The curriculum for the M.B.A. program is flexible and is designed for students with diverse undergraduate backgrounds. Students may elect an M.B.A. without a concentration or may choose an M.B.A. with a single or double concentration. Concentrations are available in the following areas: business analytics, corporate finance, entrepreneurship and innovation, global business, health care management*, human capital, information resources management, investments, real estate, and supply chain management.

Most classes are held in the evening to accommodate working students’ schedules. Classes typically meet one evening a week from 7 to 9:40 p.m. or in the early evening from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. For additional information about the program, visit www.vcu.edu/mba.

*The concentration in health care management is offered as a unique summer cohort weekend format. Students interested in this concentration should visit www.vcu.edu/mba for more detailed information.

Admission criteria

Admission criteria include undergraduate performance, Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores, intellectual capacity, experience and other indicators of the ability to pursue graduate study profitably. Deadlines are as follows:

	Spring	Nov 1
	Summer	Mar 1
	Fall	Jul 1

Requirements for the M.B.A.

A course in calculus is a prerequisite for the M.B.A. This prerequisite may be waived for students who present satisfactory equivalent preparation. Applicants who have not met this prerequisite may take the course after admission.
Students are expected to enter the program with basic computing proficiency. Specific expectations will be provided by the Graduate Studies in Business Office. Specific means of evaluating and correcting any deficiency also will be identified.
The program includes seven foundation courses. These courses may be waived for students who have taken the equivalent material at the undergraduate level within the past five years and received a minimum grade of B. After a student has been admitted, courses which have not been waived must be completed at the graduate level.

Foundation courses		credits
ACCT 507 Fundamentals of Accounting		3
ECON 500 Concepts in Economics		3
FIRE 520 Financial Concepts of Management		3
MGMT 524 Statistical Elements of Quantitative Management		3
MGMT 530 Fundamentals of the Legal Environment of Business		3
MGMT 540 Management Theory and Practice		3
MKTG 570 Concepts and Issues in Marketing		3
		______ 21
Advanced courses
Each student must begin the advanced portion of the program with the courses below in each of the first two semesters. Full-time students will take additional courses from the remainder of the Advanced Program.

Semester one (to be taken at the same time)
ECON 610 Managerial Economics		3
MGMT 641 Organizational Leadership and Project Team Management		3

Semester two:
FIRE 623 Financial Management		3

Remainder of the Advanced Program		18
	ACCT 608 Managerial Accounting
	INFO 661 Information Systems for Managers
	INFO 664 Information Systems for Business Intelligence
	MGMT 642 Business Policy (to be taken after completion of 15 credits of advanced program)
	MGMT 675 Operations Management
	MKTG 671 Marketing Management
Electives*		9
Total credits in Advanced Program		______ 36

* Electives and concentrations
Electives from the School of Business must be 600-level courses and students must satisfy the necessary prerequisites. Courses at the 500- or 600-level taken outside of the School of Business may be used with the permission of the director of graduate studies in business. Students must satisfy the necessary prerequisites for all electives.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.business.vcu.edu/graduate.