Concentrations

The KSU MBA-Accounting Concentration is designed for working professionals seeking a path to certification as a public accountant (CPA) without leaving the workforce. MBA-Accounting students complete 18 hours of core MBA business classes, along with 18 hours of accounting curriculum (business reporting, accounting information systems, taxation and auditing). Gain the credit hours and content needed to become eligible to sit for the CPA exam. Students seeking the MBA with the accounting concentration can also purchase the Becker CPA review and prep courses at a discount and are required to complete the following concentration required courses along with their MBA core classes.

This program is designed for students with an AACSB accredited undergraduate degree in Accounting and those who have successfully completed the following AACSB accredited course equivalents:

• Intermediate Financial Accounting 1
• Individual Taxation
• Accounting Information Systems
• Intermediate Financial Accounting II
• Auditing and Assurance

Curriculum

This 12 course/36 credit hour program features the following required courses for completion is completed 100% face to face:

• ECON 7010: Resource Allocation and Decision Analysis
• FIN 7020: Business Finance
• MKTG 7030: Strategic Marketing
• MGT 7040: Managing the Value Chain
• MGT 7050: Managing and Leading Work Behavior
• ACCT 7415: Theory of Business Reporting
• ACCT 7430: Accounting Strategies for Decision Making
• ACCT 7450: Advanced Accounting Information Systems and Analytics
• ACCT 7460: Seminar in Auditing and Attestation
• ACCT 7470: Seminar in Taxation
• ACCT 7480: Business Combinations and Transactions (Capstone)
• BLAW 7350: Managing in the Legal Environment

Career Paths

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Budget Analyst
• Business and Financial Consultant
• Financial Analyst
• Personal Financial Advisor
• Auditor
• Financial or Tax Accountant

If you want to be prepared with the knowledge to succeed in financial markets around the world, the KSU MBA - Finance concentration is designed for you. This program is perfect for students who want the best of both worlds: a foundation of business fundamentals, plus a focus on financial management. Graduates emerge with useful knowledge, skills and tools to help them succeed in any field. With an education covering investments, economics, and accounting, graduates of the KSU MBA program with a finance focus are highly employable. If you’re interested in finance and business leadership, The KSU MBA – Finance concentration can help you on your way toward a rewarding career.

Curriculum

This 12 course/36 credit hour program features the following required courses for completion and is completed 100% face to face:

• ECON 7010: Resource Allocation and Decision Analysis
• FIN 7020: Business Finance
• MKTG 7030: Strategic Marketing
• MGT 7040: Managing the Value Chain
• MGT 7050: Managing and Leading Work Behavior
• ACCT 7000: Accounting Insights for Managers
• IS 7090: Leveraging IS in Business
• MGT 7999: Strategic Capstone: An Integrative, Capstone Experience
• International-designated elective; can be FIN 7370: Multinational Financial Management
• 3 of the below 4 courses:
  • FIN 7320: Advanced Corporate Finance
  • FIN 7330: Investment Analysis
  • FIN 7350: Financial Markets
  • FIN 7380: Real Property: Analysis and Investment

Career Paths

• Financial Planner
• Financial Analyst
• Commercial Banker
• Investor Relations Associate
• Budget Analyst
• Commercial Real Estate Agent
• Business Analytics

Enhance your career prospects at the nexus of emerging technologies, financial management and corporate leadership with a concentration in Digital Financial Technologies (Fintech) in the KSU Evening MBA Program. In addition to the 24 in-person credit hours, that includes MBA core courses (finance, accounting, information systems and management), the Fintech curriculum adds an on-line curriculum consisting of payment processing, security and assurance, emerging payment technologies and an in-person experiential learning in payment systems to complete the 12 course/36 hour degree.

The MBA-Fintech curriculum is market-driven and includes a combination of core, instructor-led classes with a series of cutting edge, online courses focused on the key financial technology subjects related to the Fintech industry. In this program students will not only receive a broad understanding of key functional and leadership areas of business, students will immerse themselves into areas like payment processing, information security, and the financial applications of emerging technologies. Students will also complete a capstone course designed to help them apply the curriculum through experiential learning in Fintech payments.

Program faculty are thought-leaders and experts trained in the growing area of Fintech payment processing. So, in addition to opening doors in the areas of digital payment technology, fraud prevention, data analytics and compliance, the KSU MBA-Fintech concentration will help students grow in the areas of:

• Adapting in a fast-changing environment
• Fostering innovation
• Fine-tuning leadership skills
• Improving collaborative skills

The program is supported by industry partners. Students will gain exposure to rapidly growing job opportunities, many of which are in Atlanta, but also in Charlotte, Chicago, New York and many major financial centers around the world.

Curriculum

This 12 course/36 credit hour program features the following required courses for completion and is completed through a combination of face to face and online coursework:

• ECON 7010: Resource Allocation and Decision Analysis
• FIN 7020: Business Finance
• MKTG 7030: Strategic Marketing
• MGT 7040: Managing the Value Chain
• MGT 7050: Managing and Leading Work Behavior
• ACCT 7000: Accounting Insights for Managers
• IS 7090: Leveraging IS in Business
• MGT 7999: Strategic Capstone: An Integrative, Capstone Experience
• FIS 6810: Payments Processing in Fintech
• FIS 6850: Fintech Payments Security and Assurance
• FIS 6860: Emerging Fintech Payments Technologies
• FIS 6890: Experiential Learning in Fintech Payments

The MBA core courses are completed face to face in the evenings at any of our convenient, metro-ATL locations. All FIS courses are completed fully online. All FIS courses except for FIS 6890 are asynchronous and meet only 7 weeks in length. FIS 6890 features experiential learning alongside a company and meets synchronously online over the course of a full-length, 15-week term.

Career Paths

• Blockchain developer
• Application developer
• Product manager
• Compliance expert
• Cybersecurity analyst
• Data scientist

The General Management MBA at KSU is our most flexible and versatile MBA concentration. Students in this concentration complete 24 hours of core MBA credit in business covering the breadth of business, strategy and leadership disciplines. MBA-General Management concentration students can choose 4 courses/12 credit hours of graduate business electives from the discipline of their choosing, including one course related to international or global business. For example, complete your international elective in marketing management, an informatics course, a course in fintech and a business law course to round off your program’s requirements.

Curriculum

This 12 course/36 credit hour program features the following required courses for completion:

• ECON 7010: Resource Allocation and Decision Analysis
• FIN 7020: Business Finance
• MKTG 7030: Strategic Marketing
• MGT 7040: Managing the Value Chain
• MGT 7050: Managing and Leading Work Behavior
• ACCT 7000: Accounting Insights for Managers
• IS 7090: Leveraging IS in Business
• MGT 7999: Strategic Capstone: An Integrative, Capstone Experience
• 4 Electives – 1 of which must be international or global-designated

Career Paths

• Sales manager
• Business analyst
• Management consultant
• Product manager
• Talent acquisition specialist
• Executive
• Banker