Cheap MBA prerequisite courses.

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  1. adelx

    adelx New Member

    I want to enter an on-campus MBA. I would like to finish the prerequisite for the MBA online. the prerequisite courses for most MBA programs are: accounting, statistics, management, economics, finance, and marketing.

    I looked at several programs listed below. I would like to know what you think of those programs, and if you know of another program, I would love to know about.


    My evaluation criteria:
    1. Cheap, around 1K per course.
    2. AACSB-accredited (not required)
    3. 8-weeks, or 10 week based.
    4. Strong online learning environment (lecture CD/DVD, interaction with teacher). I am not interested in do it all your self, self-study stuff. I want to interact with my teachers and fellow students.


    I looked at those programs

    Mississippi State University:

    Price: 473 per credit hour
    AACSB-accredited: yes
    8-weeks: no, Semester-based
    Learning environment : no idea
    Courses:
    Survey of Accounting
    Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions
    Survey of Management
    Survey of Economics
    Survey of Finance
    Survey of Marketing

    my note: good, but above 1K.


    The University of North Alabama
    Price : 320 per credit hour
    AACSB-accredited : no
    8-weeks : no, Semester-based
    learning environment : DVD-based
    Courses:
    EMB 501 — Accounting Concepts
    EMB 502 — Economic Concepts
    EMB 503 — Financial Concepts
    EMB 504 — Statistical Concepts
    EMB 505 — Marketing and Management

    my note: good, but not AACSB-accredited.

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln
    Price : around 360 per credit hour
    AACSB-accredited : yes
    8-weeks : no, Semester-based
    learning environment : Blackboard , I don’t know if they provide DVDs or streaming videos.
    Courses:
    GRBA 810 - Contemporary Managerial Accounting
    GRBA 811 - Managerial Finance
    GRBA 812 - Managerial Economics
    GRBA 813 - Managerial Marketing
    GRBA 814 - Organization Behavior
    GRBA 815 - Operations and Information Systems Strategy

    my note: requires admission to the MBA program


    Jacksonville State University
    Price : 225 per credit hour
    AACSB-accredited : yes
    8-weeks : no, Semester-based
    learning environment : no idea
    Courses:
    MGT 504 Business Organization and Administration (3)
    BA 500 Statistics and Quantitative Methods (3)
    ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
    EC 222 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
    FIN 301 Business Finance (3)
    FIN 292 Legal and Social Environment (3)
    CBA 390 Operations and Technology Management (3)
    MKT 301 Principles of Marketing (3)

    my note: courses are at the undergraduate level. They may not meet the prerequisite requirement for many MBA


    Any recommendation, addition, idea, and/or advice?
     
  2. pugbelly

    pugbelly New Member

    I'd go with Jacksonville because of price. I don't see a difference if you're only using these as pre-reqs. You might also want to look at Fort Hays.

    Pug
     
  3. scaredrain

    scaredrain Member


    Cameron University offers prerequiste MBA courses they are around 288 per semester credit hour:
    http://www.cameron.edu/online/graduate/mba_degree_prog.html

    http://www.cameron.edu/online/graduate

    The school is not AACSB accredited they are ACBSP and courses are 8 weeks. I am a bit biased because I have attended there and will receive my MS from there in May.
     

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