MBA in Self-Designed, FlexPath Option
School of Business, Technology,
and Health Care Administration
Only learners enrolled in the FlexPath MBA degree program or
the FlexPath MS in Information Systems and Technology Management
degree program may take FlexPath MBA courses. MBA learners may not
take courses associated with any other program within the School of
Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration or any other
school at Capella University while they are enrolled in the FlexPath
MBA degree program.
The MBA Self-Designed specialization provides an introduction to
foundational business disciplines including leadership, accounting,
finance, marketing, operations, strategy, and business analytics.
Learners in this specialization are able to incorporate courses in a
variety of disciplines to meet individual interests and needs.
Learners who pursue this specialization through the FlexPath option
earn an MBA through self-paced demonstrations of competencies.
MBA-FPX5002 |
MBA Leadership
This course covers contemporary models of leadership and examines
behaviors and skills of effective leaders. Learners assess their own
leadership strengths and how to lead effectively in their work
settings. Learners also analyze ways in which leaders use their skills
to support innovation, change, and collaboration within organizations.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only. Must be taken during the first
quarter by learners who have been admitted to the MBA degree
program. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer or credit for prior learning.
| 2 program points |
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MBA-FPX5006 * |
Business Strategy
Learners in this course examine ways in which companies formulate and
implement strategy to effectively compete in the marketplace. Learners
apply strategic models and analysis to address competitive challenges.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or
concurrent registration in MBA-FPX5002.
| 2 program points |
MBA-FPX5008 |
Applied Business Analytics
This course introduces learners to business analytics and its role in
evidence-based decision making. Learners examine data and analytics
techniques that create relevant, actionable, and meaningful information.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only.
| 2 program points |
MBA-FPX5010 |
Accounting Methods for Leaders
Learners in this course gain an understanding of how methods of
financial and managerial accounting are used to analyze business
performance and make evidence-based business decisions. Learners
examine tax, ethical, and legal implications of accounting methods.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only.
| 2 program points |
MBA-FPX5012 * |
Marketing Management
This course covers marketing theories, models, and practices used by
businesses. Learners examine the expanded roles of analytics,
technology, and social media in marketing strategy and implementation.
Learners also use business analytics skills to address marketing
problems and apply marketing methods to business challenges.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only.
| 2 program points |
MBA-FPX5014 * |
Applied Managerial Finance
Learners in this course explore financial concepts and techniques
required to evaluate, report, and maximize firm performance and value.
Learners analyze environmental and market factors, goals, and
constraints; and apply regulatory and ethical principles and business
analytics skills to drive data-based decision making.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only. Prerequisite(s): MBA-FPX5008, MBA-FPX5010.
| 2 program points |
MBA-FPX5016 * |
Operations Management for Leaders
In this course, learners examine theories and models of business
operations and their role in developing and delivering a superior
product or service to the marketplace. Learners also apply business
analytics skills and use data to evaluate strategic and tactical
impact to business functions across the organization.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only. Prerequisite(s): MBA-FPX5008.
| 2 program points |
Taken during the learner’s final quarter:
MBA-FPX5910 * |
MBA Capstone Experience
In this course, learners integrate the knowledge and skills gained
during the MBA program in an application-based business project.
Learners demonstrate their overall ability to identify and recommend
evidence-based solutions to business challenges and opportunities.
For FlexPath option MBA degree and certificate program learners
and non-degree learners only.
Prerequisite(s): All required and elective coursework.
Cannot be fulfilled by transfer or credit for prior learning.
| 2.5 program points |
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Three Elective Courses
At least 6 program points
Choose three from the following recommended electives:
ACC-FPX5610 * |
Advanced Accounting, Budget Planning and Control
This course emphasizes the application of advanced accounting
techniques to organizational situations. This includes the function of
budgetary systems in organizational planning, management, and control,
and the application of a systems approach to budgeting.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-FPX5010.
| 2 program points |
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ANLY-FPX5510 * |
Advanced Business Analytics
In this course, learners apply advanced analytics techniques to
provide insight about a business and its customers including
regression, classification, and nonparametric techniques. Learners
apply data visualization and other tools to effectively present the
results of data analysis and recommendations to management.
