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Business administration - master's (mba).

DEGREE OVERVIEW

The MBA program is designed to train tomorrow's business leaders for lucrative careers in various business functions. Featuring multiple program formats across Arlington and Fort Worth, the AACSB-accredited MBA program combines a dynamic set of business principles with various degrees of customization to prepare students for the modern workforce.

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The 36-credit hour MBA program prepares leaders with or without prior business education or experience for careers within all types of organizations by offering a comprehensive, advanced understanding of business principles.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Chief Executives
• General and Operations Managers
• Administrative Services Managers
• Management Analysts
• Social and Community Managers
• Construction Managers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Cost Estimators

DEGREE OPTIONS

Flexible MBA

• Offered on the main campus in Arlington, the Flexible MBA is designed for working professionals seeking a traditional-style experience with maximum degree flexibility.
• Courses are available in traditional, face-to-face 15-week sessions with select hybrid and online options available.
• Enhanced customization options allow the choice of one of 13 areas of concentration and four certificate programs with which to focus the MBA.
• Self-paced curriculum offers degree completion achievable in as little as 15 months.
• Fall, spring, and summer start terms available.

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• Delivered fully online, the Online MBA is designed for working professionals who prefer a virtual format due to learning preference, work obligations, or personal choice.
• Asynchronous coursework allows students to balance work, school, and family life with 24/7 access from anywhere.
• One, two, or three courses per semester tracks are available with degree completion possible in as little as 15 months.
• Concentration in Management.

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• Located in downtown Fort Worth, the Cohort MBA allows professionals in Fort Worth and the surrounding areas a convenient option for completing their degree close to home and work.
• Courses in this hybrid format program are completed one at a time in five-week sessions while still maintaining a full-time pace of 15 hours per semester.
• Degree customization options include health care administration, real estate, or a general MBA.
• A lock-step course sequence of Monday night and Saturday morning courses provides a clear path to degree completion in just 15 months.
• Fall semester start available.

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• No. 37 Part-time MBA for Public Universities (US. News & World Report, 2024)
• No. 1 "Best for Vets" college (Military Times, 2020)
• Tier One MBA Program (CEO Magazine, 2022)
• No. 8 Best MBA Program in Texas (Top Management Degrees, 2022)
• AACSB Accredited (top 5% of business programs globally)

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At The University of Texas at Arlington's College of Business, we offer students the chance to gain the knowledge and experience they need to become leaders and master the world of business on a global scale. UTA's College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International , the most prestigious accreditation for business colleges.

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Graduate degree programs by department, accounting - m.s. & mpa.

All programs prepare students for professional careers in the public, private, or governmental sector. They provide the education necessary to become a Certified Public Accountant or to attain other professional certifications.

Accounting - MS

This degree is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in accounting. It promotes a deeper understanding of complex accounting issues and their relevance to support better business decisions.

Taxation – MS

This specialized degree is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in accounting who wish to focus in taxation. Students gain skills in identifying, analyzing and solving complex tax issues to add value for various entities.

Professional Accounting – MPA

MPA is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than accounting who wish to pursue a professional accounting career. This degree allows one to attain the necessary qualifications needed for professional certification.

Business Administration - MBA

The AACSB accredited MBA program is designed to meet the needs of students with or without previous business education or experience. Throughout the program students will develop an extensive collection of hard and soft business skills including leadership, teamwork, relationship building, and project management acumen designed to advance career growth. The MBA program prepares leaders and managers for careers within all types of organizations.

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Economic Data Analytics - M.S.

This program teaches students to think critically and to solve problems. These skills are highly valued in the workplace. The focus is on how to work with data important in business and government decisions, and logically explain insights gained from analyses.

Quantitative Finance - M.S.

Prepares students to meet the demand for financial professionals equipped to implement up-to-date analytical techniques in support of financial decision making. The Sam Mahrouq Financial Markets Lab provides state-of-the-art Bloomberg terminals that students use to make investment decisions.

Health Care Administration - M.S.

This program prepares students for leadership administrative roles for the wide variety of organizations in the health care industry. The cohort at UTA Fort Worth begins in fall and the UTA Dallas cohort begins in spring.

