MBA Management

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Why get your MBA in management at JBU?

The management MBA program combines functional training in essential business skills with training in leadership, ethics, and global business.

Enjoy a flexible format

Complete your coursework on your schedule 100% online. Every MBA class offers a zoom component with the opportunity to interact with your professor and classmates. The program is 36-45 credit hours long, depending on whether you have undergraduate coursework in a business-related field. 

Gain expertise

Through interacting with faculty and practitioners who have extensive academic training and years of real-world experience, you'll learn to analyze diverse business situations, examine complex problems and provide ethical, strategic leadership to organizations.

Use your degree

87% of JBU graduate students landed* within 6 months of graduation, according to a survey conducted by the JBU Career Development Department for 2019-2020 graduates.  

*landed: employed, grad school, volunteer, or military

Earn your MBA in Management

The MBA with a concentration in management combines functional training with teaching that prepares the student for management of people, projects, and operations.

Admissions Requirements

  • An undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher (4.0=A).
  • Undergraduate coursework in finance, accounting, statistics, and economics (only needed to enroll in the 36-credit hour MBA)
  • No entrance exam is required.

MBA Requirements

  • 36-45 total credit hours, depending on undergraduate coursework.
    • 24 credit hours of MBA core requirements
    • 12 credit hours of 7000 or 8000 level course work
  • Students typically graduate within 2 years

MBA Classes

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What to expect as a management graduate student at JBU

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Gain expertise in management

With JBU's management MBA program, you will gain real-world skills such as critical analysis and decision making. You'll learn to inspire, grow and motivate individuals and teams in support of strategic organizational development. 

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Learn project management

A comprehensive study of the role of the project manager and the initiating, planning, executing and monitoring of organizational projects within the context of business globalization.

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Be challenged by coursework

You'll learn critical concepts such as project management and global supply chain management to sharpen your management skills.

Featured Faculty

DR. JOE WALENCIAK, PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

Dr. Joe Walenciak holds a Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Arkansas and has been a member of the business faculty at John Brown University since 1982. During that time, he has taught business classes in the undergraduate, online and graduate programs. He has also chaired the undergraduate, graduate and online business programs. While at JBU, Dr. Walenciak has developed and led mission trips and studies programs in Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Jordan, China, Brazil, and several other countries.

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Next steps

Choosing a graduate program is a big deal, and our staff and faculty are committed to making this process easy for you.

Admission

Our admissions team is here to navigate the application process, so you have all the information to be confident in your decision.

Financial aid

You deserve a transparent, helpful financial aid experience. We'll work with you to ensure you're taking advantage of all of your financial aid opportunities.

Start classes

Most JBU graduate classes happen in 8-week blocks (counseling and education have some 16-week classes). Online and face-to-face class options provide flexibility for your busy schedule. Talk to an admissions counselor for more details on classes in your program.

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