The Helzberg MBA: Program Details
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The Helzberg MBA: Program Details
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The Helzberg MBA is all about adding value to your education by allowing you to build and customize a degree that makes sense for your future. Certificates on their own hold value in the workforce by helping you meet your career goals sooner. By stacking two earned certificates along with the foundational, Business Administration Certificate, you will be working toward a full MBA degree.
Our faculty has developed the foundational curriculum of one of the best MBA programs in Kansas City into a stand-alone certificate – the Business Administration certificate. This, along with two additional specialized certificates, make up the Helzberg MBA. Students earn a custom MBA with specializations in areas that are selected and flexible based on the direction you want your career to go.
This reconceptualized degree developed out of the Jesuit tradition, encouraged our faculty to listen to our students and reflect on their needs as well as those of their future employers. The Helzberg faculty are committed to providing a graduate business education that serves its community by crafting thoughtful and well-rounded leaders.Ìý
Flexibility has been built into every facet of the Helzberg Stackable MBA:
- First, you choose which certificates make up your MBA. This not only makes for a unique degree that helps you stand out, but also allows you to focus your energy on classes that truly inspire you.Ìý
- Second, you can work toward completing the certificates simultaneously OR you can work toward one certificate at a time. Start your studies with any certificate! You can progress through your chosen stack of certificates simultaneously or stop and start, earning certificates as you need them. ÌýÌý
- Third, our faculty are constantly making classes more approachable by holding them online, asynchronously, and in the evenings.Ìý
Anyone interested in completing the Helzberg MBA will complete the Business Administration Certificate, which includes courses in management, marketing, business intelligence, and economics. A distinction of this certificate is a Jesuit Core values course that you choose from four offerings: Leaders for Others, Spirituality and Values in Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and Corporate Social Responsibility. This is how Rockhurst brings the Jesuit culture to business.Ìý
See the current certificate options below:
Business Administration Certificate (required for the MBA)
- AC6110 - Financial AnalysisÌý(2 credits)
- FN6310 - Financial Strategy and Decision Making (2)
- MG6310 - Organizational BehaviorÌý(2)
- MK6410 - Marketing StrategyÌý(2)
- EC6300 - Competitive AnalysisÌý(2)
- BIA6300 - Business IntelligenceÌý(2)
- Core Jesuit values Requirement.ÌýStudents choose one of the following courses, each of which embeds core Jesuit values in the curriculum:
- Leaders for Others (2)Ìý
- MG6001 Spirituality and Values in Leadership (2)Ìý
- MG6920 Ethical Leadership (2)Ìý
- MG6130 Corporate Social Responsibility (2)Ìý
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Choose two certificates from the following list:
CPA Pathway for Accounting Certificates
Total credit hours: 12
- AC 6435 – Advanced AuditingÌý
- AC 6440 – Data Analytics and AuditingÌý
- AC 6675 – Advanced TaxÌý
- AC 6680 – Data Analytics and Tax Research/AnalysisÌý
- AC 6910 – Advanced Financial ReportingÌý
- AC 6920 – Auditing Capstone
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- AC 6930 -- Tax CapstoneÌý
Analytics & Insights Certificate
This certificate comes in three tracks:
Track: Business Intelligence
Total Credit Hours: 10
- BIA 6300 - Business Intelligence (2)
- BIA 6302 - Data VisualizationÌý(2)
- BIA 6307 - Performance Metrics and DashboardsÌý(2)
- BIA 6308 - Analytics and StrategyÌý(2)
One elective from the following:
- BIA 6306 – Web and Social Media Analytics (2)
- BIA 6202 – Analytics and Computational Programming (2)
- BIA 6203 – Databases for Analytics (2)
- BIA 6201 – Statistics and Machine Learning (2)
- BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
Track: Data Science
Total Credit Hours: 10-16
- BIA 6301 - Applied Data MiningÌý(2)
- BIA 6303 - Predictive ModelsÌý(2)
- BIA 6304 - Text MiningÌý(2)
