Full-Time MBA Specializations

One of our goals is to provide you the tools required to succeed in your chosen field. To do so, we will help you tailor your program to a specific specialization that fits your

needs. Whether you are interested in building on previous experience or contemplating a career change, the Flores MBA Program provides traditional and cutting-edge specializations to meet your career goals. The course offerings are

continuously reviewed to meet the changing demands of the marketplace.

The full-time Flores MBA program currently offers specializations in the following areas:

Full-Time MBA Specializations

Internal AuditLSU’s Internal Auditing program is recognized globally as the leader in internal audit education. Internal Auditing is essentially a risk assurance and consulting function that serves an organization through operation, compliance and financial evaluations. Established in 1985, the LSUCIA is considered to be the premier internal audit program in the world, and has become a model for similar programs in other schools and countries.

What Does it Take?The LSUCIA consists of 3-5 courses with an emphasis on governance, risk, and controls. Students must take a minimum of three courses to be considered as qualifying for the specialization designation. Several departments have differing course requirements for an internal audit specialization. The program begins in January and ends in December. Internal Audit is a multidisciplinary profession, and the LSU Center for Internal Auditing program seeks students from backgrounds as varied as engineering, finance, information systems, management, marketing, accounting, economics, public administration, and non-business areas. Courses offered in the internal auditing specialization include: operational auditing, case studies in internal auditing, and internships in internal auditing. The suggested route for an internal auditing specialization is as follows:

• ACCT 7233 Graduate Internal Auditing (Prereq.: consent of instructor.)• ACCT 7232 Case Studies in Internal Auditing (Prereq.: ACCT 7233.) • ACCT 7234 Operational Auditing (Prereq.: ACCT 7233.) • ACT 7231 Internship in Internal Auditing (Prereq.: Permission of instructor)

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Healthcare ManagementHealthcare Management includes the analysis and management of the overall structure of the healthcare industry; focusing on improving effectiveness, efficiency and quality. It also looks at the operations of healthcare providers and the management of resources necessary for a healthcare provider to operate efficiently and productively.

Healthcare Management is a growing and sustainable field based on the national demographics and the preference of U.S. consumers for high quality medical care.

What Does it Take?Simply take 3-5 of the following courses for a MBA Healthcare Management specialization:

• PADM 7610 Healthcare Organization and Finance (Salles) Fall • PADM 7620 Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations (Haeuser) Spring • PADM 7640 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care Management • ECON 4421 Healthcare Economics (Naci Mocan)

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Finance

Finance is the study of how individuals, businesses and organizations acquire and utilize capital (i.e. money). Two basic elements of finance include trade-offs between expected returns and risk and the importance of timing of future cash flows.

The curriculum for the Finance specialization is through the Department of Finance in the E.J. Ourso College of Business.

What Does it Take?• FIN 7310 Real Estate Financial Decisions (Pace) • FIN 7400 Financial Risk Management (Chance) (Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent) • FIN 7633 Financial Markets (Mason) (Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent)• FIN 7719 Advanced Financial Management (Stephens) (Prereq.: FIN 3826 or equivalent) • FIN 7740 Venture Capital (Kirby) (Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent) • FIN 7826 Investment Analysis & Portfolio Theory (Sanger/Lin) (BADM 7020 and BADM

7030)

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Financial PlanningFinancial Planning provides students with the knowledge to prepare financial plans for people covering various aspects of personal finance. Examples include: cash flow management, educations planning, retirement planning and investment planning.

In 2011, the E. J. Ourso College of Business was named a CFP® Program Partner by the CFP Board, a global association for financial service professionals that awards the Certified Financial Planner designation. The CFP Board’s mission is to award the designation and to uphold the ethical and competent standards of the financial planning profession. Financial planning is a field in high demand and expected to grow 41% by 2016.

What Does it Take?Take the following three courses:• FIN 7900 Independent Study (Fundamentals of Financial Planning) – Spring/Fall • FIN 4071 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits for Financial Planning – Spring • FIN 4073 Estate Planning for Financial Planning – Fall

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Human Resource ManagementHuman Resource Management is the strategic approach to the overall management of an organization's employees who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the company. Additionally, HRM is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management and benefits.

