University Of Southern Nevada

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Additional information regarding the MBA program, course offerings, and curriculum can be found in the MBA Student Handbook. 

Download the MBA Student Handbook (pdf 5 mb)

The USN MBA will equip you with knowledge of accounting, finance, economics, decision-making and leadership, and you will become skilled at critical and analytical thinking, entrepreneurial leadership, and effective oral and written communications. These are critical skills for the global competitive economy of this new century 

Whether you are a College of Pharmacy student enrolled in the dual degree program (PharmD/MBA) or you enrolled in the fast track MBA program, you have wisely created expanded career opportunities for yourself. You will earn the MBA while still pursuing your career, or as a pharmacy student, you will earn the MBA degree simultaneously with your pharmacy degree.

All programs consist of identical core courses and are delivered through the same experienced faculty. Both MBA programs prepare you for senior management positions with profit-making enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, or for starting and succeeding in your own business.

In addition to decades of management experience in multiple industries, your MBA faculty are excellent teachers with doctorates and other advanced degrees. They combine real world experience with theoretical and research-based knowledge gained from advanced academic preparation.

The MBA faculty will be involved in helping you succeed, and they are committed to developing and delivering a graduate business education that is interesting, stimulating and relevant. USN MBA graduates are trained with strong leadership, entrepreneurial, and communication skills and are equipped with in depth knowledge of business. The USN MBA education broadens career opportunities and increases the earning potential of its graduates.

The USN MBA education will:

• Develop Leadership and Entrepreneurship Skills and Business Knowledge: The MBA program provides the business knowledge and develops the entrepreneurial and leadership skills to prepare you for a successful management career.
   
• Provide Broader Career Opportunities: The MBA degree gives graduates more advancement opportunities.
   
• Avoid Interruption in Work and Career: If enrolled in the Fast Track evening/weekend program, students earn the MBA in about 14 months. This expands your career opportunities. In both the Fast Track evening/weekend programs, you can continue to work while completing the MBA.
   
• Save Time: For dual degree students, the program is designed to take advantage of efficiencies in both the Pharm.D. and MBA programs. Pharmacy students attend MBA classes during summer remediation and rotation times and simultaneously complete the requirements of both programs in three years.
   
• Increase Earning Potential: The MBA allows you to more quickly increase your earning potential by completing the degree requirements in one year while still working. Most MBA graduates begin early in their careers to earn more than peers without the MBA.
   

Shared Learning Objectives 

Students will demonstrate how they:

• Understand and apply management-based analytical and problem-solving knowledge and skills
• Build productive teams and work collaboratively with others to achieve excellent results
• Communicate effectively in writing, speak persuasively, and work well with others
• Apply course content to individual entrepreneurial projects
• Understand a company and its related industry
• Shared Learning Processes

The courses are primarily interactive:

• The courses are primarily interactive and emphasize discussion of assigned readings in the text, assigned case studies as well as business-related events appearing in prominent business journals and newspapers.
• The instructor leads class discussion of the homework material and problems that the students are assigned to complete, using active learning strategies to reinforce and help students retain the information.
• Students present, assess, and revise assigned case analyses in small groups as the Instructor rotates among groups.
• Selected students present and lead case discussions for the entire class. The Instructor moderates the discussion, assesses performance of presenters, and reinforces key concepts.
• Students apply course content to their individual entrepreneurial projects.
• Students select a company to study and develop a deep understanding of the company and its related industry.

These opportunities include senior management positions in:

• Hospitals or other healthcare organizations
• Pharmaceutical research, development and testing
• Major retail pharmaceutical chains

USN PharmD student who are interested in pursuing the dual degree program may apply to the MBA program prior to starting their first (P1) or second (P2) year of study in the PharmD program. Students in the dual degree program attend MBA classes during the summer remediation and rotation period.

Download the PharmD/MBA application (.pdf 52KB)

 

While utilizing the innovative and effective “block system”, as set forth by the University of Southern Nevada, this program will focus on lifelong learning, clinical excellence, expertise in sound business management, and providing outstanding oral health care to a diverse population. Furthermore, core values of distinction, proficiency, integrity and leadership will be stressed throughout the residents’ education at the University of Southern Nevada.

Upon successful completion of said program and fulfillment of all set forth requirements, graduates will be granted a Certificate in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree.

For more information, please go to the AEODO/MBA Residency Program homepage.