Master of Business Administration Program

Saint Martin's Master of Business Administration Program provides students with decision-making tools and an understanding of the total administrative system. The program develops a capacity for understanding managerial relationships and provides specialized training and personal research in a functional field of management.

While the program can be completed in a single calendar year, most students are encouraged to progress at a more leisurely pace. The program operates year-round. All classes are offered at night and on the weekends to accommodate working students.

Calendar
The five-term year at the extension campuses enables students to complete the required coursework (minus the research component and assuming no prerequisites are required) in one year if they are taking two classes per term. However, most students complete the degree in 18 to 24 months.

The terms are as follows:
Fall I August-October
Fall II October-December
Spring I January-March
Spring II March-May
Summer May-July

Additional information
For further information and applications, contact:

Director, MBA Program
Saint Martin's University
5000 Abbey Way SE
Lacey, WA 98503-7500
Telephone:360-438-4512
business@stmartin.edu

Degree requirements
Candidates must complete 33 semester hours to be awarded an MBA degree. Candidates may elect to complete either of the two options below:

• 21 semester hours (seven courses) of core work.
• 9 semester hours (three courses) of elective work.
• MBA 611 research project (three credit hours), the candidate's concluding course.
  -or-
• Graduate thesis, MBA612 (six credit hours), the candidate's concluding course.

Candidates may choose any member of the graduate work from other institutions is permitted.

A grade point average of 3.0 (B) is required in all work taken after admission to the University. Grades below a "C" (2.0) are not considered acceptable graduate-level work, but will be counted when calculating GPA. Students receiving a "C" grade will be placed on academic probation. A student who receives a grade lower than "C" or two grades of "C" will normally be required to withdraw from the program.

All MBA students must complete the program within seven years. No more than seven years may elapse between time of registration for the earliest core course listed on the program plan and completion of all requirements for the degree.

MBA 500 courses listed below are for applicants without an undergraduate background in these areas. They do not count toward the awarding of the MBA degree. However, prospective MBA students must have completed either these courses or their equivalent undergraduate courses prior to taking the core courses for which these courses are prerequisites. (See the core course descriptions for prerequisite requirements.)

Prerequisite courses:
MBA 500	Survey of economics
MBA 501	Survey of accounting
MBA 502	Survey of finance
MBA 503	Survey of management and marketing
MBA 504	Quantitative methods for management
Core courses: (21 semester hours)
MBA 601	Organizational theory and behavior
MBA 602	Financial planning and control
MBA 603	Accounting for managerial decision-making
MBA 605	Advanced quantitative methods for management
MBA 606	Marketing concepts and theory
MBA 610	Seminar in research methods
MBA 650	Strategy and policy analysis
Elective courses: (Choice of two courses - 6 semester hours with thesis option; choice of three courses - 9 semester hours - with research project option)
MBA 620	Financial institutions and markets
MBA 621	Microcomputer applications for management
MBA 622	Marketing management
MBA 623	Management information and control systems
MBA 624	Human resource management
MBA 625	International management
MBA 626	Consumer behavior
MBA 627	Managerial communications
MBA 628	Investment analysis and portfolio management
MBA 630	Entrepreneurship
MBA 631	Operations management
Research project/thesis
MBA 611	Research project (3 semester hours) plus three electives
-or-
MBA 612	Graduate thesis (6 semester hours) plus two electives