Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Faculty
Dr. Sonya Cole, Assistant Professor and Chair of Business Programs (program chair)
Mr. Javier Lopez, Assistant Professor, Leadership and Administration
Dr. Jamal Watson, Assistant Professor and Chair of Strategic Communication and Public Relations
Description
Trinity’s fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) demonstrates unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion and excellence as the foundation of a successful business model. Designed for working professionals who are ready to be leaders in their organizations, the MBA is for those currently employed in business settings, career changers, and undergraduate business or related majors who seek additional study to fully prepare to be effective career leaders. MBA candidates gain comprehensive business knowledge while acquiring the skills, tools, and values necessary to excel and innovate in any work environment.
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is offered 100% online. It is a 48-credit program with thirteen core courses (39 credit hours) providing a solid foundation for graduate business education and three elective courses (9 credit hours) in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, or Strategic Communications concentrations. Courses are based in theory and application relevant to contemporary, evolving work environments that must adapt rapidly to change. Flexible scheduling offers courses in the evenings and on weekends in traditional weekly, alternate weekend and accelerated 8-week formats. Guided independent learning is an embedded feature of each course.
Students may take three courses online per semester and can complete the degree in six semesters, including summers. The average time for completion is approximately 2 years.
Degree Requirements
Core Courses (39 credits)
BADM 605 Business LawExamines the role of law and legal procedure in the management of business enterprises, concentrating on business organization, liability issues, employment law, consumer protection, antitrust, securities, and legal-ethical concerns. Provides a broad understanding of the reciprocal influence of business and legislation. Formerly BUA 601 Legal Aspects of Management.
3 credits
BADM 607 Managerial StatisticsThis course introduces concepts in probability and statistics that support evidence-based managerial decision making.
Topics include: data analysis, probability sampling, regression and hypothesis testing.
Formerly - BADM 607 Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decision Making.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
BADM 608 Business AnalyticsThis course introduces techniques in data management and evidence-based decision making.
Topics include: quantitative concepts, framing the business problem/question, and selecting analytic approaches.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 607
BADM 621 Economics for Business Decision MakingThis course introduces concepts of supply and demand and the basic forces that determine an equilibrium in a market economy.
Topics include: International trade, the impact of uncertainty on consumer behavior, capital markets, and economic policy and social insurance.
Formerly - BADM 621 Economics for Managers
3 credits
BADM 622 Macroeconomics and the Global EconomyThis course introduces factors that provide managers a systematic way to understand and respond to domestic and global macroeconomic fluctuations.
Topics include: monetary and fiscal policy, GDP, inflation and interest
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 621
BADM 625 Financial and Managerial AccountingThe course adopts a decision-maker perspective on accounting and finance with the goal of helping students develop a framework for understanding financial, managerial, and tax reports.
Topics include: income statements, balance sheets, theories of asset and income measurement, budgeting and cost management.
Formerly - BADM 625 Managerial Accounting
3 credits
BADM 627 Corporate FinanceThis course introduce the role of fiance in corporate decision-making and meetnig the demands of investors and key stakeholders.
Topics include: time value of money, asset management, cost of captial, capital budgeting, and lead generation.
Formerly BADM 627 Financial Decision Making.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
BADM 633 Entrepreneurial Marketing and SalesThe course introduces frameworks to address the unique marketing and sales issues that impact entrepreneurs.
Topics include: customer acquisition and retention, value propositions, budgeting, and lead generation.
Formerly - BADM 633 - Integrated Marketing Communications.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
BADM 641 Technology and Operations ManagementThis course introduces the management and improvement of physical and information flows within product and service delivery organizations.
Topics include: quality, capacity and inventory management, process analysis, and product development.
Formerly - BADM 641 Information Systems and Technology in Organizations
3 credits
BADM 651 Leadership and Organizational BehaviorThis course introduces management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by the firm and its employees.
