ODETTE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: PROGRAMS OF STUDY Business Administration (MBA) (Co-operative Education) Business Administration (MBA) (Fast-Track) Business Administration (MBA) (For Managers and Professionals) Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws (Integrated MBA/LLB) THE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE The purpose of the Master of Business Administration program is to provide broad graduate study in the general field of business administration. It provides students with three important components to prepare them for management positions; academic knowledge, job skills and work experience. Graduate students have the opportunity of expanding their accounting, administrative, finance, marketing, management science and strategy expertise. The program emphasizes knowledge that prepares students for careers in private industry and business, for the public service, and for doctoral studies. Admission Requirements 1) Applicants who have secured satisfactory standing (at least a B- average) in their undergraduate work may be admitted. Major consideration is given to the performance during the last two years of the undergraduate program. Applicants without an undergraduate degree who hold a professional qualification such as (for example) C.G.A., C.M.A., or C.H.R.P. and a minimum of five years' experience in their profession may be considered for admission to the MBA program. Possession of the minimum requirements for admission does not ensure acceptance. Students must write the GMAT before applying for admission to the Faculty. Applicants who hold an M.B.A or a Ph.D. from a foreign University (or equivalent degree) in any discipline will not be required to write the GMAT. (Details of the Test may be obtained from The Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540.) The order form for the Bulletin of Information for the GMAT is available in the Office of the Registrar and in the M.B.A office. 2) Graduates from a four-year Honours program in Commerce or Business Administration who, in the opinion of the Odette School of Business, have covered an adequate program of studies, may be admitted to the candidate year in the Fast Track M.B.A. program provided they have obtained satisfactory standing (at least a B- average) in their undergraduate degree. 3) Students will be recommended for admission to the candidate year if they have maintained a B- average or better in the first year of the program. 4) Students in the candidate year who maintain a B- average or better will qualify for the M.B.A. degree. Prerequisites The prerequisites required for admission are: first-year university-level mathematics; micro- and macroeconomics. The mathematics prerequisite may be waived depending on an applicant's quantitative GMAT score. If the prerequisites have not been completed prior to admission, they must be completed during the first year of the program. Fee Policy for M.B.A. Students Taking Undergraduate Economic Courses M.B.A. students will pay undergraduate fees for undergraduate courses taken as prerequisites for admission if the courses are taken within the first three terms after admission. The undergraduate courses will not be counted towards the graduate degree. Part-time Status Students who are unable to complete the program on a full-time basis for health, family, or other reasons may, upon recommendation from the Odette School of Business, be permitted to continue their studies on a part-time basis. Course Requirements All two year programs (M.B.A and M.B.A Co-op) require eleven 500-level courses in the first year. The second year of the two year programs and the one year program (M.B.A Fast Track Co-op) requires ten 600-level courses. The major paper is weighted as two courses; the thesis as four. A student writing a major paper or thesis would require eight or six additional courses respectively. Fast Track students who do not complete a co-op work term will be required to complete a major paper in addition to the ten courses. 75-698 is required of all MBA students. Students will be allowed to pursue a general M.B.A. or choose one specific area of concentration. Areas of concentration include Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Marketing, Management and Labour Studies, Management Science and Production/Operations Management. To obtain an area of concentration, courses must be completed as follows: BUSINESS STRATEGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 75-680. Managing the International Enterprise 75-682. Manufacturing Strategy 75-690. Entrepreneurship: New Venture Formation and Management Plus any two of: 75-692. Topics in Strategic Management 74-639. Marketing Strategy and Planning 71-613. Leadership and Organizational Change FINANCE 72-672. Cases in Financial Management 70-651. Reporting, Analyzing, and Using Accounting Information Plus any three of: 72-670. Investment Analysis and Management 72-671. Portfolio Management 72-673. Topics in Finance 72-674. International Financial Management INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 71-643. International Management 72-674. International Financial Management 74-635. International Marketing Strategy 75-680. Managing the International Enterprise Plus any one of: 45-566. International Political Economy 41-510. Theory of International Trade or a Topics course with an international focus offered by any of the Areas MARKETING 74-639. Marketing Strategy and Planning Plus any three of: 74-631. Consumer Behaviour 74-632. Marketing Research 74-635. International Marketing 74-638. Special Topics in Marketing Plus any one of: 72-672. Cases in Financial Management 75-680. Managing the International Enterprise 75-682. Manufacturing Strategy or a Topics course being offered by one of the other Areas whose content is relevant to Marketing. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 73-603. Management Science Methods 73-605. Operations Management 73-606. Strategic Implementation for Technologies Management Plus any two of: 73-602. Topics in Management Science 60-537. Database Management Systems 60-538. Information Retrieval Systems 60-539. Emerging Non-traditional Database Systems 91-504. Advanced Operations Research I 91-505. Advanced Operations Research II 91-511. Stochastic Processes 91-502. Manufacturing Systems Simulation 91-500. Optimization 91-503. Production and Inventory Control Systems 91-508. Reliability Engineering MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR STUDIES 71-613. Leadership and Organizational Change 71-643. International Management 71-646. Business Negotiations and Problem Solving 71-647. Managing Diversity in the Work-place Plus any one of: 71-648. Topics in Management and Labour Studies 95-500. Sport Leadership PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 73-604. Operations Management 75-682. Manufacturing Strategy Plus any three of: 73-602. Topics in Management Science 74-631. Consumer Behaviour 75-680. Managing the International Enterprise 41-531. Industrial Organization 91-509. Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 91-512. Flexible Manufacturing Systems THE MAJOR PAPER Students may choose a major paper option. All students choosing this option must have a detailed major paper proposal approved by at least two faculty members in the Odette School of Business. These two faculty members will have primary responsibility for supervising the student's work. The approved proposal application form must be submitted to the Assistant to the Dean in order to register for the major paper (76-796). An oral defence will be required. The major paper will be graded, will receive six credits and will substitute for two 600-level course electives. THE THESIS Students may choose a thesis option. All students choosing this option must have a detailed thesis proposal approved by at least two faculty members in the Odette School of Business and by one faculty member external to the School but from within the University. An oral defence will be required (see 1.6.2, Committees). The thesis will be graded, will receive twelve credits and will substitute for four 600-level course electives. Professional Accounting Designation Students who are interested in pursuing both a professional accounting designation (i.e., C.A., C.M.A., or C.G.A.) and the M.B.A. are advised to complete their accounting course requirements while being registered in the Bachelor of Commerce for University Graduates program and then to apply for admission directly to the candidate year of the M.B.A. program (Fast-Track M.B.A.) MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION Students have the opportunity to experiment with various areas of interest in a generalist capacity, or to focus on a specific area of interest. Although the Faculty will make every effort to match students with suitable employment, students are not guaranteed positions, and the availability of positions may vary with the state of the labour market. Following the completion of each work term, a work report is required. These reports focus on a problem or problems at work as analyzed by the student in a significant academic analysis. These reports serve to develop solid communication skills. Guidelines regarding the content and format of the reports are determined by the Graduate Committee of the Odette School of Business. One report is required for each completed work term. In addition to the normal admission requirements, students seeking admission to the Co-op program will be required to have an interview with a representative from the Office of Co-op Education and Career Services. CO-OPERATIVE M.B.A. WORK/STUDY SEQUENCE Qualifying Year Fall Term 76-501. Interpersonal Dynamics 76-502. Core Concepts of Accounting Information I 76-503. Introduction to FinancialManagement 76-504. Quantitative Techniques in Management 76-505. Marketing Management 76-506. Managing Employees Winter Term 76-510. Core Concepts of Accounting Information II 76-511. Research Methodology 76-512. Financial Management 76-513. Human Resources Management 76-514. Management Information Systems Summer Term 76-701. M.B.A. Co-op Work Term I Candidate Year Fall Term workshops, plus five 600-level Business courses Winter Term 76-702. M.B.A. Co-op Work Term II Summer Term 75-698. Strategic Management workshops, plus four 600-level Business courses REGULAR M.B.A. PROGRAM This program is intended for those students not choosing the M.B.A. Co-op program (primarily students in the integrated M.B.A./LL.B. program). The academic portion is identical to the Co-op program and students will take their courses during the study terms for Co-op students. FAST TRACK M.B.A. PROGRAM This program is designed for students who have graduated from a four-year honours business program. Fast Track M.B.A. students are exempt from the first (qualifying) year of the regular program, entering directly into the second (candidate) year. It includes not only traditional academic course work but also a co-operative work placement with selected organizations. The program is purposely designed to provide practical knowledge based experience usually not available at an undergraduate level. FAST TRACK M.B.A. PROGRAM STUDY SEQUENCE Fall Term 76-660. Management Skills Development plus workshops and four 600-level Business courses Winter Term 76-711. Work Term Summer Term 75-698. Strategic Management plus workshops and four 600-level Business courses Students who are unable to complete the work term (76-711) will write a major paper (76-796). INTEGRATED M.B.A./LL.B. PROGRAM This special program provides students interested in a career which combines legal and business management skills with an opportunity to complete both the M.B.A. and the LL.B. degrees in four years. It is administered by the Integrated M.B.A./LL.B. Program Committee composed of representatives from the Odette School of Business, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The M.B.A integrated with the LLB program requires seven 600-level courses. Admission Requirements The admission procedure for the integrated program consists of two stages. At the first stage, students applying to the program must meet the admission requirements of both the M.B.A. and LL.B. programs. Therefore separate applications must be submitted to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research for admission to the regular degree program in Law and the