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John Hancock University offers an online MBA program for working adults interested in assessing theories and practices developed by academic business experts. Courses are grounded in scenario-based learning, and graduates of the Master of Business Administration program are exposed to the knowledge and skill that prepare them for career advancement in business.

Students choose from three program options:

MBA - GENERAL BUSINESS STUDIES
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This option is offers students the opportunity to critique and apply knowledge related to classic business disciplines. To earn an MBA in general business studies, students must complete 12 courses, including the nine-course MBA core curriculum and three elective courses (36 Credits total).

MBA - WITH SPECIALIZATION
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This option enables students to tailor their studies to specific areas of interest as they develop professionally. To earn an MBA with a specialization, students must complete the nine-course MBA core curriculum (27 credits) and three or four specified courses (9 credits) in an area of specialization.

Students should declare their intention to pursue a specialization early in their MBA careers, since this will make for easier planning and class scheduling.

MBA - WITH TWO SPECIALIZATIONS
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Students may pursue an additional 9-credit specialization once they have satisfied the requirement for the MBA with one specialization.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION INCLUDE:
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E-Commerce
Finance
Global Management
Health Care Administration
Leadership
Management of Information Systems
Marketing
Professional Accounting
Public Accounting
Project Management
Risk Management

Entry Requirements

Completion of a bachelor’s degree from an institution that is accredited by an accrediting association that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and/or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Depending on the major field of study, additional requirements may apply for admission.

At the discretion of the Chair of Academic Programs, graduate admission requirements may be waived upon successful completion of 6 credit hours as a student at large. Documentation of any exception will become a part of the student’s permanent file.

International applicants may be required to take a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit the results to John Hancock University prior to enrollment.
TOEFL scores vary based on the method in which the test is taken. The required scores for admission to John Hancock University are as follows:

Print: 550
Computer: 213
Internet: 79

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Today’s employers are looking for MBA graduates with an international mindset; those who can understand global issues, manage relationships across cultures, and grow businesses in emerging world markets.

The objective of Kaplan University’s Master of Business Administration program is to help students pursue leadership positions in competitive business environments, wherever they exist.* The curriculum was developed by a select panel of global business professionals and features international business case studies and examples.

As a business school student, you’ll collaborate on practical résumé–building projects that promote sound business and management decisions. Beyond practical skills, the MBA program is also designed to foster thought leadership, innovation, and corporate social responsibility on a global scale. You will be taught to:

- Create value in production and distribution of goods, services, and information throughout the supply chain

- Integrate business knowledge to take well-reasoned action in diverse situations

- Innovate to address business issues or establish new procedures within an existing process

- Generate a new business or establish new procedures within an existing business

- Demonstrate the leadership necessary to accomplish business goals and maximize organizational performance

- Evaluate the ethical and social implications of business decisions in a global context

Entry Requirements

To apply to Kaplan University’s graduate programs, you must complete a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

International Applicants
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International students must submit evidence that they meet Kaplan University’s general admissions standards for all students.

All international applicants must demonstrate a command of oral and written English skills to ensure they are prepared to complete college- or university-level coursework. Evidence of English language proficiency must be provided at the time of enrollment and may include the following:

- Proof of completion of secondary education (or higher) in a country where English is the primary language

- A transcript indicating completion of at least 45 quarter credit hours (or equivalent) and a CGPA of 2.0 or higher (or equivalent) from a university located in an English-speaking country

- Proof of completion of secondary education at an international high school where English is the primary language of instruction

- A transcript indicating completion of an English composition course with a grade of “C” or above from a U.S. institution of higher learning

- The minimum required score on the Kaplan University English Proficiency examination

- The minimum required TOEFL, ELTS, EIKEN, or PTE Academic, Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), or Defense Language Proficiency Test, English Comprehension Language (ECL) score as shown below:

TOEFL

Paper-Based : 550
Computer-Based : 213
Internet-Based : 80

IELTS : 6.5
PTE Academic : 253
EIKEN : Grade Pre-1
TOEIC : 750

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Lead the way businesses think about finance, marketing, legal issues and operations. Through our Doctor of Business Administration degree program, you’ll have the opportunity to review topics such as creating justification for restructuring and change, understanding functional/operational processes and envisioning strategies behind successful business operations. Take your academic journey to the highest level at University of Phoenix.

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program, offered by University of Phoenix, provides learners who hold a professional Master's degree a means of exploring their personal readiness to become senior leaders in management professions. Learners gain a mastery of business administration literature and demonstrate their competence by applying this knowledge to current business environments. Graduates with a Doctorate in Business Administration will be able to:

- Identify, research alternatives to, and solve business problems with the highest value-adding solutions.

- Perform systems-based, financially justified analysis and research operations issues and technology.

- Enabled opportunities in a global, market-based economy.

- Demonstrate business knowledge, and be recognized as a business subject expert.

- Formulate and re-design industry rules and standards. As
the global information economy evolves, organizations are becoming increasingly complex and innovative, with organizational models and practices becoming crucial for successfully addressing this complexity.

Consequently, leadership in this environment requires higher, more sophisticated levels of knowledge and skills. The DBA program is designed to serve this need by providing doctoral-level education to professional practitioners in business and management.

