MBA Program
MBA Program
Master of Business Administration
Rowan MBA students enjoy the freedom to create customized degree pathways based on career goals, employer, workplace, and industry needs.
Join one of the most flexible and customizable MBA programs in the country to hone your skills in specific targeted areas of business – or explore building knowledge across sectors – to expand your insights and set yourself apart from the competition.
Rowan MBA students can choose two related Concentrations to build significant depth, two distinct Concentrations to build breadth, or even choose one Concentration and 3 elective courses across disciplines to gain a wide view from varying perspectives.
Program Overview
Offered in a variety of convenient formats tailored for busy, on-the-go professionals, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at Rowan University’s Rohrer College of Business provides contemporary graduate business education to professionals from diverse fields and academic backgrounds. The program will prepare you to be a team leader, with effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and group process skills. The Rohrer MBA curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, quantitative analysis and computing applications, and the technological and international nature of business.
The Rohrer MBA program offers small class sizes with an average student/faculty ratio of 25 to 1. You will be among students of varying professional and academic backgrounds focused on their next career steps. Our alumni are prepared to assume managerial and leadership positions in commercial, not-for-profit, and government agencies.
The Rohrer MBA program is fully flexible - choose the course format that best fits your needs, and even change that format semester-by-semester.
- Evening classes on main campus in Glassboro (Fall and Spring)
- Eight-week courses online (Fall, Spring, and Summer)
What makes our MBA curriculum innovative?
Increased flexibility in RCB’s recently refreshed MBA program has expanded students’ options as they meet the demands of their busy professions as well as their goals. Students can choose to study online, on campus, or a mix of both, and fully customize their degrees by capitalizing on stackable credentials. Required core courses account for half of the 36 credits required for an MBA, and students select the remaining 18 credits based on their study pathway and career objectives.
MBA Curriculum
The Rohrer MBA program consists of 36 graduate-level credits courses (36 s.h.).
The MBA curriculum offers a flexible format where 50% of the curriculum is core (or required), and 50% will be customized based on career goals for each student.
The required core 18 credits is completed via four 3-credit and four 1.5-credit courses.
The flexible, customized 18 credits is pursued via six 3-credit courses: two areas of concentration or one area of concentration and three elective courses.
Details on the courses within the curriculum are below.
MBA Curriculum Details
Foundation Courses
Foundation Courses (Undergraduate-level):
In order to ensure all students are equipped with key baseline and foundational business knowledge for graduate-level coursework in business, Rowan requires all students to satisfy a set of Foundation requirements in the following content areas:
- Calculus
- Statistics
- Accounting (Financial and Cost)
- Economics (Micro & Macro)
- Marketing
- Finance
- Operations Management
Typically, students with an undergraduate degree in business will have satisfied many of these course requirements. Students can begin in the MBA program prior to satisfying all Foundation requirements. However, these requirements must be satisfied early in the program to maintain forward momentum towards degree completion.
There are many ways that students can satisfy Foundation requirements: equivalent courses from their undergraduate studies, affordable online modules, non-credit tests, online or face to face courses at your local community college or 4-year institution, and of course online or face to face at Rowan University. See the Foundation Fact Sheet for details on requirements plus options to consider so that your pursuit matches your learning style, timeline, and budget.
Graduate-Level Courses
Graduate-Level Core Courses :
Core/Required Courses: 18 S.H.
- ACC 03500 Financial and Managerial Accounting (3 sh/credits)
- FIN 04500 Financial Decision Making (3 sh/credits)
- MGT 07550 Operations Analytics (3 sh/credits)
- MGT 06515 Employee Engagement and Performance (1.5 sh/credits)
- MGT 06567 Responsible Leadership: Aligning the Interests of Stakeholders, Profit, and Planet (1.5 sh/credits)
- MIS 02501 Information Systems for Managers (1.5 sh/credits)
- MKT 09511 Marketing Management Fundamentals (1.5 sh/credits)
- MGT 06629 Managing Organizational Strategy (3 sh/credits)
Graduate-Level Elective Courses :
Elective/Concentration Courses: 18 S.H.
- Two MBA Concentrations by choosing from specific concentration requirements, or
- One MBA Concentration and three electives (electives can be chosen from any concentration provided pre-reqs are met)
MBA Concentrations
With the most customizable MBA curriculum in the region, you’ll have the ability to hone your skills in specific areas of business – or explore building knowledge across sectors – to expand your insights and set yourself apart from the competition. Concentration and Elective options include: Accounting, Cannabis Commercialization, Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, HR Management, Management, MIS, Organizational Leadership, Supply Chain and Logistics, and Sustainable Business.
