Economics (B.A.) to M.B.A. Program
This pre-M.B.A. program allows advanced economics students to begin to pursue their M.B.A. degree while completing their undergraduate program. If students begin their graduate coursework while completing their undergraduate programs, they could earn their undergraduate and graduate degrees at an accelerated rate.
Economics students can supplement their undergraduate coursework with up to six credits of specified M.B.A. graduate courses. The M.B.A. courses would satisfy both graduate and undergraduate program requirements.
Students are allowed to enroll in up to four graduate-level M.B.A. courses while completing undergraduate coursework; however, only two of those courses (six credits) would be eligible for application to the undergraduate degree. If students opt to take an additional two courses at the graduate level while completing the undergraduate degree, these courses would only apply to the graduate program requirements. All four graduate courses would satisfy M.B.A. program requirements.
Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the universitywide undergraduate admission requirements, students are permitted to submit an application and, if approved, take graduate M.B.A. courses if they have
- at least 60 credits but no more than 90 credits and
- a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4.
Graduate Student Status
Upon completion of up to four 500 level MBA courses (each with a minimum grade of C) and the awarding of their bachelor’s degree, students must apply to the M.B.A. program to attain admission to this program.
MBA Courses
Economics students must take MBA 511 as one of the graduate-level options, and this must be the first graduate-level course in which the students enroll.
Students who would like to obtain a minor in business, along with their undergraduate program, as part of the B.A. to M.B.A. option can apply two MBA courses to their business minor.