Topics include: legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders, the role of personal values in effective leadership, and the design of effective organizations.
Formerly BADM 651 - Management and Leadership Development.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
BADM 697 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Social ResponsibilityThis course discusses responsible business decision making in light of the increasing demands for responsibility and accountability made by communities and government.
Topics include: principles of ethical thinking, business ethics issues, and the development of corporate culture.
Formerly - BADM 697 Ethics & Social Responsibility
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
SCPR 530 Crisis CommunicationsCrisis management has become a much needed tool in then PR portfolio. A reputation, whether for a business, an organization, a political candidate or an academic institution can take years to build and be ruined in a manner of days or even hours. In this course, students will learn what it takes to build, manage and protect a reputation. Reviewing real life case studies, students will examine the consequences of verbal and financial mistakes and misdeeds, product failures and organization crises, and the tactical and ethical challenges facing PR practitioners seeking solutions. Formally titled, "Olivia Pope in the Real World".
3 credits
BADM 699 MBA CapstoneIntegrates skills and knowledge gained throughout the MBA program. Engaging in a strategic management approach, students conduct research projects on current business and industry sectors.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
Elective Concentrations (9 credits)
Students should consult with an academic advisor to select electives specific to their concentration.
Program Policies
Capstone Semester: The Master of Business in Administration requires students to complete a comprehensive final project in the Capstone seminar. The project will challenge students to leverage the knowledge, skills, and tools acquired throughout the program to 1) provide actionable data-informed solutions to an organizational challenge or project-specific problem for a host entity; or 2) formulate operational strategies, develop and test hypotheses, and conduct research that leads to a strategic business or implementation plan. Student teams will present findings in a formal presentation to the client and a panel of faculty. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better on this project to complete the program.
Grades in Graduate Courses: Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 to graduate, and no more than one (1) grade of “C” may appear on their graduate school transcript. Grades below “C” may not count toward the degree.
Pass/No Pass: Graduate students may not take courses on a Pass/No Pass basis; courses taken Pass/No Pass do not fulfill degree requirements.
TELL Policy: TELL credits are not applicable toward the degree.
Transfer Policy: Students may transfer up to six (6) graduate credits from other appropriately accredited institutions of higher learning toward the degree with approval from their faculty advisor. Accrediting associations recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHEA) confer appropriate accreditation.
Course Descriptions
ADMN 617 Crisis Leadership: Response and ResolutionContemporary organizations face a multitude of threats and dangers every day. Responsible and ethical leaders plan not only for the surviving and thriving of their institutions, they plan for organizational continuity and to prevent or mitigate negative fallout effecting their stakeholders and society at large. Planning, practice, and effective communication determine organizational thriving, the extent of fallout, and the strengthening of community ties. Students of Crisis Leadership develop, plan, and implement action plans for responding to a variety of modern management crises stemming from factors such as leadership practice, organizational culture, suc cession planning, embezzlement and accidents to natural disasters, health pandemics, sabotage, and workplace violence. Students will analyze and assess strategies for mitigating crises and evaluating their organizations response and resolution of crises that face leaders of contemporary organizations. Formerly ADMN 617 - Leadership: Response and Resolution of Crises
3 Credits
Prerequisites: None
ADMN 617 Crisis Leadership: Response and ResolutionContemporary organizations face a multitude of threats and dangers every day. Responsible and ethical leaders plan not only for the surviving and thriving of their institutions, they plan for organizational continuity and to prevent or mitigate negative fallout effecting their stakeholders and society at large. Planning, practice, and effective communication determine organizational thriving, the extent of fallout, and the strengthening of community ties. Students of Crisis Leadership develop, plan, and implement action plans for responding to a variety of modern management crises stemming from factors such as leadership practice, organizational culture, suc cession planning, embezzlement and accidents to natural disasters, health pandemics, sabotage, and workplace violence. Students will analyze and assess strategies for mitigating crises and evaluating their organizations response and resolution of crises that face leaders of contemporary organizations. Formerly ADMN 617 - Leadership: Response and Resolution of Crises
