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HeidiSHIOSAKI

contact: mba@isu.edu208.282.2966appointments: gradadvising.youcanbook.me

director of graduate studies

first business collegeIN IDAHO to receive accreditation

by the aacsb in 1978.

One of the best business schools in the world.

WELCOMEThe College of Business at Idaho State University welcomes graduate student applicants from throughout the state and around the globe. We are proud to have the longest running Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in the state, and we were the first to be accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1978. Due to our strong and successful undergraduate accounting program, we created the Master of Accountancy program in 2011, also accredited by AACSB International. Built on that same merit we have also introduced the new Master of Taxation (MTax) program.

Additionally, we recently launched our Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) program and are looking forward to introducing the Master of Health Care Administration (MHA) in fall 2018.

Welcome to ISU and the College of Business!

G R A D U A T E

STUDIES

Bengal Solutions is a graduate student group functioning as a team of consultants providing help to real businesses. The students get the unique

opportunity to experience and manage real-world projects with actual clients helping to identify the best strategies through market research, building business

plans and identifying financial solutions.

Competitively selected NIATEC students are offered scholarships in exchange for helping to design safeguards for cyber security threats in government. Students serve federal agencies such as the FBI

after graduation. According to the program’s director Corey Schou, “[Students have many] experiential learning opportunities including handling classified material for cyber war simulations. We have even offered international simulations to support components of Hawaii, Washington and California National Guards.” Winners of the 2017 International Collegiate Business Strategy

Competition (Left to right: Wiebke Boeckman, Luke Gilbert, Holly Powell, Mikel Lozano, Kevin Andrus, Curtis Steinfeldt

The ICBSC is an annual event sponsored by California State University-Long Beach. Top-level students from business schools

around the globe make three years (12 quarters) of computer-simulated business decisions over the course of the semester and

submit a formal business plan and annual report.

The teams then travel to Anaheim, California in April for an intensive 72 hours of on-site competition in which they make their final decisions.

The teams also make a formal presentation to the judges, which consist of managers and executives from companies throughout the western United

States. Additiionally, the competition provides students with the opportunity to participate in networking and social events with these professionals and

other students from around the world.

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P R O G R A M

FEATURES

We’ve had 100

percent job placement for our

graduates since the program’s inception.”

Corey Schou

I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O L L E G I A T E

BUSINESS STRATEGY COMPETITION

The MBA program at ISU provided a unique opportunity to experience real-world situations. As a graduate student I was accepted into the Bengal

Solutions program where I gained invaluable skills and knowledge working with large and small businesses throughout Idaho to better their marketing and business practices through research and recommendations.

RajeshJAYASAWAL

mba class of 2016nepal, kathmandu

curriculum PREREQUISITE COURSESMATH 1143 College AlgebraMGT 2216 Business Statistics

mba - core II coursesMBA 6620 Quantitative Information for Business Decisions

MBA 6621 Managerial Decision Making & NegotiationMBA 6622 Financial Management

MBA 6623 Marketing Management

MBA 6626 Information Systems for BusinessMBA 6625 Managerial Control SystemsMBA 6637 Introduction to Business AnalyticsMBA 6628 Applied Business Solutions**

mba - core I courses*MBA 6610 Applied Economics

MBA 6611 Financial Reporting and Managerial AccountingMBA 6612 Human Behavior in Organizations

MBA 6613 MarketingMBA 6614 Operations ManagementMBA 6615 Finance

EMPHASISAccountingEconomicsFinanceHealth Care AdminInformaticsMarketingOperations ManagementPharmDTraditional

*MBA- core I courses are offered exclusively online. They may be waived for students who have completed undergraduate equivalents as determined by the program director’s evaluation of transcripts. **MBA 6628 must be taken in the final semester. All other core II courses

may be taken in any order.

M A S T E R O F B U S I N E S S

ADMINISTRATION

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CPA EXAMISU College of Business graduates pass the CPA exam at a rate well above the national average due to our unique graduate course structure.

curriculumThe ISU MAcc assumes that students enter with an undergraduate accounting degree. A student who does not have an accounting degree is still eligible for the program but will be required to complete the equivalent coursework. Please see advisor for requirements.

fall coursesACCT 5531 Advanced Tax ConceptsACCT 5533 Legal Environment of Accounting

ACCT 5571 Accounting Capstone IACCT 5561 Advanced AccountingACCT 6631 Accounting Theory

spring coursesACCT 6634 Seminar in Accounting

ACCT 6660 Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting

ACCT 5572 Accounting Capstone 2ACCT 5557 Advanced Auditing

ACCT 5573 Accounting Capstone 3

summer coursesMBA 6622 Finance in an Integrated EnvironmentACCT 6625 Management Control SystemsACCT 5574 Accounting Capstone 4

M A S T E R O F

ACCOUNTANCY

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M A S T E R O F

TAXATIONBased in Pocatello, the new MTax program is designed to offer students a more specified accounting degree in the taxation field. The program inherits our unique course structure designed specifically around the four parts of the CPA exam which has resulted in the College’s Master of Accountancy students earning a successful 88% first-time pass rate on the exam.

