Apr 29, 2025  
Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Catalog 2024-2025

Professionals in Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Analytics, MBA

Location(s): On-Campus


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Program Description

Students in the MBA for Professionals in Accounting or Enterprise Resource Planning and Analytics program who have successfully completed all 53 credits of required academic coursework within the expected 30-month timeframe may take an MBA Elective Extension for up to one year to complete additional studies in a 2nd area of specialization. Students who plan to enroll in the Elective Extension must maintain a 3.0 GPA (B) average in all courses and must have a 3.0 CGPA in the Professionals MBA program.

Elective Extension Tuition

The cost of tuition for the Elective Extension is $2,000 USD per semester for two semesters. Students who enroll in the Professionals MBA Elective Extension program must pay the total $4,000 USD cost of tuition for the year in advance. Students in the Elective Extension program must also purchase in an individual health insurance plan during the additional year of enrollment at MIU.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate with an MBA in both areas of Specialization, MBA for Professionals students must successfully complete a total of 66 credits.

First, the student must successfully complete 58 credits for the 30-month MBA for Professionals program in their 1st Specialization, including the 4-credit Science of Creative Intelligence course required for all graduate students, 28 credits of courses specific to the student’s 1st Specialization, 4 credits of courses in career strategies and business communication, 9 credits of practicums with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) in a full-time position related to the student’s studies in the MBA for Professionals program, 4 credits of MBA electives, and 4 credits of coursework specific to their 2nd Specialization. During the one-year Extension program, students must complete 8 additional credits in the 2nd Specialization.

MBA for Professionals in Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Analytics


Science of Creative Intelligence Requirement (Choose one series/total 4 credits)


Each course in the FOR 500  sequence fulfills the Forest Academy requirement for the semester in which the course is completed.

Advanced Studies in Student’s 1st Specialization (Choose 28 credits)


Choose 1st Specialization:

  • MGT 5000+ courses in Accounting Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Enterprise Resource Planning and Analytics Credits: variable

Practicum with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) (total 9 credits)


Advanced Studies in Student’s 2nd Specialization (Choose 4 credits)


2nd Specialization:

  • MGT 5000+ course in 2nd Specialization

MBA Elective (4 credits)


  • Any MGT 5000+ course Credits: variable

2nd Specialization Extention Year


Advanced Studies in Student’s 2nd Specialization (Choose 8 credits)


  • MGT 5000+ courses in 2nd Specialization

Practicum with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) (optional/maximum 6 credits)


Total Credits Required for MBA with Both Specializations 66


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