Ouachita’s Hickingbotham School of Business to launch MBA program
October 27, 2022
- Felley劳森The Hickingbotham School of Business at Ouachita Baptist University is preparing to launch a fully-online Master of Business Administration degree program, set to begin in Fall 2023 pending approval from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Association to Advance Collegiate 学校 of Business (AACSB).
The HLC is Ouachita’s accrediting agency; additionally, the Hickingbotham School of Business is accredited by the AACSB. It is Arkansas’ only private AACSB-accredited 业务 school.
“There has been significant demand for the HSB to offer this program, first from Ouachita alumni and then from other young adults looking to advance their careers within the context of a faith-based MBA program,” said Bryan McKinney, Ouachita general counsel and dean of the Hickingbotham School. “While we will welcome HSB graduates into the program, we believe it will also meaningfully serve those students who don’t have an undergraduate 业务 degree, yet who need further 业务 education to advance in their careers.”
Students can complete the 30-hour MBA in a year; there are no internships required, but a required program-long practicum on entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship will provide three hours’ credit. The degree program’s 10 courses will include Managing Data, Financial Analysis and Valuation, Economic Tools for Managerial Decisions, Telling Your Story: Digital 市场营销 and Personal Selling, Global Management and Management 与律法. Classes will be divided among HSB professors, 业务 leaders who hold an MBA and visiting doctoral-level professors.
McKinney said, “Our MBA students will hear from some of the Hickingbotham School’s best professors, as well as industry experts with tremendous experience and 业务 acumen, and professors who bring depth of knowledge and diversity of perspective to 这个项目.”
The Hickingbotham School’s executive advisory board provides 这个项目 with another distinctive advantage.
“As standouts in their respective fields,” McKinney noted, “board members bring a wealth of experience to leadership of the HSB and are enthusiastic supporters of the MBA program, committed to investing their energy, expertise and resources to support it. We are thankful for their wisdom and encouragement along the way. 同样的,我 am grateful for the HSB faculty who embraced and developed this idea into what I believe will become a signature program.”
To learn more about the new MBA program in Ouachita’s Hickingbotham School of Business, contact Bryan McKinney at mckinneyb@566333z.com or at (870) 245-5513.
Editor's note: Since the publication of this story, HLC has granted approval for this program.
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