STEM/CREATE path students are eligible for advising by Manderson Student Services upon official admission to the Graduate School in the MBA program.
Prior to admission, Path to MBA students should meet with their STEM/CREATE Business Honors professor for advising questions.
Current students can schedule appointments through Career Connect. If you are an admitted student who does not have access to this platform, please reach out to the Assistant Director of MBA Services, Jessica Trull (jdtrull@culverhouse.ua.edu), for assistance.
While advising is not required, it is highly encouraged and recommended. During the 30-minute session, students and advisors will discuss focus areas of study, degree requirements, program policies, and course registration.
If you have questions about rearranging your course schedule outside of the recommended structure, advising is required. Prior to your appointment, you will need a complete degree plan for your Bachelors degree from your undergraduate advisor.
*MGT 517 | Leadership & Ethics
*OM 500 | Management Science & Spreadsheet Modeling
*ST 560 | Statistical Methods (prerequisite with concurrency for OM 500)
GBA 571 | Business Honors (typically Fall)
GBA 572 | Business Honors (typically Spring)
NOTE: 571/572 must be completed before beginning the MBA program full-time
*AC 506 | Managerial Accounting
*EC 500 | Managerial Economics
*IBA 550 | Global Business
*FI 504 | Financial Management
*MKT 518 | Marketing Management & Decision Making
*OM 516 | Operations Management
Specialization Elective
Specialization Elective
NOTE: Must have earned undergraduate degree before taking courses listed here
*GBA 525 | Business Policy
*MGT 542 | Management Communication
*MIS 511 | Management Information Systems
Specialization Elective, 3 hours
Specialization Elective, 3 hours
NOTE: Must have earned undergraduate degree before taking courses listed here
* Indicates a Core Class Requirement
Total = 51 Credit Hours
Only courses traditionally taken in Summer 1 or 2 may be moved into undergraduate semesters; the online (OLM) sections of each course must be taken. Students are allowed a maximum of 15 total credits per semester once admitted to the MBA program. Contact Assistant Director, Jessica Trull (jdtrull@culverhouse.ua.edu), for questions about increasing hours.
STEM/CREATE Path students have the option to choose from four defined focus areas of study or create their own custom path. Custom focus areas must be approved by MBA Student Services. Focus areas are not required.
STEM/CREATE Path students must complete a total of 12 credit hours of electives. See below the list of elective requirements/options for each specialization. Note that not every elective is offered in both fall and spring semesters.
Course | Description | Hours
EC 597 | Bank Administration | 3
FI 522 | Seminar in Real Estate | 3
FI 534 | Real Estate Investment and Development | 3
FI 535 | Special Topics: Finance | 3
FI 597 | Special Topics: Economics | 3
FI 534 and FI 535 are required. Choose two additional electives.
MKT 510 | Product Design Marketing Strategy | 3
MKT 530 | Advanced Marketing Analysis | 3
OM 517 | Supply Chain and Modeling Analysis** | 3
OM 522 | Operations Scheduling Problems** | 3
OM 523 | Inventory Management** | 3
OM 525 | Effective Quality Management | 3
OM 527 | Purchasing and Sourcing** | 3
OM 540 | Systems Simulation** | 3
ST 531 | Data Mining I** | 3
ST 532 | Advanced Data Mining** | 3
ST 561 | Applied Design Experiments** | 3
OM 517, OM 523, OM 527 are required. Choose one additional elective.
ST 521 | Statistical Data Management (must be taken prior to ST 522) | 3
ST 522 | Advanced Statistical Data Management** | 3
ST 531 | Data Mining I** (must be taken prior to ST 532) | 3
ST 532 | Advanced Data Mining** | 3
FI 505 | Corporate Valuation | 3
FI 506 | Mergers and Acquisitions | 3
FI 512 | Money and Capital Markets | 3
FI 515 | Quantitative Investment Analysis | 3
FI 519 | Financial Engineering | 3
FI 520 | Financial Risk Management | 3
FI 522 | Bank Administration | 3
FI 572 | Financial Econometrics | 3
FI 597 | Special Topics: Finance | 3
FI 519 and FI 520 are required. Choose two additional electives.
** Denotes the course has a prerequisite