The
Accelerated One-Year MBA Program
Concentrations
Full-time MBA students may choose from concentrations in the following five areas: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation, Finance, Global Business, Strategic Retail Alliances, and Customized Concentration. Each concentration, except the customized concentration, consists of one required course plus two concentration electives.
The entrepreneurship and strategic innovation concentration is appropriate for students who are interested in strategic change in
organizations, both large and small. Students pursuing this concentration can tailor their electives to
focus on intrapreneurship (change within large organizations) or
entrepreneurship.
Required
Course
MGMT 5323 - New Venture Development and Small Business Management
Finance
The finance concentration is designed to give students an understanding of the theory and practice of financial decision-making. Students will cover concepts in investment theory and portfolio management, financial instruments, and global financial issues.
FINN
5333 - Investment Theory and Management
FINN 5623 - Investment Banking and Securities Markets
FINN 5633 - Financial Institutions
FINN 5703 - Multinational Business Finance
ECON 5853 - International Economics Policy
Global Business
Students who choose to complete the global business concentration are required to study abroad or have international business experience prior to graduation. Economics 5853 (International Economics Policy) is only required course in the global business concentration. However, students must complete two additional courses, to be approved by the MBA Director, in a study-abroad program. Currently, the Walton College study-abroad programs in Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, and France. The college is a member of a consortium of schools that offers study abroad opportunities in Italy.
Students who have prior international work experience may complete the global business concentration through course work
instead of through study abroad. In addition to the international economics policy course, students can complete other international business courses that are offered.
Study abroad (6 hours of coursework + 6 hours of language, if needed)
Strategic Retail Alliances
The Strategic Retail Alliances concentration is designed to give students an in-depth under-standing of the functions involved in creating, facilitating, and maintaining exchange relation-ships. Students will acquire the skills necessary
to successfully use the marketing functions to help achieve the firm’s strategic objectives.
MKTT 5433 - Consumer and Market Research
MKTT 5533 - Strategic Category Management
TLOG 5633 - Business Logistics Systems
Customized Concentration
Students may choose to develop a customized concentration rather than complete any of the concentrations defined above. If students believe a combination of other graduate level courses better matches their interests and career objectives, they are free to develop a concentration tailored to their specific needs and interests. All Managerial students will choose a customized concentration consisting of 12 hours (four courses).
Alternatively, the University of Arkansas offers masters degree programs in accountancy, economics, information systems, and
transportation and logistics management. Graduate level courses are regularly offered in these areas and students may choose to take their elective courses from one or more of these programs. (Pre-requisite courses must be completed prior
to enrollment in any of these courses.)
Students may also develop a customized concentration with courses outside of the
Walton College of Business. For example, students may want to develop a concentration in Recreation Management or Health Care Administration. As long as students have completed the necessary pre-requisites for the course work and have received written approval from the Director of the MBA Program, concentration courses may be taken outside of the Walton College.
