Collat School of Business
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Price: $745
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Course Description: New LIVE online instruction and access to over 350 PMP practice test questions. A one-day course offered multiple times a year. If you pass the PMP exam, it can count as a graduate academic course in UAB’s Master of Science in Management Information Systems program.
Course Title: PMP Test Prep

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To enhance the overall educational experience of high ability learners, the UAB Collat School of Business designed three paths for students to earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in an accelerated time-period with lower costs compared to the independent completion of these two degrees.

Once admitted, students can take up to 12 shared credit hours of approved graduate courses that help complete both degrees. Students in ABM programs study, work, and learn with similar high caliber students — much like they would in an honors program — and are prepared for a challenging career when they graduate.

Learn about ABM Admissions

ABM Requirements

In addition to UAB's ABM requirements opens a new website, the Collat School of Business ABM programs require the following:

  • Receive course approval by undergraduate academic advisor and graduate program advisor.
  • A minimum of 60 credit hours (45 must have been taken at UAB).
  • Maintain a GPA of 3.25 or higher in all undergraduate coursework.
  • Receive a B (or higher) in graduate classes taken while still an undergraduate student.
  • Maintain full-time student status at UAB. The MAc program will waive this requirement for terms when an internship causes a drop below the full-time student hour requirement.
  • ABM MBA program only:
    • UAB GPA of 3.7 or higher required for entry.
    • Complete a precalculus course with a grade of “B” or better. Students who have not completed a precalculus class will be required to enroll in a free online Quantitative Analysis review course. This not-for-credit course contains tutorial videos and a short proficiency quiz. Students must achieve a 70% or above pass rate before enrolling in MBA classes.
    • All non-business undergraduate students must complete BUS 101 or BUS 102 with a B or better before beginning MBA courses.
    • Complete a graduate level internship, which counts as one of the two required electives. For students pursuing a concentration, the internship must be in the area of concentration, unless waived by the MBA Director due to previous work experience within their field of study.

Students will be withdrawn from the ABM program if they fail to meet these requirements, but will retain credit for courses already taken in the program.

Once the student has completed all courses required for their undergraduate degree, they will continue in the graduate program and must maintain the requirements of that program. Tuition is then charged at the graduate rate.

Curriculum/Graduate Courses Allowed for Credit Sharing

ABM MAc curriculum

See the MAC program opens a new website in the UAB Graduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite requirements.

  • AC 514: Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
  • AC 523: External Auditing
  • AC 530: Financial Accounting III
  • AC 573: Fraud Examination
  • AC 580: Advanced Accounting
  • AC 600: Financial Accounting Research
  • AC 612: Governance and the Business Environment
  • LS 557: Business Law for Accountants

ABM MBA curriculum

See the MBA program opens a new website in the UAB Graduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite requirements.

  • MBA 602: Essential Skills in Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • MBA 603: Internal Tools for Investment Risk and Profitability
  • MBA 610: Business Analytics and AI
  • MBA 611: Managing Disruptive Technologies
  • MBA 630: Leadership of People and Organizations
  • MBA 638: Managerial Communication
  • MBA 639: Developing Your Blueprint for Professional Success
  • MBA 640: Navigating the Complex Economic Environment
  • MBA 650: Marketing Management: Strategies and Implementations
  • MBA 676: MBA Intership
  • MBA 693: Strategic Management: Competitive Advantage in the Marketplace
  • An MBA elective course

ABM MSMIS curriculum

Graduate courses allowed for credit sharing are listed below but vary by MSMIS concentration. See the MSMIS program opens a new website in the UAB Graduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite requirements.

MSMIS with Business Analytics Concentration

  • IS 617: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • IS 619: Text Mining & LLMs
  • IS 651: Data Management & SQL for Analytics
  • IS 652: Data Visualization for Business

MSMIS with Cybersecurity Management Concentration

  • IS 613: Information Security Management
  • IS 620: Cyber Attacks and Threat Mitigation
  • IS 621: Incident Response and Business Continuity
  • IS 644: Digital Forensics

