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Architecture + Business Administration

‎ Dual Masters

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Earn both the accredited Master of Architecture and the Master of Business Administration degrees, leveling up your career.

» Program Overview

This dual degree program enables students to earn both the accredited Master of Architecture and the Master of Business Administration degrees. The program incorporates courses from both disciplines. Prerequisites to this program include a BS in Architecture or BArch degree as well as several prerequisite courses in business. This program can be completed entirely online except for the Design Build Studio. The total number of credit required for the completion of this program include 44 credits of MArch coursework and 27 hours of MBA coursework for a total of 71 hours as delineated below.

Applicants to the MArch/MBA program are expected to have a significant working knowledge of business functions, such as basic accounting, economics, law, and statistics. This knowledge and understanding can come from prior coursework and/or substantial work experience in a functional business area. Students who do not meet this expectation can satisfy their foundation business requirements by taking coursework online or on campus while taking their core program courses.

Program Director

Dale Gyure

Department Chair, Architecture

dgyure@ltu.edu

» Curriculum

Required MArch Courses

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Critical Practice Studio
Course description not found.

ARC5804

4

Research Methods
Course description not found.

ARC5013

3

Architectural Theory
A comprehensive survey course of the theoretical positions of design through history culminating in the 20th century. The studies will track the origins, attitudes, and development of aesthetics in Western society. The class will follow developments in classical Greece, the Enlightenment and birth of modernity in Europe, the academic French architecture, the industrial age of England and the political upheavals of the early twentieth century Europe. Examples will include architecture, interior design, urban planning, engineering and industrial design, Lecture format with required papers.

ARC5643

3

Professional Practice
Course description not found.

ARC5913

3

Ecological Issues
Investigation of ecology and ecological systems in specific relation to design and the built environment. The course will explore both historical and current issues that illuminate global and societal concerns regarding ecology. Issues will be examined from a social, political, biological and practical perspective and address the current and future development of architecture. The professional role and ethical responsibility of the architect will be examined to foster ecological awareness and understanding of responsible practice. Case studies, readings, reports, and projects generate discussion around ecology and faculty lectures define relevant topics for debate and review.

ARC5423

3

Advanced Design Studio 1 – or – ARC 6514 Thesis 1
Students complete an advanced-level design project that includes guided research, a design process, and a design proposition. The projects will respond to a specific studio topic determined by the instructor so that students can develop an understanding of the theories and principles of design, practice, and sustainability with a demonstrated ability to synthesize and integrate these understandings.

ARC5814

4

Advanced Design Studio 2 – or – ARC 6524 Thesis 2
Students complete an advanced-level design project that includes guided research, a design process, and a design proposition. The projects will respond to a specific studio topic determined by the instructor so that students can develop an understanding of the theories and principles of design, practice, and sustainability with a demonstrated ability to synthesize and integrate these understandings.

ARC5824

4

Architecture Elective
Course description not found.

ARCxxx3

3

Total Credits:

27

Required MBA Courses

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Managerial Accounting
Management accounting, or cost accounting, is a business process that helps senior leaders evaluate a company’s financial and profit potential. Cost accounting applies financial accounting methods; however, cost accounting reports are usually intended for top management. Department heads and segment managers generally focus on management accounting and reporting. The examines how accounting information is used for management decisions. Topics covered include variable costing, job-order costing, activity-based.

ACC6003

3

Human Resource Management
Provides an overview of the role and key functions of human resources management in organizations. Topics include human resource strategic planning, job analysis, staffing, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, retention, labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns. Employment law and compliance, employee well-being, globalization and developing trends in human resources are also introduced.

MBA6013

3

Global Business Economics
Global Business Economics is designed to prepare students for the business challenges of the 21st Century global economy by enhancing their awareness of the economic, demographic, political, legal, social and cultural changes that are occurring throughout the world as a result of globalization, and their understanding of the profound implications these changes have for effective global leadership and organizational success.

MBA6023

3

Financial Management
Overview of the finance function of the firm, financial analysis, planning and budgeting, and the impact of alternative capital structures on the firm. Emphasis on understanding and utilizing present value and future value concepts.

MBA6033

3

Global Leadership
The course is designed to provide professionals and managers with a broad understanding of leadership concepts, theories, and skills necessary for practicing leadership in the global economy. The course focuses on a variety of techniques and applications for assessing leadership competencies and generating action plans for applying leadership skills. The course emphasizes the requirements for effective leadership in multi-cultural organizations and the development of personal leadership skills.

MBA6043

3

Strategic Marketing Management
This course presents a graduate Classification framework for strategic marketing management. Topics include: adapting marketing to the new economy, marketing research: process and systems for decision making, consumer behavior, market segmentation, product strategy and new product planning & development, integrated marketing communications, pricing strategy, distribution strategy, marketing of services, global marketing, ethics and social responsibility. The course involves cases, lectures, teamwork, and group presentation. Students will adopt a new way of thinking about business known as “marketing orientation” and “value creation.”

