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ADMISSION INFORMATION
Admission to the MBA professional
program requires formal admission to the Graduate School at The
University of Montana. Enrollment may be limited to a size consistent
with a quality graduate education. As a general rule, you must be formally
admitted to the Graduate School and must have completed the
business foundation
courses before you can take any of the professional program courses.
Exceptions are possible; however, the MBA Program Director must
approve them before you can attend class. If you are unsure which
business foundation courses you need to complete, submit a copy
of your undergraduate college transcript(s) to the program
assistant for an evaluation.
Admission to the
MBA professional program can occur in any semester, although
several 600-level courses scheduled
in Spring Semester have Fall Semester prerequisites and cannot be
taken if the student starts in the spring (i.e., FIN 681, MBA 603, MGMT 665 and MGMT
685). Students entering the Off-Campus MBA Program are required to
have a recent generation microcomputer running Windows 2000
or later equipped with a CD-ROM drive, high-speed modem and
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 at a minimum. Also, students
must have an e-mail address, as most correspondence with
faculty and administrators is electronic. The recommended
business applications software is Microsoft Office 2003 or
later version (i.e. Office XP).
A total of nine semester credits of
MBA program elective credits may be taken as a graduate non-degree student prior
to admission to the MBA Program. Since admission into
the professional program allows students to start taking
the core required classes, graduate non-degree work
would only include MBA program elective courses. Some electives may have MBA-level prerequisites, so not all
elective courses would be available to take as a
graduate non-degree student. Additionally, MBA
program core (professional) courses cannot be taken prior to
completion of all of the required business foundation
courses.
Prerequisite business
foundation courses
Students may apply to and be
admitted into the MBA Program prior to completing the
business foundation courses. Business courses taken at
institutions other than The University of Montana will be
accepted if they are determined to be equivalent.
Entry into the business foundation courses
at UM requires
either graduate non-degree
or
post-baccalaureate status. Graduate non-degree
status is necessary in order to be eligible to register for the 500-level online
courses and also gives the student access to the
undergraduate-level business foundation courses. Students
deciding on graduate non-degree status must select the
"graduate non-degree external program" during the
application process.
Post-baccalaureate status students can only register for
the undergraduate business foundation courses. Required for
both 500-level and undergraduate-level foundation courses
is at least one semester of college-level
mathematics and computer literacy, which encompasses a working knowledge
of word-processing, spreadsheet and database skills.
ADMISSION
CRITERIA
Admission will be judged on the basis of the applicant’s:
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Undergraduate
GPA as well as the GPA for the last 60 university semester (or
equivalent) credits completed.
We look for minimum GPAs of 3.00.
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GMAT scores;
see
GMAT
Requirements for specifics.
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Letter
of intent
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Three letters of recommendation
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Other attributes of the applicant’s background
such as work experience.
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