The MBA Program

The prestigious MBA Program offered by Illinois State University’s College of Business and Quality Leadership University´s QLU Business School in Panama City, Republic of Panama starts cohorts of students every month of May.
MBA Program Structure

Pre-MBA Business Foundation Requirements

The required business area proficiencies include:

• Fundamentals of Economics
• Managerial Accounting
• Financial Accounting
• Principles of Management
• Principles of Marketing
• Math and Statistical Concepts – Graduate
• Understanding Corporate Finance
• Business Law Essentials

Fourteen core courses (42 credit hours)

• Contemporary Business Perspectives and Leadership Skills
• Fundaments of Strategic Decision Making
• Applied Tools for Business Decision Making
• Management Information Systems: Organizational and Technological Issues
• Advanced Marketing Management
• Management Accounting
• Analysis of Organizational Behavior
• Financial Management
• Operations and Quality Management
• Advance Integrated Marketing Communication
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Advanced Corporate Finance
• Product Development Management (entrepreneurship)
• Advanced Organizational Strategy

Admission requirements

• Complete online application.
• Have earned a four-year bachelor’s degree.
• Official transcripts from each college or university at which graduate, undergraduate, or non-degree credit was earned.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for either the last 60 credit hours of the undergraduate coursework or any previous work in a master’s program.
• Names and email addresses of two references for letters of recommendations within the online application.
• Current resume, describing the applicant’s professional experience.
• Essay addressing the following topics:
• Explain your professional goals and how the MBA degree will help you achieve them.
• Write a paragraph or two describing what you gained professionally and/or personally from the experiences detailed on your resume