Master of Business Administration: Early Career & Chg (MBA)

MBA students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of sixty (60) credits of approved MBA course work and have no pending grades or grades of "Incomplete." The sixty (60) credits include thirty-eight (38) credits of required courses (which includes the required first-year and second-year core courses and the required experiential elective course), plus a minimum of twenty-two (22) credits of additional elective course work.

Required courses: The thirty-eight (38) credits of required courses are listed below.

Required Coursework:

First-year Core Courses

• course - Data Analysis, Modeling & Decision Making (3 credits)

• course - Managing Individuals, Teams, and Organizations (3 credits)

• course - Accounting for Managers (3 credits)

• course - Marketing: Creating Satisfied Consumers (3 credits)

• course - PACE I: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises (3 credits)

• course - PACE II: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises (4 credits)

• course - Finance and Economics 1 (3 credits)

• course - Finance and Economics 2 (3 credits)

• course - Operations & Systems Management (3 credits)

Second-year Required Courses

• course - Politics & Public Policy for Managers (3 credits)

• course - Strategic Management (3 credits)

Experiential Elective Requirement

• GSM 6xxx - Experiential Elective (4 credits)

Elective Coursework:

A minimum of twenty-two (22) credits of elective course work (in addition to the four credits from the required Experiential Elective course) are required for graduation.

Required Experiential Elective: A minimum of four (4) credits from an Experiential Elective course is required for graduation as shown in the list of required courses. Experiential Elective courses are special elective courses that include a meaningful interaction with organizations or environments, input from the organizations or environments that affects the completion of a deliverable for the class, and an opportunity for students to formally reflect on the factors which led to the success or failure of the experiential activity. Experiential Elective courses are designated by the faculty and are identified on the schedule of classes. Students may take more than one Experiential Elective if they choose.

Integrated Knowledge Experience Week (IKEW) Exercises: MBA students must satisfactorily complete the IKEW requirement of the MBA program.

Academic Concentrations: Choosing a concentration is not required. Students may also choose to select elective courses based on their own needs and career goals.

Minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average and Good Standing. MBA candidates for graduation must have a cumulative Atkinson School grade point average of 3.00 (B) or higher, comply with requirements determined by the school's faculty, and be in good standing within all policies of the Atkinson School and Willamette University.

Maximum Credits from Pass/Fail, Pass/No-Pass, Transfer and Waived Courses:
A maximum of twenty-one (21) credits from Pass/Fail and/or Pass/No-Pass course work, credit waiver or transfer credits may be applied toward the 60-credit graduation requirement. Credits may be applied from a combination of courses/credits within the limits listed below and may not exceed a total of twenty-one (21) credits.

• A maximum of fifteen (15) credits may be applied from International Exchange.

• A maximum of seven (7) credits may be applied from Internship for Management I, II & III.

• A maximum of six (6) credits may be applied from the combination of Independent Study and Research coursework.

• A maximum of six (6) credits may be applied from course Foreign Languages.

• A maximum of six (6) credits may be applied from a combination of approved transfer courses and Atkinson School courses waived for credit.

Course Exception for Students Who Successfully Complete an Atkinson Fall Semester Exchange program: Atkinson students who are selected for a fall semester International Exchange program and successfully complete the requirements for full credit from the GSM Exchange course will be waived from the second year required course course (Politics and Public Policy for Mangers). This is a substitution waiver and does not reduce the 60 credits required for graduation.

Maximum time to complete degree: The candidate must complete the MBA degree within six (6) years from date of initial enrollment in the degree program.