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Master of Business Administration

The MBA is designed for supervisory and mid-level managers. The program will add to the body of knowledge in business management, marketing, finance, accounting, economics and informational management systems. This program is offered entirely online in an eight-week delivery format — two eight-week sessions per semester.

• Three Year Course Rotation

Entrance requirements for the MBA based program

• Complete application - the form is available at https://www.csc.edu/apply/now/
• Earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a grade point average of 2.75 or better on a 4.00 scale
• Official transcripts from the college/university which issued bachelor's degree. 
• Official transcripts from any institutions attended after receiving bachelor's degree (if applicable)
• New applicants will be required to complete the Peregrine Pre-Program Assessment Exam prior to enrolling in courses. This exam costs approximately $32.00, does not require any preparation, and takes approximately 2 hours to complete.  A link and password to access the exam will be provided once the admission application has been processed.
  • Students who attain a satisfactory score can then proceed with their MBA degree with no additional preporatory or prerequisite coursework needed.
  • Students who do not attain a satisfactory score will need to then complete the Masters Academic Leveling Course prior to the end of their initial semester.  This self-paced course is designed to be a primer for the student without an undergraduate in business or as a refresher course for the returning business major who has been out of school for a period of time.  Students who have to complete the Leveling Course will need to pass a minimum of 7 of the 12 modules before they can proceed past their initial semester. 

Note: This is a 36-credit hour degree progrm. The MBA graduate student is to complete at least 24 semester hours of graduate coursework after being accepted for graduate study. A student may be able to transfer a maximum of nine (9) graduate credit hours from an accredited institution.

All MBA students will also be expected to complete a required exit exam prior to graduation.

Program of study for the MBA program

Required Courses

Number	Course Title	Hours
ACTG 532	Managerial Accounting	3
BIS 632	Information Systems for Managers	3
ECON 537	Managerial Economics	3
FIN 631	Corporate Finance	3
MGMT 620	High Performance Leadership	3
MGMT 630	Organizational Behavior	3
MGMT 634	Business Strategy (capstone course)	3
MGMT 639	Legal & Social Environment of Business	3
MKTG 630	Marketing Management	3
Required Courses Total:		27

Electives/Topics Courses

Select nine (9) hours from the list below. Topics courses typically vary in specific subject content and may be repeated for a total of nine (9) hours providing a different topic is selected.  (Please see course rotation schedule for additional information.)

Note: Master of Business Administration students cannot have more than six (6) credits of 500-level dual-listed elective courses** in their degree program.

Number	Course Title	Hours
ACTG 533**	Government Not-for-Profit Acct.	3
ACTG 537**	Advanced Cost Management Acct.	3
ACTG 543**	Advanced Financial Accounting	3
BA 560	Topics in Business	3
BA 660	Thesis (tuition for this option may be subject to residency).  Pre-requisite: EDIC 631	6
BA 690	Internship in Business (tuition for this option may be subject to residency)	3-6
FIN 532**	Financial Management	3
MGMT 560	Topics in Management	3
MGMT 610	Human Capital Management	3
MKTG 560	Topics in Marketing	3
Required Elective Courses Total:		9
Total:		36