Degree offered at: Campbellsville and Louisville
Foundational Requirements
All applicants who have not completed undergraduate courses in any one or all of the following areas: Accounting, Finance, Economics, and/or Statistics, are to take undergraduate courses in these areas as prerequisites or take subject MBA/PMBA Primer pretests BEFORE admission to the program. The MBA/PMBA Primer pretests are free of charge and may be taken only one time. If students do not score 70% or higher on the pretests, they must complete the corresponding preparatory modules. After completion of the modules, students must score 70% or higher on the post-tests to satisfy the prerequisite requirements.
The MBA/PMBA Primer includes individual courses and a comprehensive course which includes all of the courses combined. Students may take as much time as necessary to be successful in the MBA/PMBA Primer courses. Expect to spend between 20 and 30 hours total on the four modules and post-tests. Individual study time will vary. The entire course is web based. There is no textbook involved. The pretest or post-test scores will not appear on a student’s transcript at Campbellsville University. Students will not be admitted to the program until all prerequisite requirements have been met.
Curricular Practical Training for PMBA (Effective 1/11/2021)
International students who are accepted into the Professional Master of Business Administration Program (PMBA) at Campbellsville University will be required to apply for and be approved for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) work authorization. This work authorization will be for a job that is considered an integral part of the student’s education and can be related to their designated coursework. This position can be paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time, internship or job shadowing position.
Students must obtain a job by the start date of their program and maintain a position throughout the entire program. Students must maintain continuous CPT work authorization for all six (6) terms. If at any point throughout the program a student does not maintain employment authorization (CPT), the student may be dismissed from the program.
Course Requirements for the MBA/PMBA
In addition to listed criteria for admission to the MBA/PMBA program, a student must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to compete successfully in an MBA/PMBA program. Students possessing a bachelor’s degree in business administration and at least two years of work experience will be considered to possess the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to compete successfully in the MBA/PMBA program. For students who do not possess a bachelor’s degree in business administration, it may be necessary for the student to acquire background knowledge in selected business areas before enrolling in specific courses. See Foundational Requirements for the MBA/PMBA.
Students will take 36 hours of 600 level coursework to complete the MBA/PMBA. A student will take a total of 27 hours of core course work (each course is a three credit hour course) and 9 hours of electives. In lieu of the 9 hours of electives in the online format only, students can complete a specific track of 9 hours in one of the following areas: Accounting, Church Management, Computer Science, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Financial Planning, Healthcare Management, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, International Business, Marketing, and Supply Chain & Logistics Management. In order to pursue the accounting track, students must have the following prerequisite coursework: Financial Accounting (Accounting I), Managerial Accounting (Accounting II), Intermediate Accounting I, Intermediate Accounting II, Accounting Information Systems, Cost Accounting, Auditing.
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