Business Administration - Colorado State University - Pueblo

Business Administration from Colorado State University - Pueblo is a Campus Master Management degree that prepares you for a Business career. The goal of the MBA program is to prepare students for high-level general management careers in business and other organizations. Students acquire an understanding of management theory and application, the economic, political and social environment in which businesses function, and behavioral skills that are essential in the manager's role in the implementation of business decisions. The MBA program endeavors to provide an environment conducive to the development of each student's ability to think in a creative and effective manner. The program makes extensive use of lectures, seminars, group projects, and case studies that are designed to demonstrate the integrative, interdisciplinary nature of business decisions. The program is open to all applicants with a bachelor's degree , regardless of the undergraduate field of study, who can demonstrate an appropriate background in: quantitative methods, which should include college algebra and statistics. Students without prior business course work will be required to take selected leveling courses such as: financial accounting (see ACCTG 201 for details), microeconomics (see ECON 202 for details), finance (see FIN 330 for details), management (see MGMT 201 for details), marketing (see MKTG 340 for details), and quantitative methods. Students completing leveling courses must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.000. Students who earn less than a ?C-? in any leveling course will be dismissed from the program. Graduate students are required to complete all leveling course requirements before enrolling in the first 500 level courses. In some instances, a student will be permitted to enroll in 500 level courses while completing the final leveling courses. All MBA students are required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). An admission formula of 200 times the undergraduate GPA (4.000 system) plus the GMAT score will constitute a scaled admission score for each applicant. Category I admission will be given to those students who have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.000 and have a GMAT score of at least 450. Category II admission may be granted to students with GPAs between 2.500 and 3.000. Category II admitted students must achieve an index of at least 1000 (with a GMAT of at least 400) before the end of the semester in which they complete six hours at the 500 level. In some instances, a student will be permitted to enroll in 500 level courses while completing the final leveling courses. Students will not be allowed to enroll in more than six hours of graduate level course work without being fully admitted to the program. Students who fail to meet these admissions requirements may provide additional evidence of their ability to complete the program. Such evidence may include: performance in outside activities, evidence of creativity or leadership, and a record of accomplishment. The MBA degree will be conferred upon students who successfully complete a minimum of 36 hours of approved course work with a minimum GPA of at least 3.000. The curriculum is composed of two options with 27 semester hours of required core courses that are taken by all candidates. Option one requires an international course and six semester hours of approved graduate electives in the Hasan School of Business . Option two requires six semester hours of coursework with directed research and three semester hours of approved graduate electives. View more details on Colorado State University - Pueblo, CO . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Management courses.