Business Administration, MBA (Asynchronous Online & Study Abroad)

Program Information

The GGU Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will advance your leadership skills and business knowledge using an activity-based learning approach. Our faculty members are seasoned professionals in their respective fields and will prepare you to lead in today’s complex business environment.

The GGU MBA builds business decision making and leadership skills that provides an integrated perspective of management and allows you to tailor your program with one of several concentrations to meet your interest and goals.

Since the founding of its MBA program over half a century ago, GGU has pioneered evening and online programs for working professionals to achieve their career objectives. You will proceed at your own pace in deciding how many courses to take in a given trimester and study fully in-person, completely online or a combination of both.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Master of Business Administration program will have the knowledge and skills to:

Demonstrate a general management “holistic” perspective.
Demonstrate managerial and leadership skills, such as teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving, communications and presentations, self-awareness
Master and apply general management analytic processes and tools for decision making.
Integrate strategic business objectives within competitive industry dynamics.
Integrate strategic business objectives within the socio-political-economic-ecological-global context.
Understand functional areas’ impact on business and departmental interaction issues.
Demonstrate integrated business level planning.
Demonstrate an understanding and ability to identify the ethical, environmental, and social implications of business issues and formulate appropriate responses.

Admissions Requirements

Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited US institution or the equivalent from a recognized foreign (outside the US) institution and provide official transcripts.
Master’s degree holders only need to submit transcripts from previous graduate programs. However, applicants are encouraged to submit all transcripts to maximize transfer credit.
Applicants whose native language is not English must meet the English Language Proficiency Admission Requirement .
Applicants with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0 should submit a statement of purpose and a resume.
The GMAT/GRE is NOT Required. A statement of purpose and Resume are required for applicants with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0.

Student Manual

Students must abide by the policies stated in the MBA Student Manual .

Requirements for the Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) requires completion of 33 units in the core program, and 9 units in the concentration, for a total of 42 units. Students must earn a grade of “C-” or better in each course and cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 or better. Study abroad program students who are unable to obtain a visa to study in the U.S. will be awarded the Global Business Management Professional Certificate (Asynchronous Online) upon completion of the online portion of the program. They are eligible to complete the rest of the MBA program online.

Mathematics Proficiency Requirement

BUS 240 Data Analysis for Managers . (Waived with documentation of student’s having completed equivalent course covering statistics and regression analysis with grade of “C” or better.)

Business Core - 24 units

The core courses are taken by all MBA students. This ensures that all MBA graduates have an understanding of the important skills for effective management and an integrative knowledge of the core area of business, regardless of their area of concentration.

BUS 202 Fundamentals of Business 3 unit(s) *
LEAD 300 Management and Leadership 3 unit(s) *
MKT 300 Marketing Management 3 unit(s) *
MSBA 300 Foundations of Business Analytics 3 unit(s) *
FI 300 Corporate Finance 3 unit(s) *
LEAD 303 Teamwork in Organizations 3 unit(s) *
MBA 323 Information Technology 3 unit(s) *
OP 300 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 unit(s)
*These courses will be completed online via upGrad’s learning management system.

Strategic Courses and Capstone Course - 9 units

MGT 345 Context of Business 3 unit(s)
MBA 311 Strategic Analysis and Design 3 unit(s)
MBA 350 Business Planning 3 unit(s)

Concentration Courses - 9 units

To progress to the concentration courses, students must have successfully completed the first eleven courses in the program with a grade of “C-” or better and have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better.

General

Select three courses from any of the concentrations listed above.