Master of Business Administration

The MBA degree program mission is to provide quality online and traditional educational opportunities in business for degree and course completion, designed for individuals seeking to improve their management success and focused on working managers. Those with undergraduate degrees in business may complete the program with a minimum of 36 semester hours. Others, without the undergraduate business core courses, may be admitted to the program by completing the appropriate number of prerequisite courses as determined by the MBA program director. Contact the MBA Program Director by phone at (606) 783-2183, in person at 213D Combs Building, or by e-mail at msu-mba@moreheadstate.edu.

Admission Requirements

  1. General admission to graduate study.
  2. Admission is determined by an admission index. The index is computed as follows: INDEX = (undergraduate GPA X 200) + GMAT score. The index must equal at least 1000. A minimum GMAT score of 400 is required. If a student has earned a Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution, the GMAT is not required. The GRE may be accepted in lieu of the GMAT. The decision on whether to accept the GRE will be made on a case-by-case basis.
  3. A minimum 2.5 undergraduate GPA is required. Students not meeting the minimum 2.5 undergraduate GPA requirement may be admitted to the MBA program if their GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate study was at least 2.75 with a minimum composite index of 1,050. Application deadlines for admission into the MBA program are as follows: Spring semester application materials must be postmarked no later than December 1. Fall semester application materials must be postmarked no later than August 1. Summer semesters application materials must be postmarked no later than April 15.
  4. Students may be conditionally admitted to the MBA program. Conditionally admitted students may only take foundation courses and must have met general admission to graduate study requirements. Once a student has completed the foundation course requirements, he or she will be unconditionally admitted.
  5. International students must take the TOEFL. A score of 525 on this test is required for program admission; those who score below 525 will not be admitted to the program. Students scoring between 525 and 550 are required to complete ENG 100 and COMM 108 or equivalent.
  6. The Foundation Course Sequence, or comparable course work or experience, must be completed prior to full admission with at least a 3.0 GPA and no grade of less than "C" in any course. Students may use the College Level Equivalency Program (CLEP) examinations to satisfy the foundation course requirements.

Foundation Course Sequence

Sem. Hrs.

ACCT 600 - Survey of Accounting or

3

ACCT 281 & ACCT 282 or equivalent

 

ECON 600 - Survey of Economics or

3

ECON 201 and 202 or equivalent

 

FIN 600 - Survey of Finance or

3

FIN 360 or equivalent

 

MKT 600 - Survey of Marketing or

3

MKT 304 or equivalent

 

MNGT 600 - Survey of Management and Organizational Behavior or

 

MNGT 301 or equivalent

3

MNGT/FIN 602 - Survey of Quantitative and Financial Analysis or

3

MATH 152 and 354 or equivalent

 

Total Foundation Course Sequence

18

Note: None of the six graduate level survey courses (ACCT 600, ECON 600, FIN 600, MKT 600, or MNGT 600, 602) satisfy the requirements of the 36 hour MBA program. They are prerequisite courses only.

Dismissal from MBA Program

A student will be placed on probation if that student receives two course grades of "C" or below in any graduate level, MBA class, including foundation courses. A student will be dismissed from the MBA program if that student receives three course grades of "C" or below in any graduate level class, including foundation courses.

Requirements for the Degree

  1. Satisfy general degree requirements.
  2. Completion of the MBA program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
  3. Must be unconditionally admitted

MBA Core

Sem. Hrs.

*ACCT 611 - Accounting Analysis for Decision Making

3

BIS 630 - Managerial Communications

3

CIS 615 - Managing Information Technology

3

ECON 661 - Managerial Economics

3

FIN 660 - Financial Management

3

MKT 650 - Marketing Administration

3

MNGT 665 - Organizational Behavior

3

MNGT 691 - Business Policies and Procedure

3

Core Total

24

MBA Electives

Prerequisites: ACCT 611, BIS 630, CIS 615, ECON 661, FIN 660, MKT 650, MNGT 665

Electives: students choose 12 hours of MBA electives from the following list or may combine certain electives in pursuing a Health Systems Management (HSM) Track (see HSM track below): ACCT 650, 670, 683, 687, 690, 698, BIS 621, CIS 625, 632, 634, 635, 636, 638, 640, 642, 645, 650, 670, 699, ECON 645, 662, 660, 670, 699, FIN 620, 622, 625, 628, 670, 672, 673, 674, 675, MKT 622, 635, 640, 645, 652, 665, 668, 670, MNGT 606, 609, 610, 612, 620, 650, 655, 656, 661, 662, 663, 664, 667, 668, 670, 698, HSM 630, 611, 650, 655, 660, 670, 680, 682, 684, PA 641.

*Students who have completed at least 21 hours of undergraduate accounting courses may substitute an approved MBA elective for ACCT 611.

MBA Electives

12

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED

36

Learning Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: Our graduates will communicate effectively.

Within the MBA curriculum, students will demonstrate:

  1. The ability to prepare and deliver an effective professional presentation on a current business topic.
  2. The ability to effectively compose written documents for business audiences.

Goal 2: Our graduates will know and properly analyze ethical issues faced in business.

Within the MBA curriculum, students will demonstrate:

  1. The ability to identify and properly evaluate ethical issues in a business situation and relate them to individual ethical behavior and to community responsibilities in organizations and society.
  2. The ability to assess the ethical consequences of business decisions relative to the individual, the organization, and society.

Goal 3: Our graduates will possess knowledge of the domestic and global business environment and a sense of diversity awareness.

Within the MBA curriculum, students will demonstrate:

  1. The ability to identify political and economic issues affecting domestic and global business and make sound business decisions in consideration of these issues.
  2. The ability to identify legal and regulatory issues affecting domestic and global business and make sound business decisions in consideration of these issues.
  3. The ability to identify diversity issues affecting domestic and global business and make sound business decisions in consideration of these issues.

Goal 4: Our graduates will be knowledgeable and skilled in the application of technology in contemporary organizations.

Within the MBA curriculum, students will demonstrate:

  1. Knowledge of how technology changes organizational and management practices and make sound business decisions in consideration of this issue.
  2. The ability to appropriately use technology for business operations, management decision-making, workgroup collaboration, and implementation of business strategies.
  3. The ability to appropriately use technology to formulate strategic decisions in a given management situation.

Goal 5: Our graduates will be effective leaders and problem solvers, demonstrating the ability to integrate functional knowledge as they strategically manage change.

Within the MBA curriculum, students will demonstrate:

  1. The ability to integrate functional business knowledge through analysis of management situations.
  2. Leadership skills and knowledge of problems associated with leadership through the analysis of management situations.
  3. An understanding of the issues related to managing change and the ability to make sound business decisions in the context of a changing business environment.
  4. An understanding of strategic management and the ability to make sound strategic business decisions.

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