The Strategic MBA program by School of Business Administration of University of Houston-Victoria takes a cross-disciplinary approach to complex business problems and is one of the top MBA programs in Texas.

The Strategic MBA courses are designed to prepare as the business strategist in chosen field while widening knowledge in a concentration of choice-accounting, entrepreneurship, economic development, finance, human resources management, marketing, or international business.

Concentration Courses

Accounting
Required: ACCT 6371 - Advanced Auditing
And choose 3 from:
ACCT 6374 – Accounting Ethics
ACCT 6372 - Advanced Studies in Taxation
ACCT 6373 - Contemporary issues in Acctg
ACCT 6377 - International Accounting
ACCT 6300 – Oil & Gas Accounting

Economic Development
Choose four of the five courses listed:
EDEN 6350 – Introduction to Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
EDEN 6355 – Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Finance
EDEN 6356 - Methods in Economic Development
EDEN 6357 - Practice of local Economic Development
EDEN 6358 - Theory & Practice of Regional Economic Development

Entrepreneurship
Choose four of the courses listed:
EDEN 6350 – Introduction to Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
EDEN 6351 – Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
EDEN 6352 – Developing the Business Plan
EDEN 6353 – Nurturing & Growing the Fledgling Venture
EDEN 6354 - Growing the Successful Venture
EDEN 6355 – ED and Entrepreneurial Finance

Finance
Finance course choices include:
FINC 6361- Investments
FINC 6362 – Financial Institutions & Markets
FINC 6363 – Financial Modeling
FINC 6364 – Tech. Analysis of Stocks & Commodities
FINC 6366 – Risk Management and Insurance
FINC 6367 – international Finance (Strategic MBA only)

General Business

Human Resources Management

Required Human Resources Management courses:

MGMT 6374: Human Resources Management
MGMT 6380: Compensation and Employee Benefits
MGMT 6381: Staffing and Employee Development

Completion of 3 hours selected from:

MGMT 6375: Seminar in Employment Law
MGMT 6353: Management of Diversity in Organizations
MGMT 6300: Selected Topics (must include HR in the title)

International Business
Strategic MBA students choose 4 of the elective courses listed to complete a concentration in international business:
ACCT 6377 - International Accounting
ECON 6367 – Global Economics
FINC 6367 – International Finance
MGMT 6377 – International Mgt.
MKTG 6377 – International Marketing
MGMT 6367 – International Operations Mgt.
Study abroad course in Management, Marketing, Economics or Accounting

Management

MGMT 6353- Mgt. of Diversity in Orgs
MGMT 6354 - Leadership & Organizational Change (Global MBA only)
MGMT 6355 - Operations Mgt. Creating Competitive Advantage (Global MBA only)
MGMT 6367 – International Operations Mgt. (Strategic MBA Only)
MGMT 6371 – Contemporary Mgt. Issues
MGMT 6372 – Org. Theory & Development
MGMT 6374 – Human Resources Mgt.
MGMT 6375 – Seminar in Employment Law
MGMT 6376 - Entrepreneurship
MGMT 6377 –International Management (Strategic MBA Only)
MGMT 6378 – Seminar in e-Commerce
MGMT 6386 – Purchasing and Supply Chain Mgmt
MGMT 6387 – Comparative Mgt
MGMT 6300 – Selected topics (Supply Chain; Healthcare Law, Project Mgmt)
Study abroad course in Management, Marketing, Economics or Accounting

Marketing

MBA students choose 4 of the elective courses listed to complete a concentration in marketing:
MKTG 6371 – Seminar in Consumer Behavior
MKTG 6372 – Marketing Research
MKTG 6373 – Sem. in B2B Marketing
MKTG 6374 – Sem. In Services Marketing
MKTG 6375 – Integrated Marketing Communications
MKTG 6376 - Advertising
MKTG 6377 – International Marketing (Strategic MBA only)
MKTG 6378 – Seminar in E-Commerce
Study abroad course in Management, Marketing, Economics or Accounting