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Master of Business Administration - One Year, Full-Time

Designed for students who wish to pursue a full-time program, the M.B.A. is a one year program offered on weekdays at our Fort Lauderdale-Davie campus. Whether you are a recent college graduate or a professional retraining for a career change, you will find that full-time study at the H. Wayne Huizenga School provides you opportunity for lively exchange with exceptional faculty, committed students, and world-recognized business leaders. Students are encouraged to participate in the Graduate Business Student Association and attend daytime events such as Distinguished Lecture Series and Huizenga School Breakfast / Luncheon presentations.

Full-time students generally enroll in three courses, 2 full days per week. New cohorts begin each term: January, April, July, and October.

Program features include a wide array of internships. In addition, career development workshops in resume writing, business communication, and interviewing are included for all program participants.

You can learn more about this program by consulting the Curriculum Guide.

James Barry, D.B.A. - Assistant Professor of Marketing; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern. Marketing communications, salesmanship, Internet marketing, international marketing.

Curriculum Guide  top

Curriculum - M.B.A. (One Year)

Each of the following is required (44 total credits):

Select one of the following options:

Each of the following non-credit career development workshops is required for graduation:

Students must meet prerequisite course requirements prior to enrolling in Master's level study. If you have not completed these courses, they are available online. Contact Us for additional information or proceed to our Application for Admission.

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Full-Time M.B.A. (One Year)

Full-Time professionals are available to discuss course content in greater detail with you. Simply contact your Admissions Manager at 800.672.7223 Ext. 25168 or use the Contact Us link.

MGT 5012     21st Century Management Practices  (3 cr.)

Students will gain an understanding of leading state-of-the-art business theories and will be able to apply them to real-world situations. They will learn to understand and challenge the ideas of 20th century management thinkers, and to practice developing and challenging their own theoretical and applied models and paradigms.

MGT 5015     Legal, Ethical, and Social Values of Business  (3 cr.)

Students will gain an understanding of the meaning and importance of the law, ethics, personal morality, and corporate social responsibility. They will exhibit moral, ethical, and socially responsible behavior, and will be able to analyze business decisions from a legal, ethical, and social responsibility perspective.

MKT 5017     Delivering Superior Customer Value  (3 cr.)

Students will learn to apply the customer-value paradigm in creating a market-driven culture that designs and delivers optimum long-term value to customers. They will examine strategies for optimizing and communicating customer value, measuring customer orientation, and building customer relationships; and will learn (using case analysis and exercises) how to blend the delivery of service and product quality with pricing strategies to maximize value.

MGT 5020     Managing Organizational Behavior  (3 cr.)

Students will gain a working knowledge of how to manage personal, interpersonal, and group processes by having the interpersonal skills to assume responsibility for leading and promoting teamwork among diverse stakeholders. Students will learn to manage individual and group behaviors in improving organizational productivity and performance. Through experiential learning, students will learn to integrate home, work, and educational observations and experiences and to convert them into proactive practical applications for growth and renewal.

HRM 5030     Managing Human Resources  (3 cr.)

Students will gain a working knowledge of planning, organizing, and managing human resource systems; and will gain hands-on abilities to design, direct, and assess human resource systems in enhancing relationships with internal and external customers, leading to organizational effectiveness.

QNT 5040     Business Modeling  (3 cr.)

This course covers the techniques of problem solving, optimization and business modeling using the concepts of statistics and management science in a spreadsheet environment. The course focuses on that practical application of quantitative analytical techniques. Prerequisites: FINP 5008 and QNTP 5002 or equivalents.

ECN 5050     Economic Thinking  (3 cr.)

Students will learn how to use economic thinking in making managerial decisions and motivating others to make decisions that increase the value of organizations. Prerequisites: ECNP 5003 (or equivalent) and QNT 5040.

ACT 5060     Accounting for Decision Makers  (3 cr.)

Students will learn to reconsider accounting information for managerial decision making, and will then take this information and transform it into financial guidelines for deciding among capital ventures, product and service offerings, funding options, and budgets. Prerequisite: ACTP 5001 or equivalent, FINP 5008, and QNT 5040.

MKT 5070     Managerial Marketing  (3 cr.)

Students will gain a working knowledge of marketing management by learning to think strategically and to develop marketing plans aligning marketing initiatives with market opportunities. Students will be able to implement the functional strategies and marketing plans to optimize customer and organizational value. Prerequisite: MKTP 5005 or equivalent.

FIN 5080     Applying Managerial Finance  (3 cr.)

Students will gain a working knowledge of managerial finance by learning to develop a systematic approach to financial analysis; to apply techniques for planning, forecasting, and managing; as well as to evaluate and recommend improvements in the organization's financial performance. Prerequisites: FINP 5008 Business Finance or equivalent, QNT 5040 and ECN 5050.

MGT 5090     Entrepreneurial and Strategic Thinking  (3 cr.)

Students will gain a well-developed understanding of business enterprises and the entrepreneurial and strategic thinking that drives them in a dynamic, competitive regional, national, and global economy. Students will learn to apply entrepreneurial and strategic management practices (e.g., using case analysis) to organizations of varying sizes. Prerequisites: FINP 5008 or equivalent, HRM 5030, MKT 5070, and QNT 5040.

OPS 5095     Service Operations Management  (3 cr.)

