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FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Memo
To: Wade Parkhousel SGSC
From: Colleen Collins, Associate Dean Graduate Programs
Date: January
6, 2011
Re: Calendar Revisions- MBA program
Please find attached program calendar revision request for the MBA program approved
by the Graduate Program Committee in the
Faculty of Business.
The changes
include
1. A clarification of calendar language concerning laddering of student credits from
the GDBA to the MBA.
2. A clarification of the capstone element for the current cohort of the MBA program.
Could we place these items on the agenda for next SGSC meeting.
Thank You
MBA program - calendar revisions requests
1. Waiving of courses frmn GDBA
Currently, students can enter the program directly or via laddering through the Graduate
Diploma in
Business. The current calendar language says that students who complete the
GDBA at a suitable standard will qualify for advanced first term standing. However, there is
no definition of "advanced standing". In practice we have been waiving both the applicable
courses
and credits.
From:
Students who completed the graduate diploma in business administration
(GDBA) at a suitable
standard will qualify
for
first term advanced standing.
To:
Students who completed the graduate diploma in business administration
(GDBA) at a
suitable standard will qualify for
waivers of equivalent courses and credits.
2. Capstone: Comprehensive
exam.
option
Currently the calendar lists the MBA program capstone as an Essay.
At the July 12 SGSC meeting, the committee approved the addition of BUS 718-4 Strategic
Management,
as an elective for the MBA program.
In the documents attached to the course request was a memo that noted that BUS 718 would
be a capstone alternative
to the essay by providing a comprehensive examination. I would like
to request a calendar change, applicable in
2011-2
that would make this explicit for the current
cohort. Students who choose
the essay route prescribed in the current calendar would be
permitted to do so, but students who choose the comprehensive exam of BUS 718 would have
that option. Students have been informed of this potential change and most have opted for the
comprehensive exam.
From:
Program
Requirements
Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) (B average) and
complete 45 units
of prescribed courses as follows.
Course work follows three general themes: foundation (F), transformation (T) and
exploration (E).
.. BUS 701-2 Strategyt (F)
• BUS 702-3 Marketing Management (F)
• BUS 703-3 Managerial Economics (F)
• BUS 704-3 Leadership and Team Building* (T)
• BUS 705-3 Financial/Managerial Accounting (F)
.. BUS 706-2 Data and Decisions (F)
• BUS 707-2 Ethical Decision-making (T)
• BUS 708-3 Finance (F)
• BUS 709-3 Managing Information (F)
• BUS 710-3 Emerging Markets* (F)
• BUS 711-3 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (F)
• BUS 712-2 Cross-cultural Management (T)
• BUS 713-4 Essayst (E)
• BUS 714-3 New Ventures * (E)
• BUS 715-3 Operations Management (F)
• BUS 716-3 Sustainability* (T)
• BUS 727-0 MBA Internship (E)
To:
Program Requirements (changes in italics)
Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) (B average) and
complete 45 units
of prescribed courses
including either a final Essay or Comprehensive
Examination option (Bus
718)
as follows.
Course work follows three general themes: foundation (F), transformation (T) and
exploration (E).
• BUS 701-2 Strategyt (F)
• BUS 702-3 Marketing Management (F)
• BUS 703-3 Managerial Economics (F)
• BUS 704-3 Leadership and Team Building* (T)
• BUS 705-3 Financial/Managerial Accounting (F)
• BUS 706-2 Data and Decisions (F)
• BUS 707-2 Ethical Decision-making (T)
• BUS 708-3 Finance (F)
• BUS 709-3 Managing Information (F)
• BUS 710-3 Emerging Markets* (F)
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BUS 711-3 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (F)
• BUS 712-2 Cross-cultural Management (T)
" BUS 713-4 Essayst (E)
• BUS 714-3 New Ventures
*
(E)
• BUS 715-3 Operations Management (F)
" BUS 716-3 Sustainability* (T)
" BUS
718-4
Strategic Management
/
Comprehensive Exam
• BUS 727-0 MBA Internship (E)
