Concentration Areas
Master of Business Administration
Concentration Areas
Build specialized expertise alongside your graduate business education with an MBA concentration in Cybersecurity or Healthcare Administration.
Specialize Your MBA
MBA students may choose a concentration that combines graduate business education with specialized study in an area relevant to their professional goals.
CSU Pueblo currently offers MBA concentrations in Cybersecurity and Healthcare Administration. Each pathway integrates management, analysis, strategy, and leadership with discipline-specific graduate coursework.
Choose Your Professional Focus
Explore each concentration to see how its specialized coursework connects business leadership with your career interests.
Business + Technology Cybersecurity
Combine graduate business leadership with cyber defense, IT security management, digital forensics, analytics, and emerging technology.
36 Total Credits Business + Healthcare Healthcare AdministrationCombine graduate business knowledge with healthcare finance, policy, ethics, research, and organizational leadership.
36 Total Credits Business Leadership + Information Security
Cybersecurity
36 Total CreditsThe MBA with a Cybersecurity concentration prepares students for careers in the specialized field of information technology security while providing the management knowledge expected of graduate business leaders.
Students study cyber defense, IT security management, computer forensics, data analytics or artificial intelligence, while also completing graduate coursework in accounting, economics, finance, information systems, marketing, operations, strategy, and international business.
Specialized Areas of Study
Cyber Security & Defense
IT Security Management
Computer Forensics
Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Technology Risk
Cybersecurity Concentration Coursework
The concentration portion includes 12 credits of specialized CIS coursework.
CIS 560 Cyber Security & Defense — 3 credits
CIS 561 IT Security Management — 3 credits
CIS 562 Computer Forensics — 3 credits
Choose One CIS 550, EN 513, or CIS 510 — 3 credits
Career Directions
Security Analyst
Forensic Analyst
IT Security Consultant
Security Management
Technology Risk
Cybersecurity Leadership
Information Assurance
Technology Management
Business Leadership + Healthcare
Healthcare Administration
36 Total CreditsThe MBA with a Healthcare Administration concentration is designed for students interested in management and leadership roles throughout the healthcare industry.
The program combines graduate business coursework with specialized study in healthcare research, ethics, law, policy, finance, organizational systems, and leadership. The pathway may be particularly relevant to professionals working in hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmaceuticals, medical organizations, and related fields.
Specialized Areas of Study
Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare Finance
Health Law & Policy
Healthcare Ethics
Research & Biostatistics
Organizational Systems
Healthcare Administration Concentration Coursework
The concentration portion includes 14 credits of specialized healthcare coursework.
NSG 505 Biostatistics & Research — 3 credits
NSG 548 Healthcare: Ethics, Law & Policy — 3 credits
NSG 716 Health Care Business & Finance — 4 credits
NSG 718 Organizational & Systems Leadership — 4 credits
Experiential Learning
The current program page also identifies a 10-hour experiential learning experience that may be completed through a healthcare facility, either through current employment or an internship opportunity.
Career Directions
Healthcare Administrator
Healthcare Director
Program Coordinator
Healthcare Operations
Clinical Administration
Health Systems Leadership
Healthcare Finance
Executive Leadership
The MBA Foundation
Financial Decision-Making Develop graduate-level knowledge in accounting, finance, and economics.
Operations & Strategy Understand organizational operations and strategic management.
Global Business Evaluate decisions within an international and interconnected business environment.
Ethical Leadership Analyze ethical situations and recommend appropriate courses of action.
Specialized Knowledge. Broad Business Perspective.
Both concentrations retain the interdisciplinary nature of graduate business education. Students combine specialized study with graduate coursework designed to strengthen management, analysis, strategy, and organizational decision-making.
Which Concentration Fits Your Goals?
Think about the type of organization, problems, and leadership responsibilities you want to work with.
Not Sure Which Concentration Is Right for You?
The Hasan School of Business can help you compare concentration requirements, understand course sequencing, and choose the MBA pathway that best supports your professional goals.
PACK Center: 719.549.2584 | HSB Advising: 719.549.2142 | Online: 719.549.2200
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