MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH GENERAL BUSINESS     top

The objective of the MBA program is to educate a diverse group of men and women by providing them with the knowledge, analytical ability, and management skills necessary for leadership positions in a world characterized by a diverse work force, rapid technological change, and a fiercely competitive global marketplace. The MBA program at Texas Southern University provides general management education to individuals who have aspirations for advancement from their present positions or wish to prepare themselves for a new career.

Graduates of the MBA program are equipped with:

• an understanding of all basic business functions with an appreciation of how these functions are integrated and linked in the planning and execution of the overall business strategy.
• the analytical abilities necessary to interpret the changing business environment, to identify the causes of problems faced by business, and to provide innovative solutions to those problems.
• the skills necessary to communicate in an effective and persuasive manner to all audiences.
• competency in the use of information technology for communication, research, problem solving, decisionmaking, and information presentation.
• an appreciation of diversity, which is necessary to manage the changing work force effectively and to compete in global markets.
• an ability to understand the global economy in which business operates and to design an effective strategy for competing in global markets.
• an appreciation of the ethical, legal, and regulatory issues that must be considered in management decisionmaking.

MBA ADMISSION PROCESS    top

1. Students will be admitted to the MBA program once per year, in the Fall semester only. There will be no Spring or Summer admissions. The deadline for submission of all admission materials is July 15th (early submission is encouraged).
2. A complete application consists of the following materials:
   • Evidence of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
   • An official transcript of all undergraduate course work
   • A GMAT score (score must be from a test taken within the last five (5) years of your application date, to be considered)
   • A two-page career objective essay (including, a description of your greatest accomplishment and disappointment and what you learned from the experiences, as well as a brief discussion of your post- MBA goals)
   • Two confidential letters of recommendation about your strengths, weaknesses and commitment to excellence
   • A current résumé
   • Official TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language score if your native language is not English, unless you received an undergraduate degree from a U.S. college or university [550 or 213 computer base]).
3. Only completed applications (containing all required application materials listed above) will be reviewed for admission. Graduate application materials are received by the Graduate School and forwarded to the Jesse H. Jones School of Business for review by a faculty committee. The recommendation of the faculty committee is sent back to the Graduate School. The Graduate School will make the final admission decision and notify the applicant of the decision. Prospective students wishing to inquire about their application status should direct questions to the Graduate School, until an official admissions notification is received.

Admission to the MBA program as a conditional or an unconditional student requires a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Unconditional Admission: The applicant must submit a satisfactory Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score that will be used in conjunction with the applicant’s socioeconomic profile and the undergraduate grade point average to determine admission to graduate programs. The following are some factors that may be included in the socioeconomic profile used in the admission process.

1. Economic status of family when applicant was in elementary, secondary, and undergraduate school.
2. Applicant was first generation to attend undergraduate school.
3. Applicant was first generation to attend graduate or professional school.
4. Applicant is multilingual.
5. Applicant was employed while attending undergraduate school.
6. Applicant helped to raise other children in family.
7. Geographic residence in Texas of applicant at time of application.
8. Geographic region in which applicants high school is located.
9. Applicant demonstrated performance in community activities.
10. Applicant has demonstrated commitment to a particular field of study.
11. The presence or absence of role models with comparable graduate school training in the applicant’s region of residence.
12. The applicant’s performance during a personal interview.

Conditional Admission: The student must have at least a 3.00 undergraduate grade point average or the undergraduate grade point average on the last sixty (60) hours of course work must be at least 3.25. Students admitted in this category will be required to meet the unconditional admission criteria by the end of their first semester of enrollment. Failure to do so will result in the student being dropped from the program.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS    top

• ACCTG 231 – Financial Accounting
• ECON 231 or 232 – Principles of Economics
• FIN 301 – Principles of Finance
• MGMT 300 – Principles of Management
• MGSC 293 – Statistics
• MGSC 302 – Operations/Production Management
• MKTG 306 – Principles of Marketing

MBA COURSE REQUIREMENTS    top

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS    top

1. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required for all graduate work attempted.
2. A residency of at least one academic year, or its equivalent, is required.
3. Courses transferred may not exceed 6 semester hours, and a grade of “B” or better must have been earned in each course.
4. Not more than 6 semester credit hours of “C” work are accepted toward satisfying graduation and degree requirements.
5. The program must be completed within 6 calendar years.
6. All graduate students are required to score a “3” or better on the writing component of the GMAT, or pass an English proficiency exam during their first semester, or obtain a passing grade in English 501.
7. To be considered full-time, a student must register for at least 9 semester hours of graduate work per semester. A normal course load consists of 12 semester hours. The maximum load that can be taken is 15 semester hours. A student who takes 15 semester hours must have an overall graduate grade point average of 3.5 or better and not be employed full-time.

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APPLICATION TO THE MASTER'S PROGRAM    top

Application for Admission to the Master's Degree Program