Curriculum Overview
Master of Business Administration Prerequisite Courses
The 15 units of leveling courses are required for students without an undergraduate
degree in business.
- Management Principles for Productivity (3)
- Using Technology for Organizational Decisions (2)
- Statistical Research Skills for Business (1)
- Marketing from the Management Perspective (3)
- Accounting & Finance for Decision Makers (3)
- Business & Government in the Global Marketplace (3)
Master of Business Administration Courses
Thirty-six (36) units of graduate courses are required for all MBA degrees in
the Crowell School of Business, which include the 6 graduate units of theology and the
3 graduate units of business ethics:
- Intensive: Group Dynamics (1)
- Marketing Decision Systems (3)
- Entrepreneurial Management (2)
- Organizational Financial Policy (3)
- Advanced Financial Management & Control (3)
- Strategy and Entrepreneurial Project Management (3)
- Intensive: Global Issues (1)
- New Techniques for Productivity in Operations (2)
- Biblical Management & Ethics (3)
- Change & Innovation in the Entrepreneurial Organization (3)
- Elective Topics (3, 3)
- Theology I - Revelation and the Nature of God (3)
- Theology III - Christ, Salvation & the Spirit (3)
Program Format
Biola's MBA is a 36-unit program, with an additional 15 units of prerequisites
for those students without an undergraduate degree in business. It is designed
to be a two-year program, with an additional year for prerequisites.
The program is for part-time students, with classes conveniently held evenings and some Saturdays.