Online MBA
Where Business and Ethics Meet
- Accepting Applications Now
- Complete Your MBA in 11 months!
- Under $25K to your degree
- No GRE or GMAT requirement
REGISTER By JULY 31ST!
CLASSES START AUGUST 19, 2024
In today’s fast-paced, global business world, employers are constantly seeking highly qualified business professionals to help lead. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most internationally recognized credential for business professionals in the world. Regardless of industry or type of business, MBA’s are the quintessential experts in the inner workings of business.
Do you believe that ethical values have a place in business? Our online MBA program infuses Catholic ethics and Benedictine values throughout the curriculum, instilling a strong business acumen focused on critical thinking, analytical skills, and ethical decision-making. Through critical application and integration of theory and methodology, we prepare you to succeed at the high levels in global business.
Belmont Abbey MBA graduates grow intellectually and spiritually under the guidance of expert faculty that truly care about our students. Our MBA is affordable, flexible, and fast – ideal for busy professionals with goals to advance their careers.
$104K average salary for MBA graduates
7% job growth rise from 2021-2031 for MBA graduates
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Why Pursue an MBA Degree?
Only approximately 13% of all U.S. citizens hold a master’s degree or higher. Earning an MBA puts you in a very select group. The traditional pathway to entry level professional careers used to require an undergraduate degree. Today, you are seeing more “master’s degree preferred” for the more lucrative, upper-level positions.
Earning an MBA significantly increases your earning potential the moment you graduate. The MBA degree gives employers the confirmation that you understand all areas of business and are trained to identify ways to make companies profitable and successful in a competitive world.
Grow and Learn
Pick your area of specialization:
- Data Analytics
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Sport Management
- Motorsport Management
Explore Topics Like
- Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
- Data Mining
- Organizational Change Management
- Global Marketing & Analytics Management
Your Future with an MBA
Possible career paths include:
- C suite
- VP level
- Director
- Sr. Analyst
- Positions within the fields of Business
Program Details
- MBA 601: Accounting For Managerial Decision Making (3 hours)
- MBA 602: Managerial Finance (3 hours)
- MBA 603: Strategic Marketing Management (3 hours)
- MBA 604: Corporate Law and Governance (3 hours)
- MBA 605: Strategic Analytics For Business Managers (3 hours)
- MAL 602: Christian Ethics & Effective Leadership for the Common Good (3 hours)
- MBA 699: Business Strategy (Capstone Course) (3 hours)
- MBA 620-629 Concentration Course (3 hours)
- MBA 620-629 Concentration Course (3 hours)
- MBA 620-629 Concentration Course (3 hours)
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- $795 per credit hour (30 total credit hours)
Spring Priority Application Deadline: October 1
Spring Application Deadline: December 15
Fall Priority Application Deadline: April 1
Fall Application Deadline: July 31
Admission to the program is determined by evaluating a combination of factors. These factors include:
- Undergraduate GPA
- Academic Preparation in a related field
- Work Experience in a related field
- Statement of purpose for pursuing MBA (Written Interview)
Applicants are not required to have an undergraduate degree in Business, but the following prerequisite courses are required for admission with a minimum grade of C or higher:
- Accounting 1 and 2
- Finance
- Micro- and Macro-Economics
- Marketing
- Business Statistics
- Principles of Management
- College Algebra and/or College Statistics (Belmont Abbey course MA 151 or MA 208 will satisfy this requirement)
In addition, students should demonstrate proficiency in Excel and financial calculators through coursework, projects, previous work, etc.
At the direction of the program director, applicants who do not meet some/all of these prerequisites may meet them by taking some combination of the following online courses at Belmont Abbey College during the summer or fall prior to an August or January program start date:
- BU 501 Quantitative Skills and Management Concepts for Business: This course provides a foundation of statistics and management concepts. Students will be immersed in statistics areas of probability, reliability, regression, chi square, and statistical output analysis and application. Management skills reviewed are motivation, human resources,management theory, and application.
- BU 502 Foundations of Accounting and Economics: This survey course provides a review of micro- and macro-economics along with a grounding in accounting principles. Macro-Economics course review topics include economic growth factors, pricing, stability, and employment. Micro-Economics topics include competition, price controls, price determination, and supply and demand. The Accounting portion reviews accounting principles as well as study of accounting theory.
- BU 503 Foundations of Marketing and Finance: In this course, students examine theory and application of marketing and finance. Marketing topics include the 4-P’s of marketing as well as advertising and promotion. Finance topics include financial concepts and theory to be used in business decision-making and problem solving within an organization. A financial calculator is required for this course.
International students whose primary language is not English must demonstrate English Language Proficiency according to College approved methods and thresholds ( For example, minimum TOEFL score—89 IBT)
NOTE: Students will be admitted and enrolled as Full-time Cohorts. Admission entry point in both fall and spring semesters.
This is a fully online program that can be completed within 12 months or 1 calendar year.
Students may enroll as part-time or full-time students. Part-time status will extend the total length of the program beyond the standard 10-12 months.
