The MBA is designed as a broad-based program. Upon completion of the program, students will possess the analytical and theoretical tools essential to making sound decisions and solving business problems. The emphasis of the MBA program is on decision making as the characteristic function of business administrators. The program's purpose is to integrate the various functional areas of business and the contributions they make to the development of administrative competence. Students may also choose to pursue a greater level of knowledge in one area of business by focusing their elective courses in an area of concentration.