University of Mary Dual MBA/MA in Philosophy, 36 cr Total

University of Mary, a Benedictine Roman Catholic university in Bismarck, ND, offers an online or evening dual Master of Business Administration plus Master of Arts in Philosophy. The MBA is IACBE, from University of Mary’s Gary Tharaldson School of Business. The MBA is general, non-specialization.

Tuition is 580 per semester credit and the total program is 36 credits for a total tuition of $20,880.

The courses, each required, each 3 semester credits except HUM 799 which is 0 credits, are

• BUS 505 - Human Resource Management
• BUS 510 - Leadership & Management Theory
• BUS 555 - Managerial Finance
• BUS 571 - Executive Economic Analysis
• BUS 605 - Managerial Accounting
• BUS 636 - Mission Advancement Principles & Practice
• BUS 680 - Business and Catholic Social Teaching
• PHI 501 - Reading, Writing, & Argumentation
• PHI 550 - Philosophy of Happiness
• PHI 572 - Ethics
• PHI 620 - History of Ethical Thought
• PHI 640 - History of Political Thought
• HUM 799 - Graduate Studies Assessment

Program page in the 2023-24 catalog
Program page on online.umary.edu

 

36 credits total for both degrees?

 

That's exactly what it says, unequivocally, in all the program literature. Plus, course list exactly as Jonathan reported.
"University of Mary, a Benedictine Roman Catholic university." Yes, I think we can trust them.

 

What's the purpose of a philosophy degree, again?

 

We have an 18-credit master's degree now, so I guess we can have 36-credit dual degrees. In reality, this is just one interdisciplinary degree.

 

The MBA program is really broad in business, which is comparison to Master of Science in Computer Science for computing technology. Therefore, 18 credits for an MBA are not enough for the degree.