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Business Administration MBA

Degree Type: Master of Business Administration

Required Courses		Credit Hours
Foundation Courses Required:
MMBA 605	Numerical and Data Analysis	3
MMBA 606	Financial/Accounting Systems/Analysis	3
MMBA 607	Comp Tools, Tech, & Integrating Systems	3
Core Courses Required:
MMBA 601	Professional Skills Development	3
MMBA 612	Intro to Performance Metric Systems	3
MMBA 620	Human Resource Systems	3
MMBA 625	Org Leadership & Corp Citizenship	3
MMBA 665	Information and Analysis Systems	3
MMBA 710	Strategic Planning Systems	3
MMBA 730	Customer & Market Systems & Analysis	3
MMBA 760	Process & Value Stream Mgmt Systems	3
MMBA 799	Integrated Business Experience	3
Concentration Courses Required:
Management Tools & Techniques		12
Information Security & Networking Management		12
E-Business & Systems Integration		12
Nursing Concentration		12
	Minimum number of credits required:	39-48

Why Choose the Master of Business Administration?

The 39-48 semester hour MBA is intended for individuals who are interested in acquiring the management skills required to meet the competitive challenges facing today's organizations. The MBA is founded on quality and performance-metric-based management principles. Though relatively new, performance-metric-based management is already a widely adopted, systems-approach to managing and leading organizations.

The curricula consists of three courses focusing on foundation knowledge (may be waived based upon demonstrated competency), a professional skills course, seven courses addressing core knowledge, four courses with a management concentration, and an integrating capstone project.

MBA courses are offered in a 7-week Internet format. Working individuals taking just one course every seven weeks can complete degree requirements in about two years. Full time students may complete degree requirements in as few as 16 months.

Invest in your Future

The Management Tools & Techniques Concentration is designed to prepare business leaders sensitive to current legal and ethical issues that exist in today's business world and to facilitate the use of technical tools to aid in understanding business systems, developing improvement strategies, and leading and managing the change process.

The Information Security & Networking Management Concentration is designed to prepare individuals with both theoretical and practical experience in designing and protecting local area networking systems, incorporating principles of information security, incident detection/reaction, and computer forensic tools and techniques (ranging from the servers to personal digital assistants).

The E-Business & Systems Integration Concentration is designed to prepare individuals to select and determine information systems components, applications, database design and development, web application design and development, and to acquire the skills to develop and implement e-business applications.

Admission Requirements

A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university with a 3.0 GPA or better required in the last 60 credits.

GMAT score of 500 or higher, OR GRE score of in the upper 50th percentile. (GMAT/GRE requirement may be waived if applicant has completed another Master's Degree or at the discretion of the review committee)

TOEFL of 500 or greater for international students.

Graduation Requirements

The MBA is awarded to those individuals who have completed the 39 -48 hour requirement with a minimum accumulative GPA of 3.0 or
greater and no course less than 2.0.

More Information

College of Business - Graduate Programs
119 South Street, BUS 212
Big Rapids, MI  49307
Phone:  231-591-2168
E-mail:  yosts@ferris.edu
Web:  http://cbgp.ferris.edu