Spring 2023 Trine Course Catalog

Master of Business Administration (30 hrs.)

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) offered through the College of Graduate and Professional Studies at Trine University will prepare students for executive level positions associated with its core courses: communication, finance, statistics, economics, and marketing. In this program, students will develop and demonstrate their business acumen through meaningful and relevant coursework. Additionally, students will choose a specialization in one of the following areas: accounting, analytics, finance, management, human resource management, marketing, or students can design their own specialization. The well-rounded integration of different fields of study will prepare students to advance in the workforce or to pursue a doctoral program, such as a Ph.D. in Business Administration

Outcomes

Adapt effective communication skills needed to present, propose, and negotiate ides to varying stakeholders.

Recommend solutions to organizational challenges based on qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Develop processes to enhance organizational efficiency using tools from various areas of business (i.e., accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, etc.).

Apply systems thinking and ethical practices to organizational decision making.

Improve organizational decisions using diversity and multicultural perspectives.

Master of Business Administration (30 hrs.)

Program Core Courses - 21 hrs.

BA 5223Executive Communication

3

FIN 5063Corporate Finance

3

AC 5023Managerial Accounting for MBA

3

MK 6943Strategic Marketing Management

3

ECO 5033Micro & Macro Economic Decision Making

3

BA 6933Statistics & Quantitative Methods

3

BA 6963Business Administration Capstone

3

Specialization Options

Option 1: Self-Design (Choose a combination of 9 credits from any of the program electives below)

Self-Design Choose from Program Electives Below 
Self-Design  Choose from Program Electives Below  3
Self-Design Choose from Program Electives Below 3

Program Elective Options for Self-Design Specialization

Option 2: Accounting

AC 5003Advanced Auditing

3

AC 533Corporate Taxation

3

AC 553Federal Taxation of Pass-Through Entities

3

Option 3: Analytics

BA 6953Managing Business Information Systems

3

BAN 5003Operations Analytics

3

BAN 5023Data Driven Decision-Making

3

Option 4: Finance

FIN 5823Financial Modeling

3

FIN 5843Financial Markets & Institutions

3

FIN 5853Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management

3

Option 5: Management

GE 5103Project Management

3

GE 5113New Product Development & Innovation Strategies

3

GE 5133Lean Six Sigma

3

Or

BA 5103Business Ethics

3

Option 6: Human Resource Management

HR 5923Strategic Human Resources Management

3

LDR 5063Organizational Development & Change

3

BA 5103Business Ethics

3

Option 7: Marketing

MK 6513Services Marketing

3

MK 6523Sales Management

3

BAN 5003Operations Analytics

3

Total Credit Hours: 30