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Candidates who choose the general MBA program must complete the following required courses, 21 hours if all prerequisite courses have been completed.
| Number | Course Title | Hours |
| 51-646 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| 52-651 | Macroeconomics for Business Managers OR | 3 |
| 52-654 | Managerial Economics | |
| 53-621 | Financial Management | 3 |
| 54-616 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| 55-630 | Strategic Marketing | 3 |
| 44-623 | Information Systems | 3 |
| 54-618** | Executive Seminar | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 21 |
In addition to the seven required courses, candidates who elect the general MBA Program are required to complete 12 credit hours. Students may choose these electives from the following courses:
| Number | Course Title | Hours |
| 53-625 | Personal Investments | 3 |
| 54-610 | Advanced Management Theory | 3 |
| 54-611 | Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
| 54-620 | Advanced Human Resource Management | 3 |
| 54-641 | Quality Systems | 3 |
| 54-642 | Continuous Improvement Techniques and Concepts | 3 |
| 54-643 | Evolution of Quality Management | 3 |
| 55-631 | International Business * | 3 |
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Electives must be approved by the student's advisor in advance. No more than three (3) hours of 500-level courses may count as electives. The following non-business courses may be taken as electives with an advisor's approval:
| Number | Course Name | Hours |
| Ag 03-504 | Futures Marketing (Agriculture) | 3 |
| Pol Sci 34-525 | Transnational Politics | 3 |
| CSIS 44-540 | Visual Application Development | 3 |
| CSIS 44-560 | Advanced Topics in Database Systems | 3 |
| CSIS 44-626 | Multimedia Systems | 3 |
| CSIS 44-645 | Computers and Networks | 3 |
| CSIS 44-660 | Database Design and Implementation | 3 |
| CSIS 44-695 | Current Topics in CSIS | 3 |
| Psych 08-526 | Psychology of Leadership | 3 |
Notes:
* Students who did not complete a course in international business at the und graduate level must complete 55-631 International Business as one of the elective courses.
** 54-618 Executive Seminar must be taken during the last trimester of enrollment.
Students must pass the Graduate Management Business Exam or the Booth College comprehensive Exam as a condition of graduation. The requirements for the Booth College Exam allow students to chose three essay questions for response from five general MBA areas with the following exception. If the student fails to earn at least a grade of a B in all accounting courses then two questions are responded to out of the five general MBA areas.
In addition to the above course requirements, a research component must be on file in the office of the dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies, prior to applying for approval to take the comprehensive examination.
The research component may consist of any original individual or group research paper completed as a requirement for any MBA graduate course. A research component form may be obtained from the Graduate Office or from the Office of the Dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies.
The student will complete the research component form, obtain the signature of the instructor of the course, and return the form and a copy of the research paper to the dean's office. The dean's office will forward the research component form to the Graduate Office and retain the copy of the research paper in the student's file.