MBA Specialization in Interdisciplinary Business
The Loyola MBA specialization in interdisciplinary business is designed for students
who prefer to study a variety of business topics, combining elective courses from
more than one specialization area. These students can customize their learning to
meet their specific career goals.
To earn this specialization, students complete three elective courses, following a
theme of their choosing as they mix and match from the offerings within the four other
specializations. Some courses may require prerequisites. Course offerings may include:
Data Analytics and Digital Technologies
- Business Intelligence and Data Mining
- Data Management and Database Systems
- Data Visualization for Decision Making
- Digital Marketing and Analytics
- Introduction to Data Science
- Introduction to Programming
- Managing Global Supply Chains
- Project Management
- Special Topics in Data Analytics and Digital Technologies*
Finance
- Investment Analysis (required)
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Derivatives and Risk Management
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Fixed Income Securities
- International Finance
- Sellinger Applied Portfolio
- Valuation
- Special Topics in Finance*
Management
- Customer Experience Design and Delivery
- Customer Focused Innovation Management
- Entrepreneurship
- International Study Tour: Corporate Social Responsibility
- Leadership
- Leading Organizational Change
- Managing Global Supply Chains
- Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- Power and Influence
- Project Management
- Risk Management
- Workplace Equity and Professional Identity
- Special Topics in Management*
Marketing
- Consumer Behavior
- Customer Experience Design and Delivery
- Customer Focused Innovation Management
- Digital Marketing and Analytics
- Emerging Trends in Global Marketing
- International Study Tour: International Marketing
- Strategies for Marketing Communication
- Special Topics in Marketing*
Special topics courses are updated by academic year or term to discuss contemporary
issues and to meet the needs and requests of students.
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MBA Specializations
In addition to interdisciplinary business, our Professional’s MBA program can be customized for four other specializations:
Awais Akbar ’08
Loyola’s rigorous curriculum and focus on real-world business problems demanded new avenues of thought, enhanced my natural inclinations, and transformed me into an adaptable leader.
Martin Feinkeng ’07
I come from a technical background, and I have the management experience, but the Loyola MBA provided a way to blend the two.
Mike Barberio ’10
All the classes I took, all the professors I learned from and all the fellow colleagues I worked with enriched my education and left me with a piece of knowledge I didn’t have before.
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