Business Administration BS+MBA (Combined BS + MBA)
The objective of Metro State University's MBA is to prepare qualified students for assuming impactful leadership roles in business organizations. We achieve this with industry-leading instructors, cutting edge curriculum, real-life management scenarios, and an emphasis on ethical decision-making and sustainable business practices.The BS+MBA program allows students to overlap up to sixteen credits of coursework between their bachelor of science (BS) degree in business and their MBA, reducing the total credits needed for these two degrees from 160 to 144 and enabling students to complete their MBA one year after completion of their BS.Students should apply to the BS+MBA program upon or near completion of 60 credits of course work and the College of Business and Management Foundation Courses, which are:MIS 100 Fundamentals of Information Technology in OrganizationsMATH 115 College AlgebraSTAT 201 Statistics IECON 201 MacroeconomicsECON 202 MicroeconomicsACCT 210 Financial AccountingStudents will first take MGMT 600* and, then up to four of the graduate courses listed below, which are aid eligible, in place of the corresponding undergraduate course:MKTG 600 in place of MKTG 300: Marketing PrinciplesMIS 600 in place of MIS 310: Principles of Management Information SystemsFIN 601 in place of FIN 390: Principles of FinanceDSCI 681 in place of DSCI 434: Introduction to Operations ManagementACCT 515G in place of ACCT 515: Financial Statement AnalysisFIN 511G in place of FIN 511: Investment and Portfolio Analysis*Note that the 2-credit, MGMT 600 course will not count toward the baccalaureate degree and cannot be applied to minimum undergraduate credit requirements for enrollment or financial aid purposes. If you need to maintain a certain number of credits as an undergraduate to receive financial aid please be sure you enroll in enough other credits to maintain your status. Because MGMT 600 is not aid-eligible, students will need to pay for these 2-credits out-of-pocket at the graduate tuition rate.Students who have completed more than 90 credits or who are approaching their undergraduate financial aid limits should not pursue this accelerated program and are encouraged to complete their baccalaureate degrees before beginning graduate study.Metro State's MBA has three instructional formats to accommodate the schedule of busy working professionals: regular classroom-based courses, web-enhanced “hybrid” courses that include some face-to-face discussions, and fully online courses. Courses are offered during fall, spring, and summer semesters. Students can complete their MBA in as little as two years, but our part-time open enrollment format allows students to complete their studies as their busy lives permit. Please refer to the MBA Course Planner for the anticipated course offerings when planning your program.