Part-time Master of Business Administration
Career Information—M.B.A.
An informal survey of business executives in the local area showed a very positive response to the Master of Business Administration degree offered by the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College. The degree is used as a recruiting tool by the area chambers of commerce in their brochures designed to attract domestic and international industrial firms to the central Georgia area. Graduates are employed in such areas as profit-oriented health care facilities, mining plants, CPA firms, mental health care facilities, consulting management and engineering firms, corporate communication firms, corporate accounting, regional marketing, the Internal Revenue Service, financial institutions, and other private and public organizations.
Admission Requirements
Program of Study
I. Foundation Courses (0-12 semester hours)
| Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| Business Finance | 3 |
| College-level Economics | 3 |
| College-level Statistics | 3 |
Foundation courses may be waived if undergraduate equivalent completed with a grade of “C” or better.
II. Business Core (30 semester hours)
Total Credit Hours: 30
The entering student with an appropriate academic background may be able to complete the Master of Business Administration degree with a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work. Additional courses may be required for students who have not met the foundation course requirements. All programs of study are based on individual student needs as stipulated by the graduate director.
Degree Requirements-M.B.A.
In addition to meeting the normal University requirements for graduation, the M.B.A. candidate must have an overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 on all graduate business courses taken in the Georgia College J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. In addition, the student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on all 6000 level courses taken in the Georgia College J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. All credit applied toward the degree shall have been earned within seven years prior to the completion of the program of study.
Further Information
For more information, contact: Director of Graduate Programs in Business, J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, Georgia College, Campus Box 019, Milledgeville, GA 31061. The graduate director may be reached by telephone at 478-445-5115. The director’s e-mail address is lynn.hanson@gcsu.edu.