Business Administration M.B.A.

Gina Donahue, MBA, Director, MBA Programs

Office: Demergasso-Bava Hall 209a
Phone: (209) 667-3683

Professors: Filling, Hernandez, Huang, Kotrozo, Wagner, Zong
Associate Professors: Hinrichs, J. Li, Panagopoulos, Xie, Zhu
Assistant Professors: S. Kim, Song

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The Master of Business Administration program provides study in advanced concepts of business, industry, and government operations. This program is designed for the active manager or technical supervisor as well as the recent graduate who is interested in advanced study in the field of business. The program includes accounting, finance, operations management, marketing, economics, management, and computer information systems.

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes

1. Students will have the advanced knowledge of the business disciplines and apply the knowledge in new and unfamiliar circumstances.  Objective:  Students will demonstrate advanced understanding of each business discipline (Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management). 
2. Students will demonstrate advanced communication skills.  Objective 2a:  Students will effectively present business analyses and recommendations through written forms of communication. Objective 2b: Students will effectively present business analyses and recommendations through oral forms of communication.
3. Students will be able to identify and critically analyze complex managerial challenges and opportunities and innovatively solve business problems.  Objective:  Students will analyze complex business situations and develop and implement innovative solutions to the business problems.
4. Students will be able to work collaboratively with others in group projects, in an organizational setting.  Objective:  Students will effectively participate and contribute in a team-based environment.
5. Students will be aware of various moral philosophies toward ethical business issues. Objective:  Students will recognize and analyze ethical problems in business settings and choose and defend their solutions.
6. Students will be able to identify and articulate the risks and opportunities for all stakeholders in a global market. Objective: Students will effectively analyze management issues from a global perspective.

Admission to the Program

Qualified applicants holding a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university may be admitted to the program. Each applicant must submit the following to the Graduate School:

1. A fully completed California State University Graduate Application for Admission form, submitted online at www.CalState.edu/Apply by the published deadline date. A minimum overall GPA of 2.8 is required, or a 2.8 GPA in the last 60 semester units attempted or last 90 quarter units attempted. Applicants are to include the following documentation and information within their Cal State Apply application:

• Recommendations: applicants must submit the names and email addresses for two professional sources who can complete a Recommender Form on behalf of the applicant. The Cal State Apply Recommender Forms must be submitted by the application deadline. A minimum of two letters of recommendation or evaluation forms from faculty and/or other professional sources.
• Statement of Purpose:  all applicants are required to submit a clear, well-written Statement of Purpose that highlights key academic and professional accomplishments, as well articulates future career goals.
• Resume: candidates must demonstrate a two-year record of relevant, full-time employment in a professional or supervisory role, or equivalent. Applicants wishing to enter the program without the required two year-experience may request a waiver of the work experience requirement based on exceptional academic performance.
• Unofficial Transcripts: applicants are to upload unofficial transcripts from each university or college where they completed coursework to their application.

2. One copy of official transcripts is required from each the university or college from which you earned your bachelor’s degree. Stanislaus State graduates do not need to submit official transcripts. If an applicant completed additional coursework after graduation, an official transcript will be required for that coursework. attended other than Stanislaus State, official transcripts are to be submitted to the Graduate School in MSR 120 by the application deadline.

3. Applicants with coursework from countries other than the United States are required to provide a comprehensive credential evaluation from an approved organization that will detail their degree and coursework’s equivalency to U.S. standards. Applicants whose undergraduate degree was instructed in other than English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and achieve minimum scores as required by the Office of International Education. International Education and Global Engagement.  Additional international admission requirements may apply.