The Helzberg MBA: Program Details

Stackable MBA now available at Rockhurst University, Kansas City

The Helzberg MBA: Program Details

The Helzberg MBA is all about adding value to your education by allowing you to build and customize a degree that makes sense for your future. Certificates on their own hold value in the workforce by helping you meet your career goals sooner. By stacking two earned certificates along with the foundational, Business Administration Certificate, you will be working toward a full MBA degree.

Our faculty has developed the foundational curriculum of one of the best MBA programs in Kansas City into a stand-alone certificate – the Business Administration certificate. This, along with two additional specialized certificates, make up the Helzberg MBA. Students earn a custom MBA with specializations in areas that are selected and flexible based on the direction you want your career to go.

This reconceptualized degree developed out of the Jesuit tradition, encouraged our faculty to listen to our students and reflect on their needs as well as those of their future employers. The Helzberg faculty are committed to providing a graduate business education that serves its community by crafting thoughtful and well-rounded leaders. 

 

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Built for YOU:

  • Online, hybrid or in-person evening courses
  • Start with a single certificate or take all three at the same time
  • 8-week rolling schedule: each course only takes about 2 months to complete

Flexibility has been built into every facet of the Helzberg Stackable MBA:

  1. First, you choose which certificates make up your MBA. This not only makes for a unique degree that helps you stand out, but also allows you to focus your energy on classes that truly inspire you. 
  2. Second, you can work toward completing the certificates simultaneously OR you can work toward one certificate at a time. Start your studies with any certificate! You can progress through your chosen stack of certificates simultaneously or stop and start, earning certificates as you need them.   
  3. Third, our faculty are constantly making classes more approachable by holding them online, asynchronously, and in the evenings. 

Anyone interested in completing the Helzberg MBA will complete the Business Administration Certificate, which includes courses in management, marketing, business intelligence, and economics. A distinction of this certificate is a Jesuit Core values course that you choose from four offerings: Leaders for Others, Spirituality and Values in Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and Corporate Social Responsibility. This is how Rockhurst brings the Jesuit culture to business. 

See the current certificate options below:

Business Administration Certificate (required for the MBA)

  • AC6110 - Financial Analysis (2 credits)
  • FN6310 - Financial Strategy and Decision Making (2)
  • MG6310 - Organizational Behavior (2)
  • MK6410 - Marketing Strategy (2)
  • EC6300 - Competitive Analysis (2)
  • BIA6300 - Business Intelligence (2)
  • Core Jesuit values Requirement. Students choose one of the following courses, each of which embeds core Jesuit values in the curriculum:
    • Leaders for Others (2) 
    • MG6001 Spirituality and Values in Leadership (2) 
    • MG6920 Ethical Leadership (2) 
    • MG6130 Corporate Social Responsibility (2) 

 

Choose two certificates from the following list:

CPA Pathway for Accounting Certificates

Total credit hours: 14

  • AC 6435 – Advanced Auditing (2)
  • AC 6440 – Data Analytics and Auditing (2)
  • AC 6675 – Advanced Tax (2)
  • AC 6680 – Data Analytics and Tax Research/Analysis (2)
  • AC 6910 – Advanced Financial Reporting (2)
  • AC 6920 – Auditing Capstone (2)
  • AC 6930 -- Tax Capstone (2)

Analytics & Insights Certificate

This certificate comes in three tracks:

Track: Business Intelligence

Total Credit Hours: 10

  • BIA 6300 - Business Intelligence (2)
  • BIA 6302 - Data Visualization (2)
  • BIA 6307 - Performance Metrics and Dashboards (2)
  • BIA 6308 - Analytics and Strategy (2)

One elective from the following:

  • BIA 6306 – Web and Social Media Analytics (2)
  • BIA 6202 – Analytics and Computational Programming (2)
  • BIA 6203 – Databases for Analytics (2)
  • BIA 6201 – Statistics and Machine Learning (2)
  • BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)

Track: Data Science

Total Credit Hours: 10-16

  • BIA 6301 - Applied Data Mining (2)
  • BIA 6303 - Predictive Models (2)
  • BIA 6304 - Text Mining (2)
  • BIA 6305 - Big Data Analytics (2)

