Online MBA

The Ship MBA Online is now available at Shippensburg University. It’s the same AACSB-accredited degree program, utilizing the same highly qualified faculty, that has gained a reputation for quality, affordability, and convenience among our part-time professional students.

This 30-credit program consisting of 10 required courses (3-credits each) is designed to give students an in-depth exposure to the global environment and to develop the skills necessary to conduct business successfully in both a domestic and international context. The courses will be delivered in a 100% online format using a mix of asynchronous and synchronous lectures, discussions, and exercises.  

Each course will be taught in accelerated, eight-week sessions. Students will be permitted to take only one course at a time and two per semester allowing them to focus attention to a single course for a more concentrated experience. 

Students in the online program will be required to have a computer along with a high-speed internet connection, webcam, and headset/microphone meeting minimum specifications in order to participate in video conferencing sessions as well as other online activities. 

Ship MBA Online

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate course work and degree, relevant work experience, and goals statement will be evaluated and form the basis for admission. To be eligible for admission to the MBA Program applicants must:

• Have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Applicants will be evaluated on grade point average, course content, work experience, job level, leadership ability, team skills, suitability of goals, and whether they graduated from an AACSB-regionally accredited college. Applicants with less than 5 years of post-undergraduate professional experience, including some mid­level management experience, will be required to take the GMAT and achieve a score of 450 or higher. For additional information on the GMAT go tohttp://www.ship.edu/Business/MBA/MBA_Professional/GMAT_Prep_Information/  
• Present a current resume.  
• Present a goals statement.  
• Complete Track Selection form.  

New students will be required to attend an orientation session at Shippensburg University.

All students must be computer literate and have routine access to the Internet and Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access) in order to complete the 1/3 web-based component of the program.

Please note that all students are expected to have a laptop loaded with MS Office that they can bring to class. Although the university has been providing a limited number of laptops, those will gradually be phased out as they get older, and students will be expected to supply their own laptops in class.