MBA for Executives Program

New Cohort Forming for Fall 2010 in Ontario, CA

Requirements (56 Units)

The M.B.A. for Executives is a 56-unit program, and is a variant of the regular M.B.A. It offers a high quality learning experience to entrepreneurs and professional managers from a variety of fields such as engineering, financial management, information technology, human resources management, marketing, operations management, accounting, and health care administration. Participants are working executives who hold key decision-making positions within their organizations. The executive participants should have at least five years of managerial experience. They should also be career professionals who intend to become better managers and have aspirations of assuming positions with increasing levels of responsibility. It is designed for managers who want to obtain advanced business education and training in order to become more effective decision-makers.

Our M.B.A. for Executives Program has many of the same features of our regular program, but with the added desirability of an off-campus location and class times more convenient to working professionals. Participants in the executive program will go through the program as a cohort group. Besides the knowledge and experience gained from faculty, members of the M.B.A. for Executives Program will have an opportunity to work with classmates on real-life cases as integrated into the course work.

The total cost is approximately $2,200 a class which includes textbooks. Our prestigious AACSB accreditation requires applicants to pass the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Students may request that the GMAT be waived if they have already completed graduate work (e.g., JD, MD, MS, etc.) from an accredited U.S. college or university or meet the criteria for a waiver (see #6 below).

This 56-unit program, can be completed in 21 months (7 quarters); 2 classes per quarter (8 units); featuring a cohort group format; bi-weekly class schedule (Wednesdays, 6 pm-10 pm and Saturdays, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, unless otherwise noted); convenient Ontario, California, location (TBD); textbooks and other student services delivered on-site.

Degree Requirements

• Two prerequisite courses
• Graduate Entrance Writing Requirement
• Seven core courses
• Five electives
• Portfolio
• Comprehensive exam or Project

Admission to the MBA for Executives Program

1. Minimum of 5 years experience as a manager in charge of a significant annual budget, staff, and/or operations;

2. Participants are required to have basic skills and competence in computer applications i.e., word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and the Internet;

3. Completion of the graduate entrance writing requirement;

4. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college;

5. A letter of Corporate or Individual Sponsorship. This letter ensures that the participant's sponsors will agree to allow them to attend class two times per week, and determines if their sponsors plan to cover all or part of their educational fees. If a participant is self sponsored, the employer should confirm their agreement with his/her attendance.

6. An acceptable Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score which may be waived upon proof of substantial work experience (minimum 10 years) and significant managerial or professional experience (minimum of three years) with the approval of the M.B.A. Director and Graduate Committee. Managerial experience is defined as work experience in which the primary duty includes the overall responsibility for an enterprise, subdivision, department or similar independent or quasi-independent organization. Duties typically include such things as hiring and firing personal, planning, discretion and judgment, and organizing and controlling work that substantially affects a major aspect of the organization’s operations. Individuals with this level of responsibility usually have titles such as “manager,” “director,” “vice-president,” “president,” “chief information officer,” “chief financial officer,” “chief operating officer.” Professional experience is work that requires advanced knowledge acquired by a prolonged course of specialized study and involved work that is predominately intellectual and varied in character. Examples would include medical doctors, dentists, psychologists, lawyers, and certified public accountants.

7. In addition to the GMAT results, all international applicants who have not completed three years of full-time study at a secondary or postsecondary level where English was the language of instruction must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Suitability for admission to the program will be based on an examination of the entire application package.

If you are interested in applying for our next M.B.A. Executive co-hort group, please contact the M.B.A. office by calling (909 )537-5703 or e-mail your request to mba@csusb.edu.

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