All Other MSMIS Courses

  • IS 607: Introduction to Cyber Security
  • IS 608: Desktop Analytics with IT Tools
  • IS 611: Information Technology and Business Strategy
  • IS 618: IT Project Management
  • IS 650: Business Intelligence Strategy
  • IS 660: Emerging IT Trends & Technologies
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    Associate Professor
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  • Ryan Davis PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Thomas DeCarlo PhD
    Ben S. Weil Endowed Chair of Industrial Distribution
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  • Paul Di Gangi PhD
    Professor
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  • Joel Dobbs PharmD, MPH
    Co-Director, HLA; Senior Instructor
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  • Christopher Edmonds PhD
    UAB Alumni and Friends Endowed Professorship in Accounting
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  • Jennifer Edmonds PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Richard Fu PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Samuel Goh PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Caleb Houston PhD
    Assistant Professor
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  • Karen Kennedy PhD
    Senior Associate Dean; Professor
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  • Benjamin Meadows PhD
    Assistant Professor
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  • Patrick J. Murphy PhD
    Goodrich Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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  • Philip Musa PhD
    Professor
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  • Peter Pfluger MBA
    Internship Coordinator: MBA, Entrepreneurship, Management, HR Management, Information Systems; Instructor
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  • Thomas Powers PhD
    Professor
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  • Zhilei (George) Qiao PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Christopher L. Shook
    Dean
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  • Chen Song MAc, MS
    Instructor
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  • Diane Tanly PhD
    Assistant Professor
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  • Manish Tripathi MBA
    Visiting Professor
  • Molly Wasko PhD, MBA
    University Professor
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  • Barbara Wech PhD
    Interim Department Chair; Associate Professor
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  • James (Jamey) Worrell PhD
    Professor
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  • Nuo Xu PhD
    Associate Professor
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  • Stephanie Yates PhD
    Regions Institute for Financial Education Endowed Professorship
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  • Professional Education Faculty
    Alicja Foksinska Arnold MS
    Certified Tableau Desktop Specialist, CISA, CFE
    Teaching Areas: Data Visualization
  • Co-Director, HLA; Senior Instructor
    Joel Dobbs PharmD, MPH
    Teaching Areas: Leadership, Innovation and Design Thinking, Talent Development, Strategic Planning
    jhdobbs@uab.edu
    CSB 372
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  • Associate Dean for Research, Academic, and Faculty Affairs
    John Hansen PhD
    Teaching Areas: Negotiations, Sales Strategy
    jdhansen@uab.edu
    CSB 205-D
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  • Professional Education Faculty
    Susan Hengel MBA
    Certified Gallup Strengths Coach, Wiley's The Five Behaviors and Everything DiSC
    Teaching Areas: Learning and Development, Leadership and Management Development
  • Professional Education Faculty
    Susan Irwin PhD
    PhD, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-SP
    Teaching Areas: Project Management, Agile Project Management
  • Professional Education Faculty
    Sarah Jamison MA
    Certified DISC Behavioral Analyst, Situational Leadership II Certified Trainer
    Teaching Areas: Emotional Intelligence, DISC, Leadership
  • Internship Coordinator: Industrial Distribution, Marketing & Economics; Senior Instructor
    Rush Neil MBA, MIBS
    Teaching Areas: Leadership, Corporate Strategy, Professional Selling
    rushneil@uab.edu
    CSB 252
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  • Professional Education Faculty
    Mark Sims
    Teaching Areas: Professional Selling, Marketing, Leadership
  • University Professor
    Molly Wasko PhD, MBA
    Teaching Areas: Innovation and Design Thinking, Project Management, Leadership, Strategic Planning
    mwasko@uab.edu
    CSB 351
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  • Director, Center for Sales Leadership; Instructor
    David Wilson MBA
    Teaching Areas: Leadership, Marketing
    Industry Title: Global Sales Development Manager, UPS
    Global Sales Development Manager, UPS
    dwilson6@uab.edu
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  • Professional Education Faculty
    Elizabeth Wright MBA
    PMP, PMI-ACP, PAHM, CSPO, CSM
    Teaching Areas: Project Management, Agile Project Management, Leadership
A male and female dentist conducting an exam.

The DMD/MBA program is an integrative, four-year degree that combines business courses with the DMD curricula. Students start their business classes the summer before dentistry school. The remaining courses are offered at key times during the remaining four years.

The UAB School of Dentistry opens a new website and the Collat School of Business offer a dual Doctor of Dental Medicine/Master of Business Administration (DMD/MBA) dual-degree that exposes students to a truly interdisciplinary approach to learning. Here, both fundamental and advanced principles of dentistry and business converge to provide a greater understanding of the business of dentistry.

Why an MBA?

Some of the greatest challenges in healthcare today are business related. As dentists find themselves in an increasingly complex business environment, many choose to pursue a business education in order to navigate the healthcare system with efficiency and effectiveness.

Students who choose the DMD/MBA option often plan careers with both clinical and administrative responsibilities, perhaps opening their own practice. DMD/MBA graduates can manage group practices and clinics more effectively. Successful students should understand how to use innovation and strategic thinking to solve healthcare problems and become fluent in the languages of science and business — putting them on the fast track to career advancement.