Students will choose one concentration and complete three courses specific to that concentration.The concentrations are: Accounting, Finance, Strategic Analysis/Data Analytics, Leadership, Marketing, Sports Management, and Motorsports Management.
- Completion of MBA Capstone Project (3 credit hours) during final semester with approval of written report and successful delivery of oral presentation to combined faculty and workplace audience
- Total Credits Required for Graduation = 30 credit hours with no more than six credit hours transferred into BAC
- Achievement of 3.0 GPA for combined program course work
- Completion of all required coursework within seven years after program admission
100% Online
This is a fully online program that can be completed within as little as 11 months. Students may enroll as part-time or full-time students. Part-time status will extend the total length of the program beyond the standard 10-12 months.
Concentrations
COURSES
- Introduction to Data Analytics (Required)
- This course introduces the student to data analysis and statistical tools to improve managerial decision-making. Topics include an introduction to descriptive statistics, sampling methods and distribution, variance analysis, simple and multiple linear and nonlinear regressions, data management, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regression analysis, modeling uncertainty, and decision analysis. The course emphasizes an ethical approach to conducting analysis and effectively interpreting, communicating and applying the results to support business needs.
- Data Mining
- This course introduces students to the correlations, patterns and trends in data sets by utilizing both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Topics include theory, computation, tools and techniques that are prescriptive, predictive and descriptive; students learn to ethically analyze and interpret data sets and develop effective business strategies.
- Analytics Software Technology
- This course is an introduction to the software packages and coding languages for data management and analytics. Topics include importing data, data manipulation, data cleansing, data transformation, creating new variables, and basic data analysis.
COURSES
- Foundations of Leadership
- This course makes students aware that leadership is the indispensable discipline whether it is in service to the public, to a business or to other human enterprises. In a world of rapid change, increasing diversity and life altering technologies, effective leadership in a democratic society is increasingly difficult and requires people of exceptional abilities. The hope for this class is that it instills an appreciation for this reality and an appreciation for choosing a path of leadership that is fulfilling to you and enhancing to the world. Students will be introduced to both the theory and practice of leadership and will develop their own personal leadership skills.
- Leading Teams
- This course focuses on developing the techniques
for sharing vision and effectively communicating the vision. Students will develop the tools to set effective goals, create environments with functional conflict, establish roles, leverage diversity and cultural differences, empower team members, drive collaboration and productivity and build on team goals and initiatives.
- This course focuses on developing the techniques
- Organizational Change Management
- The modern economy and modern society are in a constant state of flux; change is continuous and often startlingly rapid. Managing that change is one of the great challenges faced by business, cultural and social leaders today. In this course, we will examine the challenges created by the rapid pace of social, cultural and economic change today and some of the strategies leaders can develop, not only to cope with change, but also to accept, embrace, and manage it.
COURSES
- Brand Management
- This course focuses on the co-creation of brands between marketers and users. Once a foundation of brands and branding with key concepts is established, students will evaluate how organizations co-create brand meaning over time and manage brand and ethical challenges.
- Consumer Behavior
- This course analyzes consumers’ decision-making process and behaviors from a marketing strategy perspective. Students will analyze how consumers create meaning, evaluate how to protect and best serve vulnerable consumers, and weigh the impact of technology and value shifts.
- Global Marketing and Analytics Management
- This course leverages research and analytical techniques to aid marketing managers in decision making. Students will learn how to evaluate results and findings for insights and potential implications in marketing strategy and tactical decision making.
COURSES
- Event Management in Sport
- This course examines a comprehensive and practical approach to planning, development, oversight and evaluation of sporting events. Emphasis is placed on effective operations, communications, and hospitality at sport events.
- Risk Management in Sport
- This course provides a foundation for relevant risk management practices and contemporary legal considerations for sport management professionals. Emphasis is placed on creating a framework for developing risk management strategies, policies, training systems, and best practices as they relate to mitigating risk in the sport industry.
- Sport Marketing and Communications
- This course will examine the theories and practices of sport marketing, advertising, and public relations in today’s complex and competitive environment of sport business. This course will focus on the development of persuasive messaging and critical thinking in the development of emerging communication strategies used in the sport industry.
COURSES
- Revenue Generation in Motorsport
- This course will focus on the development of revenue sources within the motorsport industry. This course will focus on motorsport broadcasting and media revenue, sales, corporate sponsorships, merchandising, hospitality, tourism, and related personal skill development.
- Event Management in Motorsport
- This course examines a comprehensive and practical approach to planning, development, oversight, and evaluation of motorsport events and race track related activities. Emphasis is placed on effective operations, communications, and hospitality at motorsport events.
- Motorsport Marketing and Communications
- This course will examine the theories and practices of motorsport marketing, advertising, and public relations in today’s complex and competitive environment of motorsport business. This course will focus on the development of persuasive messaging and critical thinking in the development of emerging communication strategies used in the motorsport industry.
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Grace Bruno ’17