Prerequisite: MBA-FPX5008.
| 2 program points |
ENTR-FPX5412 |
New Ventures and Entrepreneurship
This course is an introduction to new ventures and entrepreneurship
including entrepreneurial feasibility, research, planning, and funding
for new venture opportunities. Learners investigate legal structures
of entrepreneurial ventures, examine factors that influence the
venture selection process, evaluate the feasibility of a venture
concept, identify a customer base and market, and consider funding
requirements for the business venture. | 2 program points |
FIN-FPX5710 |
Economic Foundations for Financial Decision Making
This course examines macro and micro economic principles, theories
and tools, and their applications to business. Learners analyze
economic activities from a national and global perspective, value
creation, tools employed by the Federal Reserve System and government
to create and implement fiscal and monetary policies, and the
importance of these for business. Learners also apply microeconomic
theories and market competition considerations to behavior and
decision making of firms and individuals. | 2 program points |
HCM-FPX5310 |
Decision-Making in the Health Care System
In this course, learners examine the complex and dynamic U.S. health
care system, stakeholders, laws, and regulations. Learners develop an
understanding of how health care delivery systems are organized and
financed and identify the economic, legal, and political factors that
influence the management of health care organizations. | 2 program points |
HCM-FPX5312 * |
Analyzing the Health Care Environment
Learners apply environmental and regulatory analyses to examine the
organization’s position within the external environment and develop
plans to strengthen the organization’s strategy. Learners use
evidence-based decision making to support analyses.
Prerequisite(s): MBA-FPX5006, HCM-FPX5310.
| 2 program points |
HCM-FPX5314 * |
Driving Health Care Results
In this course, learners analyze ways in which health care leaders
support the effective access and delivery of quality patient care in a
customer-focused and cost efficient manner. Learners address the
impact of organizational culture, structure, operations, services, and
financing on outcomes to optimize results in a health care organization.
Prerequisite(s): MBAFPX5014, HCM-FPX5312.
| 2 program points |
HRM-FPX5060 * |
Sourcing and Managing Talent in the Workplace
Learners in this course examine contemporary perspectives in recruiting, talent mobility, workforce planning, and performance management. Learners select and develop approaches which support employee mobility and performance to advance organizational goals. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or current registration in HRM-FPX5002; or HRM-FPX5310. | 2 program points |
HRM-FPX5090 * |
Retaining and Engaging Employees for the Modern Workforce
In this course, learners apply models of employee motivation, thriving, and engagement in the workplace to create the employee experience. Learners also analyze the ways in which culture, employee and leader behavior impact strategic retention. Finally, learners assess the influence of technology and evidence-based practices on employee lifecycle, engagement, and positive employee and organizational outcomes. Prerequisite(s): HRM-FPX5002 or HRM-FPX5310. | 2 program points |
HRM-FPX5310 |
Strategic Human Resource Management
In this course, learners examine how human resource management (HRM)
impacts and supports strategic organizational goals. Using key HRM
principles, practices, and data, learners develop well-rounded
strategies to address HR related needs and opportunities for a
dynamic, multicultural, and global workforce. | 2 program points |
ITEC-FPX5030 |
Emerging Technologies
In this course, learners gain an understanding of new and disruptive
technologies that are poised to have a significant impact on
individuals, industry, technology, and society. Learners explore
strategies for identifying and researching emerging technologies to
determine their value-added application to the organization and
examine models that help predict technology growth and
proliferation. | 2 program points |
LEAD-FPX5210 |
Leading Global and Diverse Cultures
In this course, learners analyze aspects of leading and working in
global and diverse environments. Learners gain an understanding of the
personal and professional role of leadership in diverse cultures, core
strategies used to lead more effectively within those cultures, and
their own capacities as global leaders | 2 program points |
LEAD-FPX5220 |
Leader as Change Agent
Learners evaluate leaders as architects of change in organizations and environments. Learners investigate the nature of leadership in complex and dynamic settings; theories of change at the individual, group, and organizational level; and leadership practices that guide and sustain complex change. | 2 program points |
MKT-FPX5410 |
Digital Marketing
Learners in this course analyze how the internet and social media
have transformed marketing strategy in today’s interactive
marketplace. Learners in this course explore how companies can extend
marketing theories and models to leverage digital marketing tactics
such as SEO, lead generation, sales funnels, and social media.
