Graduate Business Programs
Program Coordinator: Kevin E. Hughes, PhD
Program Overview
The School of Graduate & Professional Studies offers a variety of graduate business degree programs that are intentionally designed with the busy, working adult in mind. At MVNU, we do not ask students to choose between a career and school—our programs are designed so that they can pursue both. Students who enroll in any of our graduate business degree programs receive a quality education that helps them develop a strong, ethical foundation upon which to make decisions. Each graduate business degree program offers students an engaging curriculum that equips them with the skills necessary to become competent, confident, and informed leaders in today's marketplace—leaders who are able to plan projects, achieve goals, and meet the expectations of today's business world with integrity.
Students choose from one of several graduate business degree options:
MBA (Finance Concentration): prepares students for leadership roles in corporations, investment banks, or financial planning firms by providing an understanding of markets, institutions, investments, and financial planning
MBA (Human Resource Management Concentration): prepares students for executive roles in human resource management by providing skills in human resource leadership, training and development, and compensation and benefits
MBA (Ministry Leadership Concentration): prepares students for ministry leadership roles within a church and para-church organizations—as well as overall personal and spiritual growth—by providing a practical, biblical, and theological understanding of ministry
MBA (Organizational Management Concentration): prepares students to be leaders, executives, and change agents in their organizations by providing skills in human resources, operations, and change management
MBA in Health Care Administration: prepares students for leadership and management roles in hospitals, clinics, extended care facilities, assisted living facilities, and group practices by providing skills in economics, organizational behavior, marketing, global business, accounting and finance, health care management, legal aspects of health care organizations, health services administration, and leadership of health care organizations
Master of Science in Management: prepares students who are current or aspiring leaders in the non-profit, human services, and government sectors by providing skills in the functional areas of business, including effective communication, organizational change and leadership, management of human resources, and global competition
Program Objectives
Upon completion of the graduate business degree program students will demonstrate:
- proficiency in the areas of management, marketing, finance, managerial accounting and strategy;
- problem-solving and critical thinking skills related to the strategic integration of business areas; and
- effective communication skills.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements for the Master of Science in Management program and Master of Business Administration programs include the following:
- submission of official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed to date;
- a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with at least a cumulative GPA of 2.80 (on a 4.00 scale);
- a completion of an online application and Registration Agreement Form;
Applicants from countries and US territories in which English is not the primary language must also provide recent evidence of proficiency in English by scoring 80 or above on the Internet-based TOEFL with subscores in writing, reading, speaking and listening of at least 20; or scoring 550 or above on the written TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with subscores in writing and reading of at least 50. All tests of English proficiency must have been taken in the last two years to be considered for acceptance.
Students may be admitted with conditional acceptance if approved by the GPS Graduate Business Program Coordinator.
Students without an undergraduate major, minor, or substantial course work in business are strongly encouraged to complete BSST-6010 Quantitative Concepts prior to taking ACCT-6003 Managerial Accounting.
Program Continuation
A student on conditional acceptance must achieve a grade of at least "B" in each of the first two courses in order to continue in the program and achieve full acceptance.
A student with full acceptance will be placed on academic probation at any time that the graduate cumulative GPA falls below 3.00. The graduate business student who is placed on academic probation must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.00 at the completion of an additional nine (9) semester hours. A student is removed from probation when the cumulative GPA meets or exceeds 3.00.
A student may be dismissed from a graduate business if s/he:
- receives more than six (6) semester hours of grades below a C-minus;
- fails to achieve the required GPA at the end of any probationary period;
- fails to remit payment for an outstanding financial balance; or
- fails to comply with the policies set forth in the Graduate and Professional Studies Students section of this Catalog.
Transfer Credit Provisions
Up to six (6) credit hours of graduate work may be transferred from regionally accredited colleges, or universities. Credit is transferred on a course-by-course basis as applicable to the degree. Transfer credit is granted only if grades of "B" or better were earned, and provided the course is a reasonable equivalent to one required in the program. No credit for prior learning is awarded. Equivalence of course content and transfer of credit is determined by the GPS Graduate Business Program Coordinator.
Graduate Business Dual Degree
To earn the MBA or the MSM as a second graduate degree at MVNU requires the completion of no fewer than seven (7) graduate business courses that are unique from the courses taken for the student’s first graduate business degree. A combined minimum of fifty-seven (57) credit hours are required to obtain both degrees.
Graduation Requirements
Graduate students must meet the degree requirements as stated in the Catalog under which they first enrolled. Students must earn their degree within a maximum of six (6) years from the first date of enrollment at MVNU. Students who withdraw from MVNU for more than six (6) months will meet the graduation requirements as stated in the catalog under which they resume enrollment. Students changing majors or programs must meet requirements as stated in the Catalog that is current at the time they make such changes.
A student who receives a grade of less than a C- will be required to repeat that course until a grade of C- or better is earned.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required for graduation.