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The Wilkes MBA program,
to maintain excellence in teaching, serves as a resource to the University and to the community of businesses, entrepreneurial enterprises, not-for-profits, and governmental agencies, by preparing students for lifetime leadership roles and professional and personal contributions. in its continuing effort... The learning-centered business program maintains an integrated curriculum...
faculty, and facility designed to provide students and the community with knowledge and information to address the traditional functional and cross-functional content areas of the business and accounting disciplines. It also proffers course work and real-world active learning experiences that provide analytical, problem-solving interpersonal, technological, and communication competencies; and challenges students to develop sensitivity to the public policy and ethical dimensions of decision-making in an economy that is closely interrelated with a rapidly changing, diverse, and global economy. The Wilkes MBA program is accredited by the...
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). This distinction shows potential employers, doctorate programs, and professional schools the comprehensiveness and excellence of Wilkes University’s curriculum. The ACBSP accreditation creates a competitive advantage over others seeking a career in business or admission into a doctorate program. The curriculum leading to the Master of Business Administration degree...
at Wilkes emphasizes a general, broad-based approach to graduate business education. Students acquire the quantitative and judgmental skills necessary for a manager to succeed. The program provides advanced training in the functional areas of business and also provides the opportunity for specialization in selected fields through additional training. The core objectives of the MBA include:
Students can choose a concentration or pursue a general MBA degree...
These concentrations are available:
Before an MBA student takes a Core or Elective course...
that student must have a competency in that course. This can be accomplished with an undergraduate course grade in that discipline of a C (2.0) or greater, or upon completion of a 1-credit Foundation course. In order to take Foundation courses, a student must have obtained an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution. The Foundation format is especially beneficial to those students who hold non-business degrees. The twelve business Foundation courses are:
Non-business undergraduate courses may still have a business competency and cover one or many of these prerequisites. The MBA Director and MBA Coordinator make that determination upon review of individual transcripts and course descriptions. |
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