One CAS Course

This page shows two options for the curricular path for BA/MBA students who begin the MBA program needing one CAS course during the first year of the MBA.

Option 1: CAS Course Fall Semester, First Year

BA/MBA students, who take their CAS course fall semester of the first year of the MBA, will generally postpone "GSM 5104: Managing Individuals, Teams and Organizations" to the fall semester of the second year of MBA study.

1st Year - Fall Semester - 12 MBA credits plus 1 CAS course

• Data Analysis, Modeling & Decision Making
• Accounting for Managers
• PACE I: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
• Finance and Economics I
• CAS Course

1st Year - Spring Semester - 16 MBA credits

• Marketing: Creating Satisfied Consumers
• PACE II: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
• Finance and Economics II
• Operations and Systems Management
• MBA Elective

Summer Between 1st and 2nd Year - 3 MBA credits

• Internships for Management

2nd Year - Fall Semester - 14 to 18 MBA credits

• Managing Individuals, Teams and Organizations
• Politics and Public Policy for Managers
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective

2nd Year - Spring Semester - 15 MBA credits

• GSM 6123: Strategic Management
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective

Option 2: CAS Course Spring Semester, First Year

BA/MBA students, who take their CAS course spring semester of the the first year of the MBA, will postpone an MBA elective course until the second year of MBA study.

1st Year - Fall Semester - 15 MBA credits

• Data Analysis, Modeling & Decision Making
• Managing Individuals, Teams and Organizations
• Accounting for Managers
• PACE I: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
• Finance and Economics I

1st Year - Spring Semester - 12 MBA credits plus 1 CAS course

• Marketing: Creating Satisfied Consumers
• PACE II: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
• Finance and Economics II
• Operations and Systems Management
• CAS Course

Summer Between 1st and 2nd Year - 3 MBA credits

• Internships for Management

2nd Year - Fall Semester - 15 MBA credits

• Politics and Public Policy for Managers
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective
• MBA Elective

2nd Year - Spring Semester - 15 MBA credits

• Strategic Management
• MBA Experiential Elective or MBA Elective
• MBA Experiential Elective or MBA Elective
• MBA Experiential Elective or MBA Elective