MBA Courses

Note 1: Not all courses are necessarily offered every year.

Note 2: Under normal circumstances, a student is expected to complete all first year courses before beginning 700-level courses. Requests to circumvent this expectation are not permitted.

Selected Topics Courses

Selected topics courses are special courses offered in the MBA program which are not part of the regular curriculum.

Topics vary depending on recent developments in the subject area and on the research interests of the instructor(s).

These courses are not listed in the MBA Academic Calendar and may change from term to term. Course descriptions are available at https://mbastudent.degroote.mcmaster.ca/courses/course-descriptions/

Prerequisites for these courses depend upon the topic offered.

Selected topics courses with a given course number may be repeated for credit if a different topic is offered.

Year 1 Courses

Year 1 Courses - DeGroote MBA (Full-time) and DeGroote MBA with Co-op (For students admitted on or after September 2016)

Year 1 Courses

Year 1 Courses - All Programs except Part-Time. (For students admitted prior to September 2016)

Year 2 Courses

Required Courses:
BUSINESS P700 / Business, Government and the Global Environment
BUSINESS P720 / Strategic Management
Plus eight 700-level courses from the following:

Accounting Courses

Organizational Behaviour

BUSINESS B600 / Organizational Behaviour
BUSINESS B712 / Managerial Negotiations
BUSINESS B715 / Principles of Leadership
BUSINESS B716 / Strategic Organizational Change
BUSINESS B717 / Management Development
B718/28/38/48 Selected Topics in Organizational Behaviour
BUSINESS B730 / Strategic Management of Technology
BUSINESS B733 / Biomedical Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS B734 / Experiential Entrepreneurship

Health Services Management

Business Economics

Finance

Human Resources and Management

BUSINESS H600 / Human Resources Management
H718/28/38/48 Selected Topics in Human Resources

International Business

Management Information Systems

Strategic Marketing

Operations Management

Business Environment and Policy

Strategic Business Valuation

Special Research Projects

There is no thesis requirement for graduation in the MBA program. However, a student in the second year may undertake, with the prior approval of the appropriate instructor, Area Chair, and Associate Dean of Business, to develop an original paper, research study, or project in an area directly associated with their program of study. Special Research Projects must be supervised by a faculty member. Credit for one second-year course will be granted upon satisfactory completion of the project. In order to make best use of this opportunity the student must plan the research and contact a faculty member in the session preceding the one in which they intend to register for the special research project.