The chart below reveals three categories of course work: basic skills, foundation courses, and advanced courses. Additional information follows the chart.
| Basic Skills Curriculum | Foundation Courses | Advanced Courses |
| EH 101 and 102 (English Composition) | ACC 600 | MGT 601 |
| Math 120 (Math Applications II) | MGT 600 | ACC 602 |
| MSC 287 (Statistics} | MKT 600 | ECN 626 |
| MIS 146 (Computer Applications) | MSC 600 | FIN 601 |
| ECN 600 | MGT 622 or MGT 631 | |
| MSC 603 | ||
| MKT 604 | ||
| MGT 698 | ||
| 3 electives or thesis | ||
Basic skills must be achieved either by prior experience and education or as part of the MBA curriculum. Students with deficiencies will be advised at the time of their admission. A student may be waived from a foundation course by having completed approved substitute undergraduate coursework with a minimum of "C". At the time a student is admitted to the program, the transcript is reviewed to determine if any of the foundation courses have been satisfied.
| Foundation Courses | UAH Courses Needed to Waive |
| ACC 600 | ACC 211 AND ACC 212 |
| MGT 600 | BLS 211 and MGT 301 |
| MKT 600 | MKT 301 |
| MSC 600 | MSC 288 and MSC 385 |
| ECN 600 | 6 hours of Economics |
The MBA curriculum includes an exciting mixture of business and management of technology, and a combination of courses which offer specific discipline knowledge and integrate that knowledge.
At the beginning of your program, you will develop an overview of Management of Technology by exploring emerging technologies and their business potentials. You will interact with instructors in the graduate program, who will link their courses with the management of technology.
Your last course will prepare you to develop strategies to use technology to your firm's competitive advantage.
In the remaining courses, you will develop specific advanced business skills and their application to the management of technology, such as forecasting technology development, marketing new products, and managing information technology.
The curriculum provides instruction in financial reporting, analysis and markets; domestic and global economic environments of organizations; creation and distribution of goods and services; and human behavior in organizations. It provides advanced study in the decision science and human aspects of organizational problem solving. It provides education in managing technological innovations and processes, and integrating technology into the organization's strategic objectives. It addresses such issues as analyzing problems through economic and financial frameworks, developing and using information systems, providing information on accounting costs, marketing, managing the development of technology, reducing new product development time, managing technical professionals, and integrating technology into the overall strategic objects of the organization.
Students may take nine hours of graduate electives consistent with their professional development aspirations. Students may also choose to develop a concentration in a specific area. These include the following:
Acquisition Management
Through an agreement between UAH and Defense Acquisition University, the student may take up to 12 semester hours of graduate level courses from DAU and apply these courses toward the MBA degree to create a concentration in Acquisition Management.
Finance
In addition to the required Finance course, FIN 601, students may take nine hours of 500 level elective Finance courses in order to create a concentration in Finance.
Marketing
In addition to the required Marketing course, MKT 604, students may take MKT 606 plus six hours of 500 level elective Marketing courses in order to create a concentration in Marketing.
Human Resource Management
In addition to MGT 631, students may take nine hours of 500 level elective HRM courses in order to create a concentration in HRM.
Project Management
In addition to MGT 640, six hours of engineering management courses can be used to develop a concentration in project management.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Students may take nine hours of graduate logistics and supply chain management courses to develop a concentration in Supply Chain Management.
ACC 600 - Foundations in Financial Accounting
Graduate level introduction to the accounting framework and how it is used in evaluating economic conditions and success in decision-making in organizations. Financial statements, accounting reports and accounting terminology that constitutes the language of business. Introduces the use of accounting information for decision-making, coordinating, motivating, and evaluating.
MGT 600 - Organizational Theory, Behavior, & Environment
Provides the conceptual tools to analyze the behavioral and organizational influences on systematic outputs such as quality, profitability, employee well-being. Focuses both on macro-level issues (e.g. organizational design, culture, power and politics, and strategic leadership) and on micro-level issues (e.g. motivation, decision-making, socialization, and diversity). Covers these topics in the broader social, legal, regulatory, environmental and ethical context.
MKT 600 - Survey of Marketing Management
Seminar format with case analysis is used to introduce students to the tools and concepts necessary for planning. Typical topics include market analysis and segmentation, market planning, market research, and produce pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies.
MSC 600 - Operations Management
Focuses on the concepts, processes, and problem-solving tools involved with the production function of a firm. Topics include applied linear programming, waiting line analysis, regression, statistical quality control, reliability, inventory, production planning and scheduling, and learning curves.
ECN 600 - Foundations of Economics
Examines the basic theory behind the output and pricing decisions of firms operating in various market structures. The central features of consumer and producer choice at the micro level are developed; and then macroeconomic issues, such as unemployment and inflation, are studied using the micro economic underpinnings. Government policy is also addressed: efficient regulation to correct market failures at the micro level and monetary and fiscal policy at the macro level. The global economic environment is addressed by introducing students to the principles of comparative advantage and gains from trade.
ACC 602 - Managerial Accounting
Examines the managerial uses of accounting information but is primarily non-technical. The focus in on the MSM students' gaining a comprehensive understanding of accounting concepts and the accepted methods of applying these concepts in decision-making, planning, and control.
ECN 626 - Managerial Economics and Technology
Microecomomic principles are formulated and applied through practice in formulating and analyzing problems commonly encountered by business decision makers. The effect of technology and technological change on revenue and costs and related decision calculuses are stressed. The empirical tools of regression, forecasting, discounting, and risk analysis are developed and applied to the decision process.
FIN 601 - Financial Decisions Under Uncertainty
Principles of asset valuation, followed by a in-depth study of long-term financial decision making under uncertainty. Concepts and techniques of capital budgeting and cost of capital are emphasized in domestic and global environments.
MGT 601 - Introduction to Technology Development
Introduction to the master's program, introducing the student to emerging technologies, the macro-environmental and industry drivers for these technologies, the organizational issues facing firms affected by emerging technologies, and business research methods in the management of technology.
MGT 622 - Management of Technical Professionals
Differences in the nature of the research task and in the talents and skills required of scientists and engineers create special problems for the manager. Examines special issues in managing engineers, scientists, and technical support personnel. Emphasizes creating an organizational climate for increasing both individual and organizational innovation. Topics include incentive systems and motivation of technical professionals, problems in team decision making, job design, evaluating performance of technical professionals, leadership in the R&D organization, and career development for technical professionals.
MGT 631 - Strategic Human Resource Management in a Technological Environment
Examines the major functions of human resource management--planning, staffing, compliance with laws regulating employment relations, training and development, compensation, employee relations, and union-management relations--from a strategic perspective. Particular attention is given to special challenges faced by high technology firms and organizations experiencing technological change.
MGT 698 - Strategic Management
Administrative decision making with emphasis on analyzing a complex business situation, evaluating historical trends, current operational conditions, and environmental settings, in order to establish: a unifying strategy; implementation of integrated functional policies; and a plan of action to achieve established objectives.
An introduction to and an application of several fundamental quantitative methods commonly used in business. Topics include hypothesis testing, ANOVA, regression, and queuing theory.
MKT 604 - New Product Development
Practical management of new product development methods and techniques from current research and successful industrial practice. An in-depth review of concepts, empirical findings, and paradigms that collectively form the foundation for the design and marketing of new products. An overview of emerging concepts, analytical techniques, empirical findings and paradigms that alter the nature, scope and practice of marketing emerging technologies.
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