Admission Criteria

Applicants for admission are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), which is administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Applicants are encouraged to take the GMAT well in advance of applying to a graduate program. To schedule an appointment to take the GMAT, applicants may call 1-800-462-8669 or visit the GMAC Web site at www.mba.com.

All applications for admission are considered on the basis of their own merits, with weight given to the strength of a student’s previous academic performance, scores obtained on the GMAT, professional experiences indicating increasing levels of responsibility, and any other pertinent information which the candidate for admission may provide to the Committee on Admissions.

For admission to the full-time day M.B.A. program, applicants are required to have attained a minimum score of 550 on the GMAT and have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or above. To be admitted to the full-time day M.B.A. program as an honors scholar, applicants are required to have attained a minimum score of 600 on the GMAT and have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.3 or above.

Transfer of Credit

Opportunities to transfer credit from other institutions into the M.B.A. Program are extremely limited, and only course work completed at AACSB accredited schools will be considered. A maximum of 9 semester hours beyond the core competency levels will be considered for transfer credit. Graduate transfer credit in this program is always limited to ensure that a minimum of 30 post-core competency credits are taken in residence.

Statute of Limitation

All credits applied toward the M.B.A. degree must be earned within the period of five years starting from the date of completion of the first course applicable to the degree. Exceptions will be made for any period of intervening military service. M.B.A. students in the Zarb School of Business who have no record of attendance in the School for a period of 15 months or more after the last semester completed, including summer sessions, may be required to file for readmission and follow the requirements set forth in the Graduate Studies Bulletin in effect upon such readmission.

Program Requirements Semester Hours: 41-48

 A range of 41-48 semester hours is required for the M.B.A. degree. Previous course work is evaluated by the Graduate Programs Office of the Zarb School of Business upon a student’s admission. 

Some residency workshops, core competencies, and advanced core courses may be waived based upon previous academic work, and this will determine the total number of workshops and semester hours required for the M.B.A. degree. No credit will be allowed for core competency or graduate courses with D grades. These courses must be repeated.

The Program is comprised of the following five components:

• Component I      Residency Workshops (No credit)
• Component II     Core Competencies (2-6 s.h.)
• Component III    Advanced Core (21-24 s.h.)
• Component IV    The Major Concentrations (15 s.h.)
• Component V     Capstone Integrative Course (3 s.h.)
• Component VI   Internship (no credit) for full-time day M.B.A. students only

Component IV -Major Concentration - Semester Hours: 15

• QM 285 - Business Process Management Semester Hours: 3

• Cross-listed under MGT.

• QM 286 - Statistical Quality Control Semester Hours: 3

• Cross-listed under MGT.

• QM 287 - Six Sigma Quality Management Semester Hours: 3

• Cross-listed under MGT.

• QM 290 - Seminar in Contemporary Issues in Quality Management Semester Hours: 3

• Cross-listed under MGT.

• QM 291 - Practicum in Quality Management Semester Hours: 3

• Cross-listed under MGT.

Component VI - Internship (no credit) for full-time day M.B.A. students only