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 College 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.

REGULAR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The candidate's performance on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and the candidate's undergraduate work will be used to determine admission status. The formula used to determine regular admission is:

GMAT score (Minimum of 450) + (200 x the undergraduate GPA) >= 1000; or

GMAT score (Minimum of 450) + (200 x the upper division GPA)> = 1050

The completed application, including all supporting papers, must be received by the Graduate Admissions Office no later than three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester in which the applicant anticipates beginning graduate study. Applicants may enter any semester. Admission is granted after meeting the admission standards.

PROVISIONAL ADMISSION EXIT REQUIREMENTS

Provisional admission requirements will be 50 points below the formula for regular admission with a minimum GMAT score of 400. To exit provisional status students must have no grade below a "B" in the first 9 to 12 hours of courses in provisional status (or a combination of conditional and provisional status).

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants who apply too late for full consideration for admission and/or have not submitted all required documents for evaluation may be assigned conditional admission status. While in this status a student may register for one semester only, by completing a Georgia College & State University Conditional Registration Agreement for Graduate Students. This form requires the signatures of both the student and the graduate coordinator. Students may take ONLY 5000-level courses while in conditional status. Any student who registers under this agreement must be admitted to either regular or provisional status by the end of the first semester of enrollment to continue taking courses in the degree program.

Students may take no more than 12 hours of coursework in conditional and provisional status combined.

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.

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 College 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 College of Business. All credit applied toward the degree shall have been earned within seven years prior to the completion of the program of study.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For information, contact: Director of Graduate Programs in Business, J. Whitney Bunting College 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.