Studying Strategic Management at Regis

Regis University’s MBA degree with a specialization in Strategic Management focuses on the process of strategically positioning an organization for success.
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MBA Strategic Management

Degree Overview

The online and on-campus MBA with a specialization in Strategic Management prepares you to effectively analyze operations, address competition, survive volatile markets and evolve operations in a fast-paced business environment.

Businesses today operate in a highly competitive marketplace. Therefore, it is important to take into consideration not only projects but also the organization's vision, objectives and policies. The MBA with a specialization in Strategic Management fosters the ability to factor in all the unique facets of your organization and recommend a strategy to capitalize on them.

As a student of Regis University's Strategic Management specialization, you will explore the changes that occur in your industry and develop an analytic framework for evaluating organizational and competitive business strategies, use existing corporate technology and methodologies to implement and manage strategy and change and incorporate values-centered, socially aware, ethical thinking into strategic change management. As an MBA graduate, you will understand the importance of defining a corporate strategy, the implementation of technology methodologies and change management.

Potential Careers

  • CEO (chief executive officer)
  • COO (chief operating officer)
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Business Owner
  • Entrepreneur

Total Degree Requirements: 36 credit hours
Core requirements: 18 credit hours
Specialization requirements: 9 credit hours
Specialization electives: 9 credit hours

Program Requirements

Listed below are the required courses for completion of this degree at Regis University. Please note that recent course requirement updates may not be reflected in the list below and you should contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

This degree program requires 36.00 credit hours for completion. Please contact your advisor or the Office of Enrollment Services at 303.458.4126.

MBA CORE

MBAC 600 - The Economics of Management

Applies qualitative and quantitative microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics to business and the federal government operations from the perspective of the manager including the importance of regionalism and the global economy. NOTE: This Core course should be taken in the first 12 semester hours of the program.

MBAC 601 - Ethical & Legal Environment of Business

Examines the social and governmental structure within which business operates. Focuses on effective and ethical strategies for addressing issues of public concern including labor and employment law; administrative agency procedures; public issues management; product liability; and social contract, agency and stake-holder models of corporate responsibility. NOTE: This Core course should be taken in the first nine (9) hours of the program.

Cross listing(s): MSAC 601.

MBAC 602 - Developing Effective Organizations

Effective organizations converge adaptable leadership, engaged workforces and aligned processes. Explores concepts from organizational behavior(OB), organizational development(OD) and human resource development(HRD) and from case studies of current organizations.

MBAC 603/MBAX 600

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(3SH)
MBAC 603-Decision Points in Marketing and Operations
or
MBAX 600

MBAC 604 - Financial Governance, Planning & Control

Examines role of financial governance in achieving socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable business operations. Considers forms of financing, capital structures, cost management, and uses of financial statements, budgets, and financial ratios for planning and control.

MBA Strategic Management

Electives

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(9SH)
Take 9 semester hours from the following courses:
MBAM 604, MBAM 609, MBAM 616, MBAM 617, MBAM 618,
MBAM 695E-W

MBAM 611 - Strategy Formulation

Defines and describes strategy and its formulation within business contexts and situations. Examines combining theory with a practical viewpoint using Porters strategy model. Emphasizes ethics and social responsibility.

Pre-requisite: TAKE MBAM*615;

MBAM 612 - Strategy Implementation and Management

Identifies the process of strategic management from a systems viewpoint. Stratagems and tactics are defined and used to illustrate Mintzberg's pattern in a stream of decisions. Emphasizes ethics and social responsibility.

Pre-requisite: MBAM*611

MBAM 615 - Managing Change

Focuses on business industrial change and control management. Explores change in industry standards through technology innovations, markets and opportunities, corporate skills portfolios, and products and services. Identifies methods available to plan, initiate and direct change for facilitating positive benefits for future forecasts.

MBA Capstone Course

Capstone Course

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MBAC 610-Enterprise Management in a Global Environment
OR
MBAX 695-Business Platorms: A 21st Century Model
THIS COURSE IS TAKEN LAST TO COMPLETE YOUR DEGREE

Course Descriptions

Listed below are the available courses offered at Regis University within this respective degree program. The courses below include the degree program requirements as well as courses. Please contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

MBAM 604 Leadership: Explored & Applied (3.00)

Explores important leadership theories by applying knowledge and skills that enhance individual and organizational performance.

MBAM 609 Professional Communication (3.00)

Refines existing skills in written and oral communication as effective business managers. Emphasizes an interactive approach to the fundamentals of communication, including the preparation of memoranda, letters and reports. Examines oral presentation tools and methods, and persuasive public presentations.

MBAM 611 Strategy Formulation (3.00)

Defines and describes strategy and its formulation within business contexts and situations. Examines combining theory with a practical viewpoint using Porters strategy model. Emphasizes ethics and social responsibility.

Pre-requisite: TAKE MBAM*615;

MBAM 612 Strategy Implementation and Management (3.00)

Identifies the process of strategic management from a systems viewpoint. Stratagems and tactics are defined and used to illustrate Mintzberg's pattern in a stream of decisions. Emphasizes ethics and social responsibility.

Pre-requisite: MBAM*611

MBAM 615 Managing Change (3.00)

Focuses on business industrial change and control management. Explores change in industry standards through technology innovations, markets and opportunities, corporate skills portfolios, and products and services. Identifies methods available to plan, initiate and direct change for facilitating positive benefits for future forecasts.