fall coursesAcct 5533 Legal Environment of AccountingAcct 6611 Corporate Taxation I

spring coursesAcct 6612 Corporate Taxation IIAcct 6634 Seminar in AcountingAcct 6621 Partnership TaxationAcct 6648 Gift and Estate

summer coursesAcct 6647 State, Local & International Entities

Acct 5561 Advanced AccountingAcct 6646 Tax Research, Planning & Policy

capstone coursesOne-credit capstone courses are designed to help students prepare for the CPA exam.Acct 5571Acct 5572

Acct 5573Acct 5574

The Master of Science in Health Informatics is designed for any undergraduate major and can be completed after a short series of prerequisite courses. Those already majoring in a similar field may not need to take the prerequisite knowledge courses.

The MSHI is a 36 credit hour program. Students can select from two options: 33 credits of coursework plus three credits of an Informatics Project, or 30 credits of coursework plus six credits of thesis.

Students advancing to a higher level degree program will experience an educational transition. A certain amount of technical foundation knowledge is required to prepare students to be successful in the graduate level of MSHI courses.

prerequisite knowledge coursesINFO 1181 Informatics & Programming I (prereq. MATH 1143 or 1147)

INFO 5307 Intermediate Systems Analysis & DesignINFO 5507 Database Design & Implementation (prereq. INFO 5307)

spring coursesINFO 5522 Health Information GovernanceINFO 5526 Health Data Analytics

fall & spring coursesINFO 5417 Statistical Methods for Data Analysis

INFO 5520 Health InformaticsINFO 6540 Health Clinical Practicum

INFO 6650 ThesisHCA 5575 Health Law & Bioethics

fall coursesINFO 5524 Workflow Process Analysis & RedesignINFO 6660 Informatics ProjectINFO 6670 Management of Informatics ProjectsMPH 6607 US & Global Health Systems

INFO 6528 Electronic Health RecordsINFO Informatics Elective

M A S T E R O F S C I E N C E I N

HEALTH INFORMATICS

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ADMINISTRATION required courses

optional capstone vs. administrative residency/practicumOption (A): MHA capstone project (for working/experienced students)Option (B): MHA administrative residency (3 to 6 credits)

Healthcare leadership and governance Management of healthcare provider organizationsHealthcare economics and policyFinancial reporting and managerial accountingQuantitative methods for healthcare administration Healthcare finance IHealthcare finance II

Healthcare informatics Healthcare strategic planning and marketingHealthcare law and ethicsHealthcare human resources and organizational behavior Managerial epidemiology and population healthHealthcare quality and performance ImprovementIntegrative seminar (Capstone course)

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elective coursesTopics in Rural HealthPhysician Practice Management Long Term Care Management Global Healthcare Management

Healthcare EntrepreneurshipOther approved courses from MBA, MPH, or Health Informatics Program

The MHA program competencies will be introduced to and developed by students through a rigorous 48 credit hour didactic and experiential-based curriculum. Students can select one or two elective courses as needed.

domesticAPPLICANTSfall: JUN 1spring: NOV 1summer: APR 1

internationalAPPLICANTSfall: JUN 1spring: OCT 1

admission to all of the CoB’s graduate programs is the same and require admission to the Graduate School as well as completion of the following steps.

1 Apply to the Graduate School. how to apply: isu.edu/graduatefee: $60

send official transcript to: Graduate School921 South 8th Ave, Stop 8075Pocatello, ID 83209

2 Two letters of recommendation, resume and a Statement of Purpose will be submitted through the online application.

3 Take the GMAT or GRE; send scores to ISU.GRE: 11.66xGPA of last 60 credit hours + (GRE verbal + GRE quantitative) > 337

GMAT: 200xGPA of last 60 credit hours + GMAT score> 1150

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graduate & lab assistantshipsThe stipend for graduate assistantships is approx. $12,800 per year with tuition and requires 20 hours of work per week. Lab assistants work 19 hours per week at $18 per hour for 16 weeks a semester. Apply by Mar. 1 for fall & Oct. 1 for spring for priority consideration.

once admitted, apply through: Bengal Online Scholarship Systemquestions: mba@isu.edu

scholarships scholarship listings: isu.edu/scholar

non-resident tuition waiverA limited number of waivers are awarded based on academic performance.

to apply: isu.edu/graduate/nonres_waiver_app residency requirements: isu.edu/cob/residency

student loans & workstudy info about applying: isu.edu/departments/finaid

career path internshipThe CPI provides paid internships on and off campus giving students hands-on employment experience in their field of study.

idahoRESIDENTS

full-time: $4,464 sem.part-time: $447 crdt

non-idahoRESIDENTS

full-time: $11,852 sem.

part-time: $687 crdt

A P P L I C A T I O N

PROCESS

gmat: mba.com gre: prometric.com

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