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STEM MBA Requirements

The information here may reflect program requirements for future academic years. If you are a current student and would like to see the current or prior years’ requirements for this program, please see the University Catalog.


Curricular requirements, with credit counts

For the STEM-designated MBA students must take 34 credit hours of required courses with 11 core

courses. Out of the required credit hours, 15 credits (5 core courses) will be STEM-designated; these

courses are indicated below in bold. In addition, students must take at least 28 additional credits from

electives, out of which at least 21 must be from the list of STEM-designated MBA electives provided

below at the end of this proposal.

In addition to these requirements specific to the STEM MBA, all other graduation requirements currently

in place for the EC/CC program will also apply, including the completion of at least one experiential

elective course, competition of IKEWs, and so forth.

Proposed Curriculum

Year Semester Course Credits

1 FALL Data Analysis, Modeling & Decision

Making (STEM-designated)

3

1 FALL Managing Individuals, Teams and

Organizations

3

1 FALL Accounting for Managers

(STEM-designated)

3

1 FALL PACE I: Practical Application for

Careers and Enterprises

3

1 FALL Finance and Economics I

(STEM-designated)

3

1 SPRING Marketing: Creating Satisfied

Consumers

3

1 SPRING PACE II: Practical Application for

Careers and Enterprises

4

1 SPRING Finance and Economics

II(STEM-designated)

3

1 SPRING Operations and Systems Management

(STEM-designated)

3

1 SPRING MBA Elective 4

1 SUMMER Internship Elective (per EC/CC policy) 3

2 FALL Politics and Public Policy for Managers 3

2 FALL MBA Elective 4

2 FALL MBA Elective 4

2 FALL MBA Elective 4

2 SPRING Strategic Management 3

2 SPRING MBA Elective 4

2 SPRING MBA Elective 4

2 SPRING MBA Elective 4

Willamette University

Atkinson Graduate School of Management