finance

Rodney D. Traub, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 1994
Field: Operations Management

Newell Wright, Ph.D.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1993
Field: Marketing 

Limin Zhang, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, 2005
Field: Management Information Systems 

Wei "David" Zhang, Ph.D.
Syracuse University, 2001
Field: Finance

Jill Zuber, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas, 2007
Field: Accounting

Emeritus

Bahman Bahrami, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983
Field: Managerial Economics, Management Information Systems, Labor Relations and Negotiation

C. Frederick Eisele, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 1971
Field: Labor Management and Negotiation

Karen Froelich, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1994
Field: Strategic Management

Terry W. Knoepfle, J.D., CPA 
University of North Dakota, 1981
Field: Business Law and Tax Accounting