Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Degree Concentrations

Dietetics Concentration

Digital Marketing Concentration

Healthcare Management Concentration

Management Concentration 

Strategic Leadership Concentration

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s MBA program can:

  1. Integrate theories, models, and principles to effectively lead organizations in dynamic business environments.
  2. Analyze problems and utilize decision-making techniques to solve complex business challenges.
  3. Demonstrate competency to lead and serve in their chosen area of business expertise.
  4. Articulate how faith inspires, informs, and gives purpose and meaning to business. 
  5. Demonstrate intercultural competence, ethics, and teamwork in achieving business outcomes.

Degree Requirements (36-46 credits)

Program Core Requirements (27 credits):

ACCT 501Managerial Accounting & Finance

3
BUSA 501Business Strategy and Execution

3
BUSA 505Decision-Making with Data

3
BUSA 510Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3
BUSA 590Management Capstone

3
ECON 501Global Business and Economic Development

3
LEAD 515Best Practices in Leadership

3
LEAD 550Organizational Effectiveness

3
MRKT 515Marketing Strategy

3
*For the Healthcare Management concentration, LEAD 505 meets the requirement of LEAD 515 and HLTH 500 meets the requirement of BUSA 505.

Dietetics Concentration:

Option 1: Completion of Messiah College’s Dietetic Internship (19 credits)

NUTR 503Professional Development in Nutrition and Dietetics I

1
NUTR 505Professional Development in Nutrition and Dietetics II

1
NUTR 511Supervised Practice in Medical Nutrition

8
NUTR 525Supervised Practice in Food Service and Community Nutrition

9

Option 2: Completion of an ACEND-approved, credit-bearing (minimum of 9 graduate level credits) Dietetic Internship.

Verification Statement and official transcript are required. All other graduate-level transfer credit policies are applicable.

Digital Marketing Concentration (9 credits)

MRKT 530Digital Marketing

3
MRKT 540Social Media Strategy

3
MRKT 550Marketing Analytics

3

Healthcare Management Concentration (9 credits):

 
HLTH 506Christian Philosophical & Ethical Foundations of Healthcare

3
HLTH 631Health Policy and Legal Aspects of Healthcare

3
HLTH 640Economics of Healthcare

3

Management Concentration (9 credits):

3 Electives in Business and Leadership (9)

Strategic Leadership Concentration (9 credits)

LEAD 505Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change

3
LEAD 530Leading Leaders

3
LEAD 540Followership, Teamwork and Group Dynamics

3