Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Lutgert College of Business:

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

As the world's largest business education alliance, AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) connects educators, students, and business to achieve a common goal: to create the next generation of great leaders. Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB provides quality assurance, business education intelligence, and professional development services to over 1,500 member organizations and more than 785 accredited business schools worldwide.

With its global headquarters in Tampa, Florida, USA; Europe, Middle East, and Africa headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore, AACSB’s mission is to foster engagement, accelerate innovation, and amplify impact in business education.

For more information, visit aacsb.edu.

Visit the FGCU Academic Catalog to review specific Admissions information and Program Requirements.

For undergraduate degree programs, also see the Degree Map that can be used as a semester-by-semester guide to timely graduation.

Official Course Descriptions

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Getting started with the Course Schedule Search

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*A course prefix is a three-letter designator for a major division of an academic discipline (for example, ACG for Accounting , BSC for Biological Science, ENC for English Composition). See the Degree Requirements page for a list of courses (with prefix and number) that can be used to fulfill degree requirements.

**A course attribute identifies specific characteristics of courses that can be used in a Degree Evaluation to satisfy a degree requirement. (Course attribute examples are Humanities courses - GEHM and Social Science courses - GESO.)

Academic Learning Compact

Consistent with its mission and guiding principles, Florida Gulf Coast University is committed to academic excellence and continuous quality improvement, as supported by a sound teaching-learning process. Within this process, students and instructors share responsibility for learning that is a movement from the simple to the complex, the concrete to the abstract, and the dependent to the independent. The Academic Learning Compact (ALC) initiative supports the teaching-learning process by clearly identifying expected core student learning outcomes in the areas of content/discipline knowledge and skills, communication skills, and critical thinking skills; aligning curricula with expectations; and using assessment to guide continuous improvement.

Content/Discipline Knowledge and Skills
Graduates will be able to:

1. Evaluate effective leadership competencies and practices through the application of leadership theory.
2. Devise and communicate solutions to business problems using structured/unstructured data.

Content/discipline knowledge and skills are assessed by papers, cases, projects and exams in MAN 6266 and QMB 6303.

Communication Skills
Graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing standard forms of writing in multiple contexts.
2. Collaborate and communicate effectively in groups and teams.

Communication skills are assessed by written and team assignments in GEB 6895 and ACG 6075.

Critical Thinking Skills
Graduates will be able to:

1. Analyze and assess the ethical implications of business decisions in the context of the environmental, societal, and governance environment in which the firm operates.
2. Solve complex business problems using critical thinking skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to think strategically in a global business environment.

Critical thinking skills are assessed by papers, cases, projects and exams in MAR 6805, FIN 6406, ECP 6705, and TRA 6726.

Tuition and Fees

Information on Tuition and Fees is available on the Student Account Services website.

Graduate Tuition Waivers and Assistantships

The Lutgert College of Business awards a limited number of graduate tuition waivers and assistantships each fall and spring semester. Please visit the LCOB Graduate Advising website for more information.

Financial Aid and Estimated Cost of Attendance

Visit the Financial Aid website for information about grants, additional scholarships, loans, and student employment.

Get details on online concentrations:

• MBA Online
• MBA with a concentration in Management/Leadership Online