10 Online MBA Courses You Didn’t Expect to Take
The Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) has tremendous impact in today’s business world. MBA-prepared professionals are in high demand by employers seeking leaders in today’s new workforce. And, by understanding the many benefits of an MBA, professionals are returning to school to continue their education and bolster their credentials with the highly sought-after degree.
Touro University Worldwide (TUW) offers an expansive MBA program for professionals who see the power continued education can have on their overall career outcomes. And, while colleges and universities across the country offer traditional MBA programs, TUW offers some untraditional MBA courses online for a dynamic learning experience. Among the unique features of our MBA is the opportunity for students to focus their degree program through one of five concentrations, which are:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Global management
- Human resources management
- Marketing
Students are required to complete 36 semester credits: Nine core courses and three concentration courses. Let’s take a closer look at some MBA courses you wouldn’t expect taking in a traditional program. We’ve broken them down based on TUW’s MBA core and concentration courses.
Online MBA Courses
Required Core Courses (27 semester credits)
Professional Communications: Effective, accurate and consistent business communication is essential for business professionals in today’s fast-paced workforce. However, few MBA programs address the instruction of business communications as a viable skill with the need of enhancement for career success. TUW’s MBA 600 course examines a range of effective business communications, including social media messages, blog posts, business letters, executive summaries, business proposals and more. You will also learn APA style for proper formatting and grammar.
Managing Organizational Behavior: Culture can greatly affect your management abilities and the overall productivity and efficiency of your organization. This course examines the various levels of organizational behavior, organizational culture, psychology and sociology.
Professional Ethics: Ethics is business is crucial to maintaining your organization’s integrity and reputation. This course will provide students with a foundation that allows them to thoughtfully explore major ethical and legal issues of mass media and business as affected by culture, political, technological and fiscal variables.
Accounting
Audit Corporate Accounting: This course offers students an overview of the relevant concepts of auditing so you are prepared to perform the integrated audit with an understanding of enterprise risk management and professional judgment.
Financial Statement Analysis: Accounting professionals in the business setting are sought to help improve the financial health of an organization. This course will teach students how to study financial statements so they can accurately diagnose a firm’s strengths and weaknesses as well as make financially sound decisions through investments, acquisitions, employment and more.
Finance
Investments and Portfolios: Individuals and corporations alike are looking for sound investment advice to build strong portfolios for future growth. This course examines capital market efficiency, the capital asset pricing model and competing theories of asset pricing and asset allocation while also providing a background on various investment instruments, including equities, bonds and derivatives.
Global Management
Organizational Design: This course considers the relationship between business strategy and business models and their compatibility in order to build an effective organization. Students will examine case studies to gain experience in analyzing organizational design.
Management in the Nonprofit Sector: Many MBA professionals are taking their experience and skills to the nonprofit sector to make a deeper impact through their business efforts. This course examines the organization structure of nonprofit businesses and how management must utilize the participation of board members, volunteers and staff to create an effective organization that fulfills its social mission.
Marketing
Marketing Research: Effective marketing campaigns rely heavily on market research to determine audience, competition, pricing and more. This course will examine the basics of market research as well as emerging trends in the field that are changing this sector of marketing, such as social media marketing.
Macro Marketing: Macro marketing is an emerging field in marketing with just several decades of recognized practice under its belt. This course gives students an introduction into this developing sector, including how its concepts can be implemented for the long-term sustainability of organizations.
Students enrolled in our MBA program are exposed to well-rounded curriculum that builds capable professionals for today’s workforce. TUW offers competitive tuition rates for students considering enrollment in our MBA program. At $500 per semester credit, our MBA program is affordable and accessible. Take the next step towards earning an advanced degree with our untraditional MBA program.
