In today’s business world you can make an important decision that could significantly improve your career, impact the lives of others, and influence your capacity to shape the future of business. By choosing to earn your Master of Business Administration through Union University of California, you can set that opportunity in motion.

The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) prepares you to assume and succeed in leadership roles in business and related fields. Its rigorous general management education gives you the skill set not just for great functional capabilities, but also for delivering innovation and growth to organizations. UUC’s online MBA program enables you as professionals to continue working full time while advancing your career.

In addition to the UUC’s learning goals, the MBA program prepares students to:

·     Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to identify analyze, and solve complex managerial problems that require advanced critical thinking, technical understanding, and decision making skills.

·     Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to manage, develop, and motivate personnel to meet changing organizational needs in a global business environment.

·      Effectively manage cross-cultural business environments using proven leadership and conflict management methods.

·      Develop awareness of their own values and the effect of those values on organizational decision making.

·      Assess whether an organization’s plans and actions align with its values.

·      Lead the organization using principals that add value not only to the profitability and productivity of the enterprise, but also add value for the stakeholders and customers of the organization.

·     Comprehend the application of a significant amount of business administration knowledge within the domains of management, business law, human capital management, organizational leadership, quantitative reasoning for business, economics, accounting, applied business research & statistics, operations management, corporate finance, marketing, and strategic planning & implementation.

Admission Requirements

An applicant must submit the following materials to the Director of Admissions to be considered for admission:

1         A completed online Application for Admission form.

2         Application fee of $50 (non-refundable).

3         Bachelor of Arts or Sciences Degree or international equivalent from an approved college or university with at least a 2.0 Grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

4         Official transcripts from all previous colleges or universities attended sent directly to UUC. 

5         Two letters of recommendation.

6         Applicants whose first language is not English must submit a TOEFL with a 530 minimum score (paper-based) or 197 (computer-based) or 71 (internet-based).

Graduation Requirements

To qualify for graduation with a MBA, the student must successfully fulfill all of the following requirements:

1.         Complete all MBA graduate course requirement (36 credits, which includes the final capstone project);

2.         Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 (B average) or better for all graduate level coursework applying toward the degree;

3.         Successfully complete the MBA Capstone Project;

4.         Pay all tuition and fees.

Program Requirements: 36 Credits*

RES-511     Graduate Research and Writing

ACC-511    Accounting

BUS-511    International Business

ECO-511    Economics

ETH-511     Ethical Issues in Business

HMR-511   Human Resource Management

LDR-501    Organizational Leadership

MGT-504    Organizational Behavior

MGT-521    Managerial Finance

MGT-531    Operations Management

MKT-511    Marketing

STR-550     Strategic Planning & Implementation (Capstone Project)

* Students from non-business undergraduate majors have to take BUS-500 Introduction to Business as a prerequisits for the program. This course does not count toward 36 required credits.  

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Concentrations

Students can gain additional knowledge in a concentration area through the selection and completion of 9 graduate-level credits in concentration-specific courses. Concentration credits must be completed prior to degree conferral. Concentrations are available in the following areas of study:

·          Accounting

·          Human Resource Management

·          International Business

·          Marketing

·          Organizational Leadership