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We are able to achieve a standard of excellence by bringing together nationally recognized faculty and highly motivated, mature students in an intellectually challenging academic environment. The Business School at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center is a high quality program, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). This accreditation is only granted to the top business programs in the United States . *Overview of the Professional MBA Program* The Professional MBA program is a 48 hour, flexible program that allows students to attend on a part-time or full-time basis. Courses may be taken on-campus (includes online coursework), or completely online. Students are required to complete courses within five years (seven years to earn a dual MS/MBA degree) and must maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. A comprehensive exam or thesis is not required to complete the MBA degree. *Required Coursework* The MBA program requires the successful completion of 48 credit hours, or approximately 16 courses—a one semester course generally provides 3 credit hours. The program includes: 30 credit hours of required MBA core courses, a 3 credit international business elective, and 15 credit hours of electives. Electives can be selected from over 50 graduate business courses. *Elective Choices* : Within the Professional MBA program, students have the option of taking grouped electives as tracks—pertinent to different career interests or desired career paths, or individual courses of their choice. Once students are accepted to the program, advisors meet with students to set up a degree plan best suited for their needs. Students completing any of the following approved tracks will have that designation reflected on their official transcript upon graduation: Business to Business Marketing Business to Consumer Marketing Business Strategy Change Management Corporate Financial Management Decisions Sciences Enterprise Technology Management Entrepreneurship Finance Financial Analyst Human Resources Management Information Systems International Business Investment Management Marketing Strategy Services Management To fill more specialized needs, students can complete a dual MBA/MS degree by combining one of these MBA options with any of our Master of Science graduate programs in different areas. *The Master of Science of Finance Program* *Overview of the M.S. Finance Program* . The MS in Finance is a flexible 30-hour (10 course) advanced degree program which is also available with on-campus and online scheduling options. The program includes: 5 required core courses (plus an accounting course for students who do not have previous accounting courses), 4 finance elective courses, and 1 free elective. Available electives include: Financial Decisions and Policies, Financial Modeling, Security Analysis and Firm Valuation, Futures and Options, International Financial Management, and Mergers and Acquisitions, among others. For students completing a joint MBA/MS Finance degree, students receive credit for joint courses to allow for a 66 hour (22 course) dual degree. *Applicaton Informaton* *Admissions Requirements* : Graduate programs at the Business School are designed to provide a rigorous learning atmosphere to students serious about furthering their business education and careers. The following qualifications are used to determine the likelihood that applicants will succeed in the school's programs: (1) complete academic records, including all undergraduate and graduate coursework. Undergraduate degrees do not have to be in business, but they must be from regionally accredited colleges or universities; (2) applicants must take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) to be considered for admission. The average GMAT score for admitted students is 560. Obtain information on taking the GMAT at www.mba.com , or email gmat@ets.org or call 1-800-GMAT-NOW. Applicants can petition to have their applications reviewed without a GMAT score if the applicant has a previous graduate degree. We recommend applying well before the application deadline in the event that the committee requires a GMAT score. *Applications, information on individual programs, and deadlines* are available on the Web at www.cudenver.edu/business , along with more detailed information. Contact the graduate programs office at 303-556-5900 or grad.business@cudenver.edu for answers to any questions you might have or information you would like to receive. *Graduate* *School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) Credits* : Students and alumni who have graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado will be given nine hours of credit for completing the three year GSBC program, and six hours of credit for advanced students completing the program in two years. Current students once accepted into the MBA or M.S. Finance program will receive three hours credit for each year they complete in the GSBC program. GSBC credits are transferred in as finance elective course for both the MBA and MS in Finance programs. MBA Degree Plan with 6 Credit Hours from GSBC MBA Degree Plan with 9 Credit Hours from GSBC MS Finance Degree Plan with 6 Credit Hours from GSBC MS Finance Degree Plan with 9 Credit Hours from GSBC University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduates of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado(GSBC) enrolling in the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln(CBA-UNL) Master of Business Administration(MBA) program will be required to complete 39 semester hours of the standard 48 semester hour program and will complete the following courses as designated in the current UNL Graduate Bulletin: a. GRBA 810 - Contemporary Managerial Accounting b. GRBA 811 - Managerial Finance c. GRBA 812 - Managerial Economics d. GRBA 813 - Managerial Marketing e. GRBA 814 - Organizational Behavior f. GRBA 815 - Operations and Information Systems Strategy g. GRBA 851 - Managerial Decision Making h. GRBA 852 - International Business i. GRBA 853 - Strategic Management and Business Policy j. GRBA 898 - Management Skills Seminar k. Nine semester hours of Breadth Electives CBA-UNL will provide a waiver of nine credit hours in its MBA program for individuals who have graduated from the GSBC Program and upon recommendation of the GSBC President. The waiver is in lieu of the nine credit hours of specialization electives required in the MBA curriculum. The waiver would apply to either the campus, part-time, evening program or the on-line, distance program. Information about the UNL Graduate College and the CBA MBA program can be found in the UNL Graduate Bulletin (http://www.unl.edu/unlpub/grad.html). Additional MBA information is available at the CBA website: http://mba.unl.edu/. Professional MBA (PMBA) at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce a unique opportunity for graduates of GSBC to earn an MBA. When you graduate from GSBC you will receive a 3-course (9 credits) reduction toward the USC MBA. You can earn your MBA by taking ten core courses and three electives (each course is 3 credits). All courses will be delivered using a distance format; therefore, there is no residency requirement. Cost of the program is $1,800 per 3 credit course. You will be a student in a class that is being taught live at USC. However, instead of viewing instruction in real time, you will view the class using delayed streaming video. You will communicate with professors and colleagues using Blackboard, an electronic course management tool. The PMBA Program, founded in 1978, was a pioneer in distance MBA education. You can begin the program in January, April or September. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree and take the GMAT. The admission application for the program is available at www.gradschool.sc.edu Applicants may submit the admission materials before taking the GMAT. Items to be submitted for admission consideration include: USC Graduate School Application, Supplementary Application, undergraduate transcript, resume, two letters of recommendation, and GMAT score. The application fee is $40. For information about the GMAT, go to www.mba.com At this website, you will find a list of test centers around the nation. Suggestions about preparing for the test are also available at that website. For questions about the application process, contact Libby Shropshier at 803-777-6845 or Shropshier@sc.edu
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