The Master's Degree in Business Administration - Online MBA Program
UMass Lowell's Online MBA Program
is designed to prepare managers to effectively lead organizations in
rapidly changing and diverse regional, national, and global competitive
environments. Offered through the University's College of
Management, the program offers smaller class sizes to ensure
ample opportunity for interaction among students and faculty.The curriculum integrates theory and practice for students through extensive use of case studies, actual industry projects, experiential learning techniques, and field programs applicable to a wide variety of commercial, industrial and not-for-profit settings. Students can either pursue a general program of study by selecting elective courses around their particular areas of interest, or they can pursue one of the three concentration areas in Finance, Accounting, or Information Technology.
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Prerequisite Coursework
Prior to applying into this graduate-level program,
applicants are expected to have completed their Bachelor's Degree,
including the following two undergraduate-level courses: 49.201
Microeconomics (3cr) and 49.211 Statistics (3cr)
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Master's Degree in Business Administration Curriculum Outline
Number of Courses Required Including the Foundations Courses: 16 (42 credits)Number of Courses Required If You Have Already Fulfilled the Foundations Courses As Part of Your Undergraduate Studies: 10 (30 credits)
Required Foundations Courses (Six 8wk Online Courses)
Note: If you have taken the equivalent of the following courses in your
undergraduate course work and completed those courses with a grade of
"B" or better within the past five years (this must be evidenced on your
official transcript which you will submit along with your application
into the program), then you are not required to complete the
Required Foundations Courses towards your MBA program.
60.501 Financial Accounting (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
61.501 Business Financial Analysis (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
62.501 Marketing Fundamentals (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
63.501 Operations Fundamentals (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
66.501 Organizational Behavior (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
66.511 Global Enterprise and Competition (2cr) - Available Spring 2010!
Required MBA Core Courses
Total Required: 7 courses
60.601 Accounting Information for Management Decisions (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
61.601 Corporate Finance (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
62.601 Customers And Markets (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
63.601 Management Information Systems (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
63.671 Operations Management (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
66.601 Managing Organizational Design and Change (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
66.691 Strategy (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
MBA Electives or Concentration Courses:
Students can choose to either generalize their area of study by
selecting any three .600/.700 level College of Management elective
courses OR they can pursue one of the concentrations below. A variety of
concentration electives (but not all of them) are offered each semester.
For assistance in selecting your electives, email
onlineMBA@uml.edu or call 978-934-2848.
Accounting Concentration Sample Electives
Required: 3 courses (9 credits)
60.621 Tax Factors in Business Decisions (3cr)
60.622 Globalization and Accounting (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
60.623 Relevant Accounting Issues for MBA's (3cr)
60.688 Special Topics in Accounting (3cr)
Finance Concentration Sample Electives
Required: 3 courses (9 credits)
61.610 Financial Markets/Policy (3cr)
61.675 Financial Derivatives (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
61.691 International Finance (3cr)
61.735 Portfolio Investment and Security Analysis (3cr)
61.760 International Financial Management (3cr)
61.- - - Special Topics in Accounting (3cr)
Information Technology Concentration
Sample Electives
Required: 3 courses (9 credits)
Choose three of the following:
63.610 Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure (3cr)
63.620 System Design and Software Project Management (3cr)
63.630 Electronic Business for Managers (3cr) - Available Spring 2010!
63.640 Enterprise Systems Management (3cr)
63.688 Current Topics in Management Information Systems (3cr)
63.709 Independent Study in Management Information Systems (1cr)
63.- - - Special Topics in Accounting (3cr)
Call the College of Management at (978) 934-2848 or email the MBA Coordinator at onlineMBA@uml.edu
To Register for a Course
Visit our Registration Information page.
To Apply into the Degree Program
Visit the Graduate Admissions website for a graduate degree application form or call 1 (800) 656-GRAD
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Course Descriptions
60.501 Financial Accounting
An introduction to financial accounting within the context of business transactions and business decisions. This course is a broad introduction to using accounting information from the user's perspective with little emphasis on traditional debits, credits, journal entries and ledgers. Emphasis is placed on preparing and understanding financial statements. 2 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
60.601 Accounting Information for Management Decisions
Prerequisite: Student must be matriculated and must have completed foundation core courses. Focuses on the manager's view as opposed to the accountant's view of the decision process and related quantitative and qualitative information needs. The course material examines accounting information that will achieve faster, better, and cheaper operations. New strategic cost management models, such as ABC and target costing, are explored and contrasted with traditional cost approaches. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
60.621 Tax Factors in Business Decisions
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
60.622 Globalization and Accounting
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
60.623 Relevant Accounting Issues for MBA's
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
60.688 Special Topics in Accounting
Topics of current interest in Accounting. Subject matter to be announced in advance. For a current semester course title, please log on to ISIS, the Inter-Campus Student Information System. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.501 Business Financial Analysis
Introduces students to the finance function in a firm. Students are exposed to a variety of analytical techniques and to theory applied to financial decision making. Study will include effects of major financial decisions such as investment, financing and dividends on the value of a firm, in the light of their risk-return relationship under the assumption that the maximization of shareholder wealth is the goal of management. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Prerequisite: 60.501 Financial Accounting
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.601 Corporate Finance
Relates working capital strategy, capital investment analysis, long-term financing, and capital structure decisions in a risk-return framework to the dynamics of the firm and the market in which it operates. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.610 Financial Markets/Policy
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.675 Financial Derivatives
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.691 International Finance
The international dimension of the finance function of the firm. Financial constraints of the international environment and their effect on the standard concepts of financial management. The techniques of adapting risk analysis to the international situation. Study of international currency flows, monetary systems, forward cover and international banking policies. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.735 Portfolio Investment and Security Analysis