3 Credits
Prerequisites: None
ADMN 661 Leaders and Complex OrganizationsExplores leadership?s profound influence on the functionality, culture, and effectiveness of organizations, which are complex, dynamic, and nuanced. Outcomes include creating and implementing a leadership development plan that identifies elements of effective organizations, proposes adaptive organizational design, applies assessment measures, and establishes roles for leaders as agents of organizational transformation. Formerly ADMN 661 Organizations and the Individual.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
ADMN 669 Engaging Organizational ChangeOrganizations engage in organizational change processes to develop strategic plans, reconfigure or improve structures and processes, and increasingly for whole-system change. Successful organizational change initiatives are strategic by design and inclusive by intention; they are focused on a positive future outcome, challenge conventions, and improve the organizational life of the members and relations with stakeholders. Leaders and change agents express a compelling vision to establish the urgency to change, build coalitions, plan systematically, and model the change to anchor it in the organization's culture. Students analyze an organization's needs , cultur e, strategy, expected outcomes, and categorize its stakeholder's power and influence to determine the appropriate change approach and methods for the organization. Students determine participants and roles, develop a plan for implementing a change initiative, instruct others in change methodology, and present as if to a prospective client. Formerly ADMN 669 Org Intervention and Change Implementation.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
BADM 605 Business LawExamines the role of law and legal procedure in the management of business enterprises, concentrating on business organization, liability issues, employment law, consumer protection, antitrust, securities, and legal-ethical concerns. Provides a broad understanding of the reciprocal influence of business and legislation. Formerly BUA 601 Legal Aspects of Management.
3 credits
BADM 607 Managerial StatisticsThis course introduces concepts in probability and statistics that support evidence-based managerial decision making.
Topics include: data analysis, probability sampling, regression and hypothesis testing.
Formerly - BADM 607 Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decision Making.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
BADM 608 Business AnalyticsThis course introduces techniques in data management and evidence-based decision making.
Topics include: quantitative concepts, framing the business problem/question, and selecting analytic approaches.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 607
BADM 621 Economics for Business Decision MakingThis course introduces concepts of supply and demand and the basic forces that determine an equilibrium in a market economy.
Topics include: International trade, the impact of uncertainty on consumer behavior, capital markets, and economic policy and social insurance.
Formerly - BADM 621 Economics for Managers
3 credits
BADM 622 Macroeconomics and the Global EconomyThis course introduces factors that provide managers a systematic way to understand and respond to domestic and global macroeconomic fluctuations.
Topics include: monetary and fiscal policy, GDP, inflation and interest
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 621
BADM 625 Financial and Managerial AccountingThe course adopts a decision-maker perspective on accounting and finance with the goal of helping students develop a framework for understanding financial, managerial, and tax reports.
Topics include: income statements, balance sheets, theories of asset and income measurement, budgeting and cost management.
Formerly - BADM 625 Managerial Accounting
3 credits
BADM 627 Corporate FinanceThis course introduce the role of fiance in corporate decision-making and meetnig the demands of investors and key stakeholders.
Topics include: time value of money, asset management, cost of captial, capital budgeting, and lead generation.
Formerly BADM 627 Financial Decision Making.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
BADM 633 Entrepreneurial Marketing and SalesThe course introduces frameworks to address the unique marketing and sales issues that impact entrepreneurs.
Topics include: customer acquisition and retention, value propositions, budgeting, and lead generation.
Formerly - BADM 633 - Integrated Marketing Communications.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
BADM 635 Entrepreneurial FinancingThis course focuses on the challenging questions entrepreneurs must address to make sound investment and financing decisions encountered throughout the stages of the venture's life cycle from startup to exit. Key financial concepts related to entrepreneurship are examined, with emphasis on understanding the incentives of each type of investor, the relative costs and benefits of each source of funding and the connections between a venture's financing strategy and its product-market strategy towards to goal of achieving innovation, growth and sustainability.
