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The MBA requires 37 hours of Green Mountain College graduate credits, 28 of which are drawn from a common core of courses. The remaining nine credits allow students to focus more specifically on one of two concentrations: General Business Administration and Non-profit Organization Management.
Academic Core
Green Mountain College's MBA curriculum teaches the specific skills and knowledge associated with a rigorous graduate degree in business administration. Core courses cover:
- Communication Management
- Management: A Triple Bottom Line Perspective
- Management of People at Work
- Information Assets & Technology Management
- Marketing and Managing the Customer Relationship
- Statistics & Quantitative Methods for Management
- Stakeholder Economics & Corporate Performance Management
- Accounting for Managers
- Ethical Issues & the Legal Environment
- Financial Measures of Value Added
Concentrations
Building on the 28 core credits, students will select one of two concentrations. Courses in the concentrations emphasize strategic leadership issues and address theories, models, and tools relevant to businesses and nonprofit organizations.
General Business Administration Concentration:
This concentration prepares students for management of commercial enterprises, emphasizing sustainable business practices. Courses teach students to think critically about conflicts and trade-offs, and to use accountability for social and ecological outcomes as a source of competitive advantage. Courses in this concentration include:
- Leadership, Values, and Decision Making
- Competitive & Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach
- Field Application Project
Nonprofit Organization Management Concentration:
This concentration focuses on the business of nonprofit organizations. It is intended for individuals who seek to develop skills in best-practices management and leadership specific to nonprofit organizations, and who want to learn to apply specialized theories, models, and tools to concrete managerial problems in such organizations. Courses in this concentration include:
- Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofit Organization Financial Statements & Performance Evaluation
- Marketing & Brand Management Strategy for Nonprofit Entities
- Field Application Project
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