Areas of Specialization
The electives and areas of specialization of the Elmhurst MBA have been developed in cooperation with other graduate programs at the University and new and existing courses in the Department of Business and Economics.
The choice of an area of specialization must be approved by the program director.
Choose Your Area of Specialization
Explore program details using the accordion below.
- MIT 510 Database Management and Data Warehousing
- MIT 543 Web Application Development or
- MIT 545 Mobile Application Development
- MIT 561 Computer Network I
- MIT 567 Cloud Computing
- MDS 523 Data Warehousing
- MDS 534 Introduction to Predictive Modeling
- MDS 546 Methods of Exploratory Data Analysis
- MDS 560 Advanced Enterprise Analytics
Choose four of the five courses listed:
- MBA 541 Corporate Finance
- MBA 542 Investment Theory and Portfolio Management
- MBA 545 Financial Statements Analysis
- MBA 508 Special Topics: Finance
- MBA 509 Project Management
Choose four of the five courses listed:
- MBA 508 Special Topics
- MBA 552 Leadership
- MDS 575 Generative and Applied AI
- MDS 561 Data Governance and Project Management
- MDS 578 Azure AI Fundamentals
The General Management specialization allows you to choose four masters-level electives across any discipline as long as the total is 3.0 credits.
This specialization combines courses from the Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and the Department of Business. Students wishing to specialize in Management of People need a prerequisite equivalent to PSY 210 Introduction to Psychological Science, as well as one year in the MBA program and the joint approval of the director of the industrial/organizational psychology master’s program and the MBA program.
Fall Semester
- PSY 501 Foundations of I/O Psychology (.5 credit)
- PSY 517 Small Group Theory & Processes (.5 credit)
Spring Semester
- PSY 530 Organizational Theory (.5 credit)
- PSY 531 Organizational Development (.5 credit)
- PSY 539 Work Motivation (.5 credit)
- PSY 540 Advanced Topics in I/O Psychology (.5 credit)
- MBA 550 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
- MBA 552 Leadership
- MBA 553 Organizational Behavior
- MBA 555 Negotiations
- MBA 509 Project Management
- MPM 501 Project Management Fundamentals in Practice I
- MPM 502 Project Management Fundamentals in Practice II
- MPM 503 Tools and Techniques of the Project Manager
- SCM 515 Finance & Strategy
- SCM 525 Strategic Sourcing
- SCM 535 Demand & Supply Planning
- SCM 545 Transportation & Distribution
Policy on Cross-Listed Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
- Elmhurst University graduates will not be allowed to repeat an undergraduate course for graduate credit. Transfer students will be discouraged from repeating courses from their undergraduate program.
- Permission to register for an undergraduate course for graduate credit must be approved by the program director.