Overview
Program Description
The MBA is designed to provide graduates with the skills needed to function in upper-management positions, critically analyze an organization's performance, use technology in problem solving and communication, and understand and appreciate the legal and cultural realm of the workplace, as well as the global business environment.
The Master of Business Administration is designed to prepare students to pursue leadership positions in business successfully. The program builds on the strong reputation of Centenary’s undergraduate business degree program, focusing on the development and enhancement of the perspectives, knowledge, and skills required for a career in business. Students who complete the MBA program will develop the advanced skills necessary to function in an upper managerial position, acquire the necessary evaluative skills to critically analyze an organization’s performance, utilize technology skills in problem solving and communication, develop an appreciation of the legal and cultural realm of the workplace, and demonstrate an understanding of the global business environment.
Centenary University offers five concentrations within the MBA program in Management, Marketing, Finance, Health Administration, and Leadership. These areas of concentration emphasize the understanding and utilization of the latest technology as a way to evaluate performance and create management solutions. Critical thinking is vital to today’s manager, and Centenary’s MBA program strives to provide this to each student so that all graduates have the necessary evaluative skills to analyze an organization critically and understand the legal and cultural marketplace in which that organization functions. Certificates are available in Finance, Health Administration, Leadership and Marketing.
The Centenary MBA Program is conscious of the unique learning experience that graduate level students undergo. Learning is truly a shared experience; that is why we strive to have a diverse body of business students drawn from various industries such as pharmaceutical, financial, consumer products, technology, and health care. This diverse group not only allows for cross-fertilization of ideas and practices across various industries, but also provides students with a wonderful opportunity for networking.
In order to be successful in the MBA program, students should be capable of good oral and written communication skills as well as the ability to succeed in quantitatively oriented programs, including the completion of courses in Accounting, Statistics, and Economics at the undergraduate level with a grade of “B” or better.
Program Goals
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete the seven foundation courses before moving on to the next five courses, which can be taken in any order. A capstone strategy course is taken at the end of the program. Upon successful completion of the following foundation courses, with a grade of B- or better in each course and a cumulative GPA of 3.0, students enrolled in the program will attain the status of “Candidate for the Degree of Master of Business Administration.
Graduate students must have a GPA of 3.0 in order to receive a degree. Any MBA student who receives one grade of C (to include C+, C, and C-) must meet with the MBA Program Director and is subject to dismissal. Any graduate student who receives more than one grade of C (to include C+, C, or C-) will be dismissed from the program. A graduate student who has received a grade of C may request a determination of eligibility to repeat the course one time from the Program Director.* No grades of D will be given (anything lower than a C- is an F). A grade of F will result in dismissal from the program.
*If a student repeats a course in which a grade of C has been received, both the original grade and the repeated grade will count in the GPA. Both grades will be used to determine eligibility to stay in or to be removed from the program.
Admissions requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA 2.5
- Essay/personal statement
- No GRE/GMAT required
Curriculum Requirements
Foundation Courses-21 credits
These seven courses (21 credits) must be taken before moving on to the final six courses (18 credits)
* Students in the Healthcare concentration will take GBA-570 Environment of Healthcare instead of GBA-510
Required for all:
Five additional courses must be taken (in any order) before proceeding to the Capstone course.
Traditional MBA (no concentration)
| GBA-540 | The Global Business Environment | 3 |
Select two:
| GBA-620 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| GBA-660 | Organizational Theory, Culture & Behavior | 3 |
| GBA-670 | Problems in Marketing | 3 |
Concentration Courses-9 credits
Finance*:
| GBA-611 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| GBA-614 | Finance for Executives | 3 |
| GBA-616 | Entrepreneurial Financial Management | 3 |
* Finance concentration courses are online only
Management:
| GBA-540 | The Global Business Environment | 3 |
| GBA-620 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| GBA-660 | Organizational Theory, Culture & Behavior | 3 |
Marketing*:
*Marketing concentration courses are online only
Health Administration*:
| GBA-650 | Ethics: Contemporary Health Environment & Evidence Based Management | 3 |
| GBA-651 | Health Organizational Design & Behavior | 3 |
| GBA-652 | Health Economics Policy & Population Health Management | 3 |
*Health Administration concentration courses are online only
Leadership*:
| GBA-680 | Leading Change & Managing Team Projects | 3 |
| GBA-681 | Conflict Resolution and Negotiation | 3 |
| GBA-682 | Leadership Strategy, Integrity, & Ethics | 3 |
*Leadership concentration courses are online only
Capstone Course-3 credits (Final Course)