Earn Your online MBA at University of Fairfax
Master of Business Administration
The accredited and 100% online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program consists of 12 online courses (36 credit hours).
Learn from seasoned business professionals and apply the necessary methods and tools needed to lead an organization. The University of Fairfax MBA program was developed by industry experts and gives you a broad foundation in the full spectrum of business management, with the option of specializing in one of three distinct areas. Through the program, business professionals increase their breadth of knowledge; ability to analyze business alternatives more thoroughly; and opportunities for more challenging, responsible, and productive careers in the business community. The University of Fairfax offers the following specialized areas:
- General MBA
- Information Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Project Management
Degree Program Objectives
The MBA degree program develops professionals who:
- collaborate effectively as a business professional using both verbal and written communication methods
- implement project management methods and techniques to enhancing an organizational performance, quality, and safety
- utilize qualitative and/or quantitative methods to solve critical business problems
- evaluate how ethical considerations impact all business decisions
- develop the skills and tools to manage and communicate in all facets of an organization including finance, information technology, cyber security, big data governance, human resources, project management, supply chain, business law, and business research
Upon completion of the MBA degree program, you will be able to:
- collect, analyze, and assess data to help organizations make accurate business decisions and leverage their profitability
- evaluate the impact of business constraints and processes within an organization
- integrate principles and techniques of risk analysis, project planning, and change management to make accurate business decisions
- demonstrate secondary research skills in the investigation and selection of best practice solutions to address business challenges
- demonstrate mastery of theory, concepts, and skills in addressing specialized aspects of managing an organization
Potential Careers for Master of Business Administration Graduates:
When you graduate with a MBA at Fairfax, you will be prepared for many exciting careers in the business field. Our graduates have gone on to work in high-level positions in the United States Navy, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems, Wells Fargo, and other high-level organizations.
Learn more about the career potential for some of the most common jobs in the business field:
Transfer Credits
A maximum of 18 semester credits equivalent to our courses in content, credit and level and taken for graduate credit, as part of a degree or graduate certificate program, from an accredited institution may be transferred.
Master of Business Administration Courses:
MB5200: Leadership & Business Communication
Course Description
This course is designed to help students to develop oral and written communication skills that can be used in a variety of organizational settings. Course work includes communications networks, oral presentations of technical material, and decision making, problem solving, and agenda-setting in small groups. Students will also evaluate leadership theories and will obtain the necessary skills to become better leaders.
MB5300: Financial Management
Course Description
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of valuation, financial forecasting, risk and return analysis, cost of capital, debt policy, and project evaluation.
MB5400: Developing Human Resources
Course Description
Students taking this course will examine aspects of strategic management, workforce planning and employment, employee training and development, and risk management. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of practical development plans, and workforce need analysis.
MB5700: Business Information Systems
Course Description
Students taking this course will learn how managers can apply Information Technology to integrate data in business activities to solve management problems, increase productivity, facilitate decision-making, and find new opportunities for their organizations.
MB6500: Legal Environment of Business
Course Description
Students taking this course will examine the legal environment of business in view of statutory provisions and administrative regulations that affect various forms of business organizations. This course also includes an in-depth discussion of business ethics.
MB6600: Data Governance
Course Description
This course will explore key data analysis techniques, analysis, storage, and usage of big data. Students will examine how an organization makes information technology investment decisions, implements new assets, assesses risk, develops services, and measures its own performance.
MB7500: Operations Management (Capstone)
Course Description
(Prereq: All coursework must be completed before taking this class) This course teaches students how operations management contributes to the overall success of an organization. The emphasis will be on the operations management tools and concepts developed within the operations functions, which assist in all of the other functional areas within an organization
Research Methods:
MB6400: Business Research
Course Description
This research course provides students with an introduction to research for business. Topics covered will include: theory, analysis and application of research techniques; processes and methods for collecting information; developing and utilizing research information for interpretation, judgment, decision-making, and development of business strategies. This course will focus on applied business research in directed and independent numerical assessment, will integrate research and analysis with available statistical software, and will provide techniques for communicating results in meaningful and effective ways.
General MBA:
MB6350: Six Sigma Lean
Course Description
Students will be are presented with the concepts and methodologies that encompass a Six-Sigma / LEAN projects and how they are used to reduce waste and improve quality and safety within business processes.
With the successful completion of this class and the final examination in week 8, students will earn their Six Sigma Green Belt certification. The final “Six Sigma Green Belt certification examination” is optional. If you do not want the belt, do not complete the exam; however, you must complete and pass all other elements of the class to pass the class. NOTE: you may not take the “Six Sigma Green Belt certification examination” after the class has ended.
MB6700: Managing Strategic Change
Course Description
This course will establish the concepts of developing and designing an organization, as well as provide an experiential approach to managing strategic change. Students will learn the leadership challenges of diagnosing the need for development, implementing an organizational design, and managing the infrastructures involved in development.
