MA Administration

The Master of Arts in Administration program is unique among graduate programs in South Texas in that it provides participants with core competencies in administration as well as essential knowledge, skills and abilities in the specialty areas listed below. The curriculum is designed to develop ethical and accountable administrators who are able to conceptualize and critically analyze complex organizational issues within their specialty areas and who are able to persuasively communicate toward a course of action that is in the best interests of those they serve.

The Master of Arts in Administration concentrations.

• Applied Administration
• Organizational Development

The graduate degree programs are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools  Commission on Colleges. Course offerings are scheduled to accommodate working adults:

• Classes are held in the eight-week accelerated format
• Monday through Thursday evening or all day Saturdays
• Continuous enrollment possible as courses are offered throughout the year
• Students can complete the degree program in as little as 14 months. It typically takes most students 2 years.

Note: The MAA is an Administration degree and is accredited under the SACS accreditation guidelines for the University. It is not a business degree as defined by Association of Collegiate Business School Programs (ACBSP) accreditation criteria and therefore does not require ACBSP accreditation.

The MAA program generally consists of the following 36 semester hours of graduate course work:

A. 18 semester hours of core coursework:

ADMN 6310 Accounting Concepts and Issues
ORGD 6320 Organizational Behavior and Learning
ORGD 6330 Foundations of Organizational Research and Assessment
BMGT 6311 Human Resource Management
ADMN 6360 Management Concepts and Issues
ADMN 6375 Strategic Planning and Policy

B. 15 or more semester hours in the area of the student's concentration. The area of concentration can be selected from any discipline, except Business, which has a limit of 4 courses allowed in an MAA program. The graduate advisor and the Dean of the School within which the area of concentration resides must approve student concentrations.

C. A Capstone experience, which is an integrative problem-solving course, combining the functional areas of the MAA core with the areas of expertise developed in the individual concentrations.

CONCENTRATIONS

Applied Administration (MAA)

The MAA in Applied Administration is designed to offer a program of study that allows students to personalize their degrees in order to gain the knowledge and skills required of their career fields. This concentration also allows students to avoid duplication of previous coursework, training or experience by permitting them to select courses from up to two of the MAA related disciplines listed below.

To fulfill the requirements for this MAA program, students must complete:

A. 18 hours of MAA core coursework
B. 15 hours of coursework from the two (2) disciplines listed below

• Organizational Development
• Adult Education

C. ORGD 63CS Capstone (3 semester hours)

Organizational Development (MAA)

The Organizational Development concentration of the MAA prepares students for management and analyst positions in organizations undergoing process-centered transformation as well as other positions within, or related to, the profession of Organizational Development. The concentration focus is on the functions of organizational assessment, diagnosis and intervention as well as on the functions of the training and development.

To fulfill the requirements for this MAA degree program and concentration, students must complete:

A. 18 hours of core coursework

B. 15 hours of concentration coursework to include:   

ORGD 6351 Foundations of Organizational Development
ORGD 6352 Organizational Development Interventions and Practices
ORGD 6370 Human Performance Technology
Two electives

C. ORGD 63CS MAA Capstone (3 semester hours)