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Executive Master's in Business Administration

With an executive MBA from Cumberlands under your belt, you will be fully prepared to climb the ranks within – or embark upon – a successful career in business, government, or education. As a leader in graduate business education, UC’s Robert W. Plaster Graduate School of Business offers a hybrid MBA designed to prepare you for long-term success.

About The Programme

Your coursework will cover a variety of career-applicable topics, including current issues in business, leadership, and management techniques, managerial accounting, and strategic decision making.

Course Details

Course Requirements

Core Courses (21 hours)

BACC 531 - Managerial Accounting
BADM 533 - Marketing Management
BADM 534 - Managerial Finance
BADM 535 - Managerial Economics
BADM 577 - Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics
BADM 582 - Business Analytics for Strategic and Organizational Performance
BADM 638 - Strategic Decision-Making

All candidates completing the Executive Master of Business Administration degree will complete a written Comprehensive Examination at or near the completion of BADM 638, Strategic Decision-Making. Degree candidates must pass all sections of the comprehensive examination to complete the program.

Business Electives (9 hours)
Elective Requirement (9 hours). Nine hours are earned through the completion of any available 500-or 600-level business electives or as approved by MBA Program Director.

Example Courses:

BADM 538 - Management of Investments
BADM 539 - Research and Grant Writing
BADM 631 - Managing in a Global Environment
BADM 632 - Advanced Human Resource Management
BADM 690 - Special Projects in Business and Related Subjects

Other 500- or 600-level business electives

Capstone Course (1 hour)

BADM 699 - Capstone (1 hour) or INTR 599 Applied Learning Practicum (1 hour)

Executive format students can substitute the required INTR 599 course in lieu of BADM 699 as part of their program degree requirements.

Executive format programs have an applied learning component (internship or practicum) that is an integral and essential part of the established curriculum. Due to the applied learning component required for the degree program, Executive format students must enroll in INTR every term of enrollment.

Content Concentration (15 hours)

Fifteen hours are earned in courses in one of these Concentrations: