Courses
Which MBA courses are best for me? Customize your MBA experience with contemporary specializations, core courses, and electives.
The University of Connecticut Master of Business Administration (UConn MBA) programs feature the most current, industry-relevant courses for students to gain a solid understanding of key business functions, including management, operations, finance, accounting and marketing.
Curriculum
The UConn MBA prepares you for a career across a wide array of new and established industries. The vibrant curriculum is formatted to engage and teach students hailing from various professional backgrounds, including those typically considered outside of the field of business. From technical theory to practical application, the concentration you choose will help you develop specialized skills.
Class Formats
All UConn MBA programs require 42 credits, or 14 graduate-level courses, comprising 9 core classes and 5 electives.
MBA courses are available in the following modalities:
1. In-person
Hartford
Stamford
2. Online Self-paced
Synchronous – self-paced with live weekly online sessions.
Asynchronous - self-paced with pre-recorded faculty lectures and other content.
3. Online Cohort
Complete core courses together as a group in two years of the program.
4. Hybrid
The utmost in flexibility to suit your lifestyle, a hybrid schedule combines both online and in-person options.
1. In-person
Hartford
Stamford
2. Online Self-paced
Synchronous – self-paced with live weekly online sessions
Asynchronous - self-paced with pre-recorded faculty lectures and other content
3. Online Cohort
Complete core courses together as a group in two years of the program.
4. Hybrid
The utmost in flexibility to suit your lifestyle, a hybrid schedule combines both online and in-person options.
One-Year MBA Track
This immersive MBA track offers the flexibility to take courses online or in person at our Hartford and Stamford campuses. Starting in Summer, Fall, or Spring Term, One-Year MBA students benefit from priority registration and individualized advising, allowing you to distribute your 42-credit course-load across semesters to meet your needs and stay on track to finish in just 12 months.
MBA Courses & Descriptions
ACCT 5121 – Financial Accounting and Reporting
Introduces students to accounting concepts essential to the preparation and interpretation of financial statements issued to management and to external users such as stockholders and creditors. While appropriate consideration is given to procedural aspects of accounting, more emphasis is placed on understanding the conceptual bases of generally accepted accounting principles and the effects of using alternative accounting methods on financial statements.
BLAW 5175 – Business, Law, and Ethics in Modern Society
The formulation, interpretation, and application of law to business. Incorporates the study of ethical issues that arise in contemporary business settings, including professional conduct and corporate social responsibility. Major areas of legal regulation to which businesses are subject, including tort liability, contract law, partnership and corporate law, employment and labor law, intellectual property law, environmental regulation and sustainability, and financial regulation. Emphasis on active, experiential application of legal reasoning and analysis and on the global and comparative dimensions of legal and ethical issues.
FNCE 5101 – Financial Management (ACCT 5121)
Overview of techniques for effectively studying financial decisions and their impact on the company. Covers the basic concepts and tools necessary to understand the financial decision-making process. The fundamental issues of timing and uncertainty are integrated into the problem of asset valuation. Financial analysis models for determining appropriate sources of capital and effective use of long term and short-term assets are discussed.
FNCE 5151 – Introduction to Economic Markets
Provides a foundation in the economics of markets, with particular application to financial markets and the role of information. Specific topics include the following: (1) the basic principles of supply, demand, profit maximization, price determination, international trade, and exchange rates; (2) the basic structure of modern, global financial markets, as an application of the basic economic principles; (3) the use of information and information technology in financial markets, including use of the internet, Bloomberg, Dow Jones and other computerized sources of information; and (4) a review of the "efficient market hypothesis."
MENT 5138 – Managing Organizations
Today's business climate demands that organizations and their managers be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and capable of maximizing the contributions of all their members. In addition, effective managers must possess the leadership and team skills necessary to manage an increasingly diverse work force. This course examines topics such as leadership, motivation, team dynamics, organization structure, design and culture, conflict, power and politics.
MENT 5800 – Strategy, Policy, and Planning
Course dealing with the two major aspects of strategy: formulation and implementation. Strategy formulation examines such issues as environmental threats and opportunities, the values and priorities of management and societal stakeholders, and the strengths of company resources and competencies relative to principal competitors. Strategy implementation covers such topics as strategic leadership, organizational structure, resource allocation, and building a strategy-supportive culture. Uses cases and readings to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare students to deal with strategic issues.
MKTG 5115 – Marketing Management
A strategic and analytical approach to marketing decisions. Students will develop basic proficiency with key marketing concepts and skills including: identifying opportunities and threats in the market environment; forecasting market growth; evaluating customers and competitors; segmenting, targeting, and positioning; determining product, price, place and promotion components of marketing strategies; and assessing marketing performance.
OPIM 5110 – Operations Management
An operations manager is concerned with designing, operating and controlling a system for producing goods and services. Design decisions include selecting a process technology, organizing jobs, selecting vendors, and developing the location and layout of facilities. Operating the system involves planning and scheduling work and material flow, controlling quality, and managing inventories. General systems concepts and models are developed and applied. Topics include process flow analysis, inventory systems, waiting line analysis, quality design, capacity resource planning, project management, and integrating operations with the firm's strategic plans.
OPIM 5185 – Introduction to Data Analytics and Management Information Systems
Introduction to key issues and concepts in data analytics. Delineates differences between standard statistical analysis, including model estimation and evaluation, and the data driven approach of data analytics. Emphasis on critical issues underlying almost all data analytics projects, including data quality (accuracy, objectivity, and reliability), missing values, outliers, and data standardization. Introduction to basic analytics techniques and processes. Prepares students to execute IT-related responsibilities effectively, and to be able to do so even as the set of available technologies changes over time. Presents students with frameworks that let them analyze business situations involving IT in a structured way. Students will develop sophisticated understanding of the links between IT, business strategy, and business process. Students will also gain an appreciation of the organizational and management practices that complement IT investments.
Current and Future MBA Now Courses
FNCE 5344 – Enterprise Risk Management
Offered in Fall 2025
A review of the Financial Risk Management program. Reviews the accounting requirements associated with asset valuation and income recognition of complex portfolios that utilize advanced hedging techniques. Analyzes an organization’s control environment and processes within COSO and SOX frameworks and examines the control practices that organizations use to help ensure the integrity of information provided by its accounting systems. Tax-related issues and Basel II are also discussed.
BLAW 5253 – Sustainability, Markets, and Society
Offered in Fall 2025
This course examines sustainability in the context of the natural and social ecosystems in which business operates. Students learn how the environmental and social impacts of business are affected by the interactions of firms with laws and legal institutions, markets, and society globally. Students gain experience assessing firm policies and practices and developing legally-astute and ethically-aware policies to achieve sustainability and to generate positive environmental and social outcomes.
BLAW 5254 – Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business
Offered in Fall 2025
Examines corporate social responsibility (CSR), accountability, and related concepts. Students learn about the actors, processes, legal and social norms that shape firm’s management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues from a global and human rights perspective. Students gain experience in identifying and critically assessing market-based solutions to societal challenges.
BLAW 5790 – Revolutionary Technologies and the Social Responsibility of Business
Offered in Summer 2025
This course examines the impact of rapidly evolving technologies on how business operates in society. Students will learn about the legal, ethical, and social responsibilities of business to society when a new technology is introduced. Topics will include artificial intelligence, big data, data collection and mining, data privacy, cryptocurrency, proprietary technology, among others. Students gain experience in understanding the broader implications of new technologies in organizations and how to apply standards and guidelines in order to ensure responsible impacts on individuals and society.
OPIM 5515 – Generative AI for Business
Offered in Fall 2025
A focused course blending foundational knowledge and practical application of generative AI in business. It begins with an overview of generative AI architecture and its business applications, including essential skills in prompt engineering for effective AI model interaction. The course then advances to cover Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic systems, tailoring AI to specific industry needs while emphasizing ethical and responsible AI usage. Designed for participants with a basic understanding of AI or relevant business technology experience, this course offers a hands-on approach, preparing students to skillfully integrate generative AI into their business strategies and operations.
OPIM 5517 – Building Advanced Generative AI Systems
Offered in Fall 2025
Hands-on coding skills necessary to design, implement, and deploy advanced Generative AI systems. Emphasizes the technical development of AI architectures and coding proficiency, with a focus on foundational and advanced topics, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic systems, and model fine-tuning. Using Python and Jupyter Notebooks, students will develop and iterate upon real-world generative AI applications, progressing from building RAG models to fine-tuning and deploying AI systems in production. Key technical areas include embedding techniques, vector database integration, prompt engineering, and establishing agentic workflows. Balances coding exercises with project-based learning to reinforce the skills needed to engineer high-performing Generative AI systems.
MBA Concentrations
UConn MBA students may choose any one of our eight concentrations:
Business Applications of AI
The Business Applications of AI concentration prepares UConn MBA students to lead in an AI-driven business environment by connecting artificial intelligence, financial technology, digital marketing, and responsible innovation. Students explore how emerging technologies such as AI, big data, data privacy, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital analytics are transforming business strategy, customer engagement, operations, and decision-making. Through courses in revolutionary technologies, FinTech, digital marketing, and AI for managers, students develop the skills to evaluate AI opportunities, manage ethical and organizational risks, and apply technology across core business functions. This concentration is ideal for MBA students who want to understand how artificial intelligence can create business value while supporting responsible, data-informed leadership.
Business Applications of AI concentration requires any three of the following courses: BLAW 5790 Revolutionary Technologies and the Social Responsibility of Business, FNCE 5711 Foundations of FinTech, MKTG 5665 Digital Marketing, and OPIM 5186 AI for Managers.
Business Analytics (STEM Designated)
The Business Analytics concentration prepares UConn MBA students to use data, statistical analysis, and predictive modeling to solve complex business problems and support evidence-based decision-making. Through required coursework in Statistics in Business Analytics and Predictive Modeling, students build practical skills in data organization, visualization, hypothesis testing, regression, model development, and analytics software. Students may further customize the concentration with additional graduate-level OPIM coursework in areas such as data visualization, business intelligence, data science, web analytics, cloud-based big data analytics, AI, and forecasting. This STEM-designated MBA concentration is ideal for students seeking to strengthen their analytical leadership skills and pursue roles that require data-driven strategy, business intelligence, operations analytics, or predictive business insights.
