Students may be provisionally admitted to the program at any time. In order to maintain their provisional admission, students must have maintained a grade point average of 3.0 throughout the first 60 credits of studies and must achieve a grade point average of 3.2 at the completion of of their 75th credit hour of undergraduate studies. All students must obtain the recommendation of the chair of the division of Management, Communication and Legal Studies before the completion of the 75th credit and beginning their first graduate level-course. Comtinued participation in the program requires maintenance of the 3.2 GPA overall and a 3.0 average in all graduate level courses. Curriculum Students meet all requirements of a major, as well as all general education requirements.
Students complete the following sequence of undergradute courses.
651 Human Resource Management Students complete a 320-hour work practicum in the summer between their junior and senior year. In the fifth year, students complete 30 credit hours of graduate work in the M.B.A. program, including the remaining core requirements. Each student expressing an interest will be assigned a department faculty member as a mentor to monitor their progress and assist them with the program. Those students completeing the program will have saved a substantial amount of time and money and will be prepared to begin careers in the private sector. The combination of an undergraduate liberal arts degree with a professional master's degree is generally viewed as excellent career preparation.