Master of Business Administration Online

Take your business career to the next level with the degree preferred by top employers. Delivering valuable career-relevant strategies, our MBA program has been industry-proven for more than 55 years.

Next Apply Date: 4/22/24
Next Class Start Date: 5/6/24
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Program Overview

Reach your goals faster with a general MBA

Gain the critical knowledge you need to rise in business. One of the wisest investments you can make in your future, JSU’s highly regarded Master of Business Administration online provides an affordable, accelerated path toward expanded career opportunities.

AACSB-accredited since 1998, this robust online MBA program explores all facets of business leadership and management, with 100% online coursework spanning business analytics, global economics, finance, accounting, marketing and more. Learn immediately applicable, workforce-relevant strategies from AACSB-accredited industry practitioners as you hone your critical thinking skills and ability to use Tableau®, RStudio® and Microsoft 365 tools to deliver compelling, data-based presentations.

As a graduate of this program, you will be able to:

  • Identify and analyze the strategic, tactical and operational factors that influence or impact an organization
  • Independently and effectively research, organize and prepare a well-defended written document
  • Understand analytical software and how it can impact business performance
  • Use information effectively to make business decisions
  • Prepare and confidently deliver engaging in-person and virtual presentations
  • Analyze international markets and economics and evaluate the political risks associated with conducting business in the international arena
As a graduate of this program, you will be able to:
  • Identify and analyze the strategic, tactical and operational factors that influence or impact an organization
  • Independently and effectively research, organize and prepare a well-defended written document
  • Understand analytical software and how it can impact business performance
  • Use information effectively to make business decisions
  • Prepare and confidently deliver engaging in-person and virtual presentations
  • Analyze international markets and economics and evaluate the political risks associated with conducting business in the international arena

Career opportunities:

  • Sales Representative
  • Marketing Manager
  • Financial Manager
Career opportunities:
  • Sales Representative
  • Marketing Manager
  • Financial Manager

Also available:

Jacksonville State University offers a variety of MBA programs focused on in-demand fields. View all of our online business programs.

Total Tuition: $18,000
Program Duration: 12 months
Credit Hours: 30

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Tuition

Keep your budget intact with our affordable tuition

At JSU, we strive to remove financial barriers between you and the degree you need. Our affordable tuition is paid by the course.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MBA $600 $1,800 $18,000

Tuition fees listed include university fees. Total program cost may vary depending on transfer credits and any program-specific foundation courses that may be required for admission. Total cost reflected excludes the application fee of $35, the graduation fee of $50 and fees for any course-required materials such as textbooks, which will be reflected as an E-Textbook fee on your MyJSU account.

Tuition and fees are subject to change at any time.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $18,000
Per Credit Hour $600

Ranked Among the Best

JSU is ranked among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report (2024)

Calendar

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Get started sooner. Multiple start dates allow you to begin when it works best for you. Check our calendar to see important upcoming dates.

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8 week coursesProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlinePayment Due
Summer 15/6/244/22/244/24/245/6/24
Summer 26/17/246/3/246/5/246/17/24
Fall 18/21/248/9/248/12/248/22/24
Fall 210/14/2410/11/2410/14/2410/15/24

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Next Apply Date 4/22/24
Start Class 5/6/24

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Admissions

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Applying to the MBA General online program is a straightforward, easy-to-follow process. Read the full admission requirements to begin.

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • Official transcripts
  • 3.0 GPA
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Following are the admission requirements for the JSU MBA General online.

  • Complete the online application
  • Pay a $35 nonrefundable application processing fee
  • Submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
  • Applicants must meet one of the following combinations:
    • Unconditional Admission
      • Bachelor's degree with a 3.0 GPA or higher from an AACSB-accredited business program
      • Bachelor's degree with a nonbusiness major and a 3.0 GPA or higher from an institutionally accredited institution plus:
        • Three years of professional work experience or a GMAT score of 400 or higher
        • Completion of the undergraduate foundation courses equivalent to BA 500: Statistics and Quantitative Methods, BA 502: Contemporary Economic Fundamentals and BA 511: Concepts of Accounting and Finance
    • Conditional Admission*
      • Applicants with an overall 2.75 GPA or higher or a 3.0 GPA on the last 30 hours will be considered for admission if one of the following conditions is met:
        • Three years of professional work experience or a GMAT score of 400 or higher
        • Graduate degree from an institutionally accredited institution

Adequate professional work experience will be determined by an evaluation of the applicant’s résumé by a committee of the graduate faculty.

