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School of Business and Economics

PROGRAM GOALS
The name of the program is the MBA Program and the degree to be awarded is the Master of Business Administration degree. The goal of the MBA Program is to prepare students for a leadership role in a rapidly changing global marketplace of constantly advancing technology. The MBA Program prepares students to be financially and socially responsible by integrating a thorough foundation in the basic functional areas of business with Christian values and an understanding of the role of technology in business decision-making.

Additional purposes of this program are:

• To assist and encourage the development of a high level of professional competence in the respective field of specialization.
• To encourage a broad range of scholarship within the field of specialization.
• To provide supportive courses that broadens the range of professional competence beyond the respective field of specialization.
• To emphasize contemporary concepts of management practice.
• To prepare students to contribute to the advancements of their respective fields.

This degree is primarily intended for practicing professional persons who possess a bachelor's degree in business or a bachelor's or advanced degree in some other area of specialization and who feel the need for additional study in order to maximize and enhance their ability to contribute to their career, their company, and society. The degree will assist students who have a bachelor's degree to prepare for further study in doctoral programs.


FACULTY AND STAFF

Dean of the School

Patricia Cowherd, Ph.D. - Computer Technology, Emphasis in Training and Learning
B.S., Campbellsville College; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University


Full-Time Faculty/Areas of Instruction

Richard Corum, Ph.D. - Management
Director, Online MBA Program
B.A., College of St. Francis; M.A., Tyndale Seminary; M.A., National Louis University;  Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Sunny Onyiri, Ph.D. - Business Administration and Finance
B.S., University of Louisiana; M.S., Walsh College; Ph.D., Union Institute and University

Vernon Roddy, Ph.D. - Economics
B.S., University of Tennessee; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Tennessee


ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
• A bachelor's degree with an acceptable grade point average (2.5 overall or 2.6 last 60 hours) from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.
• An acceptable score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) taken within the last five years.
• An official transcript with the baccalaureate degree posted and mailed directly by the registrar from the college or university that granted the undergraduate degree must be sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Official transcripts must be submitted from all institutions that the student has received credit for work completed toward the undergraduate degree.
• A completed application for Admission form with a $25 check for the nonrefundable application fee made payable to Campbellsville University.
• Two letters of reference must be sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
• For international applicants whose primary language is not English and who are not graduates of a college or university in the United States, an acceptable score (213) on computer or (550) on paper of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required. An official certified independent evaluation by WES of work done at foreign institutions must be sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions prior to acceptance into the program.
• International students who do not hold a permanent resident visa in the United States must submit evidence of financial support before an I-20 form can be processed.
• A completed resume and an essay that includes a statement of professional goals must be sent to the School of Business and Economics.

The School of Business and Economics will inform the applicant of the status of the application, but it is the applicant's responsibility to be certain that all necessary documents are on file by published deadlines for admission. Under exceptional circumstances, students may be accepted to the program on a provisional basis and allowed to enroll for a maximum of six credit hours of coursework prior to full completion of the application file. A letter from the academic dean must confirm admission. A student will not be allowed to register for a second trimester or a second session until the application file is complete.


PROGRAM FORMAT
The MBA program is available in two formats:
• Weekend
• Online

Weekend Format
In the weekend format, elective classes meet on Friday night and core classes meet on Saturday. Courses are offered on a trimester basis (three trimesters per school year). Six hours of coursework per trimester is considered a full load. Each trimester is nine weeks long. Special permission is required to register for more than six hours per trimester.

Weekend Rotating Class Schedule
 
 1st Trimester (SEP - NOV)  2nd Trimester (JAN - MAR)   3rd Trimester (MAR - MAY) 
 BA 611 - Organization Theory     BA 601 - Marketing Management     ACC 601 - Managerial Accounting
 BA 614 - Human Resource Management  BA 620 - Managerial Finance      BA 602 - Management Information Systems 
 BA 616 - Business Ethics   ECO 661 - Managerial Economics   BA 690 - Business Strategy
 Elective  Elective  Elective 

Online Format
The online MBA courses are offered in six academic sessions throughout the year. Each session is eight weeks long. The online program runs all year (including the summer). Three hours of coursework per session is considered a full load. Students may take up to two courses without special permission. The curriculum for the online program is identical to that of the weekend program. Courses are scheduled as follows:

Session 1 - early July - early September 
Session 2 - early September - late October
Session 3 - late October - late December
Session 4 - early January - early March
Session 5 - early March - late April
Session 6 - late April - late June


STANDARDS AND EVALUATION ACHIEVEMENT

Each course in the MBA program has its own method for evaluating student performance. The particular methods of assessment will be explained to students and included in the written syllabus for the course at the beginning of each course. A student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 throughout the program. All course grades assigned in the program are entered on the student's official transcript and counted toward the cumulative grade point average. A student who earns a grade lower than C will be subject to academic dismissal. A student who earns more than two grades of C or lower will be subject to academic dismissal. A student may repeat a course in which a grade of C was earned; however, a course may be repeated only once. In cases where a course was repeated, both grades remain on the transcript, but only the last grade will count toward the grade point average. Student academic transcripts are reviewed at the end of each trimester or session of work. A student who fails to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 will be placed on academic probation and will have one academic trimester or session to remove the probationary status or be dismissed from the program. A student will have six years from the date of entry into the program in which to complete all of the requirements for graduation.

 

DEGREE APPLICATION

All candidates for graduation must complete an Application for Graduation in accordance with a schedule distributed by the Office of Student Records at the beginning of the fall trimester or session of the school year in which the degree work is to be completed. 

 

TRANSFER OF GRADUATE CREDIT

Upon approval of the dean, a maximum of two courses representing six credit hours of graduate course work may be accepted from another regionally accredited institution. Courses to be transferred in must have been taken within the past five years and only courses in which grades of B or higher were earned will be accepted for transfer. Transfer courses are shown on the transcript as "credit" only and are not counted in computing the cumulative grade point average.

Students seeking to transfer course work must submit a written request along with transcripts, university course catalog descriptions, and other course information such as a syllabus or book list to the School of Business and Economics for faculty use in establishing course equivalency. 

 

FOUNDATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

All applicants who have not completed undergraduate courses in any one or all of the following areas: Accounting, Finance, Economics, and/or Statistics, are to take undergraduate courses in these areas as prerequisites or take subject MBA Primer pretests BEFORE admission to the program. The MBA Primer pretests are free of charge and may be taken only one time. If students do not score 70% or higher on the pretests, they must purchase the corresponding preparatory modules. After completion of the modules, students must score 70% or higher on the post-tests to satisfy the prerequisite requirements.

The MBA Primer includes individual courses and a comprehensive course which includes all of the courses combined. Students may take as much time as necessary to be successful in the MBA Primer courses. Expect to spend between 20 and 30 hours total on the four modules and post-tests. Individual study time will vary. The entire course is web based. There is no textbook involved. The pretest or post-test scores will not appear on a student’s transcript at Campbellsville University. Students will not be admitted to the program until all prerequisite requirements have been met.