Daytona Beach Campus

B.S. / M.S in Business Administration

  • OVERVIEW
  • ADVANTAGES
  • REQUIREMENTS
  • FACULTY

Overview

The Master of Business Administration degree program is designed to emphasize the application of modern management concepts, methods, and tools to the challenges of aviation and general business. The special intricacies of aviation are woven into a strong, traditional business foundation and examined in greater detail through a wide variety of specified electives. By combining these focused electives into a distinct set, students may select a unique area of specialization in the MBA program.

The demand for professional managers continues to grow in response to the increasing need to improve the efficient and effective use of scarce resources, of operating in an atmosphere of heightened national and international competition, of accommodating the expansion of emerging nations, and of responding to the call to preserve our fragile environment. The MBA curriculum is oriented toward the needs of the strategic decision-maker in the management hierarchy.

Versatility and analytical resourcefulness are two of the key aims of the MBA. For students wishing to study a wide range of aviation subject matter, the MBA allows flexibility in elective choices across a range of aviation fields and business subject matter. For those wishing to specialize in a unique area of aviation or aerospace, part of the program can be individually molded to satisfy personal interests. Residential students may select from specializations in Airport Management, Airline Management, Aviation Human Resources, Aviation System Management, and Finance. New students enrolled in the online education option via a technology mediated format are enrolled in the MBA with specialization in Aviation Management. Students are allowed to select only one specialization, and not all specializations are offered at all campus locations or through every mode of delivery.

Advantages

Strong Industry Ties

The Industry Advisory Board for the College of Business is made up of executives in aerospace industry leaders including Boeing, Continental Airlines, Unisys, and Airbus North America; along with government bodies including NASA and the International Civil Aviation Organization. Board members visit the campus and share their experience and advice with faculty and students.

Requirements

Suggested Program of Study

FRESHMAN YEAR
CourseTitleCredit
AS 120Principles of Aeronautical Science3
 Communication Theory and Skills3
 Lower-Level Humanities3
BA 120Introduction to Computer-Based Systems3
 Mathematics6
BA 201Principles of Management3
BA 221Advanced Computer-Based Systems3
EC 210Microeconomics3
EC 211Macroeconomics3
Total Credits30
SOPHOMORE YEAR
CourseTitleCredit
 Communication Theory and Skills6
 Physical and Life Sciences3
BA 210Financial Accounting3
BA 220Marketing3
BA 320Business Information Systems3
MA 222Business Statistics3
MA 320Decision Mathematics3
BA 225Business Law3
BA 317Organizational Behavior3
Total Credits30
JUNIOR YEAR
CourseTitleCredit
 Upper-Level Humanities -OR- Social 
 Sciences*3
 Physical Sciences3
BA 312Managerial Accounting3
BA 332Corporate Finance I3
BA 325Social Responsibility and Ethics3
 BSBA Major Credits12
 Open Elective3
Total Credits30
SENIOR YEAR
CourseTitleCredit
BA 335International Business3
BA 420Production and Operations3
BA 436Strategic Management3
 BSBA Major Credits9
 Open Elective3
MBA Transition Courses
BA 511Operations Research3
BA 514Strategic Marketing Management in Aviation3
BA 520Organizational Behavior Theory, and Applications in Aviation3
Total Credits30
The BSBA undergraduate degree is awarded once 120 hours and the MBA transition classes are successfully complete
YEAR FIVE
CourseTitleCredit
 MBA Business Core**12
 MBA Specified Electives12
Total Graduate Credits24
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS144

Please note the following

If a student chooses to leave the Daytona Beach Campus before the MBA course of study is complete, the student may transfer to the technology-mediated MBA with a specialization in Aviation Management to complete the required BA graduate courses.

View Faculty and Details for B.S. / M.S in Business Administration

Faculty

Dawna Rhoades Dr. Dawna Rhoades

Associate Dean, Professor and Graduate program coordinator

Management, Marketing & Operations

Ph.D. in Management, 1996, University of Houston. At Embry-Riddle since 1996.

Blaise Waguespack Dr. Blaise Waguespack

Professor

Management, Marketing, & Operations

Ph.D. in Marketing, 1995, University of North Texas. At Embry-Riddle since 1995.