Information & Policies

MBA Program Objectives

1. Instill an orientation focused on continually improving organizational effectiveness.
2. Establish critical thinking skills.
3. Enhance the capacity to interact productively with an organization's diverse constituencies.
4. Develop communication, interpersonal and decision-making skills.
5. Crystallize and expand a value system which actively encourages realizing individual potential.
6. Develop an understanding of the different knowledge technologies appropriate to the primary functional areas of an organization.

Course Format

All MBA program courses are offered in an eight-week format. Two eight-week sessions are offered in each semester: Fall, Spring and Summer. All MBA courses consist of 40 classroom hours with a typical course meeting for ten four-hour sessions distributed over eight weeks: eight week-day evening meetings and two Saturday meetings. One of the Saturday sessions will be a "Success Skills Workshop."

Class Meeting Times

Evening classes meet 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m
Saturday classes meet either 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Times for the Success Skills Workshops vary. A typical workshop runs from 8:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m.

Time to Complete

One Year Pace: A student with an undergraduate degree in business may complete the MBA program in one year, or three consecutive semesters, provided the student begins coursework in either Session I of Fall Semester or Session I of Spring Semester. For example, a student beginning in Session I of Fall semester and enrolling in two courses each eight week session of the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters would graduate at the end of the summer semester. A student beginning in Session I of Spring semester and enrolling in two courses each eight week session of Spring, Summer and Fall semester would graduate at the end of the Fall semester.

Two Year Pace: A student may opt for the two year completion pace. The two-year pace is similar to the one year pace except that a student would enroll in only one class each eight week session.

Set Your Own Pace:A student may set his/her own pace, taking courses as convenient, but must complete all coursework in five years from enrollment in the first MBA course.

Degree Requirements

The MBA degree requires 36 semester hours of coursework for a student who demonstrates all required competencies upon entry.

MBA Foundation Course
MBA 601 Critical Thinking (3 sem. hrs.)

Common Body of Knowledge (MBA Core)
MBA 611 Managerial Accounting (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 612 Marketing Management (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 613 Managerial Economics (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 614 Managerial Finance (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 615 Information Analysis (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 635 Social and Ethical Responsibility (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 636 Org. Behavior/ Design (3 sem. hrs.)
MBA 752 Strategic Management (3 sem. hrs.)

Total Foundation and Common Body of Knowledge Credit Hours: 27 sem. hrs.

MBA Tracks (9 sem. hrs.*)
Total MBA requirements: 36 sem. hrs.

*MBA Tracks

MBA – Management Track degree requirements consist of 27 credit hours of foundation and common core and 3 specialized track courses of 3 credit hours each (9 credit hours) as follows:

MBA 640 International Business (3 credit hrs.)
MBA 641 Project Management (3 credit hrs.)
MBA 642 Information Systems (3 credit hrs.)

MBA – Health Care Management Track degree requirements consist of 27 credit hours of foundation and common core and 4 specialized track courses (9 credit hours) as follows:

MBA 651 Health Care Policy and Law (2 credit hrs.)
MBA 652 Health Care Organizations (2 credit hrs.)
MBA 653 Health Care Finance (2 credit hrs.)
MBA 654 Self Directed Study (3 credit hrs.)

MBA – Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Track degree requirements consists of 27 hours of foundation common core and three (3) specialized track courses (9 credits) as follows:

MBA 671 Integrated Marketing Communications (3 credit hrs.)
MBA 672 Media and Technology (3 credit hrs.)
MBA 673 Customer Relationship Marketing Strategies (3 credit hrs.)

Expected Competencies

Students beginning the MBA program are expected to demonstrate competency in the functional areas of business (accounting, finance, economics) and quantitative analysis. A student holding an undergraduate degree in business satisfies the competencies in the functional areas of business. A score in the twenty-fifth percentile or higher on the quantitative section of the GMAT exam provides evidence of competency in quantitative analysis.

Various options for demonstrating competency are available to students who do not hold the undergraduate degree in business. Bridge-up coursework is one option and is available at the Walsh University School for Professional Studies Program in an accelerated format. A student may enroll in bridge-up coursework while taking courses in the MBA program. Bridge-up courses are not degree requirements, nor are they counted in a student's GPA. The program director and advisor are available to discuss other options. 

Transfer/Waiver Policies

The MBA program permits transfer of credit hours for courses equivalent to those in Walsh's MBA program. In no case will transfer credit exceed six courses or 18 semester hours in the MBA program. Transferred credit is not included in the calculation of the student's GPA.

Each course transferred in under this procedure will require the separate approval of the related Walsh University MBA course graduate faculty and director. Transfer credit is not to be viewed as an automatic student right.

A MBA student with an undergraduate business degree may be considered for a waiver of a MBA 610 course(s) corresponding to the student's undergraduate major(s). The waived course would be replaced by equivalent credit hours in a graduate course.