Foundation Courses

3-6 credits

Master of Business Administration

Foundation coursework sets the tone for your MBA experience at Loyola, reflecting our mission as a Jesuit institution to create a holistic education centered on social justice and academic rigor. These courses introduce students to the core principles and decision-making skills required in today’s modern business world. Foundation courses must be taken at the start of the MBA program.  

• Applied Business Mathematics (3 credits): This course introduces students to fundamental concepts covering statistics, finance, economics, and spreadsheet usage in business applications. All students are required to take this course in their first semester enrolled. AACSB-accredited Business and STEM undergraduate graduates with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher are exempt from Applied Business Mathematics. 
• Ethics and Social Justice (3 credits): Students are introduced to issues related to ethical behavior, social justice, and Jesuit values, applying them to real business cases and dilemmas. All students are strongly encouraged to take Ethics and Social Justice within their first year in the program to gain an introduction to ethical decision-making at the core of all aspects of business acumen.

Core Courses

18 credits

Master of Business Administration

Online MBA Degree Core Courses (18 credit hours)

• ACCT B715: Financial & Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
• BUAN B725: Managerial Economics & Statistics (3 credits)
• FIN B700: Financial Management (3 credits)
• MGT B700: Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
• MGT B705: Strategic Communication (3 credits)
• MKT B700: Strategic Marketing (3 credits)

Elective Courses

9 credits

Master of Business Administration

Online MBA Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Online MBA students have the opportunity to specialize their degree by taking electives in high-demand areas that align with their interests and career goals. Students have the option to complete all their electives in multiple academic areas, or they may complete all electives in one particular field in order to earn a concentration. In order to earn a specific concentration/certificate, students must take 9 credit hours in one of these specialty areas: 

Marketing

• MKT B820: Digital Marketing & Analytics 
• MKT B825: Consumer Analysis & Research 
• CMMN A782: Social Media 
• CMMN A735: Ethics and Diversity
• CMMN A810: Crisis Communications
• CMMN A820: Corporate & Social Responsibility
• CMMN A600: State of Journalism

Finance 

• FIN B805: Investment Management
• FIN B820: Financial Statement Analysis 
• FIN B893: Option Trading Strategies

Healthcare Management

• MGT B740: The Business of Healthcare
• LAWM L710: Graduate Seminar in Health and Environmental Law
• NURS G711: Informatics 
   

Other elective course options may include: 

• MGT B725: Quality & Performance Excellence 
• MGT B830: Project Management
• MGT B835: Lean Six Sigma
• BUAN B835: Business Decision Modeling 
• ENTR B820: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Dynamic Capstone

6 credits

Master of Business Administration

Loyola’s dynamic capstone provides a unique opportunity for MBA students to put what they’ve learned during their elective and core coursework into practice through an experiential consulting practicum (3 credit hours) and final capstone project (3 credit hours). Students can choose from practicum options designed to reflect the current business landscape and provide participants with meaningful connections working with real business leaders in nonprofits, startups, or multinational companies. Experiential consulting practicum options may include:

• Non-Profit Consulting Practicum – A live, consulting experience with a non-profit institution, allowing students to apply their functional core acquired skills to a real-world scenario while living the mission of the university and giving back to the local community.
• IdeaCorps MBA Consulting Challenge – An entrepreneurial-focused competition where students help advance startups through various stages of development, experiencing what it is like to be part of a founding team and guide decision-making in an early-stage company.
• Global Practicum – A global immersion project in which a student will be required to incorporate all knowledge gained in the MBA program to address a current issue within a multinational company. 

The capstone culminates with BA 750 Competitive Strategy, where students will demonstrate their mastery of business philosophy, theory, application, and practice through a collaborative project and case analysis.