COURSE CURRICULUM

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) at St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn, is a 36-credit graduate program designed for professionals seeking to enhance their leadership, strategic thinking, and managerial expertise. The program equips students with advanced business knowledge, emotional intelligence, and practical skills required to excel in senior management, executive leadership, and entrepreneurial roles across diverse industries. Students learn to analyze complex organizational challenges, make strategic decisions, and lead teams effectively while developing a comprehensive understanding of core business functions.To enter the program, students must complete prerequisites that ensure a solid foundation in business and quantitative skills. Required preparatory courses include introductory business (BUS 100 or BUS 130), health administration or nursing foundations (HA 481, NU 231, NU 431, or GMSC 501), accounting fundamentals (ACC 200 or GMSC 502), mathematics or statistics (MAT 151, BUS 222, or GMSC 503), and economics or business-related coursework (BUS/ECO 120, BUS/ECO 226, HA 496, or GMSC 504). These prerequisites prepare students for the rigorous analytical and managerial coursework in the MBA program.The curriculum combines theoretical and applied learning through a series of 12 core courses. Students begin with MGT 500, Leadership and Managerial Development, and proceed to MGT 510, Legal Issues in Management, and MGT 520, Organizational Theory and Design. Other courses include MGT 525, Marketing Concepts and Strategies; MGT 530, Management Information Systems; MGT 545, Financial Accounting and Analysis; MGT 550, Strategic Human Resources Management; MGT 610, Statistical Applications in Research and Management; MGT 655, Operations and Quality Management; MGT 662, Corporate Financial Management; MGT 670, Strategic Planning and Management; and MGT 690, Integrative Analysis in Management. This curriculum fosters leadership, strategic planning, operational efficiency, and financial and human resources expertise.Graduates emerge ready to lead organizations effectively, drive innovation, and contribute to the strategic success of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government entities, fully prepared to make an immediate and measurable impact in their professional careers.