The one-year, daytime Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is designed for qualified students interested in the management of human, material, and financial resources in business, government, and non-profit organizations.  The program is tailored for those individuals who desire to retool their career, make a career change, or re-enter the workforce, as well as for more traditional domestic or international students who desire an accelerated MBA.  The program begins in the summer semester and can be completed in 10-12 months, depending on previous academic preparation.  The MBA program is constructed around the following objectives:

• Examination of the relationship between businesses and society in order to heighten each student's awareness of the social dilemmas and value conflicts which affect an organization's performance;

• Development of greater understanding of human behavior in organizations along with developing the attitudes and skills necessary to achieve effective working relationships;

• Development of analytical techniques and multi-disciplinary approaches useful in making and implementing decisions;

• Development of the broad vision necessary to cope with complex managerial problems in a global environment;

• Establishment of a real world experience base by maintaining continuous interaction with community organizations, profit and non-profit, through seminars and special programs for practicing managers and administrators.

Advantages of a One-Year Mercer MBA

• Completion in 10-12 months

• Eight-week sessions

• 4-day class schedule

• Daytime courses

• Cohort program

• Accomplished and caring faculty

• New academic facility, offering state-of-the-art in learning technology

• Easy-to-reach location, just off I-85 and I-285 north

Program of Study

SUMMER SEMESTER

Hours

Prerequisite Foundation Courses*

BAA 505 Micro & Macro Economics

BAA 515 Management & Marketing

Summer Session II (July-August) 

BAA 614 Business Communication

BAA 615 Team Dynamics

Fall Semester I (August-October)

BAA 603 Managerial Accounting

Fall Semester II (October-December)

BAA 607 MIS

BAA 609 Corporate Finance

SPRING SEMESTER         

BAA 611 Operations Management

Elective

Internship or Elective

Spring Semester II (March-May) 

BAA 604 Issues in Business Law & Corporate Sustainability