{"id":2060,"date":"2024-01-17T12:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/?page_id=2060"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:51:12","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The California Lutheran University MBA is ACBSP-accredited, and the curriculum is designed to flex around your goals. You can choose to pair your MBA with an emphasis area or complete a general MBA. The MBA with an emphasis area includes 6 extra credits<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 mb-4\">\n<div class=\"card border-0 bg-purple txt-white p-4 h-100\">\n<p class=\"h3 fw-bold txt-offwhite\">MBA With Emphasis Area<\/p>\n<p>A good fit if you have a specific field you want to specialize in. Includes a capstone course.<\/p>\n<p>Most coursework can be completed online. Finance, Marketing and Sport Management emphasis electives are completed on campus in Thousand Oaks. The IT emphasis electives are completed online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Core courses: 9 courses, 27 credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">General electives: 2 courses, 6 credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Emphasis electives: 3 courses, 9 credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Capstone: 1 course, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total: 15 courses, 45 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 mb-4\">\n<div class=\"card border-0 bg-purple txt-white p-4 h-100\">\n<p class=\"h3 fw-bold txt-offwhite\">General MBA<\/p>\n<p>A good fit if you want broad business fluency or plan to lead cross functionally.<\/p>\n<p>Your four general electives let you sample across disciplines. All coursework can be completed fully online, on campus or through a hybrid approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Core courses: 9 courses, 27 credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">General electives: 4 courses, 12 credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Capstone: None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total: 13 courses, 39 credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"gray-hr mt-0\" \/>\n<h2>Learn More About the MBA Emphasis Areas<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/finance\/\">Finance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/information-technology\/\">Information Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/marketing\/\">Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/sport-management\/\">Sport Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"card rounded-0 border-0 bg-neutral mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row g-0\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 order-md-first\">\n<div class=\"card-body p-4 p-md-5\">\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote mb-0\">\n<p class=\"fst-italic\">The small classrooms, experiential learning and interactions with professors are what make the MBA experience unique. One student who transferred here from a very large university told me they did not realize they would be able to have one-on-one interaction with CFOs and CMOs of large companies, and we have those opportunities regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"blue-hr\" \/>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer txt-bold txt-blue\">Tracy Nickl, <cite>Assistant Professor, School of Management<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"gray-hr\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"fw-bold mb-2\">MBA Courses<\/h2>\n<p class=\"fst-italic\">All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/mba\/curriculum\/\" class=\"btn btn-purple read-more article-read-more\" aria-label=\"Read more about this article: Curriculum \">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1960,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-curriculum.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2060","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Curriculum - Master of Business Administration | Cal Lutheran<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Cal Lutheran&#039;s MPPA FAQ for program insights. 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