The MBA Curriculum
The MBA program allows students to complete the program at their own pace. Taking one course per semester allows you to finish the degree in two years, or, if you prefer, take two classes per semester and finish in 18 months. Accommodating the busy schedules of working professionals, the flexible design of the Elon MBA also allows for semesters off. You decide your own timetable. Students may take up to six years to complete the program.
Foundations Bootcamp
The MBA program requires that all students demonstrate adequate preparation in accounting and statistics prior to enrolling in MBA courses. Other foundation courses—Introduction to the MBA, Power Skills, and Professional Development—will be taken in-person, preferably at the start of a student’s MBA journey. Satisfactory preparation in accounting and/or statistics can be demonstrated in one of four ways:
• Evidence of prior undergraduate coursework in accounting and/or statistics. To be acceptable, coursework should have been completed within five years of entering the MBA program. If after review, the coursework is deemed as acceptable, students must also pass a qualifying exam (waiver exam) in accounting and/or statistics. Course evaluations will be completed by the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business. Waiver exams are administered by the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business.
• To complete a waiver exam in accounting and/or statistics, a student must be enrolled in the program (have Elon student status).
• Completion of Elon learning modules in accounting and/or statistics. These learning are online, asynchronous and are taught by Elon MBA faculty and are designed specifically to prepare students for MBA classes. A satisfactory grade must be obtained (at least a “C” or “P” grade).
• Completion of Elon undergraduate courses in accounting and/or statistics. classes. A satisfactory grade must be obtained (at least a “C” or “P” grade).
• Completion of learning modules or foundation classes, usually taken at the undergraduate level, in accounting and/or statistics from other approved course providers and institutions. Approval is granted by the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business. After completion or upon approval, students are required to take the waiver exam in accounting and/or finance and obtain satisfactory score. Waiver exams are administered by the Martha & Spencer Love School of Business.
*Adequate foundational knowledge in accounting and statistics are reviewed independently; therefore, a student does not have to demonstrate adequate knowledge for each in the same manner. For example, a student may demonstrate foundational knowledge in accounting through option one (evidence of prior undergraduate coursework) but utilize option two (completion of Elon learning module) to demonstrate foundational knowledge in statistics.
Graduation and Degree Requirements
To earn an MBA degree, the graduate student must:
- Have an overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all graduate courses.
- Submit an application for graduation to the Registrar by Oct. 15 preceding graduation date. Students completing coursework during summer must apply for graduation to the Registrar by June 15.
- Satisfactorily complete 33 semester hours (sh) within six calendar years.
Degree Requirements
Non-credit Requirements
Foundations Bootcamp
The Bookends
| MBA 6100 | Business for the Greater Good | 3 sh |
| MBA 6230 | Principled Leadership | 3 sh |
| MBA 7650 | Principled Strategic Decision-Making | 3 sh |
The Core
| MBA 6250 | Essential Economics for Strategic Management | 3 sh |
| MBA 6270 | Applied Marketing Management | 3 sh |
| MBA 6430 | Data-Informed Decision-Making | 3 sh |
| MBA 6450 | Project Management | 3 sh |
| MBA 7150 | Quantitative Decision-Making with Accounting Data | 3 sh |
| MBA 7170 | Financial Management | 3 sh |
Intensive Skills Electives - Choose up to five courses
| MBA 6231 | Talent Acquisition and Onboarding | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 6271 | 6271 Creativity and the Doer-Maker Mindset | 1 sh |
| MBA 6272 | Entrepreneurial Evaluation and Persuasion | 1 sh |
| MBA 6273 | Bringing the Venture to Life | 1 sh |
| MBA 6280 | Digital Marketing | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 6290 | The Science of Persuasion | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 6410 | Global Supply Chain Management | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 7130 | International Business - Study Abroad | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 7260 | Investments | 1.5 sh |
| MBA 7280 | Marketing Research | 3 sh |