MB6750: Coordinating and Managing Supply Chain
Course Description
Students will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of supply chain management from a global perspective by learning the strategic framework of coordinating and managing a supply chain. Students will also gain the necessary analytical tools to make strategic management decisions regarding inventory, sourcing, coordination, and management.
MB6800: Project Management
Course Description
Students taking this course will examine the practices, processes, and concepts of project management. Students will review steps and procedure when managing a project in a global environment as well as the planning and management of risk and constraints that are a part of all projects. Students have the option of completing the PMP practice examination in week 8 (no credit). This is exam labelled, “OPTIONAL PMP PRACTICE TEST” is optional. Students may want to take it in order to be better prepared for the actual PMP test they can register for and take with the Project Management Institute (www.PMI.org).
Cyber Security Specialization:
IA7402: Information Security Management
Course Description
In this course, students explore the five domains of the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). This framework will include areas in information security governance, risk management, program development, program management, and incident management and response.
IA7000: Security in the Digital Age
Course Description
In this course, students explore the eight domains of the (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) in information security as a framework to critically analyze security awareness issues and to evaluate best practices in implementing security systems within the enterprise.
IA7401: Ethical Hacking
Course Description
In this course, students will explore ethical hacking concepts. This course will provide insight into the legal aspect of ethical hacking as well as TCP/IP protocol, malicious software, footprinting, port scanning, programming concepts, embedded operating systems, and cryptography.
IA7402: Information Security Management
Course Description
In this course, students explore the five domains of the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). This framework will include areas in information security governance, risk management, program development, program management, and incident management and response.
IA8060: Intrusion Detection, Attacks and Countermeasures
Course Description
In this course, students examine common attack methods, technologies and countermeasures. Students also gain skills needed to recognize various stages and methods of attack on the enterprise.
Information Technology Specialization:
IA8140: Business Continuity Planning and Recovery
Course Description
In this course, students explore tools and strategies for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) activities. Topics include business impact assessment methods, recovery strategy approaches and solutions and continuity planning.
IA8210: Risk Management and Compliance
Course Description
In this course, students evaluate the procedures and results of risk analysis, as well as compliance processes which address the regulatory requirements that drive the need for risk analysis within the enterprise. Security-related regulations such as SOX, GLBA, FISMA and HIPAA are examined.
IA8350: Management Information Systems
Course Description
In this course, students will learn about the foundational concepts, theories, and applications (past, present and future) of Management Information Systems (MIS). Students will learn about the technological, business, and strategic roles that MIS plays in enterprise-wide network systems.
PM8100: Information Security Project Management
Course Description
In this course, students utilize PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as a framework to apply project management concepts in the information security arena. Each student develops a project plan for a security assessment which incorporates the technical and behavioral characteristics of high performance teams.
Project Management Specialization:
MB6350: Six Sigma Lean
Course Description
Students will be are presented with the concepts and methodologies that encompass a Six-Sigma / LEAN projects and how they are used to reduce waste and improve quality and safety within business processes.
With the successful completion of this class and the final examination in week 8, students will earn their Six Sigma Green Belt certification. The final “Six Sigma Green Belt certification examination” is optional. If you do not want the belt, do not complete the exam; however, you must complete and pass all other elements of the class to pass the class. NOTE: you may not take the “Six Sigma Green Belt certification examination” after the class has ended.
MB6750: Coordinating and Managing Supply Chain
Course Description
Students will acquire a comprehensive knowledge of supply chain management from a global perspective by learning the strategic framework of coordinating and managing a supply chain. Students will also gain the necessary analytical tools to make strategic management decisions regarding inventory, sourcing, coordination, and management.
MB6800: Project Management
Course Description
Students taking this course will examine the practices, processes, and concepts of project management. Students will review steps and procedure when managing a project in a global environment as well as the planning and management of risk and constraints that are a part of all projects. Students have the option of completing the PMP practice examination in week 8 (no credit). This is exam labelled, “OPTIONAL PMP PRACTICE TEST” is optional. Students may want to take it in order to be better prepared for the actual PMP test they can register for and take with the Project Management Institute (www.PMI.org).
MB6850: Managing Quality
Course Description
This course will cover principles of quality management and will focus on continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, delivering quality processes and/or products through continuous improvement and employee involvement. (3 credits) With the successful completion of this class and the final examination in week 8, students will earn their Six Sigma White Belt certification. The final “Six Sigma White Belt certification examination” is optional. If you do not want the belt, do not complete the exam; however, you must complete and pass all other elements of the class to pass the class. NOTE: you may not take the “Six Sigma White Belt certification examination” after the class has ended.
Minimum credits required for Master of Business Administration: 36