Undergraduate students who qualify for admission to the M.B.A. Program (including an acceptable GMAT score and GPA from an accredited institution) and need six hours or less to graduate (none of which are repeated courses) may be allowed to take up to 6 hours of graduate courses in their final semester. These graduate courses will not be allowed to count towards the undergraduate degree.
Students who are currently enrolled and in good standing in other accredited graduate programs may register for graduate courses as visiting students. In order for a visiting student to be enrolled officially for graduate credit at Kentucky State University, the student must file an application and submit an official Visiting Student Form from the home institution.
The GMAT or GRE may be waived if the applicant has successfully completed a graduate degree at a regionally accredited institution, which required the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, or MAT for admission, and significant successful managerial experiences. Waivers for the GMAT or GRE requirement must be approved by the M.B.A. Committee.
Candidates for the master's degree are restricted to a maximum of nine semester credit hours of credit by transfer of work completed at another accredited graduate institution. Official copies of transcripts must be submitted 276 and evaluated before any transfer credit can be accepted. Certain courses submitted for transfer may not be considered equivalent to specified program requirements even if course titles are the same. M.B.A. students may be allowed to transfer graduate courses from other accredited institutions where a grade of A or B was earned. No courses with a grade of C or below will be transferred.
ACC 500: Survey of Accounting - Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting
BUA 500: Survey of Economics and Finance - Principles of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Corporate Finance BUA
501: Survey of Management and Marketing
ECO 501: Survey of Statistics and Quantitative Methods for Business
The core of the M.B.A. Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for successful careers in business and nonprofit organizations. The core of the M.B.A. program consists of seven courses (21 hours) as follows:
ACC 502: Managerial Accounting
ECO 502: Managerial Economics
FIN 530: Corporate Finance
MGT 560: Organizational Behavior
MGT 590: Strategic Management
MIS 510: Management Information Systems
MKT 520: Strategic Marketing Management
Three (3) elective courses (nine hours) allow students to explore their individual preferences and develop additional competencies appropriate to their interests. The students have the flexibility to take all three elective courses in one area for a concentration in the area or select individual elective courses from different areas without any concentration. The concentration areas include: accounting, finance, management, marketing, and aquaculture (in collaboration with the Division of Aquaculture). The electives in the business area are as follows:
ACC 503: Auditing
ACC 510: Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities
ACC 563: Advanced Income Tax
ACC 597: Contemporary Topics in Accounting
FIN 540: Financial Institutions
FIN 550: Investment Analysis
FIN 575: Behavioral Finance
Management (4 courses)
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