MBAM 616 The History & Theory of Management (3.00)

A practical approach to planning, organizing, leading and monitoring an organization's resources. Includes a historical review of management by examining several seminal authors of management throughout history and their contribution to the theory of management.

MBAM 617 Power and Politics (3.00)

A practical approach to managing power and politics within a business organization. Examines issues of gender and ethnicity in the areas of general management, change management and strategic management.

MBAM 618 Finance for Strategic Managers (3.00)

A practical approach to operational financial management. Explores common operational management issues including budgeting, inventory management, credit management, lease financing, make-buy-lease decisions, exchange rate management, performance reporting and other operational issues.

MBAM 695E-W Seminar in Strategic Management (3.00)

Seminar course exploring current issues in Strategic Management.

How to Apply

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Materials Needed for Application and Admission

Applicants seeking a master's degree from the College for Professional Studies must possess a baccalaureate degree in any field of study from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

  • Application: Completed graduate application form
  • Application fee: $75.00 non-refundable application fee (waived for Regis University graduates)
  • Submit official degree-bearing transcript within 30 days of the date of application. Official transcript must reflect a baccalaureate degree awarded from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. If official transcript is not received within 30 days you will be unable to register for future courses until the transcript is received. A complete file can be reviewed by faculty with a copy of the unofficial degree-bearing transcript from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. Official transcript must be sent directly from your previously attended school to the CPS Admission Office.
  • Official GMAT score which includes a minimum 3.5 official score on the Analytical Writing portion of the exam OR one admission essay approximately 1,500 words long.
  • Current resume
  • Two online recommendations from colleagues or supervisors who know your work in a professional setting and are able to give specific information about your abilities and potential. The application system will automatically send an email with a link and instructions on how to submit recommendations directly to Regis.
  • Faculty interview
  • Students without a business undergraduate degree will have two options to complete the accounting and finance prerequisites. Learn more about the MBA prerequisites here.  
  • Additional admission requirements apply to international students who are non-U.S. citizens
  • The course work of returning students (whose degree plans have expired) and/or transfer students must have been completed less than 10 years prior to the current admission into the degree program in order to be applied toward degree requirements.
  • Please remember: Applications that are incomplete and/or missing information will NOT be processed.

Students who are otherwise accepted into the MBA program but who earned a GPA of less than 2.5 from the institution granting their bachelor's degree will be accepted provisionally and must complete either MLS 501 Critical Thinking and Graduate Writing or EDFD 500 Essentials for Graduate Level Writing with a "B" or better prior to taking any 600 level classes. This requirement can be waived at the time of the student's interview only if the student has demonstrated professional experience that has clearly provided ample opportunity for the student to improve in her or his written communication skills.

Students who earned a GPA of 2.5 or greater from the institution granting their bachelor's degree but whose essay demonstrates less than graduate level writing, may also be accepted provisionally and be required to complete either MLS 501 Critical Thinking and Graduate Writing or EDFD 500 Essentials for Graduate Level Writing with a "B" or better prior to taking any 600 level classes.

Applications due two weeks prior to start date.

Application Deadlines*

Class Starts Application Deadline
Summer 8W2 - July 1, 2013 June 17, 2013
Fall 8W1 - Aug. 26, 2013 Aug. 12, 2013
Fall 8W2 - Oct. 21, 2013 Oct. 7, 2013
Spring 8W1 - Jan. 6, 2014 Dec. 20, 2013
Spring 8W2 - March 3, 2014 Feb. 17, 2014

*Your application file including all requirements, documents and fees, must be completed by the application deadline.

Tuition

Graduate Degree Tuition Comparison Chart: Local Campus Programs
Comparison is based on Regis Board Approved 2012 Tuition and Fee Rates. Rates were gathered from other university websites as of June 2012.

Institution Degree Estimated Total Program Cost Semester Hours Required Cost per Semester Hour Estimated Fees for Program
Colorado Technical University MBA $27,990 32 $873 $50
Colorado Christian University MBA $26,531 39 $649 $1,220
Colorado Heights University MBA $21,810 39 $535 $945
Colorado State University MBA (Professional MBA) $27,360 40 $444 $9,600
Regis University MBA $28,155 36 $780 $75
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs MBA $21,120 - $28,140 36-48 $585 $60
University of Colorado at Denver MBA (Professional MBA) $18,290 36 $496 or less $2,332 -$2,668
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business MBA $48,902 47 $1,026 $680

Graduate Degree Tuition Comparison Chart: National Online Programs
Comparison is based on Regis Board Approved 2012 Tuition and Fee Rates. Rates were gathered from other university websites as of June 2012.

Institution Degree Estimated Total Program Cost Semester Hours Required Cost per Semester Hour Estimated Fees for Program
Drexel University MBA (MBA Anywhere) $58,866 34 $1,731 All inclusive
Jones International University MBA $29,080 36 $805 $100
Kaplan University MBA $27,228 - $34,668 40 - 51 $658 $900 - $1,100
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University MBA $39,568 48 $766 $2,800
Regis University MBA $29,235 36 $810 $75
University of Maryland/University College MBA $29,794 42 $694 $646
University of Phoenix MBA $28,065 - $42,075 36-54 $740 $1,425 - $2,115
Walden University MBA $29,410 - $30,215 36 - 37 $805 $430
Webster University MBA $25,120 - $33,460 36 - 48 $695 $100
Colorado State University MBA (Distance MBA) $31,930 40 $795 $130

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