Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The MBA is a 12-course sequence, delivered by a combination of research professors and practitioners who are at the forefront of their field in areas ranging from organizational behavior and behavioral finance to strategic management and leadership.

Students can choose to attend with one of two options: Live Virtual (Off-campus) or Face to Face (On-Campus). The innovative curriculum delivery method combines weekly online learning through WorldClassRoom (Canvas) with one in-person, three-hour application and discussion session for eight-week terms. Class times are adapted to the cohort of students who are currently enrolled. Common options include two weekday evenings from 6 p.m. or Saturdays from 11 a.m. with special events/networking also built into the terms. Please contact admissions to discuss your preferences.

Webster offers five eight-week terms per year (Fall 1 and Fall 2, Spring 1 and Spring 2, and one Summer term). This allows busy professionals to attend, and for those who may be seeking employment or internships to keep an open daytime schedule.

The 36 credit hours required must include the following courses:

• Foundation courses (4)
  1. Business 5000*
     *Students with a previous ACBSP (or equivalent) accredited degree or students who pass a waiver exam may substitute an elective for BUSN 5000.
  2. Value Creation
  3. Quantitative Methods for the MBA*
  4. Marketing Analysis and Business Planning
• Value Creation (CORE) Components (5)
  1. Adding Value through Human Capital
  2. The Financial Value of Capital Projects
  3. Providing Value to Customers
  4. The Supply Chain and Business Processes
  5. Information Support for Decision Making
• Value Creation in Practice (2)
  1. Cases in Value Creation
  2. Walker Consulting Project
• Electives (3-6 hours)

Students who have completed an ACBSP-accredited undergraduate program at Webster within the past 10 years may waive 6 credit hours of electives, reducing the number of required courses to 30 credit hours. The degree can then be completed in as little as one calendar year.

The MBA is a 36 credit hour program that includes 3-6 hours of elective credit. Students can customize this generalist degree by using these hours plus an additional 3-9 credit hours to capture an emphasis from the list below. 

Cybersecurity Operations

42 to 45 Credit Hours

• CSSS 5000 Introduction to Cybersecurity (3 hours)
• CSSS 5120 Cybersecurity Infrastructures (3 hours)
• CSSS 5210 Cybersecurity Law and Policy (3 hours)
• CSSS 5220 Cybersecurity Threat Detection (3 hours)

48 to 51 Credit Hours

• BUSN 5000 Business (3 hours)
• MBA 5010 Value Creation (3 hours)
• MBA 5020 Quantitative Methods for the MBA (3 hours)
• MBA 5030 Market Analysis and Business Planning (3 hours)
• MBA 5200 The Financial Value of Capital Projects (3 hours)
• MBA 5300 Providing Value to Customers (3 hours)
• MBA 5400 The Supply Chain and Business Processes (3 hours)
• MBA 5500 Information Support for Decision Making (3 hours)
• MBA 5910 Cases in Value Creation (3 hours)
• MBA 5920 Walker Consulting Project: Adding Value to Organizations (3 hours)
• MNGT 5000 Management (3 hours)
• MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior* (3 hours)
• HRMG 5000 Managing Human Resources (3 hours)
• MNGT 5650 Management and Strategy (3 hours)
• MNGT 5670 Managerial Leadership (3 hours)
• HRDV 5630 Organization Development and Change (3 hours)
• MNGT 6000 Integrated Studies in Management (3 hours)

*MNGT 5590 may substitute for MBA 5100.

Students who have earned a master's degree from Webster or another regionally accredited college or university (or its international equivalent) may earn a sequential master's degree in another major, as outlined below. Art, Counseling and other specialized master's degrees are excluded as sequential master's degree options.

Students who have completed any required courses with a grade of B- or higher as part of a previous Webster master's degree must seek approval for substitute coursework prior to enrollment, in consultation with their academic advisor. A required course completed in a previous degree and used toward the first degree, must be repeated if the grade is below a B-.

The sequential master's degree requires both of the following:

• Completion of the required core courses of the degree program
• Completion of the equivalent core course hours. If courses were completed in prior degree, hours requirement must still be met to meet sequential degree requirements. Approval for substitute coursework must be requested and approved prior to enrollment, in consultation with an academic advisor.

The following conditions apply to the sequential master's degree:

• Prerequisite courses or other prerequisite requirements may not be used to reduce sequential degree requirements.
• No transfer of credit may be applied toward this minimum residency.
• Sequential degrees are not eligible for graduate academic honors.

Minimum 24 credit hours required for:

• Health Care Management (MA) (Taught in French)
• Management and Leadership (MA)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

For students pursuing a sequential MBA, if the student completed any of the MBA core courses in a previous master's degree program with a B or better, up to six credit hours may be reduced from the required 30 credit hours of MBA core courses, reducing the MBA core requirements to 24-27 credit hours. Only three credit hours of the total six credit hours of substitutions or reductions may be applied to the following courses: MBA 5100, MBA 5200, MBA 5300, MBA 5400 or MBA 5500.