Welcome To MARQUETTES MBA Online Information Session for the Waukesha Program in collaboration with

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Welcome ToMARQUETTES MBA On-line Information
Session for the Waukesha Program in collaboration
with GE Healthcare

• Summer 2009

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Dr. Jeanne SimmonsAssociate Dean, GSM
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GRADUATE PROGRAMS -- GUIDING PHILOSOPHY

• Primarily part-time programs
• Focus on highest quality and experienced students
• Top notch faculty
• Relevant, practical, state-of-the-art curriculum
• Use of technology and University resources
• Customer focused student services

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Rankings

• Marquette University is ranked in the top 20
  part-time MBA Programs and top 20 EMBA programs
  in the 2010 US News World Report ranking of
  Americas Best Graduate Schools (2009).

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M.B.A. PROGRAM Waukesha CURRICULUM

• PRE-PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (Waukesha program only)
• MATH COMPETENCY (algebra, finite math,
  introductory calculus)
• STATISTICS COMPETENCY (descriptive statistics,
  introductory correlation and regression analysis)

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M.B.A. Waukesha CURRICULUM

• REQUIRED COURSES (31 Hrs)
• ECON 6000 (201) Economic Foundations - 2 Hrs
• ACCO 6000 (202) Accounting Foundations - 2 Hrs
• Exemptions granted with proper background
  typically 2 appropriate undergraduate courses,
  taken within the last ten years with a C or
  better from an accredited institution.

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M.B.A. Waukesha CURRICULUM

• REQUIRED CORE COURSES (cont.)
• ECON 6100 (210) Managerial Economics - 3
  Hrs.
• ACCO 6100 (230) Managerial Accounting - 3
  Hrs.
• MARK 6100(240) Marketing Management - 3
  Hrs.
• FINA 6100 (250) Financial Management - 3
  Hrs.
• MANA 6100(262)Organizational Behavior - 3 Hrs.

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M.B.A. PROGRAM Waukesha CURRICULUM (cont.)

• REQUIRED CORE COURSES (Cont.)
• OCSM 6160 (224) Quant. Dec. Methods - 3 Hrs.
• INTE 6150 (270) Information Tech Mgmt - 3 Hrs.
• MANA 6170 (263) Global Envir. Business - 3 Hrs.
• MANA 6240 (290) Global Strategic Mngt. -
  3 Hrs.

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M.B.A. PROGRAM Waukesha CURRICULUM

• 3 ELECTIVE COURSES (9 HRS.)
• One three hour elective REQUIRED in the area of
  Operations and Supply Chain Management. This
  replaces the core course and saves you three
  credits in the overall program.
• Students, faculty and program administration will
  collaborate in determining the remaining two
  electives to be offered.

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M.B.A. PROGRAM Waukesha CURRICULUM

• 1 ONE-CREDIT SKILLS COURSE (1 HR).
• In Waukesha this will be a Team Building Course
  (offered on a couple of Saturdays, typically
  900-300), or you can come to campus to take any
  one credit skills course.

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M.B.A. PROGRAM - TOTAL Waukesha CURRICULUM

• Total program 41 credit hours
• Program completion in 2 years and 4 months.

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CLASS SCHEDULE -- Waukesha

• Classes are held at MRA, the management
  association -- easy access from I-94
• All evening courses
• Two classes per semester - one night per week
• Fall 2008 cohort meets Tuesday nights
• August 2009 Class will meet on Monday nights
  (tent.)
• Classes meet from approx. 515 until 1030
• Courses offered fall, spring, and summer

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Cohort Group and Lock-step

• Cohort group
• Enter, complete, and graduate from the program as
  a group
• We strive to have a 50/50 split between GE and
  non-GE students.
• We take a maximum of 40 students and then start a
  waitlist.

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Lock-step

• Lock-step
• No course variations, schedule changes,
  additional students or (hopefully) drop-outs
• Students who must drop out may be able to
  complete the program at the Milwaukee campus

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APPLICATION PROCESS -- REGULAR DEGREE STATUS

• Complete application 50 fee
• www.mu.edu/GSM and click on Apply Now
• Required essays (on application)
• Work profile and/or resume
• Transcripts (official)
• GMAT scores
• 2 or 3 letters of recommendation - optional

Send application in now and the rest can follow.
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APPLICATION PROCESS -- TEMPORARY STATUS

• One semester head start
• Same as above, but no GMAT
• GMAT must be taken by 12/31/09

Send application in now and the rest can follow.
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ACADEMIC CALENDAR

• FALL SEMESTER late-August to mid-December
• SPRING SEMESTER mid-January to mid-May
• SUMMER SESSION mid-May to mid-August
• HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE????
• GRADUATION ---- 12/2011

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BOTTOM LINE INVESTMENT

• 2009-2010 tuition rate is 865 per credit
• FOR WAUKESHA MBA ABOUT 5,190 PER SEMESTER
• Total Cost _at_ estimated 2009 tuition rates is
  about 36,330.

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THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING

• FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
• Contact Dr. Jeanne Simmons, Associate Dean
• Cheryl Nelson, Director of Student Services Deb
  Leutermann, Admissions Coordinator
• 414.288.7145 (phone)
• 414.288.8078 (fax)
• MBA_at_Marquette.edu