- BIA 6305 - Big Data AnalyticsÌý(2)
One elective from the following:
- BIA 6300 – Business Intelligence (2)
- BIA 6302 – Data Visualization (2)
- BIA 6315 – Forecasting and Time Series Econometrics (2)
- BIA 6201 – Advanced Topics in Analytics (2)
- BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
Track: Health Analytics
Total Credit Hours: 12
- BIA 6300 - Business IntelligenceÌý(2)
- BIA 6302 - Data VisualizationÌý(2)
- BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
- HC 6150 - Healthcare SystemsÌý(2)
- HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health CareÌý(2)
- HC 6400 - Health Information TechnologyÌý(2)
Change Management Certificate
Total credit hours: 10
Required courses:
- MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2)Ìý
- MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2)Ìý
- MG 6460 – Innovation (2)
- MG 6220 – Conflict Management and Negotiation (2)
Elective Courses (choose one):
- MG 6120 – Global Markets (2 credits) or MG 6093 – Global Business Issues (2 – study abroad course)Ìý
- MG 6130 – Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
- MG 6420 – Organizational Development & Consulting (2)
- MG 6260 - Quality Improvement Processes for Management (3)
- MG 6352 - Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis (1)
- MG 6068 – Crisis Management (1)
- MG 6275 – Developing Leaders in Orgs (2)
- MG 6300 – Corporate Law for Managers (2)
Data Strategy & Leadership Certificate
Total credit hours: 10
- BIA 6307 – Performance Metrics and Dashboards (2)
- BIA 6308 – Analytics and Strategy (2)
- BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
- MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2)
- MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate
Finance & AccountingÌýCertificate
Total credit hours: 10Ìý
- Students may apply to any 6000-level Accounting or Finance course toward completion of the certificate.
- At least one course in Accounting and at least one course in Finance must be taken as a part of the 10 credit hour requirement to complete the certificate.
Healthcare Management Certificate
Total credit hours: 10
- HC 6150 - Healthcare Systems (2)
- HC 6260 - Medical Practice ManagementÌý(2)
- HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care (2)
- HC 6400 - Health Information Technology (2)
- HC 6300 - Health Policy (2)
Nonprofit Administration Certificate
Total credit hours: 10
Required courses include:
- NP 6010 - Nonprofit Governance and Executive LeadershipÌý(2)
- NP 6050 - Resource Development for Social ImpactÌý(2)
- NP 6090 - Program Planning and EvaluationÌý(2)
Students would select 4 credits of electives from the following:
- NP 6200 - Marketing Communications for Nonprofits in the Digital AgeÌý(2)
- NP 6300 - Charitable Giving and Relationship Management SeminarÌý(2)
- MG 6130 – Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
- MG 6220 – Conflict Management & Negotiation (2)
- MG 6380 – HR and Managing People (2)
- MG 6460 - Innovation (2)
- MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2)
Organizational Leadership CertificateÌý
Total credit hours: 10
Required courses:
- MG 6375 - Leadership (2)
- MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2)
- MG 6275 – Developing Leadership in Organizations (2)
Students then select from one of the following concentrations to complete the required 10 credit hours:
- Organizational Leadership - Human Resources
- MG 6380: HR and Managing People
- MG 6220: Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Organizational Leadership - Healthcare
- MG 6370: Introduction to Healthcare Management Principles
- MG 6340: Health Law
- One additional 6000-level MG course of the student’s choosing.Ìý
- Organizational Leadership - Nonprofit
- NP 6010 - Nonprofit Governance and Executive Leadership
- NP 6050 - Resource Development for Social Impact
- ~ OR ~
- NP 6090 - Program Planning and Evaluation
- Organizational Leadership – Interdisciplinary
- Students may select any additional graduate-level courses offered at É侫ÊÓƵ to complete the required 10 credit hours for the Interdisciplinary Organizational Leadership Certificate.
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For more information about the suite of graduate business programs from Helzberg, please see theÌý.
Please direct questions about this program toÌýgradbusiness@Rockhurst.edu.