Program schedule

The MBA program operates on a five-term per year schedule. This enables students to complete the required coursework (assuming no prerequisites are required) in just over one year if they are taking two classes per term. However, most students complete the degree in 18 to 24 months.

Please note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change.

As you consider the schedule below, please note that several classes carry prerequisites. Courses with an asterisk (*) are for students finishing the program under the old catalog. Students who entered the program after August 1, 2012 will not be allowed to enroll in these courses.

The official, most up-to-date class offerings can be found by using Self-Service.

All classes held on main campus in Lacey
BOLD classes are core classes
Hybrid designation is a main campus course to include fewer face-to-face classroom hours with two specified out-of-classroom hours.
For significant term dates refer to the Academic Calendar.

Fall 1 (session 1) 2013

Tentative schedule
August 12 - October 7 (no class: 09/02)
 
            Prerequisites
MBA 502 Survey of finance 3 TTH 5:00 - 7:40 C. Meyer  
MBA 504 Quantitative methods for management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Wetzel  
MBA 601 Organizational theory and behavior 3 TTH 5:00 - 7:40 Slotwinski MBA 503 or equivalent
MBA 602 Financial planning and control 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 DuBois MBA 500,502,504 or equivalents
MBA 603 Managerial accounting 3 TTH 7:50 - 10:30 C. Meyer MBA 500,501,502,504 or equivalents
MBA 605 Business analytics 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Conant MBA 504 or equivalents
MBA 610* Seminar in research methods (last offering) 3 TTH 5:00 - 7:40 Conant MBA 605
MBA 625 International management 3 TTH 7:50 - 10:30 Slotwinski MBA 601, 602
MBA 628 Investment analysis and portfolio mgt 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Mullenix MBA 602, 603 605
MBA 631 Operations management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Conant  
MBA 663 Accounting measurement and disclosure 3 TTH 5:00 - 7:40 TBA undergraduate auditing and accounting
MBA 611* Research project 3 n/a n/a Conant  
MBA 612* Master's thesis 3 n/a n/a Conant  

Fall 2 (session 2) 2013

Tentative schedule
October 21 - December 17 (no class: 11/11, 11/28-29)
            Prerequisites
MBA 500 Survey of economics 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 T. Meyer  
MBA 501 Survey of accounting 3 TTH 7:50 - 10:30 Cohen  
MBA 503 Survey of marketing and management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Chickering  
MBA 620 Financial institutions and markets 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 DuBois MBA 602
MBA 622 Marketing management 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Kersul  
MBA 624 Human resources management 3 Web n/a Green MBA 601
MBA 626 Consumer behavior 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Chickering  
MBA 650 Strategy and policy analysis 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Kersul advanced standing
MBA 661 Commercial Law 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Newman  
MBA 695 Business ethics and society 3 TTh 7:50 - 10:30 Newman  
MBA 611* Research project 3 n/a n/a Conant  
MBA 612* Master's thesis 3 n/a n/a Conant  

Spring 1 (session 3) 2014

Tentative schedule
January 6  - March 5 (no class 01/20, 2/17)
            Prerequisites
MBA 502 Survey of finance 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 C. Meyer  
MBA 504 Quantitative methods for management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Wetzel  
MBA 601 Organizational theory and behavior 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Slotwinski MBA 503 or equivalent
MBA 602 Financial planning and control 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 DuBois MBA 500,502,504 or equivalents
MBA 603 Managerial accounting 3 TTh 7:50 - 10:30 C. Meyer MBA 500,501,502,504 or equivalents
MBA 605 Business analytics 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Conant MBA 504 or equivalent
MBA 625 International management 3 TTh 7:50 - 10:30 Slotwinski MBA 601, 602
MBA 631 Operations management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Conant MBA 601, 602
MBA 664 Financial analysis for decision makers 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Dhamers  

Spring 2 (session 4) 2014

Tentative schedule
March 17- May 10 (no class 3/21, 4/21)
            Prerequisites
MBA 500 Survey of economics 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 T. Meyer  
MBA 501 Survey of accounting 3 TTH 5:00 - 7:40 Cohen  
MBA 503 Survey of marketing and management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Chickering  
MBA 620 Financial institutions and markets 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 DuBois MBA 602
MBA 622 Marketing management 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 Kersul  
MBA 627 Managerial Communication 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Chickering MBA 601
MBA 628 Investment analysis and portfolio mgt 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Mullenix MBA 602, 603 605
MBA 635 Risk management 3 Web n/a Green  
MBA 650 Strategy and policy analysis 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Kersul advanced standing
MBA 661 Commercial Law 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Newman  

Summer (session 5) 2014

Tentative schedule
May 19 - July 14, 2014 (no class 5/26, 7/4)
            Prerequisites
MBA 623 Management info and control systems 3 MW 5:00 - 7:40 T. Meyer  
MBA 624 Human resources management 3 web n/a Green MBA 601
MBA 630 Entrepreneurship 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Kageler  
MBA 635 Risk management 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Conant  
MBA 661 Commercial law 3 TTh 5:00 - 7:40 Newman  
MBA 695a Public/private sector leadership and change 3 MW 7:50 - 10:30 Conant  
MBA 695b Marketing 2.0 3 TTh 7:50 - 10:30 Chickering