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4+1 Accelerated Master's

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The 4+1 Business program allows students to complete both a BA and an MBA or MS in as little as five years. Students apply for the 4+1 program in their junior/senior year and can take graduate level courses while completing their BA. The graduate credits are in addition to the 120 credits required for graduation with the BA. Upon graduating with a BA and a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours, the student would continue in the MBA or MS program where he/she will complete additional credits.   

No prerequisites required!

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • BUAD 6310. Quanititative Reasoning for Decision-Making
  • ACCT 6310. Financial Intelligence

Graduate courses taken as MBA student:

  • BUAD 6101. Leading Yourself (1 credit)
  • BUAD 6102. Enhancing Interpersonal Effectiveness (1 credit)
  • BUAD 6103. Career Advancement (1 credit)
  • LDRS 6310. Leading Innovation and Organizational Change
  • MANA 7310. High Performance Work Teams
  • MANA 7330. Integrated Business Operations
  • MANA 7340. Integrated Business Strategy
  • Tech Elective (3 credits)
  • Business Electives (6 credits)

 

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting
  • ACCT 5325. Intermediate Financial Accounting I

Graduate classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • ACCT 5326. Intermediate Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT 5351. Data Analytics in Accounting

Graduate Courses taken as MS Student:

  • ACCT 5375. Auditing
  • ACCT 5380. Income Tax I
  • ACCT 6330. Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT 6390. Business Ethics for Accounting
  • ACCT 7340. Advanced Accounting
  • ACCT 7350. Analysis and Research in Tax
  • TECH Elective (6 credits)

Program Prerequisites:

  • BUS 4390 Senior Seminar 
  • BUS 3320 Marketing Theory and Practice 

Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • BUAD 6310. Quantitative Reasoning for Decision Making
  • BANA 6360. Programming I

Graduate Courses taken as MS Student:

  • ACCT 6310. Financial Intelligence
  • BANA 6380. SQL Programming & ML
  • BANA 6390. Cloud Computing and AI
  • BANA 7320. Data Visualization and Storytelling
  • BANA 7350. AI for Business
  • BANA 7380. Advanced Spreasheet Modeling and Dashboards

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 4390 Senior Seminar 
  • BUS 3320 Marketing Theory and Practice 

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • CYBS 6345. Securing the Digital World
  • BANA 6360. Programming I OR BANA 7355. AI for Business

Graduate courses taken as MS student:

  • CYBS 6350. Cryptology and Data Protection
  • CYBS 6355. Governance, Risk and Compliance
  • CYBS 7350. Identity and Access Management Controls and Strategies
  • CYBS 7357. Network Security Architecture
  • CYBS 7355. Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment
  • CYBS 8396. Strategic Cybersecurity Practicum

Program Prerequisites:

  • BUS 4390 Senior Seminar
  • BUS 3320 Marketing Theory and Practice 

Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • BANA 6360. Programming I
  • BUAD 6310. Quantitative Reasoning for Decision Making

Graduate Courses taken as MS Student:

  • BANA 6370. Programming with AI
  • BANA 6380. SQL Programming & ML
  • BANA 6390. Cloud Computing and AI
  • BANA 7320. Data Visualization and Storytelling
  • BANA 7350. Forecasting Methods
  • BANA 7355. AI for Business
  • BANA 7365. Predictive Modeling
  • BANA 7380. Advanced Spreasheet Modeling and Dashboards

 

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting
  • BANA 6360. Programming I

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • FINA 6305. Managerial Finance
  • BANA 7320. Data Visualization and Storytelling

Graduate courses taken as MS student:

  • FINA 7310. Intermediate Managerial Finance
  • FINA 7322. Investments
  • FINA 7327. Corporate Valuation
  • FINA 7350. Derivatives
  • FINA 7360. Quantitative Finance
  • FINA 7370. Python for Finance
  • FINA 7380. FinTech
  • FINA 8395. Portfolio Management

 

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • MANA 6V50. Virtuous Leadership
  • MANA 6V51. Business & the Common Good
  • BUAD 6320. Logic & Advanced Communication
  • FINA 6305. Managerial Finance
  • ACCT 5380. Income Tax I

Graduate courses taken as MS student:

  • FINA 6360. Risk Management, Insurance & Estate Planning
  • FINA 7322. Investments
  • FINA 7355. Retirement Planning
  • FINA 7350. Derivatives
  • FINA 7390. Financial Planning Capstone
  • FINA 7395. Portfolio Management

 

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