OPIM 5603; OPIM 5604; & 3 additional graduate-level credits from OPIM. View OPIM course descriptions.
Business Ethics and Compliance
The Business Ethics and Compliance concentration prepares UConn MBA students to lead with integrity in complex legal, regulatory, and global business environments. Through graduate-level Business Law electives, students examine topics such as corporate social responsibility, employment law, securities regulation, sustainability, human rights, ESG accountability, AI governance, and global compliance programs. The concentration helps students develop the judgment to identify legal and ethical risks, apply compliance frameworks, and build organizational cultures grounded in accountability and responsible decision-making. This MBA concentration is ideal for students interested in compliance leadership, corporate governance, risk management, sustainability, social responsibility, or ethical business strategy.
9 graduate-level BLAW elective credits. View BLAW course descriptions.
Finance
The Finance concentration prepares UConn MBA students to make strategic financial decisions in corporate, investment, global market, and financial services environments. Through graduate-level Finance electives, students can explore topics such as corporate finance, investment and security analysis, capital markets, asset valuation, portfolio management, financial institutions, derivatives, real estate finance, FinTech, and risk management. Students develop the analytical tools to evaluate capital structure, assess risk and return, manage financial assets, and understand the role of technology and regulation in modern financial markets. This MBA concentration is ideal for students pursuing careers in corporate finance, investment management, banking, financial analysis, risk management, consulting, or financial strategy.
9 graduate-level FNCE elective credits. View FNCE course descriptions.
General Business
The General Business concentration gives UConn MBA students the flexibility to design a broad, customized MBA experience across multiple business disciplines. By selecting any 15 graduate-level MBA elective credits, students can build a personalized course pathway that aligns with their career goals, industry interests, and leadership development needs. This concentration allows students to explore areas such as finance, marketing, management, operations, analytics, business law, strategy, and emerging technologies while strengthening their overall business foundation. The General Business MBA concentration is ideal for students seeking a versatile graduate business education that supports career advancement, cross-functional leadership, entrepreneurship, or transition into a new industry.
Any 15 graduate-level MBA elective credits. View MBA course descriptions.
Management
The Management concentration prepares UConn MBA students to lead people, teams, and organizations in dynamic business environments. Through graduate-level Management and Entrepreneurship electives, students can explore topics such as leadership, organizational behavior, motivating teams, innovation and change, negotiation, ethical leadership, diversity and inclusion, human capital, entrepreneurship, international business, and strategic management. Students develop the skills to manage organizational complexity, build effective teams, guide strategic change, and make decisions that align people, performance, and business goals. This MBA concentration is ideal for students pursuing careers in general management, consulting, human resources, entrepreneurship, organizational leadership, or executive management.
9 graduate-level MENT elective credits. View MENT course descriptions.
Marketing
The Marketing concentration prepares UConn MBA students to understand customers, build strong brands, and create data-informed marketing strategies in competitive business environments. Through graduate-level Marketing electives, students can explore topics such as marketing management, customer research, digital analytics, product and service innovation, global marketing, brand strategy, pricing and revenue management, search engine marketing, social media platforms, and AI-enabled digital marketing. Students develop the skills to identify market opportunities, analyze customer behavior, position products and services, measure campaign performance, and communicate value across channels. This MBA concentration is ideal for students pursuing careers in marketing strategy, brand management, digital marketing, product marketing, market research, customer insights, or revenue growth leadership.
9 graduate-level MKTG elective credits. View MKTG course descriptions.
Supply Chain Management (STEM Designated)
The Supply Chain Management concentration prepares UConn MBA students to manage the flow of goods, services, information, and resources across complex global supply chains. Through required coursework in Supply Chain Analytics, Strategic Sourcing, and Distribution and Logistics, students learn how to use data analytics, sourcing strategy, transportation planning, and logistics tools to improve efficiency, responsiveness, and customer service. The concentration emphasizes supply chain design, planning, coordination, supplier management, distribution networks, warehousing, and the impact of globalization, e-commerce, and sustainability on modern business operations. This STEM-designated MBA concentration is ideal for students pursuing careers in supply chain management, procurement, logistics, operations strategy, analytics, or global business leadership.
Students may select three of the following elective courses (nine credits) to develop a concentration in Supply Chain Management:
- OPIM 5111 Supply Chain Analytics
- OPIM 5112 Strategic Sourcing
- OPIM 5113 Distribution and Logistics
- OPIM 5114 Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Environmental and Social Responsibility
- OPIM 5115 Supply Chain Finance
View OPIM course descriptions.
Graduate Certificates
All UConn MBA students can earn a graduate business certificate by choosing the relevant electives to fulfill its requirements.
Current MBA Courses
All UConn MBA students may take courses in Hartford, Stamford, CT or online. View our current course schedules below.