College of Business

Physical Location:
College of Business
Bayboro Station
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg Florida 33701
Phone: 727-873-4154
Fax: 727-873-4192

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General Program Requirements
Program Structure

The MBA Program requires 36 credit hours for students and is designed to allow students to pursue their degrees on a full-time or part-time basis.

Curriculum Structure

Courses

Credit Hours

Required (core) courses

18

Concentration areas

18

Total Hours

36

 
Core Classes

Beginning Fall 2009, students are required to take the following core courses. Click here for more detailed information on these courses

  • Financial Analysis (within first 18 hours)
  • Organizational Strategies for the 21st Century (within final 18 hours)
  • Regulatory and Reporting Environment of Business
  • Managerial Analysis (within first 18 hours)
  • Business Enterprise
  • Leadership and Corporate Accountability

In addition, students must complete one international course as part of their program. This international course will be one of the courses in a chosen concentration

Concentrations Guidelines
  • The maximum number of semester hours allowed in one functional discipline (for degree purposes) is 15.
  • Students must pursue two elective concentration areas.
  • No courses outside the USF St. Petersburg College of Business may be taken for degree credit unless prior approval is received. A maximum of 6 semester hours may be approved for coursework outside the USFSP MBA program. All courses must be graduate level.
  • A maximum of 6 hours of 5000-level courses may be transferred into the program, subject to approval of the Associate Dean.
  • Concentrations may be discipline specific or interdisciplinary.
  • A student must study two areas of concentration (tracks) consisting of three courses each.
  • One concentration may be custom-designed based on the student's interests.
  • Custom-designed concentrations may not contain more than two courses from the same discipline.
  • Students must complete at least one international course as part of their programs. This may be part of a regular concentration or a custom-designed concentration.

The concentrations encourage the development of market-driven competencies and provide students with distinctive sets of knowledge and skills. The integration of courses allows students to position themselves in the marketplace by choosing concentrations that match their career goals. Students select concentration courses to develop detailed business plans for building their individual competencies and resumés.

Current areas of concentration include:

Waiver Policy
A reduction of the MBA prerequisites may be possible.  When an applicant is accepted into the program, the Associate Dean will review coursework completed, and the student will be informed of any waivers granted. The granting of waivers is usually based on transcript analysis. Undergraduate business majors might be eligible to waive all MBA prerequisites if their degrees were obtained from an AACSB-accredited school (www.aacsb.edu) within the last seven years.
Innovative Program Design

The intent of this program is to prepare students for a lifetime of opportunities, not just their next jobs. We understand that the right preparation involves more than functional business knowledge. Effective leaders must also understand how to improve, redesign, and integrate complex systems for the creation of customer value.

With this in mind, our program is taught through a participative and experientially based curriculum. In addition to traditional business fundamentals, it also stresses:

  • Social Responsibility
  • Effective Corporate Reporting
  • Leadership and Teamwork
  • Cultural Diversity and Ethics
  • Technology and Innovation
  • Communication
  • International Perspective
  • Professional Development
Program Goals

The MBA Curriculum is continually evaluated for its strength and relevance to changing global issues, business ethics, cultural diversity, and the innovation of technology. USFSP faculty and staff members are dedicated to creating an educational environment that equips graduates with these attributes:

University of South Florida St. Petersburg  MBA Program
LEARNING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
2009-2010

A.  Our graduates will be able to interpret and analyze statistical data relating to an organization’s activities. 
      Students will evaluate and interpret a regression equation or other statistical models pertaining to a company’s demand or cost structure.
B.  Our graduates will be able to evaluate community responsibilities in organizations and society, and to propose innovative solutions to complex ethical issues faced by organizations.
     1. Students will be able to identify and assess a company’s efforts toward social responsibility.
     2. Students will analyze a complex ethical issue faced by a particular company and present alternative and practical solutions to this issue.
C.  Our graduates will be able to design and propose policies for the creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods and services.
     Students will successfully develop a strategy for the production and distribution of a new product or service in either a local market or an international market.
D.  Our graduates will be able to analyze and evaluate complex issues on the political, economic, legal and regulatory context of business.
     1. Students will evaluate the impact of the legal environment on a particular company or sector of the economy.
     2. Students will analyze how the political and social environment in the relevant market affects decisions made by a particular company.
E.  Our graduates will be able to effectively communicate ideas and proposed solutions to complex issues in both an oral and written context.
     1. Students will successfully present oral arguments that propose a solution to a specific problem that relates to a company’s business strategy. 
     2. Students will successfully complete a written solution to a complex issue.
F.  Our graduates will develop the capacity to design solutions in new and unfamiliar circumstances through an integration of the knowledge of relevant academic disciplines.
     Students will evaluate strategic planning alternatives for a particular company and propose a course of action.
G.  Our graduates will be able to analyze and interpret financial data and propose solutions to capital budgeting issues for an organization.
     1. Students will interpret financial ratios and other data of a company to determine its financial condition.
     2. Students will propose a solution from alternative courses of action relating to a capital budgeting decision, using the time value of money as an integral part of the analysis.
Competency Certification
Upon graduation, students will receive a certificate of achievement for the successful completion of each concentration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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