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Business Administration


Kathy Hagens
MBA Program Director
Office: Sage Hall 1410
Telephone: (920) 424-2114
Web Site: www.uwosh.edu/cob/graduate
E-mail: mba@uwosh.edu




The graduate program in business administration is designed to qualify the graduate for broad managerial responsibility in business, government, educational institutions, healthcare and other organizations. Courses comprising the Master of Business Administration Program are offered in Green Bay, Oshkosh, Stevens Point and online. With classes offered during the early evening hours, it is possible to pursue the MBA degree on either a full-time or a part-time basis.



Completion of the program will lead to the degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA).


In addition to the requirements of the Office of Graduate Studies specified in the first section of this Bulletin, the program has established the following policies and procedures for admission:

 

Common Body of Knowledge

Applicants are required to have a common body of business knowledge equivalent to the foundation course requirements. Normally, this requirement is satisfied if applicants have earned an undergraduate business degree and completed undergraduate course equivalents from AACSB-accredited or other approved business programs, with a C or better.

Applicants without an undergraduate business degree and who lack adequate course preparation in business may be admitted to the MBA program but will be expected to take appropriate foundation courses or their equivalents. Credits earned in these courses are not applicable to the 33 credits required for the graduate degree and must be completed prior to taking MBA core courses. A proficiency option also is available for all foundation course requirements after admission.

 

Foundation Courses

Subject

Catalog No.   Credits   Title

Business

700 3 Accounting Foundations

710 1.5 Foundations of Information Systems

712 3 Foundations of Statistics

730 1.5 Finance Foundations

740 1.5 Foundations of Production Management

750 1.5 Organizational Foundations

770 1.5 Marketing Foundations

Economics

704 1-3 Basic Economic Theory

 

Admission Criteria

The UW Oshkosh MBA Program uses a holistic, rolling admissions process, with applications being processed throughout the year.

MBA admissions are based on all items in the application portfolio:

  • Undergraduate transcripts showing a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 overall or 2.90 in the last 60 credits and any graduate academic transcripts.

  • Current professional resume showing a minimum of 2 years full-time work experience.

  • One of the following:

    • official GRE or GMAT score (taken within the last 5 years) or GMAT/GRE Waiver Petition*

    • one of the professional certifications listed on the UW Oshkosh MBA website: www.uwosh.edu/cob/graduate

    • a domestic graduate degree as documented on an official transcript

  • A personal essay, single-spaced and no longer than two pages, describing reasons for pursuing the MBA, the impact it will have on your career, both for short and long-term goals and what value you will bring to the classroom.

 

*GMAT/GRE Waiver Petition—If you have at least 10 years or more of full-time, progressive professional experience, 5 that are in management or supervisory positions, you may petition in writing to have the GMAT/GRE requirement waived.

After the evaluation of these documents, each applicant will be contacted if further materials are required to complete the application portfolio. The MBA program has both full-standing and probationary admission. Probationary admission is considered if there is a weakness in the application portfolio. Students may be required to fulfill additional programmatic conditions.

The average student who enters the MBA Program has 8 years of relevant and progressive work experience; an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.2; a master's degree, professional certification, or scores in the 57th percentile in each section of the GRE or GMAT test.

 

Undergraduate Major

Students with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline may apply for admission to the graduate program.





The program is comprised of core courses and electives.


Business Administration is the description for the Business Administration plan of study.


33 credits applicable to the graduate degree constitute the minimal requirement for all students in the program.


Students must satisfy fully the Office of Graduate Studies requirements for advancement to candidacy as stated in the first section of this Bulletin.


No more than six (6) credits, regardless of the number of courses, with grades below B may apply to the MBA degree.




Core Courses

Subject

Catalog No.   Credits   Title

A. Management Core

Business

788 1.5 Personal and Professional Development

790 1.5 Organizational Leadership and Change

792 1.5 International Business

793 1.5 Business Environments: Law, Regulation and Ethics

794 3 Strategic Management

 

B. Functional Core

Business

731 3 Financial Management

741 3 Operations and Process Management

752 3 Cost Management

754 3 Information Systems in Organizations

761 3 Human Resources Management

771 3 Marketing Strategy

 

Electives

Students may consult with the program adviser to select electives from the following offerings:

Subject

Catalog No.   Credits   Title

Business

608 3 Advanced Accounting

622 3 Business Law II

694 1.5-3 International Business Study Tour

709 1-3 Topics in Accounting (see course description)

722 1-3 Planning for Management in the Future

732 2-3 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

733 3 Money and Capital Markets

734 1-3 International Financial Management and Investments

735 1-3 Current Topics in Finance (see course description)

743 1-3 Topics in Operations Management

758 1.5 Project Management

759 1.5 Advanced Topics in Project Management

762 1-3 Organizational Reward Systems

763 3 Employee Relations

765 3 Venture Management

767 1-3 Advanced Human Resources Topics

769 1-3 Seminar in Management Topics

772 3 Marketing Analysis

773 1-3 International Marketing Management

774 1-3 Seminar in Marketing Topics

777 1-3 Consumer Behavior

795 6 Business Administration Thesis

796 1-3 Independent Study in Business Administration

798 1.5 Advanced Interpersonal Skills

 

Other Requirements

Completion of Business Administration 794 after all managerial and functional core courses have been completed.

 

Comments

A thesis may be submitted in lieu of 6 credits of electives. Thesis requires the approval of the College of Business graduate program director.




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