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2010-2011 Calendar | Business Administration |
Master of Business Administration
Faculty of Business Administration
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This master of business administration program provides broad-based and rigorous business training to prepare students for the global business world. Applicants should have non-business undergraduate degrees, and limited professional work experience, although work and life experiences will be considered for admission. The program is unique because it offers strong fundamentals to relatively inexperienced students over 12 months of intensive course work during three full-time terms, followed by a four-month internship. The program consists of required courses with no electives. Instead, four courses (designated with an asterisk) deepen and enhance core content. Course design will enable a significant course content individualization.
Students who completed the graduate diploma in business administration (GDBA) at a suitable standard will qualify for first term advanced standing.
Admission Requirements
Entry is competitive. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) (B average) or an undergraduate degree and the graduate diploma in business administration (GDBA) with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA).
Students can apply online at and then submit the following documentation by mail to Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1W6.
- official undergraduate transcripts mailed directly from the granting institution
- three confidential letters of reference mailed directly from the referees
- graduate management admission test (GMAT) results
- applicants whose primary language is not English, or whose previous education was conducted in another language, must submit evidence of satisfactory completion of a standardized English test that is acceptable to the University (see 1.3.2 Admission to a Graduate Diploma Program). The minimum acceptable test scores are: TOEFL 88 with a minimum of 20 in each category (Internet based exam); or TOEFL 570 and TWE 5 (paper based exam); or TOEFL 230 (computer based exam) and IELTS with a 7.0 overall band score.
- a recent passport style photograph
- a current curriculum vitae
Program Requirements
Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) (B average) and complete 45 units of prescribed courses as follows.
Course work follows three general themes: foundation (F), transformation (T) and exploration (E).
- BUS 701-2 Strategy†(F)
- BUS 702-3 Marketing Management (F)
- BUS 703-3 Managerial Economics (F)
- BUS 704-3 Leadership and Team Building* (T)
- BUS 705-3 Financial/Managerial Accounting (F)
- BUS 706-2 Data and Decisions (F)
- BUS 707-2 Ethical Decision-making (T)
- BUS 708-3 Finance (F)
- BUS 709-3 Managing Information (F)
- BUS 710-3 Emerging Markets* (F)
- BUS 711-3 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (F)
- BUS 712-2 Cross-cultural Management (T)
- BUS 713-4 Essays†(E)
- BUS 714-3 New Ventures * (E)
- BUS 715-3 Operations Management (F)
- BUS 716-3 Sustainability* (T)
- BUS 727-0 MBA Internship (E)
†pre-session course
Graduate diploma in business administration graduates may apply for advanced standing for BUS 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708. A minimum 3.0 CGPA in that diploma program is required.
Courses from the other master of business administration programs may be used as substitutes for these courses at the discretion of the academic chair.
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.