BUSN 504 Corporate Financial Accounting (3 credit hours)
BUSN 521 Applied Corporate Finance (3 credit hours)
BUSN 541 Managerial Marketing (3 credit hours)
BUSN 532 Organizational Behavior (3 credit hours)
BUSN 564 Transformative Leadership and Management (3 credit hours)
BUSN 517 Managerial Economics (3 credit hours)
BUSN 584 Strategic Management (3 credit hours)
BUSN 535 Management Data Analytics and Decision Making (3 credit hours)

BUSN 621: Information Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (3 credits)

Companies storing information are responsible for keeping it safe—and face consequences if they don’t. Who’s at fault after an attack and who must be informed? This course covers corporate governance principles, risk identification methods, business regulations, accountability, and audits. In a data-driven world, business leaders must handle data responsibly, and by the end of this course, you’ll learn how to manage the growing legal obligations around cybersecurity.

BUSN 622: Network Architectures for Cyber Managers (3 credits)

In order to ensure a house is safe, we need to know how it’s built. It’s the same for cybersecurity: to ensure systems are secure, we need to understand their design and the unique security challenges of different network architectures and data storage solutions. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to critique security for various network designs, including IT and OT systems, cloud environments, data storage, and IoT networks, in terms of cyber risk.

BUSN 623: Cyber Risk Management and Strategy (3 credits)

Cyberattacks today are inevitable—but the extent of the damage may rely on how much you, as the manager, are prepared. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to create risk management strategies before, during, and after cyberattacks, developing incident response plans, understanding frameworks like NIST and MITRE ATT&CK, identifying proactive and reactive protection techniques, and debriefing with ‘hotwashes.’

BUSN 624: Executive Cyber Defense (3 credits)

To defend against hackers, you need to think like a hacker. This course covers the fundamentals of ethical hacking, from Linux commands and open-source tools to attack tree construction and vulnerability research. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to use what you’ve learned to analyze, interpret, and communicate penetration tests and security strategies to executives.

We find that the hardest MBA courses for many students are Applied Corporate Financial Accounting, Managerial Finance, and Managerial Economics, especially if you do not have an undergraduate degree in business, or if you have significant gaps in your background and preparation for the MBA program.

In these situations, we require students to complete between one and three self-paced online preparation course(s) through MBA PrepWorks, a nationally renowned MBA preparation learning company. More details about this process are available by inquiring.

One or more of the bridge courses are not required if you have an undergraduate business degree that includes financial accounting, finance, and economics, or if you have demonstrated professional work experience providing a strong foundation in these areas, or if you have recorded a GMAT score of 600 or higher.

MBA MyWay students are always welcome to take one or more of the low-cost preparation courses if they just want to refresh their knowledge and set themselves up for success.