Objectives:

The Master of Business Administration program at MidAmerica Nazarene University is a two year, 36 credit-hour program designed to enhance the technical and relational skills, innovative instincts, and ethical sensibilities of working adults to enable them to serve their organizations and communities more effectively as servant leaders. The MBA program emphasizes core business tools, skills, and concepts in the following objectives:

1. Application
2. Innovation
3. Ethical Leadership

Admission Procedures and Requirements

Regular Admission:

The requirements for admission to graduate study for the Master of Business Administration degree include:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Completed application.
• Official transcripts of all post-secondary work (MNU alumni disregard).
• Minimum overall grade-point average of 3.0 in the last 60 semester hours of coursework.
• If the student already has a master’s degree and is seeking another and has a 3.00 GPA or better in that master’s degree, they will be admitted to the program.

Applicants who have not completed courses in the following subjects, earning a B- or better, will be required to complete leveling equivalence. Leveling equivalence involves a pre-test and, as needed, an online tutorial and post-test. A fee will apply to each leveling equivalence required.

• Microeconomics
• Accounting

Conditional Admission:

An individual who does not meet regular admission requirements but who desires to pursue work leading to a Master of Business Administration degree at MidAmerica Nazarene University may be permitted to enroll conditionally. Regular status may be gained after completion of acceptable work at MidAmerica Nazarene University with a grade point average of 3.0 for the first twelve hours of graduate study.

Transfer Credit:

A maximum of six graduate credit hours can be transferred in toward completion of the MBA degree.

The course(s) for which transfer credit hours are requested must be judged comparable in terms of content and quality to the relevant MNU MBA course(s). Requests for transfer credit are reviewed by the Program Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Business in consultation with GSB faculty, as appropriate. Additionally, hours for which transfer credit is requested:

• must have been earned as graduate credit at an accredited institution.
• must have been awarded no more than five years prior to the date the student completes his/her current program requirements.
• must have been awarded a grade of “B” or better.