Pepperdine’s Graziadio School offers ‘Fast-Track MBA’ to undergraduate business graduates

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 01, 2009 -
Highly qualified working professionals on the fast track in their careers, and who hold undergraduate business degrees from AACSB accredited business schools, will have a “Fast-Track” option within the Fully-Employed MBA (FEMBA) program, for the part-time MBA student, at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mba/curriculum/), announced Associate Dean Dr. John Mooney. Candidates must have earned an undergraduate business degree with a minimum 3.5 GPA from an accredited AACSB university, present a minimum 600 GMAT score, and have a minimum of two years work experience to qualify for the Fast-Track MBA option.

“We recognize that professionals with a high GPA from an AACSB accredited school have already demonstrated mastery of some of the foundational MBA subject areas, and consequently we are providing them the option to fast-track to their elective subjects,” Dr. Mooney said.

The Fast-Track MBA option will be available to those high-performing Pepperdine students earning their bachelor’s completion degree, the Bachelor of Science in Management (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/bsm/), as the step ping stone toward an MBA or an MBAJ (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mbaj/), the dual business and law degree.

The new FEMBA Fast-Track MBA introduces the option to waive up to three core courses. Instead of the required 52 semester units of study, qualifying applicants will be considered for 40-units of course work. The Graziadio School’s trademark flexible scheduling structure remains available, allowing students to tailor the time needed to complete the degree to their current life and work situation and take advantage of multiple campuses in Irvine, West Los Angeles, Encino and Westlake Village, as well as classes on-site at Boeing’s Huntington Beach offices.

The flagship FEMBA program can be completed in 24 months of continuous study taking a minimum of 8 units of coursework per trimester plus additional workshops over 4 weekends. With the Fast-Track MBA option, the candidate can earn a MBA degree within 20 months of continuous study.

The Fast-Track MBA waiver option would only apply to FEMBA core courses that are comparable to upper division undergraduate coursework that the candidate has already completed. The core courses must be within the emphasis area the candidate intends to pursue.

To qualify for a waiver:
•   Students must have obtained a minimum B+ or better grade in at least six (6) semester units of comparable upper division undergraduate coursework for the FEMBA course they wish to waive.
•   The upper division undergraduate courses must have been completed with the past seven (7) years
•   The FEMBA course waivers must be approved by the relevant Department Chair

For more information, contact Pepperdine’s Graziadio School at 1-888-339-0109.