Using CPT at DBU

MISM 6320 - Systems Analysis and Project Management

MSITM 6342 - Database Management for Business Analysis

MSITM 6350 - Cloud Computing

MSITM 6341 - Python (Requisite MSITM 51.525 Programming Fundamentals or equivalent)

Choose one from the following

MANA 6310 - Leading Innovation

MANA 6330 - Leadership Development

Choose 3 graduate-level courses (9 hours) from Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Human Resources, or Marketing:

Accounting

Choose any three ACCT courses (9 hours).

Entrepreneurship

Choose any three ENTR courses (9 hours).

Finance

Choose any three FINA courses (9 hours).

General Management

Choose any three of the following courses (9 hours)

ACCT 5311 - Survey of Accounting

ACCT 6321 - Managerial Accounting (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

ENTR 6301 - New Business Creation

FINA 6301 - Corporate Finance (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

MANA 6302 - Quantitative Analysis and Modeling for Decision-Making (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

MANA 6303 - Research and Statistics

MANA 6314 - Organizational Change and Development (Requisite MANA 51.521 Management Theory)

MRKT 6341 - Advanced Marketing Strategies

MSITM 6320 - Humanics: Agile Project Management

MSITM 6330 - Digital Ethics

MSITM 6307 - Humanics: Design Thinking

MSITM 6331 - Digital Transformation

Human Resources

Choose any three of the following courses (9 hours).

MANA 6301 - Employment Law (Requisite: MANA 51.521 or undergraduate equivalent.)

MANA 6305 - Talent Acquisition and Development (Requisite: MANA 51.521 or undergraduate equivalent.)

MANA 6340 - Workforce Analytics (Requisite: self-study three-week requisite course passed with a minimum of 85% course grade.)

MANA 6343 - Total Rewards (Requisite: MANA 51.521 or undergraduate equivalent)

MANA 6350 - Creative Decisions

Marketing

Choose any three MRKT courses (9 hours)

Artificial Intelligence; Business Intelligence and Analytics; Information Security for Managers and Cloud Computing; Information Technology Management; Professional Development. The program is 36 credits: 24 core + 12 concentration. 

The current concentration options for DBU’s M.S. in Ethical AI and Strategic Decision Sciences (MSAIS) are:

• Strategic AI and Decision Sciences
• Responsible AI
• AI Transformation Playbook
• Practical Applications in AI

Students choose one 12-credit concentration, bringing the program total to 36 credit hours. catalog.dbu.edu

Ultimately organizational performance is a reflection of the leadership, quality, motivation, and competencies of the people who are invested in the firm. This concentration focuses on the development of skills in the design, motivation, structure, and rewards of an organization.

MBA Required Core Curriculum (28.5 hours)

Human Resource Management Concentration Courses (12 hours)

MANA 6306 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace

MANA 6314 - Organizational Change and Development

MANA 6320 - Business Ethics

MANA 6323 - Human Resource Strategy

The human element is vital to the effective and efficient operation of any organization. The Management Concentration covers concepts and theories for understanding and resolving human problems in organizational settings. The Management Concentration covers a wide range of current business topics, including interpersonal group behavior, leadership styles, the motivation of employees, recruitment, evaluation, training, compensation, affirmative action, and continuous improvement.

This concentration offers students the opportunity to select any 4 courses from other concentrations (taking cognizance of possible prerequisites) and with regard to the scheduling of these courses, develop a management concentration that specifically meets their needs where alternative concentrations would be less effective.

MBA Required Core Curriculum (28.5 hours)

Management Concentration Courses (12 hours)

Four selected courses from other concentrations with advisor approval.

The Marketing Concentration focuses on the various strategies, processes, and practical applications involved in meeting market demands and satisfying customer needs. Students practice skills in various industries from both domestic and multinational perspectives. Areas of study and marketing applications include marketing strategy formulation and implementation issues, distribution channels management, outcome-based marketing systems, consumer and buyer behavior, and integrated marketing communication.

MBA Required Core Curriculum (28.5 hours)

Marketing Concentration Courses (12 hours)

MRKT 6312 - Consumer and Buyer Behavior (Requisite: MRKT 6301)

MRKT 6321 - International Marketing (Requisite: MANA 6303, MRKT 6301)

MRKT 6331 - Marketing Analysis (Requisite: MANA 6303, MRKT 6301)

MRKT 6356 - Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics

This concentration is built around data-driven business decision-making. Students learn how organizations collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data to improve performance across areas such as finance, marketing, accounting, risk management, economics, and project management.

The curriculum can cover database management, data warehousing, data mining, predictive and prescriptive analytics, data visualization, financial-statement analysis, economic analysis, risk analysis, and AI applications. DBU specifically positions the concentration for students who want to turn business data into actionable insights rather than focus only on traditional management.

The Finance concentration combines traditional MBA management training with a more quantitative study of corporate finance, investments, financial markets, and risk.

DBU says the concentration covers areas including budgeting and financial control, international financial markets, portfolio theory, portfolio-management strategies, risk management, working-capital management, and mergers and acquisitions. The program is intended to develop skills applicable across corporate finance, banking, investments, institutional finance, and real estate-related financial roles.

The Information Technology concentration sits between business management, analytics, and technology. It is designed for students who want to understand how companies use data systems and technology to support managerial decision-making.

DBU specifically highlights data warehousing, data mining, business intelligence, descriptive/predictive/prescriptive analytics, databases, and data visualization. Students may work with technologies such as SQL, R/Python, Tableau, and Microsoft Excel/Power View. DBU also describes opportunities to demonstrate IT skills through industry-oriented capstone work.

Marketing Analytics combines traditional marketing strategy with quantitative analysis of customers, markets, and marketing performance.

DBU says students study marketing from domestic and international perspectives, with areas including marketing strategy formulation and implementation, distribution-channel management, outcome-based marketing systems, consumer and buyer behavior, and integrated marketing communications. The STEM designation reflects the concentration's stronger emphasis on quantitative and analytical approaches to marketing decisions.

The Project Management concentration focuses on the quantitative, technical, and managerial methods used to plan and execute projects.

DBU identifies areas including project planning, execution and control, risk management, earned-value analysis, configuration management, budgeting, project termination, and project close-out. The curriculum is also designed to align with concepts used in professional project-management certification and with workplace project-management practices.

The Supply Chain Management concentration focuses on the systems that move products, information, inventory, and resources through an organization and its suppliers and customers.

DBU describes the concentration as quantitative and systems-based, connecting operations and supply-chain techniques with customer value, cost reduction, profitability, and overall financial performance. Students learn to view procurement, logistics, inventory, operations, warehousing, and supply-chain decisions as interconnected rather than isolated functions.

 DBU's current supply-chain curriculum also emphasizes areas such as logistics, warehouse and distribution strategies, procurement, inventory, operations, international transportation, supply-chain risk, and strategic supply-chain decision-making.