MBAON Program Overview
The Master of Business Administration (online) (MBAON) degree program delivers comprehensive and well-integrated business fundamentals and decision-making instruction through a synchronous online learning environment. This innovative course of study emphasizes developing deep self-knowledge and emotional intelligence that benefit leaders across various business contexts. The program provides graduates with the knowledge, skills, and transpersonal perspective necessary to foster an organizational culture of value-driven, analytics-based decision-making in a competitive global strategic environment.
The MBAON program balances the study of traditional business disciplines while focusing on the human dimensions of leadership and management. Core courses deliver foundational knowledge of business fundamentals, leadership, and transpersonal psychology. Skills development includes communication, decision-making, operations, strategy, law and ethics, finance, marketing, technology and innovation, organizational behavior, sustainability, and transpersonal leadership to guide strategic actions that enhance organizational performance and global sustainability.
The MBAON program incorporates pedagogically sound virtual collaborative learning components that allow students to participate in immersive business simulations and case studies that directly map to the MBAON curricula. These online engagement opportunities enable students to apply theoretical concepts in simulated business environments while being mentored by experienced faculty members through scheduled synchronous sessions. Within the virtual, collaborative framework, students will develop business, leadership, and communication skills and apply them throughout their MBAON program while creating strategic analyses, online team projects, and technical products reflecting their newly acquired professional competencies.
Students will engage in regular synchronous sessions with peers to share perspectives and provide collaborative insights and feedback. Industry guest speakers and online mentors will also be involved in the student's learning process through comprehensive feedback sessions to enrich the educational experience.
The MBAON program encourages students to effectively apply and balance three key human strengths in organizational decision-making: rational and logical thinking, emotional intelligence, and deep intuition. The program's unique focus on integrating transpersonal ideals with sound business principles aims to produce transformative and innovative leaders who navigate today's complex global business environment from diverse geographic locations. As a result, students will be well-prepared to adapt to changes in global technology and business, ensuring long-term organizational success and financial stability in the coming years. The MBAON program fosters the development of visionary leaders who possess the skills and insights necessary to thrive in the ever-evolving business landscape while accommodating the needs of busy professionals and international students seeking quality education without geographical constraints.
Program Goals
The program goals of the Master of Business Administration online learning program are to ensure that students in the program will:
• Create a learning environment to support the integration of business knowledge with transpersonal perspectives.
• Development of both technical and human-centered leadership capabilities.
• Infuse transpersonal leadership principles into the MBAON program to inspire and equip future leaders to drive positive change, innovation, and growth within their organizations by emphasizing empathy, compassion, and holistic awareness.
• Virtual collaboration skills essential for distributed work environments
• Equip students with the skills and insights to drive transformative, innovative change within organizations.
• Foster visionary leadership to ensure long-term organizational success and financial stability while considering organizational well-being and environmental social governance (ESG).
• Encourage students to think critically and creatively in response to complex global business and social challenges.
The program learning outcomes of the Master of Business Administration online learning program is to ensure that students in the program will:
• Develop and demonstrate emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills necessary for effective mindful leadership in varied business contexts.
• Collaborate effectively in professional teams, organizations and community settings, leveraging awareness and to build trust, respect, and shared understanding.
• Apply various forms of knowledge, including intellectual, emotional, and embody wisdom to navigate complex business opportunities.
• Communicate ideas and arguments effectively, tailoring communication style with an inclusive approach to audiences and contexts while demonstrating active listening and empathy in interpersonal interactions.
• Evaluate and critique the role of business in society and the natural environment and propose innovative solutions that promote ethical social and environmental justice.
• Implement evidence-based solutions to professional and societal challenges, utilizing lifelong learning strategies to improve outcomes and foster transformative change through a continuous improvement mindset.
The MBAON curriculum is comprised of the following requirements:
1) Foundational Courses (12 Units): Four (4) mandatory business administration courses.
2) Business Fundamentals Courses (12 Units): Four (4) Business Fundamentals courses.
3.) Leadership and Management Courses (9 Units) Three (3) mandatory leadership and management courses.
4) Capstone Course (3 Units): Capstone course.
Required Units:
• A total of 36 units are required in the above study plan for graduation from the MBAON core program.
• Attend weekly and three live essential virtual calls per quarter per course
• Pay all tuition and fees
• Adhere to Sofia University’s policies and procedures
Foundational Courses
Foundational Courses (12 Units): Four (4) mandatory business administration courses must be completed, each worth three (3) units, for a total of twelve (12) compulsory core units. The Core consists of courses that aim to provide students with an introduction to transpersonal psychology, business communications, scholarship, organizational behavior, and quality decision-making skills in the context of business law and ethics to lead in business.
Core Business Fundamentals Courses
Business Fundamentals Courses (12 Units): Four (4) Business Fundamentals courses provide exposure to the major functional areas of business, including managerial accounting, operational excellence, behavioral marketing, and technology and innovation. Four (4) courses are required in business fundamentals.
Leadership and Management Courses
Leadership and Management Courses (9 Units) Three (3) mandatory leadership and management courses to bring together leadership and management in workforce development, employee well-being, and sustainable ESG practices with transpersonal leadership.
MBAON Capstone
Capstone Course (3 Units): Students will complete a Capstone course to complete the MBAON program. The goal of the course is to convey the ideas from all the previous courses into a cohesive whole through an applied project.
Graduation Requirements:
To graduate from Sofia University with a Master of Business Administration Online, a student must:
1) Complete all program requirements successfully.
2) Complete 36 units for the MBA Online.
3) Pay all tuition and fees.
4) Adhere to Sofia University's policies and procedures.