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Table of Contents | Message from the Dean and a Note to Students | The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | General Information about Graduate Studies | Graduate Programs | Graduate Courses | Appendix |The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers a program of evening courses in business leading to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The program, which is accredited by The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) -- The International Association of Management Education, is designed for qualified students, regardless of area of undergraduate preparation.
The overall objective of the program is to prepare graduates for positions of leadership in business and public administration. The program has been designed to develop the student's critical, analytical, problem solving and decision making capabilities and to provide basic knowledge useful in the solution of management problems.
More information can be obtained at the web site: http://www.uwlax.edu/BA/mba.html.
ADMISSION
Applicants for admission to the program must apply through the university Admissions Office. In order to be admitted in good standing, applicants must meet the university requirements including a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.85 (or 3.00 for the last half of undergraduate work) on a 4.00 scale and demonstrate the ability to successfully complete the MBA program. Performance on the GMAT and prior academic work will be used as indicators of ability. International students are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit their scores for evaluation. Applicants who meet the minimum standards may be denied admission because of enrollment limitations.
THE PROGRAM
Pre-MBA
The MBA program has two phases for qualified applicants with foundation course deficiencies. Such applicants will be admitted to the Pre-MBA program while they complete their remaining foundation course work.
Foundation Courses
(A minimum grade of "C" is required in all foundation courses completed pre- or post-baccalaureate.)
Students completing foundation courses in the Pre-MBA program must maintain a minimum grade point average based on the number of deficiencies: one course -- GPA 2.00; two courses -- GPA 2.50; more than four courses -- GPA 2.75. Students who earn less than a "C" grade in any foundation course will be dropped from the program.
Some courses are also offered via distance education, at the graduate level, in an accelerated format which may allow completion of the Pre-MBA program in one calendar year.
Credit by exam (test out) is available for several foundation courses. Information should be obtained from the program director.
MBA
Qualified applicants who have completed at least 80% of the foundation courses are admitted to the graduate degree requirement phase, or MBA program. (Remaining deficiencies must be removed within the first two semesters of graduate study.) Course requirements for the degree are listed below:
Master's Degree Requirements:
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS
A 3.00 grade point average in courses counting toward the MBA is required for graduation. Students must be able to achieve this grade point average in, at most, 36 credits or they will be dropped from the program. A student earning a "D" or "F" in a graduate level course, whether it has been taken on this campus or at another university, will be dropped from the program. A maximum of six credits of "C" may be applied to the MBA.
RESTRICTIONS
Enrollment in MBA courses is restricted to graduate students in the MBA program, unless given special permission by the program director. Graduate students from other programs could be permitted to take, at most, six credits of 500/600/700 level MBA courses.
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