This course focuses on services management in general and service operations in particular. It explores the elements that unite services, that differentiate service processes from non-service processes and that differentiate various types of services from each other. Customers generally participate in the service process, often with direct and uncensored interactions with employees and facilities. The resulting variations in demand present a challenge to the operations manager to use effectively the perishable service capacity. This results because production and consumption occur simultaneously and thus the inability to inventory services. The course covers strategic and tactical issues associated with designing and managing service operations. It provides tools to help assess operations, redesign processes, and establish systems to ensure an excellent customer experience. Student operations service learning experience is reinforced with case studies. Prerequisites: ECN 5050, FINP 5008 or equivalent, MGT 5020, and QNT 5040.

ISM 5103     Computer Technology Skills  (1 cr.)

This course is designed to enhance students' competence with business-related software as well as the Internet. Functional exercises are done utilizing spreadsheets, databases, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Web page development. This course is a mandatory requirement for the day M.B.A. program. This course consists of eight 2-hour sessions in the lab and is held during the first term.

MGT 5104     Value Integration Capstone  (4 cr.)

Students will develop the leadership skills to assume individual responsibility for effectively creating and producing appropriate regional, national, or global organizational outcomes; and skills in reflective thinking and critical analysis (e.g., using action research methods and tools) to convert organizational core competencies into organizational performance consistent with an organization's vision. Prerequisites: Full matriculation, completion of 39 credit hours in the appropriate degree program and a 3.0 GPA. This class is pass/fail and does not calculate into the student's GPA. This course is not financial aid eligible when taken by itself.

MGT 5108     Master of Business Administration Internship  (4 cr.)

Master of Business Administration Internship (4 Credits): The Huizenga School fosters learning through the application of classroom theory in the workplace. M.B.A. One-Year Program students have the option of participating in the Internship Program for academic credit. In conjunction with our corporate partners, students work under supervision developing their managerial capabilities. The minimum requirement for the internship is completion of 200 hours of work during one term. The internship is offered as an alternative to the Value Integration Capstone. Registration for internship is done through the Huizenga School Office of Academic Advising, not online, after conferral with the M.B.A. Intern Program Office. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS: Full matriculation, good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0, good financial standing with the University, and completion of a minimum of 18 GPA credit hours in M.B.A. program. VISA REQUIREMENTS: International students with a U.S. student visa are eligible for an internship (either paid or nonpaid) after completion of 18 credits. Approval by the NSU Office of International Students is required (Curricular Practical Training).

MGT 5110     Effective Resume Writing  (0 cr.)

This course is the first of three Business Development Workshops, is held during the first term. It consists of three sessions, each lasting 2 hours. Grading is done on a pass/fail basis, based on class attendance and participation. This grade does not affect GPA. However, sessions are mandatory; students cannot graduate from the day M.B.A. program without passing this course.

MGT 5111     Business Communication  (0 cr.)

This course is the second of the three Business Development Workshops, is held during the second term. It consists of three sessions, each lasting 3 hours. Grading is done on a pass/fail basis, based on class attendance and participation. This grade does not affect GPA. However, sessions are mandatory; students cannot graduate from the day M.B.A. program without passing this course. The workshop is based upon lecture and practicing the skills learned through role-play exercises, group discussion, and small group activities.

MGT 5112     Interviewing Techniques  (0 cr.)

This course is the last of the three Business Development Workshops, is held during the third term. It consists of three sessions, each lasting 3 ½ hours. Grading is done on a pass/fail basis, based on class attendance and participation. This grade does not affect GPA. However, sessions are mandatory; students cannot graduate from the day M.B.A. program without passing this course. The workshop is based upon lecture and discussion. Considerable class time is spent in preparing and executing practice oral structured interviews.

ISM 5113     Managing Information Systems  (3 cr.)

This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to enhance understanding of use of data, information, and processing technology in managerial decision-making. It serves as an introduction to the fundamental of information systems concepts and techniques. The primary focus is to bridge the gap between business needs and information systems solutions through an understanding of the interconnections between technology-based information systems and the organization. Prerequisite: ISM 5103.

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ACTP 5001     Introductory Accounting  (3 cr.)

An accelerated introductory course stressing the essential elements of accounting skills that will be used in the master's degree program. Managerial uses of accounting data and preparation of financial statements will be covered in this course. Course satisfies program prerequisite of financial accounting for master's degree programs.

QNTP 5002     Introductory Statistics  (3 cr.)

This course satisfies the prerequisite of statistics for master's degree programs. The concepts of statistical notation, probability are covered as well as the principles of estimation using the central limit theorem.

ECNP 5003     Introductory Economics  (3 cr.)

This course is designed to acquaint the student with economic issues of the day (e.g., inflation and recession as they affect family and national income). Students will recognize relationships among prices, wages, profits, and supply and demand as they influence daily lives. Course satisfies program prerequisite of economics for master's degree programs.

MKTP 5005     Introductory Marketing  (3 cr.)

This is a survey of the essentials of marketing. Covers the nature of marketing and its environment, selecting target markets, marketing research, customer behavior, and forecasting sales. Emphasis on marketing strategy planning. Course satisfies the program prerequisite of marketing for master's degree programs.

FINP 5008     Business Finance  (3 cr.)

A survey of the essentials of finance and its environment. Financial management as it applies to organizations, ratio analysis, leverage, working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, and other concepts as they apply to business organizations. Course satisfies program prerequisite of finance for master's degree programs.