Entry Requirements

- Have a graduate degree in business, management or administration from an approved college or university that’s regionally or nationally accredited, or a comparable degree from a recognized institution outside the United States.

- Have a minimum 3.0 GPA on graduate degree posted transcripts.

- Have an official transcript listing a minimum of three graduate-level credits in research methods, statistics or scientific reasoning with a grade of C or better.

- Have a record of current or past employment in a supervisory or management position. Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn more about program-specific work experience requirements.

- Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.
be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.

- Have access to a research library.

- Have a signed University hardware/software agreement.

- Not have been expelled from a previous institution.

- Complete all required forms for admission and submit an official graduate degree posted transcript.

Students who do not have a graduate degree in business, management or administration may be admitted if they meet all requirements and have completed at least three credit hours in each of the following subjects from a regionally or approved nationally accredited — or candidate for accreditation — college or university, or equivalent recognized foreign institution:

Finance for Managerial Decision Making
Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
Marketing Management
Strategy Formulation and Implementation

International applicants
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Applicants without appropriate previous academic experience in an English language environment must pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), the Test of English as an International Communication (TOEIC®), the Berlitz® Online Proficiency Test, the Pearson Test of English Academic or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS®). Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn more about this requirement if you are a non-native speaker of English.

Other Fees

Books and supplies: $3,333

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Falmouth University’s creative MBA programme gives you the edge in today's challenging business environment. It's a pioneering course designed to maximise your ability to manage change and promote innovation in a business context. It can be studied part-time around your work commitments.

The skills, hands-on experience and relationships you'll nurture through the MBA will allow you to excel, adding value to companies dealing with the recession and developing your global employability.

Our MBA programme is built around four key themes vital to economic growth, which also represent the fundamental skills demanded by great business leaders: Creative Strategic Thinking & Innovation; Globalisation; Change Management; and Adding Value.

Through these themes we'll explore creativity within an international business context, key leadership theories and strategies, complex global problems faced by today's businesses, and micro and macroeconomics. Alongside the theory, hands-on experiential learning will help put your acquired knowledge in context so you can see just how it hones effective business leadership skills.

You'll also identify and develop your leadership skills, with a particular emphasis on inter-cultural communications and policies.

From the start of the course, we'll introduce you to global employability through our personal career management resource, allowing you to network with global companies and other MBA candidates, develop your employability skills online, and successfully manage and build your career as a sought-after creative leader.

Available as a part-time online course, the MBA is designed to work around you. Most of our students continue to work while taking the course, finding the rigorous course content informs their business practice and vice versa.

How is the course taught
Falmouth’s MBA programme is a part-time, online course run over two years. Our MBA team, associate staff and lecturers are pooled from some of the world's leading business schools and universities.

Course outline
The MBA is a part-time course studying over 24 months while you work. It's delivered through core modules, which are designed to bring creative practices to the business environment.

Facilities
As you progress through the MBA you will be provided with regular opportunities to analyse and assess your skills. The MBA team is on hand to help you build upon and improve your skills as part of this continuing development analysis process.

The price of the course includes text books.

The MBA course will introduce you to:

Networking opportunities with global companies
Opportunities to assess and analyse your existing skills and develop your employability
The creative culture which underpins Falmouth University
Careers
As an MBA student at Falmouth, you will have access to a personal one-to-one career management resource online. Falmouth’s MBA programme has seen students from various industries excel in their studies and be either named as winner or shortlisted for prestigious business awards in 2012-13.

Interview and selection process
Once you have submitted your application, a member of the MBA team will contact you and invite you to interview. Interviews will be held in person in the AIR building at our Penryn Campus or online, depending on circumstances.

Entry Requirements

We require candidates to have a minimum of three years' appropriate business experience to be accepted on to the course. A previous undergraduate degree is not required. However, we do suggest that a GMAT be undertaken.

Other Fees

The price of the course includes text books.

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Keiser University‘s Doctor of Business Administration degree program enables students to contribute to the business profession and the business educational profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. At the conclusion of the program, doctoral students will:

- Apply and evaluate effective leadership and decision-making practices at complex, multifaceted, and global organizations

- Formulate and disseminate organizational goals and strategies with data through versatile information systems

- Have the ability to prepare and evaluate ethical informed business decisions using advanced research methods, and communicate effectively at various organizational levels, in a global business environment

- Be educated to enhance their awareness and improve their ability to meet the opportunities and challenges in the global business environment

- Be prepared to contribute to the body of knowledge as part of the research community for application in the global business environment

- Be prepared for careers as university researchers and teachers or for senior positions in business or government

- Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents, presentations, and publications.

Entry Requirements

Candidates for admissions to the DBA program are required to hold a master’s degree in business administration, management, public or non-profit management, or related fields that demonstrates exposure to managerial functions from an accredited institution, and

(2) two years of full-time managerial or professional experience. Or candidates for admission are required to hold a master degree from an accredited institution, at least

(3) three graduate credit hours or

(4) six undergraduate credits hour in each of the following: accounting, finance, and economics and

(5) at least three years and preferably five years of full time managerial or professional experience.

(6)An admission decision is based on a combination of a student’s graduate academic performance, professional experience, and letters of recommendation. All students are encouraged to submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogy Test (MAT) scores in support of their application.

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