Academic Information

On this page, you will be able to find the following information:

• Curriculum Requirements for your MBA degree
• Course Offerings (current and tentative)
• Career Development Opportunities & Student Resources
• Links to Academic Calendars
• Graduation Requirements
• Graduation Instructions

To obtain the MBA degree, students must complete 10 Core Courses (30 hours), plus 2 elective courses (6 hours), for a total of 36 credit hours.

The MBA Core consists of 10 courses (3 credit hours each).

• ACCT 7080 - Financial and Managerial Accounting for Managers
• BA 7503 - Business Analytics for Managers (pre-requisite: SCMS 7110)
• BA 7501 - Impactful Leadership
• ECON 7100 - Economics for the Global Executive
• FIR 7155 - Global Financial Management
• MKTG 7140 - Global Strategic Marketing
• MIS 7650 - Information Systems in the Global Enterprise
• SCMS 7313 - Supply Chain Operations Management
• SCMS 7110 - Data Driven Decision Making
• MGMT 7160 - Global Strategic Management*

* MGMT 7160 is the MBA Program Capstone Course and must be taken in the last semester. If you are in your last semester and need to register for this course, please submit a permit request here.

Aside from the MBA Core, students must complete 2 elective graduate courses in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics.

APPROVED MBA ELECTIVES: Any 6000 or 7000 level Fogelman offered course.

The Fogelman College offers courses starting with the following prefixes:

• ACCT
• BA
• ECON
• FIR
• MGMT
• MIS
• MKTG
• SCMS 

Students may NOT receive credit for a 6000-level course if they have credit at the 4000-level for the cognate class (e.g. ACCT 4130 is the cognate class for ACCT 6130).

Elective courses outside the Fogelman College require approval. Contact your advisor for more information.

Course offerings for a given semester are posted 3-4 weeks before registration for that semester starts. To view the registration date for a given semester, click here to visit the Semester Dates & Deadlines Calendars.

• Click on the links below to see MBA tentative course offerings for the upcoming semesters:
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
• Online (asynchronous) course sections are labeled "M50", "M51", "M52",  etc.
  
  
• Face-to-face course sections are labeled "001", "002", etc., and are not eligible for UM Global students. 
  
  
• For specific course descriptions, please visit the Graduate Catalog website.
  
  
• Class offerings are subject to change. For the most up-to-date list of courses offered, please check your MyMemphis portal. 
  
  
  

Course offerings vary from semester to semester. The chart below shows tentative course offerings for upcoming semesters based on offerings from previous years, and is subject to change. The "X" mark denotes that a course is usually offered in a given semester. 

You can complete your MBA degree at your own pace, making sure you have all the time you need to make the most out of your experience. On average, for every 1 credit hour in which you enroll, you can expect to spend 2-3 hours outside of class studying.

1 course (3 credit hours)   =>   6-9 hours of study time per week

The Avron B. Fogelman Center for Professional Development (CPCD), housed in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics, offers a host of resources for career growth:

• Resume Building Resources: this includes templates you can download. These templates have been tested with resume screening tools used by employers.
  
  
• Career Training Resources: here you can work on your interviewing skills, presentation skills, learn about workplace ethics, among others.
  
  
• Networking Events: the CPCD organizes and plans a host of networking and learning events to support you and your career planning throughout the semester.
  
  
• Fogelman Internship & Career Network (FIN): once you join FIN, you will gain access to internships and job opportunities with companies in varying industries inside and outside of Memphis.
  
  
• Access the CPCD Event Calendar

Below are the chief academic calendars for each semester, published by the Registrar's Office with input from other key University offices. Links to the Graduate School's deadlines to apply for graduation are also published here for your convenience.

• Registrar's Calendars
• Fee Payment Calendars
• Graduate School Calendar

• You must be enrolled in the term in which you intend to graduate (Fall, Spring or Summer).
  
  
• File for graduation before the stipulated Graduate School deadlines. Click here to see Graduate School deadlines.
  
  
• Fulfill the course requirements for your MBA degree.
  
  
• If appropriate, submit a Course Substitution form. For details about this form, contact your advisor.
  
  
• Fulfill the GPA requirements
  
  • Your cumulative GPA must be at least 3.0 on all graduate work undertaken at The University of Memphis, whether or not the courses count toward your degree.
    
    
  • Grades of "D" or "F" are computed in the GPA, but not counted toward degree credit requirements.
    
    
  • No more than seven (7) hours of "C+," "C," or "C-" will be counted toward degree requirements.
    
    
  • Visit the Graduate Catalog for more information.

The next section will guide you through the graduation process. Further questions regarding graduation procedures should be addressed with your program Advisor.

If you're planning to graduate this semester, please make sure you fulfill the requirements to graduate. Note: JD/MBA and MHA/MBA students must apply to graduate for each program separately.

If you fulfill the requirements to graduate, you will need to:

• Apply to Graduate in your MyMemphis portal
  • Log-in to your MyMemphis portal.
  • Click on the "My Degree" tab, which is under “Student Pages”.
  • On the top right side of the page you will find “Commencement and Graduation”
    
    

• Step 1:
  • Click "Read Prerequisites for Applying for Graduation" and read.
    
    
• Step 2:
  • Click "Apply to Graduate"
    • Select the current term (e.g. Spring Term 2023).
    • Select your program(s)
    • Submit.
      
      
• Step 3:
  • Click “Diploma Mailing and Cap and Gown Form” (under "Commencement and Graduation"), and fill it out.
    
    
• Step 4:
  • This step will be emailed to you from the Commencement Office at a later date. Please make sure to always check your Memphis email account.