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Business Administration/Design and Innovation Management Concentration MBADIM

Degree Type: Master of Business Administration

College(s): Business

Required Courses  Credit Hours 
Foundation Courses Required: (may waive for demonstrated competencies)
MMBA 601 Professional Skills Develop 3
MMBA 605 Numerical-Data Analysis 3
MMBA 606 Fin-Acct Sys and Analysis 3
MMBA 607 Comp Tools-Tech and Systems 3
Core Courses Required:
MMBA 612 Intro Performance Metrics 3
MMBA 625 Organizational Leadership 3
MISM 629 Leg-Eth Issues in Business 3
MMBA 635 Organization Resource Systems 3
MMBA 710 Strategic Planning Systems 3
MMBA 720 Global Business Economics 3
MMBA 730 Customer Systems 3
MMBA 760 Process Management Systems 3
MMBA 799 Integrated Business Experience 3
Concentration Courses Required:
KDES 650 Design-Innovation Process 3
KDES 651 Design Communication Mgmt 3
KDES 750 Sustainable Design-Systems 3
KDES 751 Leadership by Design 3
Minimum number of credits required: 39-51

Why Choose the Master of Business Administration?

The 39-51 semester hour MBA addresses the increased focus on organizational performance assessment and improvement, our MBA is not a clone of competitive offerings. Using the Malcolm Baldrige criteria as a means of bringing to life performance management systems, this program provides its graduates with the means of immediately making a contribution to the firms for whom they work. To facilitate this, our faculty bring an exceptional array of experience to the class, including extensive academic and practitioner experience, as well as relevant perspective derived from serving as examiners for assessment efforts such as Malcolm Baldrige and the Michigan Quality Council.

The curricula consists of four courses focusing on foundation knowledge (may be waived based upon demonstrated competency), nine courses which address core knowledge and include an integrated business experience, and four courses that focus on the students concentration of choice.

The MBA program is offered in 7-week sessions, year-round, primarily online, in order to accommodate the competing professional and personal demands on our students. 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

This state-of-the-art MBA is designed for professionals interested in acquiring the management tools and skills needed to be successful in the world's leading organizations, with a wide selection of specializations.

The Information Security & Networking Management certificate is designed to create business leaders with both theoretical and practical experience in designing and protecting local area networking systems, incorporating principles of information security incident detection action, and computer forensics (ranging from the servers to personal digital assistants).

Admission Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university with a 2.75 or better overall GPA and 3.0 GPA or better in the Junior/Senior level courses.
  • 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)
  • International students must have earned a TOEFL score of 64 or higher, with no section score in the Low, Limited or Weak range.

  • Graduation Requirements

    The MBA is awarded to those individuals who have completed the 39 -51 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
    1301 South State Street, IRC 212
    Big Rapids, Mi 49307-2748
    Phone: 231-591-2168
    E-mail: yosts@ferris.edu
    Web: http://cbgp.ferris.edu

    The College of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP.)
    http://www.acbsp.org/p/st/ld/&sid=s1_001


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