5-year, BA/MBA

This accelerated, dual-degree program is designed to graduate students with a combined Bachelor of Arts in a Business major and Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree within five years. The combined degrees prepare students for professional careers in business, government or nonprofit organizations. Students begin taking four first-year MBA courses in their senior year and apply those 12 credits to their undergraduate requirements. The student is then able to finish the rest of the MBA in the following year, thus eliminating a year of college tuition.

Requirements:

1. Apply to the program at the beginning of the Junior Year with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 or above. Submit an essay describing why they want to be in the program.
2. Generally students will take six MBA credits and six undergraduate credits each semester of their senior year. The senior year credits are charged at the undergraduate tuition rate. All remaining undergraduate credits must be completed at Northwest University. Students may take no more than 15 total credits (MBA and undergrad combined) each semester in their senior year. No more than 12 MBA credits may be taken while still an undergraduate. Once students complete all undergraduate course, they will be charged at the MBA tuition rate as they continue on to MBA courses.
3. Maintain 3.3 Cumulative GPA during their Senior Year.
4. Since professional business experience is required for all MBA students, student in this program will be required to take the MBA Graduate Internship course as one of their electives.
5. Students complete all 39 of the required MBA credits.
6. This program is not available to the Business Management and Organizational Management majors offered in the Adult Evening or Online programs.
7. Since Accounting, Marketing, Music Business, and International Business majors have discrete major requirements, students of these majors will need to substitute elective credits for their MBA course work in their senior year. The Business Administration and Management majors can substitute one or two courses from their undergraduate major.