The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education recently authorized the Craig School of Business to begin offering a Master of Business Administration degree in 2017.
“This is a very important development in the evolution of our university,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “It will provide a wonderful continuing educational opportunity for many local leaders and business people in our community and beyond.”
Dr. Mike Lane, dean of the Craig School of Business, noted that the program is accredited by AACSB International, which is the most prestigious business accreditation organization in the world.
Missouri Western will offer three concentrations within the MBA program: forensic accounting, enterprise resource planning, and animal and life sciences. Each concentration will require 18 credit hours of core courses in finance and accounting, marketing, management, analytics and communication, and 12 hours in the concentration area. Classes will be offered in the evening.
The MBA program is the second graduate degree of the Craig School of Business. The school began offering a Master of Information Management in Enterprise Resource Planning in 2014.
For information on the MBA program, contact Logan Jones, director of the program, at (816) 271-4351 or jjones81@missouriwestern.edu.
The MBA is Missouri Western’s 17th master’s degree program. The Graduate School also offers seven graduate certificate programs. For more information on Missouri Western’s advanced degrees, visit www.missouriwestern.edu/graduate.