To: Prospective MBA Student
From: Paula Alger, Advisor
Southern Utah University – School of Business
Subject: Entrance Requirements for the MBA Program
Welcome to SUU! Southern Utah University offers a one-year (three semester), MBA program in the evening hours. Interested students must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, and have completed the pre-requisites prior to entrance into the one-year program. The pre-requisites are: Accounting Principles, Managerial Accounting, Business Law, Management & Organizations, Marketing, Productions/Operations Management, Statistics, Calculus, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Managerial Finance.
If a transfer student desires entrance into the program, an evaluation of transfer credits must occur prior to acceptance. Acceptance is predicated upon the undergraduate GPA and GMAT/GRE test scores. Unconditional acceptance to the MBA program is awarded if the grade point average exceeds 3.0 (on the last 60 hours) and the GMAT/GRE score exceeds 550. An applicant’s undergraduate degree should be from a nationally accredited business program (ACBSP or AACSB). Applicants from a non-accredited business program will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If the aforementioned requirements have not been met, it is required that a meeting must be arranged with the MBA chair, Dr. Alan Hamlin prior to acceptance. His email is: hamlin@suu.edu.
If you have further interest in our program, please let me know. To request admissions information (including application for admission), please visit the admissions website or contact Christine Proctor at the following email address: proctor@suu.edu. If you need to contact the financial aid office for any reason, visit the Financial Aid website
Good luck with your endeavors! If you have any questions, please let me know alger@suu.edu.
Southern Utah University offers a one-year MBA program for undergraduate business majors, which begins in the fall and runs for three-semesters. Non-business students may enter the MBA program once the foundation courses have been completed. The foundation courses are: Accounting Principles, Managerial Accounting, Business Law, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Calculus, Marketing, Management, Production/Operations Management, and Managerial Finance. The foundation courses are offered fall and spring semesters, and several courses are offered in the summer. The foundation courses are pre-requisites to the graduate curriculum, and must be completed prior to enrollment in the MBA program. If any of the aforementioned courses have been taken in your undergraduate program, please ask for an evaluation of credits.
Acceptance to the one-year MBA program is predicated upon the following: (1.) the student has a bachelor’s degree in business from an accredited university or has a bachelor’s degree and has completed the foundation courses from an accredited university, (2.) has an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better, (3.) has a GMAT score exceeds 550, and (4.) has successfully completed all of the necessary paper work and application for the graduate program. The deadline for application into the program is March 31st.
If you have further interest in our program, please let me know. Dr. Hamlin is the MBA chair, if you have specific questions concerning the program, please feel free to email him at: Hamlin@suu.edu. To request admissions information (including application for admission), financial aid packets and housing availability, please visit the admissions website or contact Christine Proctor at the following email address: proctor@suu.edu. If you need to contact the financial aid office for eligibility questions, visit the Financial Aid website
Good luck with your endeavors!