MBA6053

3

Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations management is primarily responsible for creating values on business output by transforming the quantity, quality, forms, and place attributes of input variables. Supply chain is the network of all firms, resources, and operations involved in the creation and delivery of products, from raw materials from the suppliers to the manufacturers, and delivery to the end user. Theoretical and quantitative concepts, models, methods, and strategies covered in the course for designing and managing manufacturing and service systems include: overview of operations & supply chain management, product & service design, manufacturing and service processes & analysis, six-sigma quality, statistical process control, strategic capacity planning, lean manufacturing, demand management & forecasting, facility layout, facility location, aggregate sales & operations planning, inventory management, materials requirement planning, operations scheduling, sustainable operations.

MBA6063

3

Enterprise Information Technology
No course title provided.

INT6043

3

Global Strategic Management (Capstone class)
Global Strategic Management is the capstone course in the MBA program. This course exposes the student to the many dimensions of strategic business planning and decision making in a fiercely competitive and rapidly changing global environment. The course covers the analysis of the external global environment; the creation of vision and mission statements that define the organization’s strategic direction, role in society and long-term objectives; the development of effective business strategies for creating sustainable competitive advantage and for responding to the opportunities and threats identified in the external environment; and the successful implementation of the organization’s strategies and achievement of its goals. The student will apply knowledge and skills learned from prior courses in leadership, economics, finance, marketing, management, and other disciplines to the development and implementation of an organization’s strategy. The student will learn numerous, unique strategic planning tools, concepts and techniques that are used to conduct the strategic management tasks. Students will understand how to think strategically and connect the disciplines of strategy and leadership to effectively assess, formulate, plan, and implement the strategic plan.

MBA6073

3

Total Credits:

27

MBA Foundation Courses

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Financial Accounting and Financial Statements
Financial accounting attempts to measure and report corporate performance. Users demand the performance measure in a variety of decisions they make. The objective of the course is to introduce the language of business and to train the students in the analysis of financial statements. The course will introduce the student to the development and interpretation of accounting records and the use of accounting information as a managerial tool for reporting and decision-making. Major topics covered in this course are double entry bookkeeping, the accounting cycle, individual assets and liabilities, interpretation of financial statements, managerial accounting concepts and ethical issues of financial reporting.

ACC5003

3

Business Application of Statistical Analysis
This course provides an introduction to probability and its application to the field of business. Topics include: descriptive statistics; basic probability models; random variables; discrete and continuous probability distributions; statistical estimation and testing; confidence intervals and an introduction to linear regression. The course is supported by statistical software package.

MBA5013

3

Managerial Economics

This course is an introduction to both microeconomics and macroeconomics. The study of microeconomics includes the behavior of consumers and companies and the study of macroeconomics includes large-scale economic factors such as national production, employment, inflation and interest rates. You will learn how a modern market economy functions and factors that determine long-run growth and short-term fluctuations to better understand how economics applies to everyday life, business and world economies.
1.500 Credit hours
1.500 Lecture hours

MBA5011T

1.5

Fundamentals of Macro Economics

This course provides an introduction to Macroeconomic concepts and principles. Special attention is given to the analysis of national income and its determinants, causes and consequences of economic growth and instability, and the role of monetary and fiscal policies in stabilizing the price Classification and fostering high Classifications of employment and rapid economic growth.

MBA5021T

1.5

An introduction to the impact of the legal system on the business environment. Overview of key legal concepts including contract law, entity formation, employment law, corporations and intellectual property. Effects of landmark statutes and court decisions will be discussed.

MBA5061T

1.5

Fundamentals of Marketing
This course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts and theories of marketing, with an emphasis on delivering value to the customers. Topics include marketing environment, segmentation and targeting, buying behavior, marketing mix, and ethical and global perspectives.

MBA5031T

1.5

Fundamentals of Management
This course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts and vocabulary of Management for the students required to take the proficiency course in Management. Emphasis is placed on the applications of management theories and concepts to practical problems in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling functions of management. Topics include the history of management, organizational environments and cultures, planning and decision making, organizational structure and design, motivation and leadership, group processes, foundations of control and operations and Value Chain Management.

MBA5041T

1.5

Fundamentals of Finance
This course provides an introduction to financial concepts and principles for students not exposed to an introductory undergraduate course in finance. Topics include: financial institutions and markets, overview of investment analysis, time value of money, bond and equity valuation, principles of financial risk analysis, cost of capital, essentials of capital budgeting and financial statement performance.

MBA5051T

1.5

Total Credits:

15

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