MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

CAREER INFORMATION—M.B.A.

An informal survey of business executives in the local area showed a very positive response to the Master of Business Administration degree offered by the J. Whitney Bunting School of Business at Georgia College & State University. The degree is used as a recruiting tool by the area chambers of commerce in their brochures designed to attract domestic and international industrial firms to the central Georgia area. Graduates are employed in such areas as profit-oriented health care facilities, mining plants, CPA firms, mental health care facilities, consulting management and engineering firms, corporate communication firms, corporate accounting, regional marketing, the Internal Revenue Service, financial institutions, and other private and public organizations.

PROGRAM OF STUDY

Principles of Accounting l

Business Finance

College-level Economics

College-level Statistics

Foundation courses may be waived if undergraduate equivalent completed with a grade of "C" or better.

Required of all students. Must have regular status to register for 6000-level courses. Students must meet all prerequisites for courses in the business core or have permission of the graduate director.

Six hours of 6000 level business courses approved by the graduate director. Must have regular status to register for 6000-level courses.

*Additional courses may be required for students who have not met the foundation course requirements.

The entering student with an appropriate academic background may be able to complete the Master of Business Administration degree with a minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate work. All programs of study are based on individual student needs as stipulated by the graduate director.

Refer to the Course Description Section of this catalog for courses and course descriptions.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS—M.B.A.

In addition to meeting the normal University requirements for graduation, the M.B.A. candidate must have an overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 on all graduate business courses taken in the Georgia College & State University J. Whitney Bunting School of Business. In addition, the student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on all 6000 level courses taken in the Georgia College & State University J. Whitney Bunting School of Business. All credit applied toward the degree shall have been earned within seven years prior to the completion of the program of study.

Refer to the Course Description Section of this catalog for courses and course descriptions.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For information, contact: Director of Graduate Programs in Business, J. Whitney Bunting School of Business, Georgia College & State University, Campus Box 019, Milledgeville, GA 31061. The graduate director may be reached by telephone at (478) 445-5115. The director's e-mail address is lynn.hanson@gcsu.edu.