Learners also explore how mobile optimization, metrics, and marketing
analytics drive strategic business goals and objectives. | 2 program points |
MKT-FPX5416 |
Consumer Insights
This course explores contemporary concepts of consumer behavior, as
well as research tools and techniques commonly used to obtain
information that informs marketing planning. Learners examine key
trends of consumer behavior central to marketing planning and
implementation, ever changing consumer perceptions, influences,
decision making and the impact of social media and emerging
technologies. Learners gain a foundational understanding of primary
and secondary research, critical discernment of information quality,
analysis, and application of consumer insights and research findings
to marketing planning and implementation. | 2 program points |
OPS-FPX5620 * |
Supply Chain Foundations and Management
Learners in this course develop a broad understanding of global
supply chain management by studying it from a systems theory
perspective as a network that provides strategic advantage. Learners
consider the role of culture and the changes in scope and scale that
globalization has brought to internal business processes.
Prerequisite: MBA-FPX5016.
| 2 program points |
OPS-FPX5630 * |
Strategic Supply Chain Sourcing
This course emphasizes integration of the supply chain as a strategic
competitive advantage. Learners identify ways to use strategic
resourcing and procurement to achieve consistent quality, thus
enabling market share growth and preventing market share erosion.
Learners also examine the importance of managing relationships with
global suppliers and establishing consistent quality benchmarks and an
ethical and legal approach to supply chain sourcing.
Prerequisite: MBA-FPX5016.
| 2 program points |
PM-FPX5018 |
Project Management Foundations
In this cross-disciplinary course, learners analyze the fundamentals of project management and gain an overview of project management standards and their applicability to managing projects, with an emphasis on management methodologies and frameworks, including those defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Learners have the opportunity to participate in experiential learning by bringing in a workplace project, or they may use the project provided in the course. Learners cultivate effective project management leadership skills, including project politics and ethics and collaboration. | 2 program points |
PM-FPX5332 * |
Project Management, Planning, Execution, and Control
This course covers the components of project management within the
project planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling process
groups. Learners identify project requirements and develop a project
plan that considers project scope, time, and cost in managing
competing project requirements. Learners also demonstrate the
application of various project management tools including activity
estimation, resource assignment, work breakdown structure (WBS)
creation and the development of a project management schedule.
Prerequisite(s): PM-FPX5018.
| 2 program points |
PM-FPX5333 * |
Project Budgeting, Procurement, and Quality
Learners investigate project cost, quality, and procurement in business or information technology (IT) project context. Learners analyze the fundamental concepts and principles of the following project management knowledge areas: project cost management, project quality management, and project procurement management by demonstrating the application of tools, techniques, and methodologies within these areas of study. Learners apply various tools and techniques, in an integrative manner, to manage interdependencies among project management process groups. Prerequisite(s): PM-FPX5018. | 2 program points |
PM-FPX5334 * |
Project Risk Assessment and Control
Learners in this course examine and demonstrate their knowledge of
the components of project risk management including assessing project
risk identification and mitigation strategies; evaluation of risk
impact analysis methods; and evaluation of risk analysis techniques to
ensure project success. Learners also assess project risk management
certifications and professional development activities to identify
future project risk management professional opportunities.
Prerequisite(s): PM-FPX5018.
| 2 program points |
OR
Choose at least three graduate-level courses totaling a minimum of
6 program points.†
Total
At least 22.5 program points
* Denotes courses that have prerequisite(s). Refer to the descriptions for further details.
Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.
† Learners in this degree program choose electives from the FlexPath (-FPX) course list.
GuidedPath courses and FlexPath
courses fulfill the program requirements and prerequisites for each
delivery model.