Our Programs

Requirements and Coursework

Apply to the MBA/MA Government

Government Courses

  1. Proseminar: Essentials of Public and Private Management
  2. Government and Politics in the U.S.


In addition to these two required government courses, MBA/MA Government program students are required to take seven electives, two of which can be fulfilled outside the government program with permission from the government Associate Program Chair.

Though not required, the following government courses are recommended electives for students who wish to complete the MBA/MA Government program:

  1. Law of Public Institutions
  2. Congressional Policy Making
  3. The Budgetary Process
  4. Executive Politics and Policymaking
  5. Public Entrepreneurship
  6. Negotiating as Leadership Skill
  7. Government and the Global Economy
  8. State Politics and Policymaking

MBA Courses

All MBA/MA Government students are also required to complete the following MBA courses:

  1. Accounting and Financial Reporting
  2. Statistical Analysis
  3. The Firm and Macro-economy
  4. Finance and Capital Markets
  5. Customer Focused Marketing
  6. Ethics and Humanity
  7. Business Communications
  8. Global Strategy
  9. Negotiation
  10. Business Law
  11. Operations Management
  12. Economics for Decision Making
  13. Information Systems
  14. Leading Organizations
  15. Decision Models
  16. Strategic Management

In addition, students take four elective courses.