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Department of Management, Marketing and General Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Online Course Mode

Introduction

*WT's College of Business has one of the top online MBA programs available today (Selling Power Magazine, 2003 and GetEducated.com, 2004, 2006, and 2008 ). Selling Power editors Ranked WT on their list of the 50 best and most comprehensive online MBA programs and on their list of the Top 10 most affordable online MBA degrees. GetEducated.com ranked the WT MBA program as a top 25 best buy (3rd out of 91 comprehensive programs for 2008) for regionally accredited programs.

The College of Business offers a complete MBA program that is available exclusively via the Internet or can combine online courses with campus courses to meet degree requirements. Students are able to take every course required for graduation online. The online courses are the same that on-campus students must take, but feature the convenience of learning from home at any time of the day. Students that do not want to complete their course work exclusively online are welcome to complete courses on campus in addition to the online mode. The MBA program is generally designed for completion within a two-year period, although a few students complete the program in as little as eighteen months while others take as long as six years.

MBA frequently asked questions

 

 

General Admission Requirements

  1. Admission: Students are granted admission when the applicant has an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher and scores in the 50th percentile or higher in one or more categories (math, verbal or analytical) of the GMAT.
  2. Conditional Admission: Students that do not qualify for regular admission are granted conditional admission when the applicant has an undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or higher and scores in the 25th percentile or higher on the composite score of the GRE or GMAT.
  3. Students not qualifying for regular or conditional admission will be denied admission and may consult with the dean of the Graduate School for assistance on future admission possibilities or possible committee review for conditional admission based on special circumstances consistent with House Bill 1641.

 

 

M.B.A. Requirements (40 or 49 graduate hours)

M.B.A. Foundation Courses (0 or 9 graduate hours)

  • Students with an undergraduate degree in business administration or a closely related field and a grade point average of 2.8 or higher are not required to take foundation courses. 
  • Students with an undergraduate degree outside of business administration or an undergraduate degree in business administration with a grade point average below 2.8 are required to take 9 semester hours from the following: ACCT 6300, ECON 6300, IDM 6300, MGT 6300, MKT 6300, FIN 6300, and BUSI 6300.  The explicit nine semester hours are determined by the associate dean.  In addition, the associate dean may select more than 9 semester hours of foundation courses in special cases where student academic background in business administration, grade point average or work experience are limited.

M.B.A. Core Courses (28 graduate hours)

  • ACCT 6305
  • IDM 6305
  • IDM 6310 
  • FIN 6320
  • ECON 6305 or 6306
  • MKT 6340
  • MGT 6334
  • MGT 6318
  • Three semester hours in international business from ECON 6341, FIN 5323, MGT 6330, or MKT 6319.
  • BUSI 6105 (MBA Portfolio)

Courses for Emphasis Areas (12 graduate hours)

  • MBA-General Business*—twelve semester hours of graduate business electives.***
  • MBA-Agriculture**—twelve semester hours of agriculture courses.
  • MBA—Computer Information Systems****— twelve semester hours of IDM courses.
  • MBA—Management*—nine semester hours of management courses; three semester hours of elective courses.***
  • MBA—Marketing*—nine semester hours of marketing courses; three semester hours of elective courses.***
  • MBA—Healthcare Management Emphasis— twelve graduate hours of BUSI 5370, MGT 6370, MKT 6370, ECON 6370, FIN 6370, IDM 6375/MGT 6375.

*These emphasis areas must include at least three semester hours of 6300-level courses in the College of Business.

**Agriculture emphasis area must include at least six semester hours of 6300-level courses in the Department of Agricultural Sciences.

***An elective course may be any graduate-level course in the College of Business or, with approval, one elective graduate course may be taken outside the College of Business.

****Students seeking an emphasis in CIS may substitute a 6300-level CIS elective for CIS 6305.

*****Leveling courses ACCT 6330, ECON 6300, FIN 6300, IDM 6300, BUSI 6300, MGT 6300, and MKT 6300 are not elective coruses and can only be used to meet leveling requirements as part of degree completion. 

For information, contact:
Dr. LaVelle Mills, associate dean at 806-651-3866 or email lmills@wtamu.edu.

Summer I 2010 Courses:

  1. ACCT 6305 via online with L. Kreissl
  2. ACCT 6310 via online with K. Friske 
  3. BUSI 6105 via online with D. De'Armond
  4. ECON 6341 via online with R. Pjesky
  5. FIN 6330 via online with H. Wang
  6. IDM 5310 via online with J. Babb
  7. IDM 6310 via online with A. Abdullat
  8. MGT 6318 via online with Q. Xiao
  9. MKT 5346 via online with D. De'Armond 

Summer II 2010 Courses:

  1. MGT 6350 via online with B. Shao
  2. MKT 6370 via online with Racherla, Xiao, Macy, and Murphy

Fall 2010 Courses:

  1. ACCT 6300 via  online with K. Friske
  2. ACCT 6305 via online with L. Kreissl
  3. ACCT 6310 via online with K. Friske
  4. CIDM 6300 via online with M. Jafar 
  5. ECON 6305 via online with S. Murphy
  6. FIN 5311 via online with P. Humphrey
  7. FIN 5320 via online with A. Macy
  8. FIN 5323 via online with H. Wang
  9. FIN 6370 via online with A. Macy
  10. MKT 5342 via online with D. De'Armond
  11. MKT 6340 via online with N. Gerlich

Spring 2010 Courses:

  1. ACCT 6320 via Online with D. Pulliam
  2. BUSI 6105 via Online with D. De'Armond
  3. BUSI 6300 via Online with G. Rider 
  4. ECON 6305 via Online with D. Rosa 
  5. ECON 6370 via Online with S. Murphy
  6. FIN 5320 via Online with A. Macy
  7. FIN 6300 via Online with H. Wang
  8. FIN 6320 via Online with J. Owens 
  9. IDM 6305 via Online with B. Shao 
  10. MGT 5330 via Online with M. Mobley
  11. MGT 6334 via Online with L. Mills
  12. MGT 6370 via Online with Q. Xiao
  13. MKT 5344 via Online with T. Kilic
  14. MKT 6319 via Online with S. Anwar