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Business Administration (MBA) (For Managers and Professionals)
ODETTE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

M.B.A FOR MANAGERS AND PROFESSIONALS

The M.B.A for Managers and Professionals is an accelerated program geared toward students who are employed full-time and have accumulated significant experience in management and business practices. For additional information contact the Centre for Executive Education at www.uwindsor.ca/execed.

Admission Requirements

1) Four-year (honours) undergraduate degree;

2) Three years of work experience in managerial or professional positions;

3) Applicants must achieve a satisfactory score on the GMAT to be granted admission to the MBA for Managers and Professionals. Applicants who hold an M.B.A from a non-Canadian University or a Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in any discipline will not be required to write the GMAT. The GMAT requirement may be waived for applicants who can demonstrate the following: (1) Successful performance in a job that has an extensive quantitative component (comptroller, quality assurance supervisor, engineer, etc.); and (2) a B average or better in an undergraduate degree that emphasizes quantitative skills (such as Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, and the like), or performance at the B or better level in a recent Mathematics or Statistics course at a recognized University. The GMAT will strengthen the application.

4) An applicant whose first language is not English and who has not worked in an English-speaking environment for at least three years would have to demonstrate adequate command of English by an appropriate score on the TOEFL, CAEL, or other recognized test;

5) Satisfactory performance on a personal interview. Interviews will be conducted for prospective students.

Students with an Honours B.Comm.

Applicants who have a four-year B.Comm. or equivalent business degree could be admitted directly to the second year of the Professional M.B.A if they meet the above criteria and furthermore:

(a) have completed their degree no more than five years before the cut-off date for applications;
(b) had an average grade of B or higher in their program.

Program Curriculum

Total courses: 20

As with the regular M.B.A. program, all required courses are offered by the Odette School of Business Administration. In this program students will follow a prescribed sequence of courses in cohort fashion, with no electives - an approach that is not uncommon in M.B.A. programs directed at working managers and executives.

Program Sequencing

Courses are scheduled on alternate weekends; contact time is supplemented by Web-based instruction and team assignments. Students complete two courses concurrently before moving to the next two courses.

Year 1
77-521. Core Concepts of Accounting I
77-522. Introduction to Financial Management
77-523. Quantitative Techniques in Management
77-524. Managing People in Organizations
77-525. Business Research Methods
77-531. Core Concepts of Accounting II
77-532. Financial Management
77-533. Management Information Systems
77-534. Managing Human Resources
77-535. Marketing Management

Year 2
77-620. Reporting, Analyzing, and Using Accounting Information
77-621. Leadership and Organizational Change
77-623. Maximizing the Value of the Organization
77-624. Managing in the International Arena
77-625. Strategic Management
77-626. Strategic Implementation for Technologies Management
77-627. Business Negotiation and Problem Solving
77-628. Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
77-629. Current Issues in Business



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