Program Specifics

The dual degree is a unique offering designed for the busy dentistry student, including a comprehensive all-services-included approach from start to finish. The dual program is structured around the DMD curricula and includes a concierge approach to integration and completion of the MBA dual degree requirements. Collat School of Business MBA students will benefit from an array of services to manage all enrollment requirements, including:

  • Administrative registration for all required MBA courses
  • Professional development seminars
  • Access to faculty mentors
  • On-site tutoring
  • Opportunities for hands-on learning

How to Apply

Students interested in pursuing the dual DMD/MBA degree must complete an application through the UAB Graduate School. 

Admissions Information

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Hear from one of the first students to graduate from UAB's DMD/MBA Dual Degree program

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The program is an integrative, four-year degree which combines 10 business courses (30 semester hours) with the MD curricula. Students start their business classes the summer before medical school. The remaining courses are offered at key times after the second year of classes and after finishing the USMLE Step 1 exam.

Degree plans are also available for students who decide to pursue the MBA after beginning their MD courses.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine opens a new website and Collat School of Business offer a dual MD/MBA degree in medicine and management to high-achieving healthcare leaders. A dual MD/MBA degree can open opportunities for physicians and lead to greater management responsibilities within their organizations.

Why an MBA?

The industry is increasingly characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. Combining a business degree with a medical degree can help future healthcare leaders learn to manage through rapid change and traverse the uncertainties of management with flexibility.

Students who choose the MD/MBA option often plan careers with both clinical and administrative responsibilities. MD/MBA holders can operate their clinics more efficiently, manage a healthcare organization, head a research project, or advocate for their patients and work to improve the healthcare system. Successful students should understand how to use innovation and strategic thinking to solve healthcare problems and become fluent in the languages of science and business — putting them on the fast track to career advancement.

Program Specifics

The dual degree is a unique offering designed specifically for busy medical professionals. Structured around the MD curricula, the dual program includes a concierge approach by sequencing and integrating the MBA requirements to fit within the medical program. As a UAB School of Medicine student, all dual degree participants will receive a wide array of added benefits, including:

  • Automatic MBA course registration
  • Professional development seminars
  • Access to faculty mentors
  • On-site tutoring
  • Opportunities for hands-on learning

Class Schedule

  • Summer (before medical school entry)
    • MBA 601: Accounting and Finance for Managers
    • MBA 619: IT and Business Strategy
    • MBA 631: Management and Organization
    • MBA 642: Economics for Managers
  • Year Two

    FALL

    • Co-enrolled elective: Business-focused elective approved by program. NOTE: This is not an MBA class. You will take this as part of your med school curriculum.
  • Year Three

    FALL

    • MBA 608: Cost Analysis and Decision Making
      • MBA 637: Operations and Supply Chain Management

    SPRING

    • MBA 651: Marketing Strategy
    • MBA 690: Healthcare Innovation

    See ADDITIONAL OPTION section below for alternative schedule.

  • Year Four

    FALL

    • MBA 621: Topics in Corporate Finance

    SPRING

    • MBA 634: Strategic Management
  • Additional Option

    For MS1 students in good standing who receive approval from Heedrsink School of Medicine MD/MBA no later than March 15, we offer an opportunity to take two classes — MBA 608 and MBA 637 — in the summer between the first and second year. Then, in the third year, students will only take MBA 651: Marketing Strategy in the fall and MBA 690: Healthcare Innovation in the spring.


How to Apply

Students interested in pursuing the dual MD/MBA degree must complete an application through the UAB Graduate School.

Admissions Information

Program Contacts

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UAB's Collat School of Business and School of Engineering opens a new website partner to empower students to combine the analytical and technical skills taught in the Master of Engineering program (MEng) with critical skills needed to lead teams, manage projects, and solve business problems. Students can concurrently pursue a MEng and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a balanced course schedule and reduced total credit hour requirement through our MEng/MBA Dual Degree.

Why an MBA?

While engineering professionals often possess analytical capability that is highly valued in the business world, they often lack the business skills to leverage this capability. Leaders need to synthesize diverse information and repackage it so that people can understand it. Management requires the ability to connect with others, collaborate on projects, and influence your co-workers to meet organizational goals. Those interested in management or starting their own companies need to be able to tackle larger and more abstract strategic problems such as project management, budgets, forecasting, cost estimation, and proposal development.

Program Specifics

In this dual degree program, students can apply two courses from the MEng program as electives towards the MBA program requirements. This leaves MEng/MBA students with ten courses to take in the MBA program. All MEng courses are taught online. MBA courses can be taken online or in the classroom, meeting once a week in the evenings.

Students select from the following MEng specialized concentrations: Construction Engineering Management, Information Engineering Management, Sustainable Smart Cities, Structural Engineering, and Advanced Safety Engineering Management. Learn more about the MBA dual degree curriculum requirements and see the MEng program website opens a new website for details on the related MEng program of your choice. 

How to Apply

Students who wish to pursue the MEng/MBA dual degree program must apply and be admitted to the MEng and MBA programs separately.

Admissions Information

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