The Kentucky Wesleyan MBA (Master of Business Administration) is a 12-month, 30-hour degree program to equip recent graduates and seasoned professionals with skills to analyze and lead in the business setting. With the signature Wesleyan academic experience, MBA graduates will dive into cutting-edge business practice and techniques and be able to think creatively to lead and solve problems.
The Kentucky Wesleyan MBA isn’t just a degree: it’s an investment with real returns. With MBA graduates nationally earning an average of 50% more than their pre-MBA salaries (Graduate Management Admissions Council), this program positions you for a big leap forward in your career. You’ll gain desirable expertise in strategic decision-making, data-driven problem-solving, and ethical leadership. Upon completion of the program, you’ll find yourself as a forward-thinking professional ready to tackle complex business challenges and drive organizational success in a global economy.
This program is pending approval by the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges. (12/16/2024)
What You’ll Experience
- Classes will be delivered through a variety of online, hybrid, and in-person delivery modalities.
- Kentucky Wesleyan College faculty have earned a reputation for being accessible and student-centered. Your small class sizes ensure you will learn directly from business practitioners without being just a face in the crowd.
- Emerge a strategic, data-driven, and ethical leader equipped to solve complex business problems and drive organizational success. Through courses in analytics, leadership, finance, and marketing, you will gain critical decision-making skills, financial acumen, and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics in a global business environment.
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Courses You’ll Take
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Credit Requirements
Course Name 30 credit hours MBA 505 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 credit hours MBA 510 Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours MBA 515 Managerial Economics 3 credit hours MBA 520 Business Statistics 3 credit hours MBA 605 Leadership and Business Ethics 3 credit hours MBA 610 Managerial Finance 3 credit hours MBA 615 Marketing Management 3 credit hours MBA 620 Business Analytics 3 credit hours MBA 625 The Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours MBA 630 Capstone Course 3 credit hours -
Course Descriptions
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MBA 505 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management – 3 credit hours
Focuses on the advanced development of skills necessary to analyze and deal effectively with individual and group problems in organizations. Theories and case analyses provide guidance in decision making. Topics include motivation, job satisfaction, group dynamics, interpersonal communication, organizational culture, recruitment, compensation, organizational learning, evaluation, and change management.
MBA 510 Managerial Accounting – 3 credit hours
Examines corporate financial accounting in general and how accounting information informs management decisions. The course reviews advanced concepts and accounting practices used in all aspects of management, including planning, implementation, control, and evaluation. Cost analysis for routine decision making is also discussed.
MBA 515 Managerial Economics – 3 credit hours
Provides a detailed analysis of how micro- and macroeconomic concepts can be applied to corporate decision making to maximize the firm’s profit and enhance its ability to compete both domestically and in the global marketplace. Topics covered include microeconomic concepts, risk analysis, competitive pricing strategies, exchange rates, international trade, government policies, technology transfer, labor and capital.
MBA 520 Business Statistics – 3 credit hours
This course will teach you how to develop insights and make decisions from data sets. It will provide a foundation for an understanding of statistics and help you gain confidence leveraging statistics to create strong business cases and make intelligent business decisions. This course examines the use of descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression and correlation analysis, t-tests, and applications of technology for statistical analysis, including the interpretation of the relevance of statistical findings for business problem solving and decision making.
MBA 605 Leadership and Business Ethics – 3 credit hours
Focuses on leadership and ethical issues in a diverse workforce. This course examines theories and practices that are relevant to effective management in a dynamic business environment. Topics include leadership theories, and interaction of business with government and society. Contemporary ethical issues and problems are considered via multiple case studies.
MBA 610 Managerial Finance – 3 credit hours
Focuses on advanced financial principles and practices associated with modem corporations, especially as these practices relate to planning and control. Current theories and practices related to investment decisions are discussed. Topics include risk management analysis, corporate financial accounting and budgeting, project evaluation, decision trees, acquisitions and disinvestments, and financing new ventures.
MBA 615 Marketing Management – 3 credit hours
Explores the structure and processes of marketing from a managerial perspective, with special emphasis on the manager’s role in marketing decisions. Theories and practices are examined, with illustrations from case studies in product marketing through various media Topics include strategic marketing, creating demand, product introduction, targeting, differentiation, segmentation, and supply chain management.
MBA 620 Business Analytics – 3 credit hours
The problems faced by decision makers in today’s competitive business environment are often extremely complex and can be addressed by numerous possible courses of action. Evaluating these alternatives and gaining insight from past performance is the essence of business analytics. This course is focused on Business Analytics, an area of business administration that considers the extensive use of data, methods, and fact-based management to support and improve decision making. While business intelligence focuses on data handling, queries, and reports to discover patterns and generate information associated with products, services and customers, business analytics uses data and models to explain the performance of a business and how it can be improved. This course discusses the benefits of employing analytics and a structured approach to problem-solving in management situations.
MBA 625 The Legal Environment of Business – 3 credit hours
An overview of the legal and social factors that affect the firm’s strategy, survival, and competitiveness. The course focuses on guidelines and constraints that affect the firm directly or indirectly and provides the basis for dealing with its employees, other firms in the environment, and its stakeholders in general. Special attention is paid to trade regulation, anti-trust laws, employer-employee relations, labor laws, corporate responsibilities, and compliance with regulations governing the operation of business organizations.
MBA 630 Capstone – 3 credit hours
A Capstone course taken during the student’s final semester in the program. This course is designed to apply knowledge gained from other core courses to issues of planning, formulating, and implementing business strategy.
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Completion Requirements
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The student must:
- Complete all coursework with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
- Apply for candidacy after completing a minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours and before completing twenty-one (21) credit hours.
- Earn 30 semester hours of credit and fulfill all course requirements within a maximum time limit of five years of matriculation.
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How to Apply
- 1. Submit your application here. Kentucky Wesleyan College does not charge an application fee.
- 2. Upload a current resume/CV with your application.
- 3. Optional – Upload your GMAT or GRE official score report.
- 4. Send official university transcripts from schools you attended to Kentucky Wesleyan College.
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International applicants
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5. International applicants who attended college outside of the United States are required to submit an English Proficiency test score.
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6. Transcripts from all institutions must be translated into English. We do not require a third-party transcript evaluation for international transcripts to submit an application.
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Application Deadlines
- Fall 2025 – application deadline August 5
Spring 2026 – application deadline January 5 - Note: This program is pending approval by the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges. (12/16/2024)
Contact Graduate Admissions
Rohnn Sanderson
Professor of Economics
rohnn.sanderson@kwc.edu
(270) 852-3198