MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
   School Year 2008-2009

Highlights
1. Thesis and non-thesis options.
2. Revised entry requirements
3. Clear differentiation from the existing EMBA program
4. Specializations in Finance, Human Resource, Marketing, Operations and Management
5. Certificate in Graduate Business Studies.

Non-thesis option: 45 units (42 units of courses; 3 units for comprehensive exam graded pass/fail).
Thesis option: 54 units (42 units of courses; 3 units for comprehensive exam graded pass/fail; 9 units of research & thesis credits (MBA 2978, MBA 2988 and MBA 2998 spread out over at least 3 trimesters).
Students desiring a thesis option may enroll in that option at once OR after receiving the non-thesis MBA, may enroll in thesis units up to 5 years after they have completed the original MBA.
 
Prerequisite Courses:
MBA 200A Business Statistics
MBA 200B Accounting Principles
MBA 200C Macro-Micro Economics
MBA 200D Computer Applications in Business

Core Courses: (33 units)
MBA 2018 Business Management
MBA 2028 Managerial Accounting
MBA 2038 Operations Management
MBA 2048 Managerial Economics
MBA 2068 Organizational Behavior
MBA 2078 Statistics for Business Research
MBA 2108 Financial Management
MBA 2208 Human Resource Management
MBA 2308 Marketing Management
MBA 2408 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
MBA 2558 Business Strategy
 
Electives: (9 units) A student may select any one of the following four (4) options. However, these credits must be taken in a single discipline, not scattered randomly among subjects. Once the core courses are completed, students will select a track below to complete their remaining three (3) courses.

Majors:
Finance
MBA 2118  Capital Markets
MBA 2128 International Finance
MBA 2138 Investments & Portfolio Analysis

Human Resource Management
MBA 2218 Labor Relations
MBA 2228 Organizational Development
MBA 2238 Culture and Enterprise in the Global setting
MBA 2248 Wage & Salary Administration

Marketing Management
MBA 2318 Brand Management
MBA 2328 Advertising
MBA 2338 Services Marketing
MBA 2348 Marketing Research
MBA 2358 Sales Management
MBA 2368 Global Marketing

Management
MBA 2418 Logistics Management
MBA 2428 TQM
MBA 2438 MIS
MBA 2448 International Business
MBA 2458 E-Commerce
MBA 2468 Development Economics

Research Courses required for the Thesis option (9units)
MBA 2978 Elements of Business Research
MBA 2988 Research Proposal
MBA 2998 Thesis Counseling

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:
2 years’ full time work experience after the bachelors’ degree. 
Bachelor’s degree (any subject) with at least a B- average (2.0)
However, those without a bachelor’s degree in business or commerce and those with a Bachelors degree in business and commerce but have a GPA of less than B – (2.0) are required to take 12 additional units of pre-requisite courses [MBA 200A Business Statistics, MBA 200B Accounting Principles, MBA 200C Macro-Micro Economics and MBA 200D Computer Applications in Business] making the MBA 57 units

Total length of time allowed to complete the MBA is 5 years. If a student does not finish within that time, he/she will receive a Certificate in Graduate Business Studies (see below) and be removed from the program. 

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS: (3 units)
All students are required to take a comprehensive exam after completing their coursework. Those in the non-thesis option will, after successfully passing all parts of the comprehensive exam, receive their MBA.

Students who fail portions of the comprehensive exam will be required to retake the failed section(s). Students failing a second time will have to retake/re-enroll in the failed subject(s) and then take the comprehensive exam the next time it is offered. There will be a special fee charged for the retake exam(s). Failure thrice in a single section of the comprehensive exam will result in a Certificate in Graduate Business Studies and removal from the MBA program.

CERTIFICATE IN GRADUATE BUSINESS STUDIES
Students may choose to take four graduate courses in business without formal admission to the MBA program and receive a Certificate in Graduate Business Studies (CGBS).  Students may receive up to two (2) Certificates in GBS, but only 12 credits will be credited toward an MBA. MBA students will receive a CGBS if they fail the same section of the comprehensive exam three times.

Certificates will be awarded in these concentrations.
Marketing Management: MBA 2308, MBA 2348, and TWO of MBA 2318, MBA 2368 , MBA 2338or MBA 2358
Promotions Management:  MBA 2308, MBA 2348, MBA 2328, MBA 2358
International Business:   MBA 2368 and THREE of MBA 2468, MBA 2448, MBA 2458 or MBA 2128
Management:  MBA 2018 and THREE of MBA 2348, MBA 2428, MBA 2438 and MBA 2458
Operations Management: MBA 2018, MBA 2038, MBA 2418, MBA 2428
Financial Management:    MBA 2108, MBA 2118, MBA 2128, MBA 2138
Human Resource Management:   MBA 2068, MBA 2208, and TWO of MBA 2218, MBA 2238 or MBA 2248.
Entrepreneurship: MEM/MBA 2018, MEM 2028/MBA 2108, MEM/MBA 2058, MEM/MBA 2308,
General Business:  MBA 2018, MBA 2028, MBA 2108, MBA 2308
 
Sequence of MBA Course Offerings
Pre-requisites MBA 200A, 200B, 200C, 200 D