Course Requirements

CURRICULUM FOR THE MA COMMUNICATION/MBA JOINT DEGREE

Students enrolled in the joint degree are required to take eight courses in Communication and 14 courses in the MBA.

Communication

All MA/MBA students are required to complete the following Communication courses:

Research and Writing Methods (480.600)
[This should be the first class you take in the Communication Department]
Core course #1
Core course #2
Elective #1
Elective #2
Elective #3
Elective #4
Thesis (480.800)
[This should be the last class you take in the Communication Department. Graduation is subject to completion of the thesis course, thesis defense, and approval of the thesis by the thesis committee.]

Concentrations are offered in corporate and Non-Profit Communication, Public and Media Relations, Health Communication, Political Communication, and Digital Technologies. To earn a concentration, students must take four classes in that subject area.

Students enrolled in the MA/MBA duel degree must take all eight of their communication courses in the Communication department. Out of department enrollment is not allowed.

For details on these concentrations and full list of classes and descriptions see the section on the Masters Degree in Communication.

MBA

All MA/MBA students are required to complete the following MBA courses:

Financial Accounting (790.611)
Statistics for Business (790.616)
Business, Government, and the World Economy (790.614)
Financial Management (790.614)
Marketing Management (790.615)
Leadership Ethics Proseminar
Managerial Communications
Managerial Economics
Corporate Finance
Information Technology Integration for Business
Management and Organizational Behavior
Marketing Strategy
Quantitative Decision Making for Business
Integrated Capstone in Competitive Strategy

For information on specific courses see the MBA catalogue or https://isis.jhu.edu/classes/business/

Registration for MBA courses for joint-degree students is done through the Krieger AAP registration office.