MBA in Biotechnology and Health Industry Management Sp07
 

MBA IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM
For Students Admitted Spring 2007 or Later

A series of Prerequisite, Core, and Skills courses is required to give all MBA students a common body of knowledge.  Students may be exempt from up to 15 credits of Core and Skills courses, depending on previous background verified by evaluation of transcripts, course syllabi, and exemption exam.  All entering students are required to take MGMT 501.

For  Penn State Great Valley prerequisites, please click on the course number in the column on the left.  
Do NOT use the course descriptions listed in the schedules to determine prerequisite requirements. 
For a complete list of MBA and certificate program prerequisites, click here. 
Pre-Program Requirements
 Course #  Course Name  Schedule  Schedule
 B A 517  Communication Skills for Management Summer 2008 Fall 2008
BUSAD 501 Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decision Making Summer 2008 Fall 2008
Core Courses

MGMT 501

Behavioral Science in Business

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

ACCTG 512

Financial Accounting Theory and Reporting Problems

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

BUSAD 523

Prices and Markets 

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

FIN 531

 Financial Management     Summer 2008 Fall 2008

OPMGT 510

Operations Management

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

MKTG 500 

Marketing Management

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008
Advanced Courses

BUSAD 530

Biotechnology and Health Industry Overview

 N/A Fall 2008

BUSAD 537

Management Information Systems

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

ACCTG 524

Managerial Accounting 

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

BUSAD 534

 Ethical Dimensions of Biotechnology and Health Industry      N/A Fall 2008

Managing & Leading People Elective
Choose one of the following 

BUSAD 555

Full-Range Leadership Development

 N/A Fall 2008

BUSAD 556 

Diversity Leadership

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

BUSAD 545

Negotiation Strategies

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

MGMT 523

Organizational Change: Theory and Practice

 N/A Fall 2008

MGMT 541 

Human Resources Management

 Summer 2008 N/A

Managing Technology & Innovation Elective
Choose one of the following
BUSAD 558 Knowledge Management N/A N/A
BUSAD 576

Ethical Issues in Information Technology

 N/A Fall 2008

MGMT 573

Corporate Innovative Strategies

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

M I S 538 

Decision Support Systems

 N/A N/A

BUSAD 577
(formerly MIS 539)

Management of Information Technology

 N/A N/A
Electives
Choose two of the following

BUSAD 511

New Ventures I

 Summer 2008 Fall 2008

HPA 536 

Health Law

 N/A Fall 2008
HPA 550

Health Care Marketing

 Summer 2008 N/A

IE 566 

Quality Control 

 N/A N/A

MKTG 516 

Product Development

 N/A N/A
Required Capstone 
 BUSAD 583  Future of Biotechnology and Health Industry N/A N/A

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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