The School of Business at Kentucky State University offers a regular graduate program leading to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and a five-year undergraduate/graduate program leading to Baccalaureate and Master's (B.A./MBA) degrees in Business Administration. Consistent with the liberal arts mission of the University, the objective of the MBA Programs is to provide essential knowledge and skills that can be directly utilized by business professionals in both the private and public sectors. The programs emphasize a solid grounding in graduate education in business administration, combined with sufficient elective course work to provide for individual preferences and career enhancement. The programs strive to develop outstanding, globally competitive business leaders through high quality educational experience, implemented in an innovative community of learning facilitated by a faculty oriented toward teaching effectiveness, service, and research. The Chair of the School oversees the programs. Admission decisions are made by the MBA Program Coordinator in consultation with the MBA Committee.
The regular MBA program is designed to allow a flexible curriculum plan. A full-time student, with undergraduate business background, can complete the program within two years. Working professionals can enroll on a full-time or a part-time basis.
The program is designed based on the best practices in graduate business education and accreditation standards to meet the changing demands of the global marketplace. The program requires a total of 30 graduate hours, including 21 hours of core requirements and 9 hours of electives. These elective course hours allow students to specialize in the areas of Accounting, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Aquaculture. To receive an MBA degree with a specialization in any business area, the student must complete a minimum of 3 elective courses in that area. Elective coursework may also be chosen from other graduate programs at KSU subject to the approval of the MBA Program Coordinator in consultation with the MBA committee.
The program accepts students with a bachelor's degree in any field. Those students without undergraduate business degrees will be required to show proficiency in the principles of accounting, economics, management, marketing, management information systems, finance, quantitative methods, and statistics before enrolling in the MBA courses. A set of foundation courses has been developed for this purpose. Students without some or all of the prerequisite proficiencies will be required to complete one or more of the foundation courses.