Corporate Master of Business Administration

To be admitted to the Corporate M.B.A. degree program, an applicant must:

• Be employed full-time in a managerial position in the private or public sector in an organization sponsoring a Corporate M.B.A. cohort.

• Be nominated for acceptance into the program by at least one representative of the employing organization. It is expected that the employing organization will provide substantial or full financial sponsorship to anyone nominated for the program.

• Have approval from the employing organization to attend all program residency sessions.

• Have a bachelor\xc2\x92s degree from a recognized educational institution.

• Have an academic record equivalent to at least 3.00 (B) in the last two years of undergraduate work.

• Have managerial work experience, including professional or supervisory responsibility. The quality of an individual\xc2\x92s work experience will be more important than the quantity of experience in assessing an applicant\xc2\x92s qualifications.

• Have a high degree of potential for advancement to an organizational leadership role.

• Possess important personal and managerial attributes, such as intellectual curiosity, excellent communication skills, maturity, openness to new ideas and change, leadership qualities, analytical thinking ability, perseverance, and an ability to lead and work in teams.

In general, admission to the program is competitive and individuals meeting the minimum standards are not guaranteed admission. Applicants to the program may compensate for deficiencies in their background by securing a strong score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or by providing other information that clearly demonstrates outstanding managerial competence and potential. Submitted GMAT scores must not be more than five years old (as measured relative to the date an application is submitted to the Corporate M.B.A. program).

Students who are admitted to the Corporate M.B.A. program should have some background knowledge of and exposure to statistics, as well as a working knowledge of software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and data-based management systems. Each student is expected to have a laptop computer with a minimum configuration approved by the Corporate M.B.A. program office.

Students who are admitted to the Corporate M.B.A. program must participate in a non-credit orientation program and in any non-credit preparatory modules deemed necessary by the program office at the time of a student\xc2\x92s admission. The orientation and preparatory modules may involve an introduction to faculty and the curriculum, accounting basics, team skills, and/or analytic or quantitative analysis skills.