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MBA Core Courses
The MBA curriculum includes 33.00 credits of core courses designed to equip students with a common set of capabilities necessary for effective management in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
In addition to foundational core courses, students have the opportunity to complete 27.00 credits of electives, allowing for deeper exploration in a particular area of focus, completion of a specialization or pursuit of a diploma.
As the capstone of the program, students will participate in the Strategy Field Study. In this exciting consulting project spanning two terms, teams conduct a strategic assessment of an organization and its environment, and present recommendations to senior management.
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Students are eligible for graduation upon their successful completion of 60.00 credits. Students may shorten the duration to complete their MBA if they receive Advanced Standing.
See the list of required core courses below.
MBA 1 (first half – 30.00 credits)
- 27.00 credits of core courses (outlined below)
- 3.00 credits of elective(s)
- ACTG 5100 3.00 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
This course examines the assumptions and decision usefulness of financial statements and non-financial information, including MD&A as well as sustainability reports prepared for creditors, shareholders, and stakeholders from society at large. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of financial statements and the influence of non-financial information, using examples from several companies.
Read more > - ACTG 5210 1.50 - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
This course provides an introduction to management accounting techniques that are useful in management decision making situations such as: cost management, pricing special orders, determining service levels, performance appraisal, and socially responsible practices. It also considers how a variety of stakeholder interests are incorporated into managerial decision-making processes and reporting. Among these, the course considers the influences and information requirements that feed into the internal and external reporting of various ethical and sustainability practices.
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Prerequisite: SB/ACTG 5100 3.00 - ECON 5100 3.00 - THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
This course provides managers with an overview of the economic environment, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and environmental and international economics, within which businesses operate. Students develop economic tools to address competitive, environmental, and social sustainability challenges. Real-world issues are explored to deepen practical understanding and application.
Read more > - FINE 5200 3.00 - MANAGERIAL FINANCE
Provides an opportunity to learn about investment and financing decisions of managers and individuals. The investment decisions involve asset valuation, capital budgeting, performance assessment, and risk management. The financing decisions include financial planning, the risk-return trade-off, the choice of financial instruments, and cost of capital. Evaluations of longterm sustainable business and personal investment practices in the rapidly evolving world of technology are integrated into the topics.
Read more > - MGMT 5150 3.00 - SKILLS FOR LEADERSHIP
This course develops thinking and reflective skills required for leadership in a complex world. Drawing on complexity theory and a multiple-perspectives framework that embraces sustainability, ethics, history, and diversity & inclusion, the course advances students’ ability to think creatively, analytically, and strategically. Students learn to identify and reframe complex problems more effectively, and to develop and communicate innovative solutions compellingly.
Read more > - MKTG 5200 3.00 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT
This course familiarizes students with marketing concepts adapted to today’s complex market environment (consumer trends, STP, product life cycle management, pricing, distribution, and promotion). It focuses on marketing consumer products and services across profit and non-profit sectors. Contemporary issues such as marketing ethics, consumer protection, consumer diversity, and sustainability are discussed in the course.
Read more > - OMIS 5110 1.50 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The aim of this course is to create an understanding of key management issues with respect to the use of computer and information systems in modern business applications. Core technologies of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, internet and the web, IT security, as well as emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain will be explored from a management perspective. As well as exploring technological, economic and organizational facets, important equity, environment, and social justice issues like gender and racial bias in AI, digital exclusion, e-waste, and carbon reporting are also examined.
Read more > - OMIS 5120 1.50 - QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Students learn about quantitative methods used to conduct business research, analysis, forecasting and decisionmaking. Students are acquainted with computer software necessary for implementing quantitative methods. Problems of economic, social, human, and environmental sustainability will be highlighted throughout the course, including ethical considerations around the collection, interpretation and use of statistical information.
Read more > - OMIS 5210 1.50 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
This course explores the role of operational strategies in optimizing efficiency while delivering quality products and services in an environmentally sustainable manner. Total Quality Management (TQM) and Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory systems are analyzed for their effectiveness in promoting cost-efficiency and mitigating ecological sustainability risks by minimizing waste, optimizing resource use, and reducing carbon emissions.
Read more > - ORGS 5100 3.00 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
The purpose of this course is to create a knowledge base from which students can develop organizational competence. It examines the relationships between organizational performance and the behaviour of individuals, groups, and overall organizations. In the process, emphasis is given to the importance of interpersonal issues and to issues arising from technological change, workforce diversity, ethical challenges, and internationalization. Consideration is also given to issues pertaining to the natural environment such as sustainability and ESG.
Read more > - SUST 5200 3.00 - BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY
This course explores how organizations respond to increasing expectations to deliver sustainable performance at the economic, social and environmental level. Students grasp different ways in which companies can respond to growing pressures to adopt sustainability and study strategies of how companies can lead the way forward by developing practical solutions to some of society's most challenging problems.
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Prerequisites: Open to MBA students only.
Students are required to complete at least 15 credits of the 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses before enrolling in this course. Course exclusion: SGMT 5800 3.00
Note: Students who took SGMT 5800 should not be taking SUST 5200.
MBA 2 (second half – 30.00 credits)
- 6.00 credits of core courses (outlined below)
- 24.00 credits of electives
- MGMT 6090 0.00 - STRATEGY FIELD STUDY FORMATION
The Strategy Field Study is a team-based, in-depth study of a client organization that takes place over two terms of the MBA. Students must enroll in MGMT 6090 to formalize the start of the Strategy Field Study.
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Prerequisite: Students are required to complete the equivalent of 30 credits of their degree, including at least 15 credits of 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses before enrolling in this course.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: All 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses.
JD/MBA must complete Schulich Year 1 before they can enroll in MGMT 6090. - MGMT 6100 3.00 - STRATEGY FIELD STUDY
The Strategy Field Study is the culmination of an MBA student's work. Through a team based two term in-depth study of a client organization, students integrate acquired knowledge and skills to analyze the organization's internal and external environments, including factors associated with sustainability, and develop actionable recommendations and an implementation plan that contribute to the organization's financial and nonfinancial success.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: MGMT 6090 0.00 Strategy Field Study Formation
Prerequisites: Enrollment in MGMT 6100 must take place in the first or second term of the Field Study. Students should complete all core courses (5000 level) before enrolling in this course.Students planning on going on exchange must coordinate with Student Services & International Relations (SSIR) and the Strategy Field Study Office to make arrangements for completing this course while accommodating exchange plans.
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Read more > - SGMT 6000 3.00 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
This course examines business and corporate strategy. The focus is on strategic management, the process of choosing and defining purposes and objectives, formulating, and implementing a viable strategy and monitoring strategic performance. It deals with the organization in its totality and demonstrates how and why the various functions of business are interdependent and need to be coordinated for the organization to perform effectively. The course applies the discipline of strategic management to a variety of organizations while addressing issues of ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
Course Credit Exclusions: SB/INTL 6000.030, SB/PUBL 6000.030 Prerequisites: Students are required to complete all 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses before enrolling in this course.
Prerequisites: Students are required to complete all 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses before enrolling in this course.
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