Combined BBA/MBA Degree - Atlanta Campus

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The Stetson School of Business and Economics offers a combined BBA/MBA degree program that provides an accelerated route to earning both the Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) and the Master of Business Administration degree (MBA).  Upon successful completion of the program, the BBA and MBA degrees are concurrently awarded.  The combined plan requires a total of 150 specified semester hours, 111 semester hours of undergraduate study and 39 semester hours of graduate study.

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Admission to the Combined BBA/MBA Program

In order to be considered for the combined degree program, students should be admitted to the Stetson School of Business and Economics’ Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program prior to or at the beginning of the fall semester of the junior year. Admission requirements for the BBA program apply.

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Formal application to the combined degree program is made to the Graduate prior to the semester in which the student will have completed all but 6 semester hours of the 111 semester hours listed below.  In order to be admitted into the combined degree program and into MBA coursework for this “transition semester,” students must have: 

1. Completed at least 105 semester hours of work, including all but 6 semester hours of the courses listed below in General Education Core, Math and Computer Science, BBA Core and Business Elective Courses.
2. Earned a minimum grade of C in all business course work (regardless of institution).
3.  Earned a minimum overall 3.5 grade point average at Mercer.
4. Completed a minimum of 32 hours in residence at Mercer, and will have completed at least 30 semester hours in residence at business by the end of the transition semester.

Students who meet these requirements and are subsequently admitted and enrolled in the combined degree program will have the GMAT requirement for the MBA program waived for the purposes of graduate course work in the combined degree program.

In the transition semester, students must pass all undergraduate courses and must earn a minimum grade of C in all business courses.

ONCE FORMALLY ADMITTED INTO THE COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAM, STUDENTS MUST MEET ALL MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGES AND MINIMUM GRADE REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER ACADEMIC POLICIES, AS SPECIFIED FOR THE MBA DEGREE IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM.

Program of Study for the Combined Degree

The course of study for the combined BBA/MBA degree includes academic requirements at both the undergraduate and graduate level.  During the transition semester, students will take both graduate and undergraduate level courses.  After the transition semester, students will take only graduate courses.  Undergraduate matriculation and tuition will extend through the transition semester.  Graduate matriculation and tuition will commence thereafter. 

The requirements are summarized below:

Undergraduate  (111 semester hours)

General Education Core (36 hours)  
English Composition I & II (6 hours)
Public Speaking or Writing (3 hours)
Literature course (3 hours)
History course (3 hours)
Religion course (3 hours)
Laboratory Science course, NOT SCIE 100 (3 hours)
Social Science course (3 hours)
Fine Arts, Philosophy, or Language (3 hours)
General Education Electives (9 hours) -- three additional courses from any of the above subject areas for which the student has not already received credit.

Math and Computer Science  (15 hours)  
Precalculus (3 hours)
Calculus (3 hours)
Statistics (3 hours)
Introduction to Computers (3 hours)
Business Communication (3 hours)

BBA Core (36 hours)
ACC 204, 205; BUS 346; BUS 349; MGT 382; ECN 150, 151, 300 level; FIN 362; MGT 363; MKT 361; MGT 498

Business Electives (12 hours)
Four 300-400 level business electives chosen from one or more of the following disciplines: ACC, CSC, ECN, FIN, MGT, or MKT.

Free Electives (12 hours)

Graduate (39 hours)

MBA Foundation Courses (9 hours)
Waived through completion of equivalent undergraduate courses with a C or better, per existing MBA degree policy.

MBA Core (27 hours)

BAA 601, BAA 603, BAA 604, BAA 605, BAA 607, BAA 609, BAA 611, BAA 613 and BAA 699.

MBA Electives (12 hours)
Four courses chosen from the MBA electives, one of which must be an international elective.

Combined BBA/MBA Program Total:  150 semester hours