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Applications are invited
from individuals who have earned...
undergraduate or graduate degrees in any discipline or field of study. To be considered for admission, the applicant must meet the following minimum requirements:
  1. Submit to the Graduate Admissions Office a completed graduate application for admission with payment of appropriate application fee;
  2. Submit two letters of recommendation from previous academic faculty and/or from current or previous supervisors, if employed. Letters of recommendation should attest to the student's fitness for managerial leadership and discuss interpersonal and organizational skills;
  3. Demonstrate satisfactory performance as an undergraduate by providing a complete set of official undergraduate transcripts to the Graduate Admissions Office.
To be accepted on a regular basis, a candidate for the Wilkes MBA must have obtained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 is his/her undergraduate degree program.

A prospective student with a GPA of less than 3.0 may be accepted into the MBA program on a conditional basis. To change to regular status, the conditionally accepted MBA student must maintain no less than a 3.0 for each course in the first six graduate credits of the MBA program. Failure to maintain the minimum 3.0 in any course will result in dismissal of the conditionally accepted student from the MBA program.

The MBA Program at Wilkes practices intensive, self-directed student advising. A student accepted into the program is immediately assigned an advisor.

Advising sessions are used as an opportunity to communicate effective...
managerial role models, changing job market conditions, student career ambitions and strengths and to identify course scheduling options. The focus of the advising process is to encourage students to develop a responsible and rewarding career.

A minimum of thirty-six (36) credit hours are required for all MBA students.
These consist of three (3) credits in the Signature Course – Business and Leadership, eighteen (18) credits in CORE courses, nine (9) credits in ELECTIVE COURSES, and six (6) credits in CAPSTONE courses. Students who have not completed undergraduate courses in:Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, Law, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Business, Statistics, Operations Management, and MIS fulfill these requirements by completing up to twelve credits in the Foundations Courses. MBA Core Courses cannot be taken on an independent basis.

Students must select an area of concentration and need to complete at least three elective courses, two of which need to be from their desired area of concentration:
  • Accounting – MBA 545 and MBA 566.
  • Entrepreneurship - MBA 527 and MBA 585.
  • Finance - MBA 545 and MBA 546.
  • Human Resources Management - MBA 553 and MBA 555.
  • International Business - MBA and MBA 537.
  • Marketing - MBA 526 and MBA 527.
  • Operations Management - MBA 513 and MBA 516.
  • Organizational Leadership and Development - MBA 553 and MBA 554.
  • Healthcare Administration – MBA 576 and MBA 577

 

For more information, contact:
Nichole Redmond
(800) WILKES-U ext. 4238
Nichole.Redmond@wilkes.edu
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