One elective from the following:

  • BIA 6300 – Business Intelligence (2)
  • BIA 6302 – Data Visualization (2)
  • BIA 6315 – Forecasting and Time Series Econometrics (2)
  • BIA 6201 – Advanced Topics in Analytics (2)
  • BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)

Track: Health Analytics

Total Credit Hours: 12

  • BIA 6300 - Business Intelligence (2)
  • BIA 6302 - Data Visualization (2)
  • BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
  • HC 6150 - Healthcare Systems (2)
  • HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care (2)
  • HC 6400 - Health Information Technology (2)

Change Management Certificate

Total credit hours: 10

Required courses:

  • MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2) 
  • MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2) 
  • MG 6460 – Innovation (2)
  • MG 6220 – Conflict Management and Negotiation (2)

Elective Courses (choose one):

  • MG 6120 – Global Markets (2 credits) or MG 6093 – Global Business Issues (2 – study abroad course) 
  • MG 6130 – Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
  • MG 6420 – Organizational Development & Consulting (2)
  • MG 6260 - Quality Improvement Processes for Management (3)
  • MG 6352 - Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis (1)
  • MG 6068 – Crisis Management (1)
  • MG 6275 – Developing Leaders in Orgs (2)
  • MG 6300 – Corporate Law for Managers (2)

Data Strategy & Leadership Certificate

Total credit hours: 10

  • BIA 6307 – Performance Metrics and Dashboards (2)
  • BIA 6308 – Analytics and Strategy (2)
  • BIA 6310 – Social Justice and Responsibility in Analytics (2)
  • MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2)
  • MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate

Finance & Accounting Certificate

Total credit hours: 10 

  • Students may apply to any 6000-level Accounting or Finance course toward completion of the certificate.
  • At least one course in Accounting and at least one course in Finance must be taken as a part of the 10 credit hour requirement to complete the certificate.

Healthcare Management Certificate

Total credit hours: 10

  • HC 6150 - Healthcare Systems (2)
  • HC 6260 - Medical Practice Management (2)
  • HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care (2)
  • HC 6400 - Health Information Technology (2)
  • HC 6300 - Health Policy (2)

Nonprofit Administration Certificate

Total credit hours: 10

Required courses include:

  • NP 6010 - Nonprofit Governance and Executive Leadership (2)
  • NP 6050 - Resource Development for Social Impact (2)
  • NP 6090 - Program Planning and Evaluation (2)

Students would select 4 credits of electives from the following:

  • NP 6200 - Marketing Communications for Nonprofits in the Digital Age (2)
  • NP 6300 - Charitable Giving and Relationship Management Seminar (2)
  • MG 6130 – Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
  • MG 6220 – Conflict Management & Negotiation (2)
  • MG 6380 – HR and Managing People (2)
  • MG 6460 - Innovation (2)
  • MG 6680 – Organizational Change (2)

Organizational Leadership Certificate 

Total credit hours: 10

Required courses:

  • MG 6375 - Leadership (2)
  • MG 6008 – Managerial Communications (2)
  • MG 6275 – Developing Leadership in Organizations (2)

Students then select from one of the following concentrations to complete the required 10 credit hours:

  • Organizational Leadership - Human Resources
    • MG 6380: HR and Managing People
    • MG 6220: Conflict Management and Negotiation
  • Organizational Leadership - Healthcare
    • MG 6370: Introduction to Healthcare Management Principles
    • MG 6340: Health Law
    • One additional 6000-level MG course of the student’s choosing. 
  • Organizational Leadership - Nonprofit
    • NP 6010 - Nonprofit Governance and Executive Leadership
    • NP 6050 - Resource Development for Social Impact
    • ~ OR ~
    • NP 6090 - Program Planning and Evaluation
  • Organizational Leadership – Interdisciplinary
    • Students may select any additional graduate-level courses offered at Rockhurst University to complete the required 10 credit hours for the Interdisciplinary Organizational Leadership Certificate.

 

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For more information about the suite of graduate business programs from Helzberg, please see the School of Management Programs.

Please direct questions about this program to gradbusiness@Rockhurst.edu.