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The MBA Degree at SFASU
The MBA degree at
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is an evening
program.
Students can attend full or part time. The program consists
of 36
semester hours (12 courses), of which 24 hours (8 courses) are required
and 12 hours (4 courses) are electives. Students who do not
have
a strong business background may require additional “leveling” work,
which can be completed through formal coursework or short on-line
courses.
To be admitted, an applicant must:
-take the GMAT and make a score of 450 or higher.
-have
a bachelor’s degree and provide official transcripts (translated into
English if applicable) from all colleges and universities attended.
-meet one of the two formulas:
(undergraduate GPA x 200) +
GMAT >= 1000
(upper division GPA x 200) +
GMAT >= 1050
“Upper division” is either the last 60 hours of coursework excluding
freshman-level courses, or all junior/senior courses.
-if the
applicant’s native language is not English, take the TOEFL and make a
score of at least 550 on the paper test, or 213 on the computer test,
or 80 on the Internet test.
-complete the on-line application and pay the application fee
(currently $35.00 for U.S. applicants and $75.00 for others).
Prior management work experience is strongly recommended but not
required.
Information for prospective graduate students including the application
form and cost information can be found at http://www2.sfasu.edu/graduate/ProspStudents/index.html
. Applications are accepted year-round and must be
complete
at least 30 days prior to the start of the desired semester.
A
limited number of part-time Graduate Teaching Assistant positions are
available and must be applied for directly with the department offering
each position. It is not usually possible to guarantee an
assistantship position prior to admission. Most financial aid
is
in the form of loans. For more information on all types of
financial aid, call the Financial Aid Office at
(936)468-2403.
All MBA students must complete the following eight required courses (24
semester hours):
ACC 511
Accounting for Management
BLW 547
Transnational Business Law
ECO 520
Managerial Economics
FIN 514
Advanced Financial Management
MGT 571
Operations Management
MGT 577
Organizational Behavior and Theory
MGT 517
Strategic Management
MKT 513
Marketing Management
In
addition, students must complete 12 semester hours (four courses) of
approved electives. Each MBA student must make a grade of “B” or better
in the capstone MGT 517 course to satisfy the university comprehensive
exam requirement. MGT 517 must be taken in the last semester of study,
but may be taken simultaneously with other MBA courses.
The MBA
Program offers two majors and five areas of emphasis. Students who
select their electives so as to have a total of 18 graduate hours in
management may declare a major in that subject and may optionally
choose to declare an emphasis in Human Resources Management. Otherwise,
the major will be in general business, and one of the following
emphasis areas may optionally be chosen:
Accounting*
Finance
Human Resources Management
International Business*
Marketing*
*Few
MBA students will have the necessary background to complete three
electives in accounting. Due to budget issues, electives are
currently very limited in international business and marketing.
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