Business Administration, BA/MBA

Overview

Clark’s MBA program provides you with a firm foundation in leadership and corporate accountability. You acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to address the ever-changing issues facing modern business leaders.

We have a strong commitment to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), integrating the legal, political, ethical, social and environmental responsibilities of management into our research and teaching. Our program is designed for aspiring leaders who want to take businesses in socially responsible directions in order to make a real, lasting difference.

Departmental Eligibility Requirements

The accelerated BA/MBA program is open to students from any undergraduate major. Prerequisite courses are required.  

Economics: ECON 010  

Statistics/Calculus: QBUS 110  , ECON 160 , MATH 119  , MATH 120  , or MATH 121 .

Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C or higher by the end of the second semester of their junior year. AP credit may count towards a prerequisite requirement. However, Clark’s MBA program has many quantitative course requirements, and students are encouraged to take at least one quantitative course during their undergraduate years to help them prepare if they have AP credit for the math prerequisite. 

A minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.6 is required for eligibility in the BA/MBA program. Students should note this is a higher GPA requirement than other accelerated degree programs require.

For ALL School of Business Accelerated Degree Applicants

As part of the application process, all applicants to the accelerated degree program must meet with both the Assistant Dean, Laura Burgess, and the Associate Director of the Stevenish Career Management Center before the accelerated degree adviser form will be signed and approved by the School of Business. These meetings need to take place before the accelerated degree application deadline.

Program of Study

The MBA program requires 12 units of graduate coursework. Students should plan on taking 3-4 units of graduate coursework in their senior year. 

The following 3 graduate courses will be required: 

ACCT 4101  

MGMT 4053  OR MGMT 4302  

STAT 4300  

If approved by the accelerated MBA advisor, students may take BAN 4500 , FIN 4200 , or MKT 4400  as one of their senior year graduate courses in place of one of the MGMT courses.

Students complete the remaining units of MBA coursework in their graduate year. For details on the MBA requirements, visit the Business Administration, MBA  program page.

All MBA students choose a concentration. Concentration options include Accounting, Expanding Accounting (this concentration requires additional courses beyond the 12 units), Finance, Information Management and Business Analytics, Management, Marketing, and Social Change & Sustainability.

A graduate internship is required of all full time on campus accelerated BA/MBA students prior to the completion of a student’s graduate degree. Internships completed at the undergraduate level do not meet this requirement. No academic credit is awarded for the internship requirement.

For more information on the MBA program, students should visit the MBA program description page.

Fees

This program is eligible for a 100% tuition remission in a student’s graduate year if the student meets all accelerated degree requirements. All accelerated degree students will be responsible for fees during their graduate year of study. For more information on accelerated degree program fees, visit the accelerated degree program website.

Program Advisor

Students are required to meet with the designated degree adviser prior to applying to the program.

Laura Burgess, Assistant Dean
School of Business
lburgess@clarku.edu
508-793-7744