MBA Program

Our Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree program offers a broad perspective and is designed to develop and enhance the knowledge valuable to executives, administrators and managers in both the profit and non-profit sectors of the economy.

Graduates of our M.B.A. program do not have a major in any specific business discipline. Students are expected to complete a series of courses at the graduate level in accounting, marketing, management, finance, economics, decision analysis, legal and social environment, research methods, operations management and information systems. International business and business ethics are integrated throughout the M.B.A. curriculum.

The educational emphasis of the M.B.A. program is on organizational decision making. The program is appropriate for those pursuing or seeking a career at the executive level in either public or private organizations.

Admission Requirements

The M.B.A. program is open to all applicants who hold a bachelor’s degree, regardless of their field of undergraduate study. The program seeks students with diverse undergraduate backgrounds, including the sciences, liberal arts, humanities, business, engineering and education.

Applicants must submit either GMAT or GRE test scores. The faculty recommend a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GMAT of 500 (or GRE equivalent) for regular admission. Provisional admission may be granted to applicants who fall slightly below these standards.

Students admitted to the M.B.A. program must complete the following undergraduate courses or their equivalents, if these courses have not previously been completed.

• Accounting 2301 and 2302 (or ACC 5191 and 5192)
• Economics 2301 and 2302 (or ECO 5191)
• Finance 3361 (or FIN 5191)
• Mathematics 1312
• Management 3300 (or MGT 5191)
• Management Science 2331 (statistics)
• Marketing 3321 (or MKT 5191)

Graduate students must complete the accounting courses listed above before taking the graduate-level accounting course, the undergraduate statistics course before the graduate-level decision analysis course, and so on. Concurrent enrollment in both graduate-level and undergraduate-level courses is permitted, as long as prerequisites are satisfied.

The M.B.A. program consists of 39 semester credit hours of graduate courses normally taken in the order listed below. It is possible to pursue the degree on a full-time basis. However, almost all of the courses are offered during the evening hours or on-line. Graduate courses must be at the 6000 level, and undergraduate courses may not be used to satisfy the requirements for the M.B.A. program