MBA courses are offered in two 8-week sessions during the academic semester. The student can take one or two courses per week session. Summer courses will be available depending on adequate student enrollment.
Applicants to the MBA program will be considered for one of two program tracks. The number of credit hours required for the MBA degree will vary from 36-51 hours depending on the prior preparation and academic background of the applicant. Each applicant will be evaluated individually to determine the number of credit hours required for program completion.
Generally, students with an undergraduate degree in business will complete the general MBA in 36 credit hours. Students desiring an area of concentration will be required to complete 39 credit hours. Students with a prior business degree would be able to complete the MBA program in three semesters or in 12 months in an accelerated full-time program.
Students without any previous business, economics, statistics or quantitative methods courses would need a maximum of 51 credits hours to complete the MBA program. A two-track admissions process will be required with an individual evaluation on the number of prerequisite foundation courses needed for each applicant in Track 2. For example, a student with prior course work in economics would only need 12 hours in foundation courses.
Students applying for provisional admissions must complete the Foundations Courses in their first semester. Exemptions from foundation courses will not be considered with provisional admissions. Students admitted provisionally must complete foundation courses prior to starting the 36-hour degree program.
