SFU
    MEMORANDUM
    Dean of Graduate Studies
    Maggie Benston StudentServices
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    attention
    Senate
    date
    from
    Wade Parkhouse. Dean of Graduate
    No.
    5 December 2012
    GS2012.42
    RE:
    Studies
    Beedie School of Business
    S.13-13
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    www.sfu.ca/Dean-
    GradStudies
    For information:
    Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of 3 December, 2012, SGSC approved the following
    curriculum revision:
    Effective Date is Summer 2013
    Beedie School of Business
    a) Executive Master of Business Administration
    1. Changes to admission requirements
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    ENGAGING THE WORLD
    SFU
    MEMO
    BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    ATTENTION: Wade Parkhouse, Dean of Graduate Studies
    GS2012.42
    Beedie School of Business
    Segal Graduate School of Business
    500 Granville Street,
    Vancouver, BC Canada
    V6C 1W6
    FROM: Colleen Collins, Associate Dean Graduate Programs
    RE: Calendar language changes Beedie School of Business: Executive MBA
    DATE: November 19,2012
    The Graduate Studies Committee of the Beedie School of Business recommends changing the
    admission requirements for the Executive MBA program to make the GMATexam requirement
    optional. Currently it is required of all students.
    We would like to conform to a changing competitive environment where the GMAT is increasing
    not required. In most Canadian, and many top international EMBA programs the GMAT is either
    not required or only required in for some cases to make the application stronger. Given that
    EMBA students are admitted based on an extensive history of work experience and
    accomplishment (minimum 10 years), a personal interview and several written essays, the test
    provides
    little additional diagnostic evidence of the ability of the applicant's ability to succeed in
    the program.
    We would like to maintain the program'sability to request a GMAT from applicants without an
    undergraduate degree or other credentials, or whose undergraduate grades are not sufficient.
    Therefore we request the following calendar change:
    From:
    Admission Requirements
    Applicants will be considered for admission
    based on the following criteria.
    •
    Simon Fraser University's online
    graduate studies application for
    admission
    • executive MBA application essay
    • minimum of ten years of business
    experience, with a minimum of four
    years of managerial responsibilities
    • resume
    admission toot) results
    GMAT
    (graduate management
    admission test) results may be
    reguested for applicants without
    evidence of sufficient academic
    achievement
    • undergraduate degree (B average)
    To:
    Admission Requirements
    Applicants will be considered for admission
    based on the following criteria.
    •
    Simon Fraser University's online
    graduate studies application for
    admission
    • executive MBA application essay
    • minimum of ten years of business
    experience, with a minimum of four
    years of managerial responsibilities
    • resume
    • undergraduate degree (B average)
    or a professional designation (i.e.
    CA, CMA, CGA, PEng)*
    •
    GMAT (graduate management
    admission test) results may be
    requested for applicants without
    evidence of sufficient academic
    achievement
    • three confidential letters of
    reference, preferably from
    or a professional designation (i.e.
    CA, CMA, CGA, PEng)*
    • three confidential letters of
    reference, preferably from
    supervisors, former professors or
    significant clients
    • interview (shortlisted candidates
    only)
    *while priority will
    be given to those with a
    university degree or a professional
    designation, a limited number of applicants
    may be admitted who do not hold a formal
    degree but possess exceptional business
    management qualifications
    supervisors, former professors or
    significant clients
    • interview (shortlisted candidates
    only)
    *while priority will
    be given to those with a
    university
    degree or a professional
    designation, a limited number of applicants
    may be admitted who do not hold a formal
    degree but possess exceptional business
    management qualifications
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    ENGAGING THE WORLD
    Appendix: EMBA program GMAT requirement comparison
    Schools that require the GMAT:
    Sothebys U of Saint Mary's
    Rotman UofT
    McGill-HEC Montreal
    Schools that may request the GMAT:
    Sauder UBC (if no undergrad)
    Queens
    Concordia (if undergrad GPA is less than 3.0)
    UofA
    Haskayane Uof C(if no degree or undergrad GPA is lessthan 3.0)
    UofPEI
    Telfer U of Ottawa
    Shulich York University
    Ivey U of Western Ontario
    UNBC (GMAT recommended)
    No GMAT:
    Athabasca
    Royal Roads
    Universite du Quebec a Montreal
    Levene U of Regina

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