MBA (Castleton/Clarkson 4+1 Cooperative Degree)

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Contact: Professor Paul Cohen, Department of Business Administration

Castleton offers this degree program in conjunction with Clarkson University (Potsdam, New York). This program enables Castleton students to complete an MBA in one year instead of the usual two years after a bachelor's degree. Class size for the one-year MBA program is restricted. Students are encouraged to apply early or possibly be placed on a waiting list.

Students will complete a bachelor's degree at Castleton, majoring in any of the Liberal Arts and Sciences or professional programs, and will take the required foundation courses listed below (many of which will satisfy Castleton's General Education requirements). For GUARANTEED admission to Clarkson's MBA Program students must:

Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in the foundation requirements.
Graduate with a minimum 3.0 GPA in upper division courses, or the last four semesters at Castleton.
Score in the fiftieth percentile on the Graduate Management Aptitude Test.

Complete the required Castleton courses:

ACC 2101 - Accounting I 3 cr
ACC 3010 - Accounting for Management Decisions 3 cr
BUS 1270 - Principles of Computer-Based Information Systems 3 cr
BUS 2020 - Principles of Management 3 cr *
BUS 2230 - Principles of Marketing 3 cr *
BUS 3131 - Business Law I 3 cr
-OR- CRJ 3050 - Law and Society 3 cr
BUS 3230 - Financial Management 3 cr
BUS 4110 - Operations Management 3 cr
ECO 2040 - Macroeconomics in a Global Context 3 cr
ECO 2050 - Microeconomics in a Global Context 3 cr
MAT 2021 - Statistics I 3 cr
*Students completing these courses will be required to complete a course in each of these areas as part of their graduate program. This would not lengthen the program.

In addition:

Students are expected to have a working knowledge of Calculus. (MAT 1531 will serve as foundation for Calculus).

And complete the university's Gen Ed requirements

Click here to review the Gen Ed requirements

Program Structure

Building on a knowledge base in the foundation subjects, the MBA program consists of 30 semester hours of study (ten courses) at the graduate level. Eighteen hours must be completed from among the core courses in six of the following eight functional areas of study:

	Financial Management	Accounting Theory
	Marketing Management	Information Systems
	Operations Management	Economic Theory
	Organizational Behavior	Management Science

All students must also complete one course in Managerial Policy. The remaining nine hours (three courses) consist of electives from among the graduate offerings of the School of Management.

Thus, the candidate has the opportunity to pursue advanced work in the above functional areas as well as specialized work in a variety of other areas. A candidate for the MBA degree must also complete a project designed to test oral and written communication skills.