Master of Business Administration

Admission is rolling, and you may begin the program in the fall or winter semesters. Summer semester admission is also usually possible for part-time students. 

Learn more about our admission criteria and process.

University of Michigan-Dearborn students who have been admitted to the MBA program may take up to 6 graduate credits during the final semester of their undergraduate program.

Applicants with three years of professional work experience, a degree in business or engineering, or other credentials may be eligible to waive the GMAT/GRE admission requirement. If you believe you qualify to waive the entrance examination after reviewing the criteria, simply answer "yes" in the appropriate question on the application for admission.

You can complete the MBA at the University of Michigan-Dearborn online, in the evenings on campus, or in a hybrid format. You may enroll on a full- or part-time basis during the fall and winter semesters, and many courses are often available during the summer. Most students can complete the program within two-and-a-half years of part-time study, depending on their eligibility to receive core course waivers.

(9 courses/27 credits)

ACC 505 - Developing and Interpreting Financial Information
BE 530 - Economic Analysis:  Firm and Consumer
BPS 516 - Corporate Social Responsibility 
DS 520 - Applied Statistical Modeling
FIN 531 - Financial Fundamentals and Value Creation
ISM 525 - Computer and Information Systems
MKT 515 - Marketing Management
OB 510 - Organization Behavior
OM 521 - Operations Management

(4 courses/12 credits in three areas)

International Business 
Choose one course from:

BE 583 - The Global Economy:  Crisis and Growth
FIN 655 - International Financial Management
MKT 622 - Global Marketing
OB 610 - International Dimensions of Management

Capstone
BPS 535 - Strategic Planning and Decision Making

General AIM Elective Courses
Choose two courses from:

BA 605 - Managerial Decision Making: the Pitfalls of the Human Mind and what to do about them
BA 607 - Business Disruption in the Digital Age:  Machine Learning, Platforms, and the Crowd
BA 611 - Organizational Dysfunction and Wealth Effects
BA 616 - Firm Value and Market Reactions

(3 courses/9 credits)

Tailor the degree to your own interests with an optional concentration in Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Information Systems Management, Marketing, Sales Management and Personal Selling, or Supply Chain Management. Several of the concentrations may be completed fully online, while others require a campus presence.

Alternatively, you may elect courses from our extensive list of graduate business courses. Students may count up to 3 credits in non-business graduate courses or Business Internship (BI 500) toward the MBA electives with the approval of the COB Graduate Office.

• Complete AIM courses in at least 3 different disciplines
• Complete no more than 4 AIM, Concentration, and Elective courses (12 credits) in any one discipline
• Complete graduate business courses in at least 5 different disciplines
• No single course may be counted toward more than one MBA requirement or concentration (for example, you may not use the same course to fulfill both an AIM and a concentration requirement).

Students may waive any or all of the core courses if they have equivalent courses in an AACSB business program completed within the previous 10 years and have earned at least a 3.2 post-60 GPA (that is, your GPA in courses taken after your first 60 undergraduate credit hours). 

Students who do not meet these criteria may request to have their courses evaluated for waiver credit at the time of admission. Students must have earned a B or better in equivalent courses as a part of a degree program completed within the previous 10 years.

Regardless of waiver credit granted, students must earn at least 36 credits in the MBA program.

In addition, up to 6 transfer credits for previous equivalent graduate coursework can be applied to the degree if those credits have not been counted toward a degree.

Waivers and transfer credit are granted at the discretion of the program faculty.

Goal 1: Students will have an understanding of the core business disciplines and be able to apply this knowledge to global business situations.

Objectives: MBA students will:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of disciplinary concepts, terminology, models, and perspectives.
2. Identify business problems and apply appropriate solutions (problem-finding/problem-solving).
3. Integrate knowledge across disciplinary areas (integrative thinking).
4. Apply knowledge in a global environment.
    

Goal 2: Students will be effective communicators.

Objectives: MBA students will:

1. Demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate in a manner that is typically required of a business professional.
    

Goal 3: Students will appreciate the importance of ethical/corporate social responsibility principles.

Objectives: MBA students will:

1. Identify and explain alternative approaches to ethical/corporate social responsibility issues.