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2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master of Business Administration
  • Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in  Leadership, Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, or General Management.

Students accepted into the MBA Program will be assigned two advisors. The Administrator of Graduate Programs, School of Business provides guidance for all students having questions about courses or admissions policies. The Administrator of Graduate Programs, School of Businesswill assist with registration and academic concerns.  Students will also be assigned a professor who will be their professional advisor.  The professional advisor will assist with questions about career choices and professional goals.

The MBA Curriculum is designed to  guide students through a process that will help them develop the skills that are in demand in the business world, and also provide them with an opportunity to apply those skills in an intensive format.

MBA Curriculum

The Master of Business Administration consists of a minimum of thirty three (33) semester-hours of credit.  The thirty three hour requirement will include a core curriculum, three elective courses, and a series of required integrative courses including the capstone course.  In addition, those students who enter the program lacking adequate background in specific areas of business, as determined by our graduate faculty, will be required to take foundational courses in those fields.  Any foundation courses (BUSI 501- BUSI 506) that are required must be completed prior to beginning the integrative courses, and may include as many as six additional courses for students with no business background.

The curriculum breaks down into five segments:

Orientation (0 hours)

Foundational Courses (varies, from 0 to 18 hours, depending on background)

Core Curriculum (18 hours)

Quasi Core (3 hours)

Business Law or General Elective (3 hours)

Emphasis Curriculum (9 hours)

 

Orientation

For the Master of Business Administration program

  is mandatory. Students will be furnished with general information about graduate education, oriented to sites on campus, given an opportunity to meet some of the officials of the University, and provided the opportunity to ask questions about the program. MBA orientation will also provide students with an introduction to the academic rules and expectations of the program, an orientation to the type of technology they will be using, and an outline of the curriculum.   Successful completion of BUSI 600 with a “P” is required to continue in the program.

Foundational Courses

Foundational Courses are offered to students whose background in the business curriculum is incomplete, outdated, or forgotten, allowing students to update their skills before engaging in more advanced coursework in the discipline. To complete the MBA students must take at least thirty-three (33) credit hours of graduate work above the foundational level.

  • Students may seek a waiver for any and all Foundational Courses.  Those who have previously taken the prerequisites may demonstrate mastery of the material normally taught in the foundational courses by offering an official transcript demonstrating that an academically-comparable course has been completed within the allotted time frame at an academically-rigorous, regionally-accredited institution with the required grade.  Any student may bypass a Foundational Course by successfully passing a qualifying exam in that subject area if an exam is available. At the discretion of the Director of the MBA Program or the Admissions Committee, a waiver may be granted based on other evidence that their background in the subject area is sufficient, such as professional certification or years of experience in the subject field.  

    Upon acceptance to the program, each student will receive an analysis of their background and a breakdown of which foundational courses will be required.  Students who have concerns about their ability in a specific functional area, or who fear they have forgotten the basics in that field, are also encouraged to take those additional courses even if they are not required.  

    A tentative evaluation of transcripts for consideration of waivers of foundational coursework may be provided after the application for admission has been received, based upon unofficial transcripts, but the course waivers will not be credited until official transcripts or other required documentation are received.

    Pre-requisite requirements and their corresponding Foundational Course equivalents are:

    Accounting:

    Students must have completed a two-course sequence in introductory accounting, including Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting, with a grade of C or better in the past ten years. 

      and   are offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

    Statistics:

    Students must have completed a business or applied mathematics course where they would have learned basic statistics, with a grade of C or better in the past ten years.  Topics covered should have included probability rules, binomial and normal distribution, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Basic differential calculus (definitions of continuity and derivative, rules of differentiation, elementary optimization) is highly recommended, but not required, for regular admission.

      is offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

    Management:

    Students must have completed a course in management, including Principles of Management, at the 300-level or above with a grade of C or better in the past ten years.

      is offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

    Marketing: Students must have completed a Principles of Marketing course at the 300-level or above with a grade of C or better in the past ten years.

      is offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

    Economics:

    Students must have completed a two-course sequence in economics, with grades of C or better in the past ten years.

      is offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

    Finance:

    Students must have completed a course in corporate finance at the 300-level or above with a grade of B or better in the past seven years.

      is offered for students who have not satisfied this requirement.

Master of Business Administration Requirements (33 hours)

MBA Core (18 hours)

ALL candidates for an MBA degree must complete the following BUSINESS (BUSI) courses, which account for eighteen (18) credit hours:

ONE of the following five Quasi-Core courses (3 hours):

Business Law or General Elective credit (3 hours)

Students who do not have Business Law in undergraduate will be required to take

  in their MBA program. Students who have already taken a Law class in undergrad will be able to choose any general elective.

Choose one of the following Emphases (9 hours):

Accounting (9 hours)

Choose three:

Finance (9 hours)

Choose three:

Leadership (9 hours)

Choose three:

Management Information Systems (9 hours)

Choose three:

General Management (9 hours)

Students who do not wish to earn an emphasis in Accounting, Finance, Leadership or MIS, may choose any 3  electives except those that count as a required core course and those that count as a prerequisite for our MBA Program to earn a General Management Emphasis.  For example, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 cannot count as an elective. Choose three:

MBA Exit Assessment

At the end of their program, all students are required to complete

  (0 credit hours) in their final semester, as a graduation requirement.

Policies Regarding Emphasis Selection

 

1.   Students receiving an emphasis within the MBA will have the emphasis noted on the official transcript. Diplomas do not reflect the emphasis. 

2.   Students must declare an emphasis by filling out the appropriate form at the Registrar’s Office by midterm of the semester prior to graduating from the MBA program. 

A student who has received an MBA from Charleston Southern University without an emphasis may return to earn an emphasis by completing the necessary course requirements in the chosen emphasis.