Information Systems And Operations Management - M.S.

Business analytics – ms.

Students develop strong technical skills and business acumen with emphasis on data-driven decision making. With these abilities students have the right blend of business and technical skills to communicate the narrative of the numbers.

Information Systems – MS

Students learn the most current technologies, new skills and new approaches to business solutions that keep pace with industry demands.

Human Resource Management - M.S.

This program’s graduates are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for success as innovative human resource professionals and strategic business leaders.

Marketing Research - M.S.

This project-based program is designed to prepare students for careers in strategy development. Students learn to use multiple data sources, including primary research data, secondary sales data, and customer engagement data, to support strategic business initiatives. Graduates move quickly into insights roles where they impact strategy for the most well-known, successful companies in the world.

Real Estate - M.S.

A cohort program is taught at UTA Fort Worth. Students learn financing, property development, appraisal and valuation to understand real estate decision making.

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Bachelor of business administration, bba degree requirements.

A grade point average of at least 2.00 is required on all work undertaken at the University for which a grade or symbol other than  Q, W, X,  or  CR  is recorded. In addition, a grade point average of at least 2.00 in business courses is required. For more information about grade requirements and restrictions on repetition of courses, please see  Academic Policies and Procedures .

A candidate for the BBA degree must be enrolled in the McCombs School in the semester or summer session in which the degree is awarded.

Each student is expected to complete the courses required for his or her major and to meet the curriculum requirements described in items 4 through 7 below in the year specified.

During their freshman and sophomore years, students are expected to complete the University’s  Core Curriculum  requirements.

Students are expected to complete the following BBA degree requirements during the freshman year:

Mathematics 408Q  (may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag); 408R  will also be accepted when taken in residence at The University of Texas at Austin only. For the CSB major and the Science and Technology Management major, 408C  (may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag) and 408D  are required.  This coursework may also be used to fulfill the mathematics requirement of the core curriculum.  Any successfully completed two-course calculus sequence will also be accepted.

Economics 304K  and 304L . Economics 304K  may also be used to fulfill the social and behavioral sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.

Management Information Systems 301 ,  a business core course.

Three semester hours of coursework in anthropology, psychology, educational psychology, or sociology, chosen from approved courses; courses dealing primarily with statistics or data processing may not be used to fulfill this requirement. Social Science 302C , 302D , 302E , 302F  (for Plan II dual majors only), are also accepted.

Business Administration 101H , 101S , or 101T ; and Management 101H , 101S , or 101T . Entering freshmen take Business Administration 101S  and Management 101S , entering transfer students take  Business Administration 101T  and  Management 101T , and entering business honors students take  Business Administration 101H  and  Management 101H . Because each course is offered only once a year, failure to take the course in the proper semester will prevent the student from declaring a major and progressing toward the degree.

In addition to the courses above, students must complete the following business core courses by the end of their sophomore year:

Accounting 311 and 312  (both courses may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag)

Statistics 301   (may fulfill the quantitative reasoning flag)

Business Administration 324  or Communication 324M (may fulfill the writing flag)

Operations Management 235 or 334M

Decision Science 235

Statistics 235

Fifteen semester hours beyond the first two years are specified as follows:

Business core courses:

Legal Environment of Business 323  (may fulfill the ethics flag)

Finance 357

Marketing 337 or Marketing 337N

Management 336  (may fulfill the ethics flag) 

A professional, business-related experiential learning course chosen from the following: Accounting 366P , Business Administration 353 , 653 , 366P , Finance 366P , Management 347P , 366P , 367P , 369P , Management Information Systems 366P , Marketing 366P , Operations Management 366P ; only one of the following courses may be counted toward the degree: Business Administration 353 and Business Administration 653 .

The following requirements apply in addition to those in items 4 through 7 above:

Additional coursework to earn a total of at least six semester hours at the upper-division level outside the McCombs School of Business. Students should consult the requirements of their major department for information about additional coursework to be taken outside the school.

Completion of the requirements of one of the BBA majors listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. At least 24 semester hours in business must be completed in residence on the letter-grade basis at the University, of which at least 12 semester hours must be in upper-division coursework in the student's major. For additional in residence requirements, see the University's minimum  General Requirements  for graduation given in The University section. Please also see footnote below.

Proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to one year competency is required. This requirement may be fulfilled either by completion of the two high school units in a single foreign language that are required for admission to the University as a freshman or by the demonstration of proficiency at the second-semester level. Credit earned at the college level to achieve the proficiency may be taken on the pass/fail basis, and the credit may count towards the degree. Due to the variety in the way language classes are taught at the University, students should consult their academic advisor.

The following are the courses that may be counted towards the residence requirement for each major:

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Information systems and operations management - undergraduate programs.

The Department of Information Systems and Operations Management offers the BBA in Information Systems, the BBA in Operations and Supply Chain Management, the BS in Business Analytics, the BS in Information Systems, and minors in Business Analytics and Information Systems.  Students develop generalized business knowledge as well as specialized skills for addressing technical and operations needs of an organization.   Students are prepared for a variety of jobs including business analyst, programmer/developer, systems designer, supply chain management, and operations process and control.

• Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics

Advanced business electives should be selected with the advice of an academic advisor.

Students must meet all lower division requirements before enrolling in upper division courses. Specified prerequisites are designated for certain courses.

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• Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems

The student concentrating in information systems is encouraged to take a computer science course as an outside elective. Required information systems electives and advanced business electives should be selected with the advice of an academic advisor.

Students must meet all lower division requirements before enrolling for upper division courses. Specified prerequisites are designated for certain courses.

Double Major

A Double Major option for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Systems is available. Information Systems undergraduates who pursue the following Double Major program will not have the option of participating in the Fast Track Program in Business.

Completion of the Double Major is attained by including all of the following courses in the BBA Information Systems plan and completing with grades of C or better in each of the double major courses listed below:

BBA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTING

• Requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems

The student studying information systems is encouraged to take a computer science course as an outside elective. Required information systems electives and advanced business electives should be selected with the advice of an academic advisor.

• Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Recommended Business Electives for Operations and Supply Chain Management Majors

The College of Business:

• Requires half of the course work for a minor in business be completed in residence at UT Arlington. For an 18-hour minor requirement, this would require a minimum of 9 hours of business course work at UT Arlington.
• Requires a grade of C or better in all minor requirement courses, unless a different grade is designated below.
• Will not use vocational and technical courses (including WECM courses) toward any business minor.

Business Analytics

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Mandatory Prerequisites: Prerequisites MUST be met before enrollment in the course. A student should consider this when selecting courses to satisfy the minor requirement and when registering. For a complete list of prerequisites see the Undergraduate Catalog or the Business Undergraduate Advising Office.

Must earn a B or better in BSTAT 3321 (or equivalent) and INSY 3300.  

For additional information or questions about the undergraduate certificate, please contact the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Office at 817-272-3368 or [email protected]. 

Certificate in Business Analytics

The undergraduate Certificate in Business Analytics is designed to introduce data science and analytics knowledge and skills to College of Business majors.  The certificate requires a total of twelve semester credit hours of course work, which can be completed in conjunction with an existing COB undergraduate degree.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate students in good standing in the College of Business with a B in both BSTAT 3321 and INSY 3300.

Undergraduate Certificate Requirements

To receive the certificate, all courses must be completed at UT Arlington with at least a grade of C in each.

Must earn a B in INSY 3300.

For additional information or questions about the undergraduate certificate, please contact the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Office at 817-272-3368 or [email protected].  

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Web: https://www.uta.edu/academics/schools-colleges/business/undergraduate-advising

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 817-272-3368

Address: 107 Business Bldg Box 19366

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Business Management Bachelor's Degree

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Are you a natural leader? When it comes to collaborating on a group project, are you the first to speak up and communicate strategic goals for how it will be accomplished? If so, then you might have what it takes to earn a degree in Management.

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Why Pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management

A UTSA Management degree will expose you to the leadership and administrative tasks involved in transforming complex organizations in today’s rapidly changing world. In your management courses, you’ll cover topics like understanding people and organizations, human resources, organizational behavior, international management, organization theory, ethics and more. Additionally, students can broaden their business skills in elective courses that focus on analytics, entrepreneurship, international business, leading change, modeling, and risk management.

