Business Management, Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration in Business Management is a 36-credit, fully online program designed for aspiring, early and mid-career managers and professionals who are interested in enhancing their managerial and professional skills, advancing opportunities for upward mobility, or fulfilling management and leadership roles in businesses or nonprofit organizations. Throughout the program, students will develop and improve their critical and strategic thinking, problem-solving, ethical decision making, leadership, and managerial communication skills, develop cross-cultural competence and sensitivity, and apply and practice management strategies in various contexts. The program also gives students the opportunity to specialize their degree by choosing from ten concentrations:
- Management1
- International Business1
- Human Resource Management*
- Marketing
- Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship
- Healthcare Management
- Nonprofit Management
- Project Management
- Information Technology Management
- Global Finance and Investment
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In addition to their specialized master’s degree, students in the Management and International Business tracks can incorporate an advanced graduate certificate into their degree program and earn a second credential. Certificate options are found in the Advanced Certificates section of this catalog.
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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Alignment
SHRM has acknowledged that SUNY Empire State College’s MBA in Business Management with a specialization in Human Resource Management has received renewal of its alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates until December, 2025. Throughout the world, 451 programs in 341 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Program Delivery and Tuition Rate
While most of this program is delivered online asynchronously, some courses may have a small number of synchronous (same-time) supplemental learning opportunities via webinars or virtual environments. Instructors will make an effort to schedule these activities at times that work for their students. In addition, due to the nature of some courses, students may be required to access or acquire additional software and/or hardware for some course activities. Students will be notified of additional requirements in a course’s full syllabus. This program is billed at the MBA rate.
Admission
Admission to the MBA-BM program is selective and begins new students in the fall, spring and summer terms. In addition to completing the graduate application, this 36-credit hour program requires the completion of a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and builds upon foundational requirements in statistics (3 credits), macroeconomics/microeconomics (3-6 credits) and accounting (3 credits). These foundation requirements can be met by either undergraduate or graduate coursework with similar content completed prior to entering the program or by completing the following Empire State College foundation courses (0-9 credits) as part of the degree:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT 6000 | Applied Business Statistics | 3 |
| MGMT 6010 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| MGMT 6015 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| Total Credits | 9 | |
The foundation requirements must be completed in order to continue in the program beyond the first year.
Application
Please see the Graduate Admissions pages of this catalog for a complete listing of materials required to complete a graduate application.
The MBA in Business Management's curriculum consists of two opening courses (6 credits), six functional courses (18 credits), three courses in your focus area (9 credits), and a capstone course (3 credits) as outlined in the Program Curriculum below.
Program Curriculum
All concentrations follow this curriculum.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
Foundational courses must be completed prior to the start of the second year of the program. Go to the ADMISSION tab for details. | ||
| Opening Courses | 6 | |
| Leadership & Organizational Behavior | ||
| Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | ||
| Functional (18 credits) and Focus (9 credits) Courses | 27 | |
These courses will depend on the concentration area chosen. Functional and focus area courses for each concentration are identified in the suggested Enrollment Sequences section below. | ||
| Capstone Project | 3 | |
| Strategic Business Applications | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Enrollment Sequences
The MBA-BM program gives students the opportunity to specialize their degree by choosing from ten concentrations: Management, International Business, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship, Healthcare Management, Nonprofit Management, Project Management, Information Technology Management, or Global Finance and Investment. In addition to their specialized master’s degree, students in the Management and International Business tracks can incorporate an advanced graduate certificate into their degree program and earn a second credential.
Full-time enrollment for students who want to complete the program in 20 months requires enrolling in 9 credits per term and in 3 to 6 credits during the summer. Part-time students may complete the program in 27 months.
The required courses of the 10 concentrations and the suggested enrollment sequence of each can be found below. These suggested sequences are based on a fall term start on a half-time schedule. Additional foundational courses are not included in these sequences. Students who need to supplement a suggested sequence with one or more foundational courses, should work with their academic advisors to determine when they should be taken.
- Management Concentration Sequence
- International Business Concentration Sequence
- Human Resource Management Concentration Sequence*
- Marketing Concentration Sequence
- Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Concentration Sequence
- Healthcare Management Concentration Sequence
- Nonprofit Management Concentration Sequence
- Project Management Concentration Sequence
- Information Technology Management Concentration Sequence
- Global Finance and Investment Concentration Sequence
Management Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Elective 3 | 3 | |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
International Business Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6035 | Global E-Commerce Strategies | 3 |
| MGMT 6045 | Global Leadership Competencies | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6075 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6055 | Global Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6065 | Economics for Global Managers | 3 |
| MGMT 7005 | Global Marketing Strategies | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Elective 3 | 3 | |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Human Resource Management Concentration Sequence*
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6125 | Managing Human Capital | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6122 | Corporate Communication and Marketing Strategy | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6135 | Performance Management & Total Rewards | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7045 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Marketing Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6035 | Global E-Commerce Strategies | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6080 | Consumer Behavior: A Global Marketing Perspective | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6155 | Strategies for Marketing Research | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Choose one of the following (3cr): | 3 | |
| Corporate Communication and Marketing Strategy | ||
| Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations | ||
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6100 | Innovation & Global Commercialization | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6110 | Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7035 | Strategic Application of Innovation & Planning | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Healthcare Management Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HCLM 6075 | Managing Healthcare Systems | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HCLM 6080 | Health Policy & Management | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| HCLM 7005 | Strategic Corporate Communication & Inter-professional Collaboration | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Nonprofit Management Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6105 | Leadership in Public & Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6160 | Strategic Planning for Public & Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7055 | Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Project Management Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6115 | Tools & Processes in Project Management | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6120 | Managerial Perspectives of Project Management | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7070 | Strategy & Tactics in Project Management | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Information Technology Management Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6030 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGMT 6040 | High Performance Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6165 | System Design & Information Management | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6016 | Financial Management | 3 |
| MGMT 6050 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6060 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGMT 6070 | Strategic Marketing Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| MGMT 6095 | E-Commerce & E-Business Technologies | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 7050 | Strategic Information Technology Management | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Global Finance and Investment Concentration Sequence
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| MGMT 6020 | Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 6025 | Strategic Perspectives of Global Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6035 | Global E-Commerce Strategies | 3 |
| MGMT 6045 | Global Leadership Competencies | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| FSMA 6080 | International Accounting | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MGMT 6065 | Economics for Global Managers | 3 |
| MGMT 6075 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 6055 | Global Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MGMT 7005 | Global Marketing Strategies | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| FSMA 6095 | International Financial Law & Regulation | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSMA 7020 | Global Financial Strategy | 3 |
| MGMT 7080 | Strategic Business Applications | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
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*The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Alignment
SHRM has acknowledged that SUNY Empire State College’s MBA in Business Management with a specialization in Human Resource Management has received renewal of its alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates until December, 2025. Throughout the world, 451 programs in 341 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Disciplinary Knowledge: Integrate core functional knowledge to facilitate sound managerial decision-making;
- Strategic Thinking: Critically and strategically think using qualitative and quantitative skills to facilitate effective decision-making processes;
- Leadership: Manage organizational processes and transformational change effectively through well-developed organizational skills and roles;
- Ethical Reasoning: Evaluate theory and tools necessary for sound ethical reasoning;
- Global Understanding: Assess the challenges associated with managing in a global environment and have the sensitivity and intercultural competence for supporting organizational goals;
- Managerial Communication: Communicate effectively orally and in writing across managerial contexts and with diverse stakeholders; and
- Teamwork: Contribute effectively to the achievement of organizational goals in a team environment.