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The Perdue School offers a general
management MBA degree with course content in all the
functional areas of business. The program consists of 5
major components comprising 34-59 credit hours depending on the students
undergraduate background and need for foundation
courses/skills:
I. BASIC SKILLS
EXPECTED OF ALL INCOMING STUDENTS
In addition
to meeting the standards for admission, M.B.A. students should bring to their
graduate business studies the following skills to ensure success in the
program:
- Quantitative skills:
A knowledge of algebra and basic calculus.
- Verbal skills:
The ability to collect relevant information, organize thoughts and
communicate them clearly.
- Computer skills:
Competence in word processing and spread sheets. These skills may be
obtained or enhanced by study and preparation before admission, or early
in the program of study by utilizing the many programs, courses and
training sessions offered at the University.
- Information systems literacy:
A student should be able to describe information technologies and
discuss information systems applications with their peers.
These skills
will be evaluated and assessed by the M.B.A. program director and
appropriate department chair. Recommendations for review courses will be
made based on a review of undergraduate coursework, professional
experience and the analytical writing assessment score from the GMAT
exam.
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II.
FOUNDATION COURSES (25 CREDITS)
In
order to begin work on the master's degree requirements, the
following foundation courses must be completed no later than
the first semester in which the first 600-level course is taken:
| Course |
Description |
Credits |
| ACCT 201** |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
ECON 150
or
ECON 211** |
Principles of Economics
Microeconomics |
3
3 |
| MATH 155 |
Modern Statistics with Computer Analysis |
3 |
| MATH 201** |
Calculus I
(Applicant may also substitute BOTH
INFO 281 Intermediate Business Statistics
and MATH 160 Applied Calculus) |
4
|
| FINA 311 |
Financial Management |
3 |
| MGMT 320** |
Management and Organizational Behavior |
3 |
| INFO 326 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
| MKTG 330** |
Principles of Marketing Management |
3 |
*Any
of the foundation courses may be waived if the student has completed an
undergraduate or graduate survey course with similar coverage with a
grade of "C" or better. A waiver exam may be taken to validate an
undergraduate course that does not meet the grade requirement, or when
the student has acquired the knowledge covered in a core course without
having earned academic credit. Students may take a waiver exam with
permission of the graduate program director.
**Five foundation courses may be
also be waived by College Level Examination Program
(CLEP) examinations: Accounting; Economics;
Calculus; Marketing and Management. See
http://www.collegeboard.com/clep for further
information. To schedule the exam at Salisbury
University, contact the Registrar's office at
410-543-6150. The exam is offered Mondays
through Fridays at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00
p.m. The cost of the exam is $85 but must be
paid for by separate check, credit card or money
order payment as follows: $60 payable to CLEP and
$25 payable to to Salisbury University. Score
reports should be sent to institution #5403.
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III. CORE COURSES (26-27 Credits)
| Course |
Description |
Credit |
Term |
|
BUAD 599 |
Introduction
to Managerial Skills |
1 |
Late Summer |
|
INFO 602 |
Management
Decision Making |
2 |
Fall I |
|
ACCT 604 |
Accounting
for Decision Making |
2 |
Fall I |
|
ECON 606 |
Economics of
Managerial Decision Making |
2 |
Fall I |
|
MGMT 608 |
Personal
Skills Analysis and Development |
2 |
Fall II |
|
ECON 610 |
Money and
Banking and the Macroeconomy |
2 |
Fall II |
|
MGMT 612 |
Managing the
Firm: Integrated Perspectives |
1 |
Fall II |
|
MKTG 614 |
Strategic
Marketing Management |
2 |
Fall II |
MGMT 616
or
BUAD 686
or
BUAD 696 |
The Global
Environment of Business
Global Business (Overseas Travel Course)
Graduate Business Study Abroad (Travel Course) |
2
3
3 |
Winter Only
Winter Only
Winter/Summer |
|
INFO 620 |
Enterprise
Systems |
2 |
Spring I |
|
ACCT 618 |
Strategic
Issues in Accounting and Finance |
2 |
Spring I |
|
MGMT 622 |
Business,
Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility |
2 |
Spring I |
|
MGMT 624 |
Organizational Teamwork, Leadership & Change |
2 |
Spring II |
|
FINA 626 |
Managerial
Finance |
2 |
Spring II |
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IV. CAPSTONE
COURSES (6 Credits)
Students must
take the capstone courses in their
final semester of earning their degree requirements.
These courses
represent culminating experiences
for the M.B.A. program and are designed to synthesize information
from all the functional areas of business as they
relate to strategy and practical
application of business knowledge to real-world business
situations.
| Course |
Description |
Credit |
Term |
|
MGMT 628 |
Managing
Strategically |
2 |
Spring II |
| BUAD 695 |
Project
Consulting |
4 |
Spring (full) |
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V.
Elective Requirements (2 Credits)
Students must complete two (2) elective hours of 600-level M.B.A.
courses.
For a checklist of the MBA requirements,
click here.
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PROGRESSION STANDARDS
While
matriculating, to be eligible to receive the
M.B.A., fully admitted students must maintain a
cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in 600-level
courses with no grade less than "C" and no more
than six credit hours below "B." The
M.B.A. graduate student must complete an
approved program of a minimum of 34 semester
hours. All requirements for the M.B.A. must be
completed within seven years of the end of the
semester in which M.B.A. coursework began.
M.B.A. students must also maintain continuous
enrollment by completing at least one course
every calendar year. Students who do not
comply with this requirement must re-apply for
graduate studies by completing a graduate
re-application form.
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