Launch Pad MBA

The Launch Pad MBA program offers exceptional business training relevant to working professionals. Notions of community, diversity, and service are hallmarks of the program and its design. The program is highly student-centered, career-relevant and strategically focused on industry. The entire curriculum unfolds over 4 semesters, offering a choice of concentration and the option for an elective global field study experience in the terminal semester.

Mount Saint Mary’s University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The Business Programs are also accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

MBA Admission Requirements

Completion of a baccalaureate or professional degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university (or foreign equivalent), earned by the expected date of entry
A minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA). If your GPA does not meet the minimum requirement, you may submit a GPA addendum explaining the circumstances that affected your GPA.
Complete online Graduate Application
Application Essay
Two letters of recommendation
Entrance interview
Three years of full-time professional experience preferred

MBA Financial Arrangements

Students are responsible for the financing of their education. Information and assistance is available and should be directly requested from the Office of Student Financing. For tuition and fees for the MBA Program, see the tuition expense section at the beginning of this catalog or visit the University Website at www.msmu.edu. Students who return from a leave of absence from the program will be subject to applicable current tuition rates upon their return.

MBA Program Requirements

The program offers the student a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. As such, each student must comply with “Academic Policies for Graduate Division” (see Academic Policies for Graduate Division) These policies include, among others, Grading Policies (see Grading Policies), Academic Probation (see Academic Probation), and Academic Dismissal (see Academic Dismissal).

If a student receives a letter grade of D or F in a course module, he or she may retake the course as a Directed Study during the next semester at the prevailing per unit graduate rate. If the grade is improved to C- or higher, and the student remains in satisfactory academic standing, the student may proceed with his or her cohort. One repetition of a course is permitted. A student who receives a grade of D or F in more than 2 modules during a semester will not be allowed to proceed with his or her cohort and, further, will not be able to complete the courses as Directed Studies. Instead, he or she will need to join the next cohort in order to repeat these courses at additional prevailing tuition costs and fees. In order to graduate with an MBA, the student must successfully complete all modules of the curriculum.

Professional behavior is expected from MSMU students at all time. Students must abide by the ethical standards of the MBA Program, the Business Administration Department, the University both on campus and while working off campus on the Capstone Project or other assignment(s). The student, both as an MBA student and as a representative of Mount Saint Mary’s University, will consistently maintain the highest standards of honesty, integrity and service. If the expectations of the University or the MBA Program are not met, the student is subject to dismissal from the program.

Degree Requirements

MBA Launch Pad

Semester 1

Sky View Launch Semester

BUS 201	Sky View Business Economics	1
BUS 202	Sky View Accounting	2
BUS 203	Sky View Finance	2
BUS 205	Sky View Management	2
BUS 206	Sky View Marketing	2
BUS 209	Sky View Launch Pad to MBA Studies	1
Total Credit Hours:		10

Semester 2

MBA Core Semester A

BUS 230	Peer to Peer Teaching 1 – Ethics and D.E.I. Policy	2
BUS 262	Navigating Financial Resources: Financial Accounting	2
BUS 263	Utilizing Financial Resources: Managerial Finance	2
BUS 264	Managing Talent Building Coalitions & Leading Change	2
BUS 265	Data-Driven Decision-Making	2
Total Credit Hours:		10

Semester 3

MBA Core Semester B

BUS 240	Peer to Peer Teaching 2 – Special Business Topics	2
BUS 266	Managing Global Economic Challenges	2
BUS 267	Business and Corporate Decision Making	2
BUS 268	Social, Mobile, and Emerging Media Marketing	2
BUS 269	Operations Management for the 21st Century	2
Total Credit Hours:		10

Semester 4

MBA Final Semester

Students choose one culminating experience course and one concentration for a total of nine units.

One Culminating Experience Course from:

BUS 260	Culminating Project	3
	or
BUS 238	Global Business Colloquium (International Travel Study)	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

One Concentration from:

Entrepreneurship Concentration

BUS 241	Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership	3
BUS 243	Innovation Marketing and the Entrepreneur	3
	or

Finance and Accounting Concentration

Completion of 2 sections of BUS 293 - Special Topics (3 units per section) for a total of 6 units of instruction. One BUS 293 Special Topics section to focus on finance and one BUS 293 Special Topics section to focus on accounting.

BUS 293	Special Topics	1-3. Course may be repeated for credit.
	or

Organizational Leadership Concentration

BUS 244	Organizational Dynamics	3
BUS 246	Effective Organizational Leadership	3
	or

Project Management Concentration

BUS 257	Project Management 1	3
BUS 258	Project Management 2	3
Total Credit Hours:		6