Master of Business Administration (MBA)

General Introduction

The Master of Business Administration and the Master of International Business Administration Mexico City are closely aligned programs, with the latter having coursework that more heavily emphasizes the international aspects of the world of business and management.

Our mission is to provide students with a range of knowledge, skills and problem-solving abilities to respond to the need for successful management of business firms, government organizations, and not-for-profit organizations in a changing transnational environment.

Masters programs provide advanced skills in selected business and management disciplines, including practical experience in the application of those skills in the context of the overall dynamics of organizations. They embrace change manager and change agent skills; skill in working as a member of a multicultural team; and an ability to collect, analyze and critically evaluate data as well as other information to arrive at reasoned conclusions.

They also provide the skills to evaluate the environments of organizations and develop responsive strategies for organizations and advanced competence in interpersonal, oral, written, quantitative and technology management skills. These masters programs prepare students for positions in management or consulting, or entry into doctoral programs.

Student Learning Outcomes
-Demonstrate a strong understanding of the concepts and techniques of business administration, and a capability of putting them into practice.
-Demonstrate highly professional competence in managing people and improving their performance.
-Demonstrate an ability to be original and creative in response to the changing business environment.
-Demonstrate knowledge of a range of business organizations, their best practices and analytical talent as to how they might improve.
-Demonstrate an appreciation of diversity in practices and theories as embodied in different organizations at the national and global levels.

MBA and MIBA Concentrations
• Finance
• Information Technology Management
• International Relations
• Marketing
• Strategic Management
• Sustainable Business

Prerequisites for the Masters Degrees

A student’s academic transcripts will be evaluated and, if any prerequisites are lacking, appropriate survey courses must be taken. All survey courses are one unit each.

The survey courses are:
BUS 5010 Survey of Accounting
BUS 5020 Survey of Finance
BUS 5030 Survey of Marketing
BUS 5050 Survey of Economics
BUS 5060 Survey of the Legal Environment of Business
BUS 5070 Survey of Management Practice
BUS 5090 Survey of Business Statistics

The survey courses may be waived if completed at the undergraduate level with a grade of B or higher. Also those courses may be waived based on extensive work experience.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program

Degree Requirements 39 units

Courses are three units unless otherwise indicated

ACT 6010 Managerial Accounting
BUS 6020 Strategic Management
BUS 6900 Capstone
BUS 6030 Leadership and Management of Change
or
BUS 6040 Business Values, Ethics and Societal Strategy
BUS 7000 e-Business
FIN 6000 Managerial Finance
IST 6010 Technology and Systems Trends
MKT 6000 Managerial Marketing

Internship or Elective
Elective
Concentration (See listing below)

Concentrations

The following concentrations are available to students who are seeking a masters degree in the Business and Management Program of ASM. Students who do not wish to have a concentration will select nine units in consultation with their academic advisor.

Courses are three units unless otherwise indicated

Finance
Choose 3 courses:
BUS 6210 Business Statistics
FIN 6010 Investments
FIN 6020 International Managerial Finance
FIN 6030 International Financial Markets
FIN 6040 Information Systems Applications in Finance

Information & Technology Management
Choose 3 courses:
IST 6020 Data and Information Services Management
IST 6025 International Systems for Managerial Decision Making
IST 6030 Telecom and Network Applications
IST 6070 Data Warehousing and Mining

International Relations
IST 6002 Foundations of International Politics
IST 6200 International Organizations
IST 6890 Contemporary Issues in Perspective

Marketing
MKT 6010 Marketing Communications Strategy
MKT 6020 Marketing Research
MKT 6040 Global Marketing Strategy

Sustainable Business
SUB 6500 Sustainable Management
SUB 6510 Environmental Management Reporting
SUB 6520 Sustainable Marketing

MASTERS PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS

Admission Criteria for Masters Programs in Business

While applicants are selected for entrance to Alliant’s graduate programs on the basis of their composite applications, the following items are essential components of the admissions decision.

•A baccalaureate degree is required from an institution that is regionally accredited in the U.S. or the international equivalent, or the equivalent academic requirements as determined by the Program Director of the Business and Management Program.

•All international applicants, in addition, must present a minimum score of 550 (213 computer-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or pass Alliant’s English Proficiency Test.

•A GPA of at least 2.75 in prior academic work.

•A GRE or Graduate Management Admission Test “GMAT” score is required as part of the application package beginning with the 2009-2010 Academic Year.

Please refer to the Admissions & Registration section of the Alliant catalog for general policies and enrollment limitations regarding conditional status, transfer credits and GPA maintenance standards.
Transfer Credit

Applicants who have completed equivalent master’s courses at other regionally accredited universities with a grade of B or higher may, with the approval of the Program Director, have up to 9 semester units transferred into their programs. Applicants who have completed identical upper division business courses with a grade of B or higher, may obtain credit for up to three master’s courses.

The maximum number of credits obtained/transferred is 9 units. Students desiring to receive credit for any prior coursework will need to make a formal request, which includes:

• A list of the Alliant courses for which the student is interested in getting credit

• Official transcript(s) indicating courses that may be equivalent

• Descriptions and syllabi/outlines for the course(s)

It is the student’s responsibility to begin the process by first becoming familiar with the required courses for the Alliant program as described in the current catalog. These materials are submitted to the Business and Management Program for review. Final approval will rest with the Program Director of the Business and Management Program.

For further information, please contact Lesly Gutiérrez (lgutierrez2@alliant.edu)