Program Concentrations
MBA Program Concentrations
As a student in the MBA program, you may select electives that will enable you to choose a varied selection of courses or you may concentrate in a particular area of interest, such as:
- Computer Information Systems
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Global Business
- Management and Human Resources
- Marketing
Concentrations are not a program requirement and many students may be best served by selecting electives from several different functional areas.
The requirements for each area of interest are shown below.
For more information, please contact:
Rider University's College of Business Administration
Graduate Studies
John Farrell
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
(609) 896-5127
E-mail: jfarrell@rider.edu
Computer Information Systems
A minimum of three courses selected from the following:
- MBAD 611 E-Commerce
- MBAD 616 Selected Topics in CIS (Topics change frequently and
may include Project Management, Globalization & Technology,
Digital Rights Management; therefore, this course may be taken
more than once) - MBAD 618 Healthcare Information Systems
Both of these required courses:
- MBAD 683 Entrepreneurship
- MBAD 629 Tax Planning for Entrepreneurs
At least one course from the following:
- MBAD 611 E-Commerce
- MBAD 646 Computerized Financial Analysis
- MBAD 682 Business Law
- MBAD 686 Employment Law for Business
- MBAD 689 Consulting for Small and New Businesses
A minimum of three courses selected from the following:
- MBAD 641 Corporate Treasury Management
- MBAD 643 Investment Instruments and Strategies
- MBAD 644 Financial Market Operations
- MBAD 645 International Financial Management
- MBAD 646 Computerized Financial Analysis
- MBAD 647 Portfolio Management
- MBAD 648 Health-care Financing
- MBAD 69X Independent Study in Finance*
*For students with four electives, one elective must be outside the 64X series. Students with five electives may take four in the 64X series and must take one outside.
A minimum of three courses selected from the following:
- MBAD 616 Selected Topics CIS - Globalization & Telecommunications
- MACC 656 International Dimensions of Accounting
- MBAD 635 International Trade and Investment
- MBAD 645 International Financial Management
- MBAD 665 International Marketing Management
- MBAD 675 International Management
- MBAD 685 International Business Problems and Environmental Issues
- MBAD 69X Independent Study in Global Business
- MBAD 705 International Business Study Tour
This is a cross-functional concentration. All electives may be "global."
A minimum of three courses selected from the following:
- MBAD 670 Organization Design and Culture
- MBAD 671 Human Resource Management
- MBAD 672 Management Skills
- MBAD 673 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
- MBAD 674 Power and Politics in Organizations
- MBAD 675 International Management
- MBAD 676 Organization Development and Effectiveness
- MBAD 677 Managing Workforce Diversity
- MBAD 683 Entrepreneurship
- MBAD 69X Selected Topics in Management
- MBAD 69X Independent Study in Management*
- MBAD 69X Selected Topics in Leadership
*For students with four electives, one elective must be outside the 67X series. Students with five electives may take four in the 67X series and must take one outside.
A minimum of three courses selected from the following:
- MBAD 663 Consumer Behavior
- MBAD 664 Marketing Research
- MBAD 665 International Marketing Management
- MBAD 668 Health-care Marketing
- MBAD 669 Selected Topics in Marketing
- MBAD 69X Independent Study in Marketing*
*For students with four electives, one elective must be outside the 66X series. Students with five electives may take four in the 66X series and must take one outside.
