MBA 4+1
A unique opportunity for Dominican undergraduate students
The Division of Business and International Studies has a unique and exciting BA-to-MBA Program. This program allows business students in the school to complete both the BA and MBA degrees in five (5) years of study. Transfer students can complete the program, but the number of years will depend on the number and type of undergraduate units transferred to DU.
The accelerated format of the Freshman-to-MBA Program saves students time and money, and allows them to enter the workforce earlier and better prepared for higher-level management positions. Curricula for the two degrees conferred (the BA in International Management or E-Business and the MBA in Global Strategic Management) emphasize the international context of modern business, teamwork, hands-on corporate projects, and Internet-related business techniques. Students also benefit from interacting with their peers-- who come from countries around the world - in culturally diverse class groups.
The BA-to-MBA Program allows participating students the same undergraduate concentrations, or majors, as other business students. Students will need to take some courses in the summer and will be allowed to take three to six graduate courses to replace undergraduate elective courses. When the student completes undergraduate degree requirements, the BA degree will be conferred.
Entry into the program is based on a number of factors that indicate a student's aptitude for high-level academic activity; among these may be motivation, background and record in quantitative subjects, business experience, completion of the MBA prerequisite courses with a grade of "B" or better, and a satisfactory cumulative grade-point average (as described below in Track 1 and 2). A committee of the Division of Business and International Studies will grant final approval for participation in the BA-to-MBA Program
Students may apply to the BA-to-MBA program in one of two tracks:
Track 1: Students with cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher in at least the first 60 undergraduate units: This track allows a maximum of 18 MBA units to substitute for undergraduate units, with a "B" grade or higher.
Track 2: Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on at least the first 85 units: This track allows a maximum of 12 MBA units to substitute for undergraduate units with a "B" grade or higher.
Participants of the BA-to-MBA program must submit an MBA application form and its required documentation one semester prior to completion of the BA degree. Students who fulfill the admissions requirements of the MBA program may matriculate into the MBA program in the semester following completion of the BA degree. BA graduates must matriculate into the MBA program within one year following their undergraduate graduation to retain the waiver for the MBA courses. If students do not retain continuous enrollment from the BA to the MBA program, degree requirements are subject to change as the BA and/or the MBA program curricula are updated.
For more information please contact:
Christopher Leeds, Ph.D. MBA
Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Business Programs
cleeds@dominican.edu
Division of Business and International Studies
Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
Tel: (415) 485-3234
Email: hadar@dominican.edu