BADM 641 Technology and Operations ManagementThis course introduces the management and improvement of physical and information flows within product and service delivery organizations.
Topics include: quality, capacity and inventory management, process analysis, and product development.
Formerly - BADM 641 Information Systems and Technology in Organizations
3 credits
BADM 651 Leadership and Organizational BehaviorThis course introduces management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by the firm and its employees.
Topics include: legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders, the role of personal values in effective leadership, and the design of effective organizations.
Formerly BADM 651 - Management and Leadership Development.
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
BADM 660 Financial and Capital Resource DevelopmentCovers the current concepts, techniques, working practices and technologies inherent in the development of a successful comprehensive system of financial management and control. Topics include: the practices and techniques of modern managerial finance and control; the preparation of and adherence to effective budgets; and the integration of budgets into a company's overall long-term financial plan. This course also covers the initial and continuing development, management and finance of the corporate business enterprise. This course covers essential issues of law, accounting and technology as they relate to the corporate business enterprise, both private and public. Includes analysis of the basics of starting and maintaining a private business enterprise as well as business planning and management, including customer service, public relations and advertising, goal setting, merchandising, packaging, and pricing, employment, record-keeping and financial management. The case study method is used to illustrate opportunities and problems facing the corporate financial corporate business enterprise in America.
3 credits
Prerequisite: BADM 627
BADM 697 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Social ResponsibilityThis course discusses responsible business decision making in light of the increasing demands for responsibility and accountability made by communities and government.
Topics include: principles of ethical thinking, business ethics issues, and the development of corporate culture.
Formerly - BADM 697 Ethics & Social Responsibility
3 credits
Prerequisites: BADM 601
BADM 699 MBA CapstoneIntegrates skills and knowledge gained throughout the MBA program. Engaging in a strategic management approach, students conduct research projects on current business and industry sectors.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
SCPR 530 Crisis CommunicationsCrisis management has become a much needed tool in then PR portfolio. A reputation, whether for a business, an organization, a political candidate or an academic institution can take years to build and be ruined in a manner of days or even hours. In this course, students will learn what it takes to build, manage and protect a reputation. Reviewing real life case studies, students will examine the consequences of verbal and financial mistakes and misdeeds, product failures and organization crises, and the tactical and ethical challenges facing PR practitioners seeking solutions. Formally titled, "Olivia Pope in the Real World".
3 credits
SCPR 605 Media Ethics Case StudiesGiven the ubiquitous headlines and media coverage of political corruption and ethical dilemmas facing individuals, professional organizations and corporations', students need to understand how ethical standards are developed and applied in professional practices. This course will explore the ethical practices and challenges in the closely connected areas of public relations and journalism. Students will compare their personal ethical concepts and values with professional codes of ethics and best practices and will examine problems and opportunities caused by changing audience habits.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
SCPR 622 Digital and Visual StorytellingStorytelling is used by news media, non-profits, government agencies, political candidates, and businesses to inform and promote ideas, strategies and policies. Students will create online content using digital photography and audio editing. They will take and edit digital photos and create slideshows with digital audio. Students will examine a variety of online multimedia projects with the aim of understanding and gaining a foundation in the most effective ways to enhance storytelling with digital audio and photos. Students will create an audio project, a digital slideshow and a final multimedia project. It is important to know how to work with multimedia in the digital age. Students will be expected to spend non-class time to master these skills.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None
SCPR 627 Persuasive WritingStudents will create messaging and learn to produce written materials intended to persuade, with special focus on op-eds, speeches, issue advocacy, letters to the editor, lobbying and media packets, grassroots advocacy materials, and talking points. Through a writing intensive term students will learn to write in varying styles, tell stories that have impact, and write to engage audiences.
3 credits
Prerequisites: None