The regular M.B.A. program is designed to allow a flexible curriculum plan. A fulltime student, with undergraduate business background, can complete the program in one year. For working professionals, enrolled on a part-time basis, it will take longer to complete the program.
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 nine hours of electives. These elective course hours allow students to specialize in the areas of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and aquaculture. To receive an M.B.A. degree with concentration in any business area, the student must complete all three elective courses in that area. Elective coursework may also be chosen from other graduate programs at KSU subject to the approval of the M.B.A. Program Coordinator. The program will accept 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 M.B.A. 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.
For regular admission to the M.B.A. program, the student must:
Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
Meet program prerequisites
Have an undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or greater on a 4.0 point scale
Have a GMAT score of at least 400, GRE score of at least 800. (See information on —Waiver of GMAT for Advanced Degrees below).
Submit completed application including a writing sample
Provide three letters of recommendation (professional and/or academic)
Send official academic transcripts
Submit TOEFL score for international students
An applicant unable to supply all of the required application materials prior to consideration for admission, but who otherwise meets the admission requirements, may be granted provisional admission. Complete and satisfactory credentials must be received by the M.B.A. Program Coordinator before the end of the semester in which the student has registered in provisional status. A student normally will not be permitted to enroll with a provisional status for more than one semester. Provisional admission does not guarantee, in any way, subsequent unconditional admission.
Students who do not meet admission requirements relating to the program prerequisites, undergraduate GPA, or GMAT score, may be admitted on a probationary basis. Probationary admission is based on demonstrated work record, career plans, academic record, letters of application, or other appropriate documentation. Students admitted on a probationary basis may change their status to regular status by meeting the regular admission requirements or by successfully completing nine hours of graduate study with at least a GPA of 3.0 for those courses.
An individual desiring to take graduate M.B.A. courses, but who does not plan to pursue the graduate degree, may be admitted as a non-degree seeking student. The applicant must meet the minimum standards for admission into graduate study at Kentucky State University. The maximum number of hours that a non-degree student, without undergraduate background in business, can apply toward the M.B.A. degree is 12 graduate hours of foundation courses and six graduate hours of core or elective courses. Admission as a non-degree-seeking student does not guarantee full admission to the regular M.B.A. program. Non-degree seeking students, who decide to pursue an M.B.A. degree, must apply through the regular admission process and meet regular admission requirements.
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.
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