The Professional MBA Program offers working professionals a flexible schedule, which allows them to continue working while taking course work toward an MBA degree. Courses are held in world-class teaching facilities in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and the Quad Cities.

Summer 2016 Textbook Listing

Course Charges to be U-billed.

Course charges for specified course materials such as Harvard cases, assessments, simulations, or hard copy course packets will be billed to each enrolled student’s U-bill, as noted below.
U-bill will not be charged if drop the course before the first night or day of class.
If drop the course thereafter, is assessed the full charges.

Core Courses:

MBA:8110:0EXC - Marketing Management - Instructor: D.J. Nayakankuppam
There is no required text.
There is a suggested text: Kotler, Philip and Kevin Keller (2006), Marketing Management (12th ed.), Prentice Hall.
One downloads a Harvard Business Review course pack.
The estimated cost of the course pack is $40.

MBA:8140:0EXC - Corporate Financial Reporting - Instructor: Roy Pettibone
Required Text: Financial Accounting for MBAs. Sixth edition. Easton, wild, et al. 978-1-61853-100-1. Same book as Fall 2015 and Spring 2016.

MBA:8160:0EXC - Managerial Economics - Instructor: Don Szeszycki

MBA:8240:0EXC - Operations and Supply Chain - Instructor: Jen Blackhurst


Elective Courses:

MGMT:9260:0EXC – Strategic Employee Development - Instructor: Ken Brown
Required Text: Silberman and Biech, Active Training, Fourth Edition ISBN: 978-1118972014

MKTG:9330:0EXC – Product and Pricing Management - Instructor: John Murray

MSCI:6070:0EXC – Data Science -


MSCI:6140:0EXC – Information Visualization - Instructor: Amaury Lendasse

MSCI:9130:0EXC – Seminar in Lean Practices - Instructors: Phil Jones and Tom Bednar
Required Text: None.

MSCI:9185:0EXC – Project Management - Instructor: George Hollins
Required Texts:1) Lewis, James P. (2010). Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget, (Fifth Edition), McGraw-Hill ISBN-10: 0071746528 ISBN-13: 978-0071746526 and 2) Project Management Institute (2013)

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition), ISBN-10: 1935589679 3) Case Study: Each student will download two specific Harvard Business Review Cases upon deciding which team to work with in class.