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Andrea Marquez, assistant professor in the UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business, discusses why you should pursue a BBA in Management.

Human Resources Track

The Human Resource Management track offers students the opportunity to attain expertise in hiring, training, and compensating a workforce. This program fully aligns with the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidelines. Students can declare this track after being admitted to the program and meeting with an academic advisor.

Admission Requirements

Scholarships, careers, salary & skills.

When you apply to UTSA, you select the major you'd like to study. The choice of major will not impact if you get admitted to the University ( all students must meet UTSA's general admission requirements ); however, some majors will require additional admission requirements to be able to declare the major your freshman year.

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Pro Tip: Even if you don't think you will qualify for financial aid, you should still submit the FAFSA! Information from the FAFSA could impact certain scholarships that are even merit-based.

UTSA Scholarship Hub

Through one general scholarship application, you can automatically be considered for dozens of scholarships at UTSA, including scholarships that are available for this major. In order to access all available scholarship applications on the UTSA Scholarship Hub, you must be an admitted student. If you are a student applying for admission, but have not yet been admitted, you may sign in and complete the Scholarship Hub’s General Application as long as you have authenticated your myUTSA ID and Passphrase. Once you are admitted to UTSA, please sign back in to the Scholarship Hub to see if there are any additional scholarship opportunities available for you to pursue.

UTSA Scholarship Hub ACOB Scholarships

Distinguished Scholarship

UTSA offers an automatic merit-based scholarship to incoming new freshman and transfer students who display exceptional scholastic achievement in high school by the priority deadline. Non-resident and international students awarded a Distinguished Scholarship for a minimum of $1,000 for the academic year will be granted a waiver for non-resident tuition if scholarship eligibility is maintained. This means out-of-state and international students could pay in-state tuition! For fall admitted freshmen, this scholarship is valued up to $20,000 for up to four years. For fall or spring admitted transfer students, this scholarship is valued up to $6,000 for up to two years. Renewal eligibility must be maintained and funding must be available.

UTSA Bold Promise

Although not a scholarship, UTSA is committed to cover tuition and mandatory fees 100% for eligible students who come from low and middle-income Texas families.

UTSA prepares you for future careers that are in demand. See possible careers below. This data is pulled by a third-party tool called Emsi, which pulls data from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, online job postings, other government databases and more to give you regional and national career outlook related to this academic program. On top of the resources your college will provide, the University Career Center offers several resources to help students identify and develop the global skills necessary to successfully pursue and achieve lifelong career goals.

Minors & Certificates

After selecting a major area of study and enrolling at UTSA, degree-seeking students can choose from a variety of minors and certificates to supplement their education. Although not required, minors and certificates can help students customize their UTSA experience based on their passions and unique career goals.

The Honors Experience

Realize your full potential at The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Honors College. Rooted in experiential learning, our classes and programs are hands-on, project-based, and customizable to fit your individual goals. Students in any majors can get invited to our Honors College. Turn your passions into marketable skills for the future!

"I found unique value in the relationships and experiences I've had as a Roadrunner, and I think all students can benefit from those opportunities."

Nationally ranked and recognized, the Alvarez College of Business is the 13th largest business school in the United States. With 15 undergraduate business degrees, we focus on teaching applied business and technical skills that are in high demand.

Learn by doing as you explore your passions outside of the classroom by participating in global immersion programs, student organizations, academic competitions and undergraduate research projects as part of our collaborative community.

The Alvarez College offers personalized career preparation programs and support for business students to find competitive internships and full-time positions. Our Roadrunners are working on Wall Street, with major technology companies and at Big Four accounting firms.

Student Success

UTSA is all about your success. Our experiential learning initiative takes what you learn in the classroom and helps you apply it to real life. As a student in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business , you will explore, engage and reflect on your experiences to launch your career in a global society. The Alvarez Student Success Center is a one-stop resource to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional goals. Receive tutoring, find internships, connect with industry professionals for job opportunities, and enhance your professional development skills through the center’s comprehensive programming.