Online Master of Business Administration MBA
The Master in Business Administration (MBA) develops
students for the role managers play in defining business problems,
assessing information, considering alternatives, and choosing the
best solution. Imagine the manager as the hub of a wheel. From the
hub radiate spokes, each representing a specific discipline, such
as finance, law, marketing, operations, information systems, etc.
Each of these "spokes" generates inputs for the manager
to assess and incorporate into the decision-making process. The
manager is a critical user of these inputs in making the decision.
Although generally not the original producer of the information,
the manager must be able to assess the validity and reliability
of the information in building a business case for the decision.
To prepare
students for this decision-making role, the MBA has been designed
to introduce the theory or principles that frame a wide range
of problems or issues in each of the courses. The most current
techniques or tools are applied to these theories to allow students
to practice making decisions to solve a wide range of problems.
The MBA consists
of 46 credit hours. Thirty-one credit hours constitute the core
curriculum and 15 additional credit hours complete the MBA. The
core begins with a one-credit, three-workshop, Managerial Communication
course designed to build strategies for success in the MBA. It
is a prerequisite to all the courses that follow. The remainder
of the core consists of 10, three-credit courses, which all students
who receive an MBA from the University of Phoenix must complete.
Those students in the MBA without specialization will complete
five additional prescribed courses to hone their problem solving
skills.
Each University
of Phoenix MBA student will create and maintain an electronic
portfolio reflecting the student's achievements throughout the
MBA program. It will include assignments from each course, typically
individual assignments, as well as other outcomes the student
may wish to add. These assignments will demonstrate the student's
ability to solve business problems at the graduate level and serve
as a partial catalog of the skills the student has mastered.
Online
MBA Required Course Study
COM 515
Managerial Communication
1 credit
ORG 502G
Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
3 credits
LAW 529G
Legal Environment of Business
3 credits
MKT 551G
Marketing Management
3 credits
QNT 530G
Statistics and Research Methods for Managerial Decisions
3 credits
MGT 554G
Operations Management
3 credits
ECO 533G
Economics for Managerial Decision Making
3 credits
ACC 529G
Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
3 credits
FIN 544G
Finance for Managerial Decision Making
3 credits
CIS 564.4G
Information Management in Business
3 credits
EBUS 500.1G
e-Business Principles and Practices
3 credits
QNT 531G
Advanced Problems in Statistics and Research Methods
3 credits
FIN 545G
Advanced Problems in Finance
3 credits
MGT 573G
Project Management in the Business Environment
3 credits
MGT 578G
Strategy Formulation and Implementation
3 credits
MGT 599G
Cases in Decision Making
3 credits
The University
reserves the right to modify the required course of study.
MBA
Course Waiver Policy
Students may
waive a maximum of 9 credits, not to exceed four University courses.
California students, including Online, may only waive 6 credits
from their Required Course of Study on the basis of transferable
coursework. To meet the criteria for transfer, the course to be
transferred must:
1.
Be completed within the last ten years with a grade of "B"
or higher at a regionally accredited, or approved nationally accredited,
or candidate for accreditation college or university.
2.
Be comparable in content and credits to the University of Phoenix
course being waived, and be a graduate level course.
3.
Be an official transcript of the college or university where the
credit was earned.
Students who
wish to waive a course must make a formal written request to the
Office of Admissions, citing the course they wish waived, the
course to be transferred, and the university where the course
was completed. An official catalog course description and syllabus
must accompany the request along with a copy of the catalog cover
from which the course description was taken. The official transcript
from the institution where the course was completed must also
be submitted unless it was previously submitted to the University.
Managerial
Communication, COM 515, and Cases in Decision Making, MGT 599,
will not be waived from the degree program.
Online
MBA Admission Requirements
The requirements for admission to the MBA program are as follows:
1.
The completed and signed University of Phoenix graduate application
and an application fee.
2.
An undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited, or approved
nationally accredited, or candidate for accreditation college
or university, or a comparable degree from a recognized institution
outside of the United States.
3.
Official transcripts verifying all coursework earned toward the
bachelor's degree and any graduate coursework attempted.
4.
A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 (on a 4.0=A scale)
as shown on the Undergraduate degree posted transcript.
5.
Verification of a minimum of three years of significant full-time,
post high school work experience related to the degree program.
6.
Current employment. Unemployed applicants must verify access to
a suitable work environment in which to complete classroom assignments.
7.
For non-native speakers of English, a score of 550 on the Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The following may exempt
a non-native speaker from having to take the TOEFL:
Successful
completion of 30 transferable, academic semester credits at
a regionally accredited college or university in the United
States.
Successful
completion of 30 transferable, academic semester credits at
a recognized college or University in a country in which English
is the official language.
U.S. high
school diploma or GED.
Equivalent
of a U.S. high school diploma from a country in which English
is the official language.
Official documents
are required.
MBA
Degree Requirements
The following requirements must be satisfied to earn the MBA degree:
1. Completion
of the 46 semester credit Required Course of Study with a minimum
grade point average of 3.0 ("B"). The University will
accept up to 9 semester hours of graduate credit toward completion
of the Required Course of Study.
2. Payment
of all tuition and fees.
3. Completion
of the University's Comprehensive Cognitive Assessment post-test.
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