What Does it Take?Simply take 3-5 of the following courses for a MBA Human Resource Management concentration:• MGT 4322 Employee Selection and Placement • BADM 7160 Negotiation, Persuasion, and Influence • MGT 4523 Legal Issues in Human Resource Management • PADM 7912 Public Personnel Policy • MGT 4323 Compensation Administration• BADM 7900 Human Factors in Business and Industry

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Global Entrepreneur

Global Entrepreneurship combines globalization with information technology to produce various new business opportunities. This specialization is designed to explore these opportunities and show how to turn them into new products or services in existing firms and new ventures. The specialization emphasizes the creative thought process of entrepreneurs and how to pool and leverage globally networked resources to empower entrepreneurial thinking.

What Does it Take?

Simply take 3-5 of the following courses for a MBA Global Entrepreneur concentration:

• BADM 4040 Entrepreneurship in China (Chen) Spring • MGT 7111 Entrepreneurship Management (Justis) Fall • BADM 7160 Negotiations, Persuasion, and Influence (MBA Faculty) • BADM 7170 International Management Challenges (MBA Faculty) Spring & Fall• BADM 7270 Venture Capital for Start-Ups (Ravani) Spring • ISDS 7150 Emerging Markets and Supply Chain Opportunities (Chen) Fall

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Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Management is the coordination of resources and activities across multiple organizations to ensure the right products are available at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost. Supply chain managers integrate analytics from supply, production, and distribution activities to improve value production for their own firm and for across other firms.

As firms continue to focus on core competencies and outsource supporting functions, their need for inter-organizational coordination will grow. Companies will increasingly demand managers that understand how to integrate the operations from many supply chain partners across multiple value producing functions within the firm.

What Does it Take?Simply take the following courses for a MBA Global Entrepreneur concentration:• ISDS 7150 Emerging Markets and Supply Chain Opportunities• ISDS 7220 Supply Chain Management – Spring• ISDS 7230 IT Project Management

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AnalyticsAnalytics is the application of statistics and operations research using information technologies to solve problems in business and industry. The objective is to quantify what drives sales of a business and use the results to increase market share, revenue and profit. This concentration brings together leading edge analytics tools with real world marketing experience to develop business solutions for improved brand performance across a range of industries.

As firms continue to lower costs they will make better use of information, and thus there is a growing need for analytics specialists in marketing.

What Does it Take?

Simply take the following three courses for a MBA Analytics concentration. Recommended combination with other departments include finance or marketing.

• ISDS 4141 Introduction to Data Mining – Spring Semester Year 1 • ISDS 7510 Data Base Management – Fall Semester Year 2 • ISDS 7070 Analytics Project (Prereq.: ISDS 4141, ISDS 7510)

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Management ConsultingManagement Consulting is the most broad sub-industry in the consulting field. Management Consultants serve as advisors to firms and offer solutions to improve organizational performance based on a detailed analysis of existing organizational strategy and resources in areas such as human capital, technical and financial.

The Management Consulting specialization may be best leveraged by taking it in concert with another market driven specialization such as Finance, Analytics, HRM, Globalization or Internal Audit.What Does it Take?

• ISDS 7230: IT Project Management • ISDS 4141: Data Mining • BADM 7160: Negotiations, Persuasion and Influence• LAW 5883: Business Plan and Transaction

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Simply take 3-5 of the following courses for a MBA Management Consulting concentration:

All Management Consulting students must complete the capstone course:• BADM 7600: Consulting Field Project

Marketing AnalyticsMarketing Analytics is the application of statistics and operations research to help businesses to maximize marketing effectiveness and return on investment. The objective is to quantify what drives sales of a business and use the results to increase market share, revenue, and profit. This concentration brings together leading edge analytics tools with real world marketing experience to develop business solutions for improved brand performance.

As firms continue to lower cost they will make better use of information, and thus there is a growing need for analytics specialists in marketing.What Does it Take?Simply take 3-5 of the following courses for a MBA Management Consulting concentration• ISDS 4141 Introduction to Data Mining Spring Semester• ISDS 7510 or ISDS 7070 Special Topics Course in Data Management• MKT 7716 Advanced Marketing Research Techniques• ISDS 7070 Advanced Business Analytics & Project• MKT 7110 Marketing Engineering

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Customize Your MBA

The LSU Flores MBA Program allows you to work with its expert faculty to develop a specialization that will provide the skills you need, regardless of your career goals. You will select three business courses from an approved list to customize your specialization. Past examples include sports marketing, management, real estate and project management.

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