Coles MBA (Dalton)

Contact: Timothy Isles
Office: KSU Center, Room #433
Phone: 470-578-4470
Email: colesmba@kennesaw.edu
Web address: http://coles.kennesaw.edu/graduate/mba/

Program Description

The MBA (Dalton) is a professional degree providing a broad base of general business knowledge that prepares graduates for middle- and upper-level management positions. The program seeks to develop in its students an understanding of managerial behavior and decision-making within the economic, social, and political environments of business operations. Students will improve their communication and leadership abilities, their analytical and decision-making skills, and their effectiveness at developing working relationships with subordinates, peers, supervisors, and external constituents. It is a cohort lockstep program consisting of ten courses over five semesters.

General Requirements for Admission to the Coles MBA (Dalton)

Admission to the MBA (Dalton) program is granted to those persons showing high promise of success in graduate business study. An applicants’ portfolio is reviewed as a part of a competitive process based on the following components:

Professional Experience
Academic Background
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)

*International applicants have additional requirements; see Graduate Admissions section of this catalog.

Transfer Credit

A student may transfer a maximum of three semester hours of graduate courses provided the transfer hours are made prior to the last 27 hours of course work. Special hardship cases, such as job transfers, will be decided on an individual basis by the program director. The transfer of credit for course work completed at another institution will be approved only under the following conditions:

The course was completed at an institution accredited by AACSB at the time of instruction;
A minimum grade of “B” was received in the course;
The course was restricted to graduate students only;
The content of the course corresponds to that of a course required or permitted in the student’s program at Kennesaw State University;
The credit to be considered for transfer will not be more than six years old at the time the student enters KSU.

A request for consideration of transfer credit must be submitted to the MBA program director by the student concerned during the first semester of residence here. The request must indicate the specific course(s) for which transfer credit is sought. A copy of the other institution’s transcript and a course description from the catalog must be submitted. A course outline may also be required.

Grades in Graduate Courses

Expectations for satisfactory graduate level student performance are detailed in the Academic Policies section of this catalog.

Petition to Graduate

Each MBA student must petition to graduate one semester prior to completing program requirements. The MBA Program office should be contacted to petition to graduate.

Admission Criteria for Non-Degree Student

The Coles MBA (Dalton) does not admit non-degree seeking students.

Readmission to the Coles MBA (Dalton)

Any graduate student who has a break in attendance of 5 semesters or more must apply for readmission to the MBA program. Students applying for readmission must meet all admissions criteria in place at the time of readmission including minimum GPA and GMAT scores. The six-year time limit for degree completion applies. For details on readmitting, see Readmission to Graduate Study in the Graduate Admissions section of this catalog.

Program of Study

The Master of Business Administration program in Dalton is made up of foundation, core and elective courses. All students must satisfy the 3 foundation requirements, complete the 24 credit hours of prescribed core MBA courses and 6 credit hours of MBA electives for a total of 30 credit hours.

Foundation Requirements (3 modules)

Satisfied by completing the foundation modules below by completing undergraduate course(s) with a grade of “C” or higher in the course below or the KSU equivalents:

Accounting Foundation or Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting (ACCT 2100 and ACCT 2200)
Finance Foundation or Financial Principles (FIN 3100)
Statistics and Math Foundations or Inferential Statistics and Algebra (ECON 2300 and MATH 1101)

Core Requirements (24 Credit Hours)

Elective Requirements (6 Credit Hours)

One international course (3 credit hours - i.e., ECON 8610, FIN 8370, MGT 8910, MKTG 8730, MKTG 8790) will offered as a part of the cohort program.

One additional course (3 credit hours) from the 8000 level MBA courses (i.e., ACCT, BLAW, ECON, FIN, GBA, IS, MGT, MKTG) will be offered as a part of the cohort program.