Business Administration (Full Time) MBA

Do you want to work smarter, rise faster, pursue your passion, chart a new path and challenge yourself to achieve your fullest potential, all while positively impacting the world and being rewarded financially? There are several reasons why the UB MBA program is the elite MBA program in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, and one of the top MBA programs in the country. Renowned faculty, high-caliber students, outstanding services and successful alumni, are just a few of the reasons our MBA program is an excellent choice. Our full-time MBA program admits in the fall only.

The MBA is a valuable credential that can be paired with a number of professional degrees, offering advanced business training concurrently to students pursing professional credentials. The School of Management offers 6 such “collaborative” offerings: the MBA/AuD for speech pathologists, the MBA/Real Estate Development MS for planners and developers, the MBA/DDS for aspiring dentists, the MBA/MPH for public health professionals, and the MBA in combination with our surgical residency, for surgeons-in-training. Contact the School of Management for more information about these time-saving “collaborative” program opportunities.

Required Core (25 credits)

MGA 603LEC - Financial Acctg for Managers Credits: 2
MGA 605LEC - Acctg for Mgmt Decision Making Credits: 2
MGB 610LEC - Organizational Behavior Credits: 2
MGE 604LEC - Business Economics Credits: 2
MGF 611LEC - Financial Analysis for Managers Credits: 2
MGG 601LEC - Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability Credits: 2
MGG 635LEC - Management Communications Credits: 2
MGM 615LEC - Marketing for Managers Credits: 2
MGO 620LEC - Operations Management Credits: 2
MGO 658LEC - Entrepreneurship Foundations Credits: 2
MGQ 608LEC - Statistical Analysis for Managers Credits: 3
MGS 605LEC - Information Technology for Managers Credits: 2

Electives & Culminating Experience (35 credits)

Electives (33 credits)

Required Internship (Internship requirement can be waived with one year of full-time work experience. If waiver is approved, you must take 3 additional credits of electives.)

MG* 648 - Internship (Limit of 3 credits)

Select an additional 30 credits from 600 level courses within the School of Management (any MG* course).

Culminating Experience: Project (2 credits)

MGO 640LEC - Business Strategy Credits: 2

Total Credit Hours: 60

3.0 Degree GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Students will have a command of general business theory and practice.

Identify and describe essential concepts in the functional areas of business.
Explain how the functional areas of a business are interrelated.

2. Students will be critical thinkers and effective decision makers.

Identify and collect evidence to support managerial decision making.
Analyze and interpret evidence using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to support managerial decision making.

3. Students will be socially and ethically responsible business professionals.

Identify and describe ethical and social issues commonly encountered in business.
Devise appropriate responses to ethical and social dilemmas that consider the perspective of all stakeholders.

4. Students will have effective communication, team, and leadership skills.

Demonstrate effective communication through both well-researched written work and professional verbal presentations.
Demonstrate effective teamwork skills.
Explain how to lead effectively in a diverse and global environment.
Explain how to lead an entrepreneurial venture and/or drive corporate innovation.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).