Master of Business Administration, M.B.A.
Brian Adams, Ph.D., director of graduate business programs
Melissa McCarthy, director of M.B.A. program
Faculty: Adams, Adrangi, Anderson, Barnes, Beauchamp, Bernard, Chatrath, Down, Easton, Eom, Feldman, Gritta, Gudigantala, Hanig, Holloway, Jurinski, Kolay, Lewis, Lin, Lippman, McKittrick, Meckler, Mitchell, Parkman, Pickett, Reed, Seal, Sebastiao, Stephens, Yu
Introduction
The Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. School of Business Administration was founded in 1939; the master’s program in business administration (M.B.A.) began in 1959, the Master of Science in Finance (M.S.F.) began in 2009, the Executive Master of Business Administration in Nonprofit Management (E.M.B.A) began in 2011, and the Master of Science in Operations and Technology Management (M.S.O.T.M) began in 2012. The University of Portland’s business school is one of five graduate universities in the State of Oregon that is accredited by AACSB, the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business.
Mission
The Pamplin School of Business Administration’s innovative curriculum is an outgrowth of its mission statement. This mission is to create a collaborative learning environment that develops our students’ knowledge of effective business practices, enhances their analytic and interpersonal skills, and enables them to be successful and ethical leaders in their communities and the changing world.
Degree Requirements
Prerequisite—3 hours
| BUS 500 | Statistical and Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
Values Perspective— 6 hours
Choose 2 of the 4 courses below:
| BUS 510 | Economics and Metrics for Sustainability | 3 |
| BUS 511 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
| BUS 512 | Leadership and Higher Level Management | 3 |
| BUS 513 | Social Responsibility in Organizations | 3 |
Core Courses — 15 hours
| BUS 501 | Economic Analysis | 3 |
| BUS 505 | Introduction to Operations & Technology Management | 3 |
| BUS 506 | Principles of Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 520 | Applied Marketing Strategies | 3 |
| BUS 530 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
BUS 501: if waived based on completion of microeconomics and macroeconomics, students can substitute any business elective.
BUS 505: if waived based on completion of three OTM courses including operations management, students may substitute any OTM elective.
BUS 506: if waived based on completion of managerial and financial accounting, students may substitute BUS 560 or 568; students who are CPAs may substitute any business elective.
BUS 520: if waived based on completion of three marketing courses, students may substitute any marketing elective.
BUS 530: if waived based on completion of three finance courses, students may substitute any finance elective.
Capstone Component — 3 hours
| BUS 580 | Strategic Issues and Applications in Management | 3 |