Pre-Requisite: MBA Foundation Core or Permission of MBA Coordinator. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
61.760 International Financial Management
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
62.501 Marketing Fundamentals
Describes how marketing strategies and plans of a competitive enterprise are formulated, implemented, and adjusted over time. Behavioral and quantitative aspects are covered, as well as analysis of the environmental forces affecting marketing decisions. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Special Notes: P: Open to MBA, Business Certificate or Doctor of Engineering students
62.601 Customers And Markets
Prerequisite: Student must be matriculated and have finished foundation core. Pursues the development of comprehensive and integrated marketing plans using industry/competitor analysis, market value chains, and forecasting. An emphasis is given to business-to-business marketing situations which require an in-depth analysis of the firms' complex organizational behavior and evolving buyer-seller relationship. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.501 Operations Fundamentals
Provides students with an introduction to operations management and operations analysis. The latter furnishes the student with a set of quantitative tools which are useful in designing and operating the former. These techniques are also generally applicable to other functional areas/courses within the MBA Program. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.601 Management Information Systems
Examines computer technologies, database management, and data communications as vehicle to improve and/or restructure business processes and decision making effectiveness to create competitive advantage. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: Microeconomics (49.201) and Statistics (49.211), or equivalent
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.610 Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure
3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.620 System Design and Software Project Management
Application and integration of the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) areas to managing information technology (IT) projects. Focuses on project management tools and techniques for defining and managing the project's goal, scope, schedule, and budget. Other topics include quality management, risk management, change management, and knowledge management as they are related to IT projects. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.630 Electronic Business for Managers
This course provides a foundation on digital commerce and e-business for MBA students. It will cover both technological and managerial aspects of managing e-business operations in either a traditional or pure "dot.com" organization. Issues covered include interactive marketing and market-spaces, agent-based commerce and intelligent markets, electronic shopping carts, user interface issues, EDI transaction via Extranets, database interfaces, personalization and targeted communications, security, encryption, and payment systems, privacy and intellectual property. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.640 Enterprise Systems Management
This course, an MBA elective, will focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems that integrate information spanning the functional boundaries within an organization. ERP systems include like SAP/R3, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) like Seibel, Tariva, etc. The goals of the course are to help students understand ERP systems and their underlying components and technologies, the implications of implementing ERP in organizations. Course will cover management and technical issues during the pre-implementation, installation, and post-installation stages of the ERP and/or CRM software in organizations. This course will cover topics such as: ES planning, business process re-engineering, selection of ES software and vendors, role of outside consultants, budgeting and resource planning, systems conversion, testing, user training, stabilization, role of top management, IT staff, consultants, design teams, and employee, and other topics. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: 63.601 or permission of instructor.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.671 Operations Management
Examines the strategic and tactical operations processes of manufacturing and service firms that foster global competitiveness. This course focuses on traditional and newer approaches including just-in-time, total quality management, MRP, flexible manufacturing systems, and capacity and management that lead to an integrated operations strategy. Cost reductions, flexibility, and market responsiveness are also considered. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.688 Current Topics in Management Information Systems
This course will address current issues related ot information ownership, confidentiality and reproduction, identity theft, the need to properly document processes and dispose of data. This course will be value to students interested in sensitive industries (e.g., health care, banking, information service) or functions (e.g., marketing, accounting, IS, compliance). Topics covered will include Internet credit fraud, phishing and ambush marketing, HIPAA compliance, impact of EU-mandated data privacy compliance on US companies, email archiving policies, MIS security policies and practical consequences of Gramm-Leach-Bililey adn Sarbanes-Oxley sections 404 and 802. If known in advance students' background will be taken into account in course design. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
63.709 Independent Study in Management Information Systems
An opportunity for the student to carry out individualized study relating to the field of Management Information Systems under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Pre-requisites: MBA Foundation Core and Permission of MBA Coordinator. 1 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
66.501 Organizational Behavior
Introduces students to management and organizational behavior. Its general purpose is to study and understand the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. It is directed toward behavioral action components and emphasizes the close relationship between the study of organizational behavior and the practice of management. Pre-requisites: MBA or Certificate Programs, or Permission of MBA Director. 2 credits.
Special Notes: P: Open to MBA, Business Certificate or Doctor of Engineering students;
66.511 Global Enterprise and Competition
To be taken as last course in foundation core. Is an integrated investigation of global competitive issues to help students understand the processes of organization and technological innovation which permit businesses to achieve competitive advantages in a global environment. This course also deals with the nature and techniques of industry analysis necessary to the formulation of effective global strategy for the firm. 2 credits.
Prerequisite: 60.501, 61.501, 62.501
Special Notes: P: Open to MBA, Business Certificate or Doctor of Engineering students
66.601 Managing Organizational Design and Change
Examines how business enterprises are designed, managed and changed to operate efficiently and perform effectively within their competitive environments. It critically examines organizations that vary in terms of such characteristics as size, complexity, goals, and technology as they operate under different circumstances and at various stages of their life cycles. The role and impact of individual managers receive particular attention. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
66.691 Strategy
Reviews strategies for positioning a firm within its competitive environment. Fundamental concepts in strategic management; role of the CEO, levels and components of strategy, competitive analysis, and formulation and implementation of strategy are explored. Pre-Requisite: MBA Advanced Core. 3 credits.
Special Notes: If not currently registered in a College of Management program, please contact the MBA Coordinator, Kathleen Rourke at 978-934-2848 for permission to take courses.
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