*Students who are granted conditional admission must achieve a GPA of at least 3.00 on the first 12 graduate hours attempted within the time frame specified in the student’s admission letter. Failure to comply will result in the student being dropped from the program.

JSU Graduates

Jacksonville State University graduates can be accepted for entry into the program without submitting an official GMAT score if their graduating GPA is at least 3.0 and they have satisfied the undergraduate equivalents of the foundation courses listed under the Foundation Courses section.

4+1 Program Applicants

Jacksonville State University applicants admitted under the 4+1 program who have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher can receive a GMAT waiver.

All applicants who are admitted to the MBA program but do not have adequate undergraduate business preparation will be required to complete up to nine semester hours of foundation business and/or economics courses. These courses can be found under the Foundation Courses section. Applicants who have not fulfilled the undergraduate equivalents of these foundation courses will be admitted on a conditional basis.

Official transcripts and other documents should be sent from the granting institutions to our Office of Admissions.

Email address: [email protected]

Mailing address:
Jacksonville State University
Graduate Admissions
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602

Courses

Preview the study topics in your MBA – General courses

For the MBA General online program, you must complete 10 courses totaling 30 credit hours, including 21 credit hours of core courses and nine credit hours of electives.

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All applicants who are admitted to the MBA program but do not have adequate undergraduate business preparation will be required to complete up to 9 semester hours of foundation courses as follows:

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Quantitative methods and statistics as applied to business and economics; topics include optimization, descriptive statistics, probability theory, sampling and statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation analysis, and analysis of variance.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will learn microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts. Topics include demand and supply analysis, firm structure, macroeconomic data, and analysis of macroeconomic models.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the essential concepts of financial reporting, budgeting and analysis for decision making. Topics include: understanding financial information, analysis of financial statement, budgeting and capital investment, and financing strategies.
All MBA students must take the following core courses:
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Analysis and use of accounting data as a tool for managerial decision making; analysis of financial reporting, cost behavior, budgeting, and decision making.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course offers a broad coverage of economic, political, social, and cultural issues that challenge traditional management wisdom. This course is divided into three sections. In the first section, the history and theory of management will be briefly revisited, a step necessary for understanding the context of current management issues. The second section introduces widely discussed management issues related to business strategy. Lastly, the third section taps into several contemporary challenges pertinent to the management of workforce.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
(Capstone) This course examines the tools and techniques of strategic analysis, including the formulation and implementation of competitive and corporate strategy for creating and sustaining competitive advantage.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Managerial Economics teaches managers to use the tools of microeconomic theory to make business decisions. These tools include supply and demand, various types of elasticity, production, costs, and maximizing profit/minimizing losses in perfect and imperfect competition.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasis on corporate financial decision making with a focus on business financing and investment decisions. Additional selected topics include: analysis of financial statements, security valuation, cash flow projection, financial forecasting, working capital management and multinational financial management.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course presents a comprehensive, integrative, and practical focus on leadership and management. It is based upon a framework that analyzes leadership and management from different angles: the personal side, social aspect, power and politics, and strategic leadership. The course presents leadership theories/concepts that have emerged over the past several decades. It provides students the opportunity to apply these theories through case analysis and to enhance personal skill development through self-assessment exercises. Included in the course are identification of current leaders and leadership as well as contemporary perspectives on ethics, networking, coaching, organizational culture, diversity, learning organizations, strategic leadership, and crisis leadership.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A self-directed, executive-level analysis of marketing strategies involved in market segmentation, pricing, promotion, product development, and distribution channels. This course focuses on business-level marketing strategy and uses the marketing planning process as the framework for understanding the integration and coordination of marketing decisions. You will develop skills in creating and evaluating marketing plans, strategies, and implementation programs so that you will be better prepared to manage the marketing problems you will encounter in your profession.
Students must take 3 of the following 4 courses to satisfy the elective requirement:
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Industrial personnel and manpower management including personnel selection and placement, manpower planning, development and appraisal, and the role of human resource management.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Investigation of current literature and practices in the field of management. A seminar course that includes lecture, discussion, and supervised student research into assigned topics.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on prevalent communication skills in complex organizations; students participate in a variety of communication-related activities including questionnaire design, developing presentation materials, presentational speaking, and researching and writing an effective business report; topics include organizational communication, nonverbal communication, and communication technology.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a broad overview of Entrepreneurship, including an analysis of potential business venture opportunities as well as launching and establishing a business venture to exploit an opportunity. Also includes a focus on innovative high technology entrepreneurship.

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