M.B.A. To facilitate academic and career planning, it is strongly suggested that these applications be made simultaneously. Students who are accepted to both the M.B.A. and LL.B. programs will be accepted to the integrated program, and will proceed to attend first year in either Faculty. Such students will be granted a deferred admission to the other Faculty in the program. This special deferred admission will be revoked if the applicant's performance in the first program fails to meet the first-year academic standards of the program. In such case the applicant may re-apply for regular admission to the second degree program. Applications will also be considered for entry to the program from candidates who are attending the first year of either the LL.B. or M.B.A. programs. They must meet the admissions requirements and application deadline for the program for which they are seeking entry. Application Deadlines Faculty of Law - November 1 (LL.B.) Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research - June 1 (M.B.A.) For application materials please contact each of the following separately: For the LL.B.: Ontario Law School Application Service P.O. Box 1328 170 Research Lane Guelph, Ontario N1G 5E2 Telephone: (519) 823-5232 Website: www.ouac.on.ca/olsas For the M.B.A: Odette School of Business M.B.A. Admissions University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 mba@uwindsor.ca Website: www.uwindsor.ca/mba TERM PLANNING First and Second Years The first two years of study in the integrated program will consist of the regular first-year programs of each faculty. Third and Fourth Years The third and fourth years of the integrated program will be devoted to required and elective courses offered in both the Faculty of Law and the Odette School of Business. In the M.B.A. program students will be required to take five candidate-level courses. These must include 75-698 (Strategic Management) and four courses selected from a minimum of two of the following areas: Accounting, Management and Labour Studies, Finance, Management Science, Marketing, and Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the M.B.A. major paper or thesis must have a substantial legal component. In the Faculty of Law, the student will enrol in courses for a minimum of forty credits. These must include Torts, Civil Procedure, one course from the Legal Perspectives Group, and one course requiring a substantial paper that must account for at least 50 percent of the student's grade in the course. The M.B.A. paper will ordinarily satisfy this requirement, subject to the approval of the Faculty of Law Academic Programs Committee. In addition to the requirements outlined above, the candidate must choose three additional candidate-level M.B.A. courses or a further three law courses totalling at least nine credit hours or any equivalent combination. The student's elective choices shall be reviewed by the Integrated M.B.A./LL.B. Committee in light of the student's personal and career objectives, and the necessity of scheduling core business and law courses. ADVANCEMENT Continuation in the program is conditional on students meeting the following requirements: First and Second Years: Standing in the top half of the class; no Faculty of Law course grade lower than C-. Third and Fourth Years: In courses taken in the Odette School of Business, candidates must attain at least one A- or above grade and not receive any grades below B-. In courses taken in the Faculty of Law, candidates must attain in each year at least one grade of B- or above and must not receive any grade lower than C-. Candidates who fail to meet the above standards may be advanced upon the approval of the Program Committee if such action is warranted. Candidates who either fail to advance from First to Second Year, Second Year to Third Year, Third to Fourth Year, or who choose to leave the program will be free to continue on for both degrees, but within normal degree requirements, and subject to any conditions set out by the two Faculties. Students who fail to advance or who leave the program after Third Year and who have taken the appropriate electives may petition the Odette School of Business to be allowed to complete the regular requirements for the M.B.A. degree. YEAR LAW STREAM BUSINESS STREAM . I Law I Qualifying Year-M.B.A. . II Qualifying Year-M.B.A. Law I . III* Candidate Year-M.B.A. Law II & III Candidate Year-M.B.A. Law II & III . IV* Candidate Year-M.B.A. Law II & III Candidate Year-M.B.A. Law II & III Please consult the Cashier's Office about the tuition structure and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research for inquiries about awards. Students with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree Students holding an Honours B.Comm. degree may obtain both the LL.B. and M.B.A. degrees without the assistance of a special integrated program. However, by submitting applications simultaneously to both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and indicating an interest in the program, such students may be granted a deferred admission to whichever degree program he or she elects to take second. This special deferred admission will be revoked if the applicant's performance in the first program fails to meet the first-year academic standards of the program. In such case the applicant may re-apply for regular admission to the second degree program. Note: The University reserves the right to make changes in the integrated program and any rules or regulations applying to it. 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. Admission Requirements 1) Four-year (honours) undergraduate degree; 2) Three years of work experience in managerial or professional positions; 3) Students must write the GMAT before applying for admission to the Faculty. Applicants who hold an M.B.A or a Ph.D. from a foreign University (or equivalent degree) in any discipline will not be required to write the GMAT. (Details of the Test may be obtained from The Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540.) The order form for the Bulletin of Information for the GMAT is available in the Office of the Registrar and in the M.B.A office. 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