Business Administration - John F. Kennedy University

College of
Professional Studies
College of Professional Studies
administration Specialization
Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-requisite(s)
Undergraduate prerequisite courses 1 0–6
BUS 2000 Accounting A (3)
BUS 2001 Accounting B (3) BUS 2000
Select FOUR of the following courses 1 12
BUS 3160 Organizational Behavior (4)
BUS 5020 Financial Management (3) BUS 3020 or BUS 5096
BUS 5025 Human resources Management (3)
BUS 5030 Power, Leadership, and Integrity (3) BUS 5035, BUS 5475
BUS 5035 visionary Leadership and Sustainability (3) BUS 5099
BUS 5040 Marketing Management (3) BUS 5000
BUS 5385 Leading a Global Workforce (3) BUS 5035, BUS 5475
BUS 5455 Theory and Practice of Organizational
Transformation (3) BUS 5151
BUS 5460 Organizational Cultures, Myths, and values (3) BUS 5475
BUS 5475 Organizational Communications and
Team development (3) BUS 5151
MUS 5975 Internship 2 9
Total units required 21–27
1 Business and management courses (BUS) are offered by the University’s School of Management. Other business or management electives may be taken with
the approval of the department chair.
2 All museum studies students are required to complete one or more museum internship(s) in the area of specialization. Internships allow students to assume
professional responsibilities and gain an understanding of a museum’s operations and relationship to the museum field under the guidance of professionals.
Students in the program have interned in local, national and international museums and museum-related institutions.
Collections Management Specialization
Courses Units Prerequisite(s) Co-requisite(s)
MUS 5501 documentation of Collections 4.5
MUS 5502 Preventive Conservation 4.5
MUS 5975 Internship1 12
Total units required
1 Includes practicum.
21
education and interpretation Specialization
Courses
MUS 5610 The visitor Experience: Learning Theories and
Units Prerequisite(s) Co-requisite(s)
Understanding Audiences
MUS 5612 The visitor Experience:
4.5
Interpretive Methods and Applications 4.5
MUS 5975 Internship1 12
Total units required 21
1 All museum studies students are required to complete one or more museum internship(s) in the area of specialization. Internships allow students to assume
professional responsibilities and gain an understanding of a museum’s operations and relationship to the museum field under the guidance of professionals.
Students in the program have interned in local, national and international museums and museum-related institutions.
Ma Museum Studies/
Master of Business administration
The College of Professional Studies is proud to offer a joint
MA/MBA degree in museum studies. Students completing this
three year curriculum of full time study will receive two master’s
degrees: an MA in Museum Studies and an MBA. Students may
also enroll part-time. Museum Studies courses are offered on
JFKU’s Berkeley Campus; MBA courses are offered in Pleasant Hill,
with occasional meetings on the Berkeley Campus as well as online.
The curriculum is designed to build students’ core skills in both
disciplines and prepare them for leadership positions in museums as
manager, administrators and directors. It emphasizes the flexible
inter-disciplinary thinking and creative problem solving and visioning
necessary to sustain museums’ missions and financial viability.
The curriculum for the program is organized as follows:
• First two quarters of the program: foundational museum studies
courses in museum history, finance, visitor experience and
collections management
• Final quarter of the first year: a capstone course in Museums and
Communities and begin MBA studies with a course in Systems
Analysis
• First summer quarter and continuing into the second year of
study: complete core coursework for the MBA degree, including
courses in economics, accounting, marketing and business
ethics, among others
• Second summer quarter: internship at a museum
• Third year of program: coursework in museums and interactive
technologies, exhibition development and a master’s thesis that
blends the theory and practice of management and museum
studies.
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