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Candidates m ust have a base o f underlying know ledge relevant to business. For the M.B.A. program, this background must be in com puters, accounting, finance, statistics, legal environm ent, economics, marketing, and operations. For the M.S.T. program, background w ork must be in accounting and econom ics and in at least four of the following subjects: legal environm ent, com puters and information systems, marketing, finance, and statistics. Courses taken to fulfill background studies are not counted as part o f the 33-hour requirem ent for the M.B.A. or M.S.T. degrees. Many individuals will have com pleted som e o r all o f the courses in their undergraduate program s that fulfill the background studies requirem ents. To ensure the integrity o f background studies, courses meeting the requirem ents must be taken at a regionally-accredited, four-year college or university within five years and have earned a minimum grade of B. Students not meeting these criteria may be required to com plete additional com parable background work. A candidate may com plete the special accelerated 500-level course(s) offered by the Seidman School in the relevant area(s); com plete appropriate courses in the undergraduate program at Grand Valley o r any other regionally-accredited, four-year college o r university; or pass one or m ore qualifying examinations after appropriate study. Questions should be addressed to the M.B.A. program director. Com puter w ord-processing and spreadsheet skills are required for all M.B.A. courses and for most background courses. Those students w ho are not com puter proficient are advised to com plete the background course in com puters (MGT 501) during their first semester.

The relationship betw een background studies and the M.B.A. curriculum requires that all background studies be com plete by the time the student enrolls for BUS 601. Students may, with the perm ission of the program director, com plete background studies during the sam e sem ester that they enroll for BUS 601. B a c k g ro u n d E q u iv a len c ies

B ackground requirem ents may b e met by com pletion of either the 500-level accelerated courses o r the undergraduate equivalent courses as indicated below.

Background Area Com puter Problem-Solving Accounting Statistics Finance Legal Environment Economics Marketing O perations B a c k g ro u n d E q u iv a len c ies

Background Course GVSU Undergraduate Course MGT 501 (3 credits) ACC 511 (3 credits) FIN 521 (2 credits) FIN 522 (2 credits) BUS 531 (2 credits) ECO 542 (3 credits) MKT 551 (2 credits) MGT 561 (3 credits)

ACC 212 and 213 (6 credits) STA 215 (3 credits)

FIN 320 (3 credits) BUS 201 (3 credits)

ECO 210 and 211 (6 credits) MKT 350 (3 credits)

MGT 361 and 366 (6 credits) D e g re e R e q u ire m e n ts

The M.B.A. and M.S.T. program s consist o f 33 sem ester hours o f 600-level graduate course work. Each degree can b e com pleted in one calendar year if the candidate has com pleted all o f the background requirem ents and studies full time in the Seidman School. If the candidate has not com pleted background studies, the m aster’s program s can be com pleted in approxim ately tw o calendar years o f full­ tim e study.

Candidates w h o intend to study part tim e and w ho have com pleted the back­ ground studies requirem ents can expect to com plete the graduate program s within tw o years by electing tw o graduate courses each semester, including sum m er sessions.

M.B.A. Program

All M.B.A. candidates must com plete the following four three-credit-hour courses: BUS 601 The Business Plan

BUS 631 Leadership and Organizational Dynamics BUS 671 Global Competitiveness

BUS 681 Strategy

In addition, all M.B.A. candidates must com plete at least three o f the following five directed electives:

ACC 611 Managerial Accounting FIN 621 Financial Policy for Managers ECO 641 Business Economics and Strategy MKT 651 Marketing Management MGT 661 Operations Management

BUS 601, The Business Plan, is designed as application o f the theories developed in the background courses. It is to b e taken after com pletion o f all background * A proficiency test is required for demonstration of appropriate skill level.

work, or in the last sem ester o f background studies. If all background courses are com plete, BUS 601 should be the first M.B.A. course for which the student enrolls. The Business Plan will provide students feedback on their strengths and w eaknesses and help direct them to electives that will maximally develop their potential.

BUS 601 and other core or directed elective courses may be taken concurrently during the student’s first sem ester o f 600-level course work. All students must com plete 33 credit hours o f 600-level business course work, including the core courses listed above and at least three o f the five directed electives, also listed above. BUS 681, Strategy, is a capstone course and may not b e taken until other core courses and three directed electives are com pleted.

The balance o f the program, tw o to four additional electives, will d ep e n d on the candidate’s objectives and career interests and should be planned in consultation with the program director. Individuals choosing a generalist M.B.A. degree should take all five directed electives to provide the breadth o f the traditional M.B.A. Individuals wanting depth in a particular area are advised to com plete electives in the particular discipline.

M.S.T. Program

Each M.S.T. candidate m ust com plete eleven three-credit-hour 600-level courses. Five courses are required:

TAX 602 Tax Research TAX 604 Corporate I

TAX 607 Estate, Gift and Trust I TAX 609 Partnership Taxation

TAX 616 Taxation Problems, Planning and Current Issues Two courses m ust be selected from:

TAX 601* Federal Taxation—General Concepts

TAX 603 Sales, Exchanges, and Other Property Dispositions

TAX 605 Corporate II

TAX 608 Estate, Gift and Trust II

All taxation classes not already taken in the seven-course core are available for selection as the four remaining electives.