Oakland Mba Programs

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port city, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eighth most populated city in California, and the 45th largest city in the United States. With a population of 412,040 as of 2016. It serves as a trade center for the San Francisco Bay Area; its Port of Oakland is the busiest port in the San Francisco Bay, the entirety of Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854, which officially made Oakland a city.

Master of Business Administration

Graduate Business Programs 238 Elliott Hall  (map) (248) 370-3287 • Fax (248) 370-4964 http://www.sba.oakland.edu

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Program coordinator:

Paul Trumbull

238B Elliott Hall

(248) 370-3277

trumbull@oakland.edu

Program description

A program leading to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) with special emphasis in information technology and international business is offered by the School of Business Administration. It is designed to educate students for managerial roles in private, public, or not-for-profit sectors of the economy.

The MBA program is designed for undergraduate majors from any discipline, including business or management. It is preferred that students with an undergraduate degree in business or one of the functional areas of management have two years of work experience before entering the MBA program. A typical entering class may consist of undergraduate majors from engineering, the natural sciences, the social sciences, computer science, mathematics, business, health care, education and the humanities.

The program is based on the belief that an education in management should:

·         Prepare students for careers involving problem identification, problem solving, decision making and leadership in any type of organization

·         Emphasize the determination of goals and the effective utilization of scarce resources

·         Help students understand and effectively interact with the emerging workplace issues of globalization and diversity

·         Assist students in understanding the effects of, and successfully deal with, the changing social, legal, ethical and technological environments of the organization

·         Stress understanding of human behavior and the organizational setting, for much of management relates to people – understanding them, communicating with them, working with them, and leading them

·         Stress the importance of the management of information technology resources in the successful operation of an organization.

Students in the MBA program may choose to focus their elective work in one of the ten areas of concentration offered at Oakland University or select to choose from a variety of elective courses for more general study. Currently, the MBA program at Oakland University has areas of concentration in accounting, business economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources management, international business, management information systems, marketing, and production/operations management and supply chain management.

Program delivery

Courses are offered Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings at the Rochester campus and Monday through Thursday evenings at Oakland University site locations.

Length of program

The length of the MBA program varies from 36 to 48 credits (not including prerequisites), depending on the student’s prior preparation.

Full-time students normally take 12 credits (four courses) in the fall and winter semesters and three credits (one course) in each summer session. The full-time student can finish the complete 48-credit program in less than two years. Students with sufficient background in business courses may be able to complete the minimum 36-credit MBA program in 16 months of full-time study.

Part-time students taking six courses per year can finish the complete 48-credit program in two and two-thirds calendar years (32 months) in a year-round program.

Satisfactory progress

The MBA program must be completed within six years from the date of entry into the program. The scheduling of MBA classes is based on the assumption that students will be enrolled in a standard part-time program: six courses per year (two courses in each of the 15-week fall and winter semesters, and one course in each of the eight-week summer sessions).

In accordance with university regulations, all course credits used to meet requirements of the MBA program must be earned within six years of the date that the MBA is awarded.

Application terms and application deadlines

Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in Graduate Study and Lifelong Learning by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.

·        July 15 for fall semester

·         November 15 for winter semester

·         March 15 for summer semester