Department of Management, Marketing and General Business Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Introduction The MBA program at West Texas A&M University offers a variety of options for students seeking a professional business degree from a regionally accredited University. The 250 students in the MBA program have the option to concentrate in management, marketing, biotechnology and health care administration, and computer information systems (students interested in an accounting concentration should consider the MPA program while those interested in an economics or finance concentration are encouraged to consider the MSFE program). The 40-49 credit hour MBA program is designed for completion within a two-year period, although completion can take one to six years. Courses are offered on campus, in Amarillo (primarily at night) and online. Students are able to take every course required for graduation in the online, campus or Amarillo environments. In addition, students have the option of combining online courses with traditional campus or Amarillo courses to meet degree requirements. For more information about the MBA program please refer to MBA frequently asked questions.
Full Admission Requirements Undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher
GMAT score comparable to that of students who are currently successful in the program
Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
Resume showing career progress*
Statement of goals for pursuing a graduate business degree*
Proficiency in foundation business courses
*To be emailed to the associate dean. Provisional Acceptance Requirements Undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher
GMAT score comparable to that of students who are currently successful in the program
Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
Resume showing career progress*
Statement of goals for pursuing a graduate business degree*
Proficiency in foundation business courses
*To be e-mailed to the associate dean (lmills@wtamu.edu).
Provisional acceptance to a graduate program in the College of Business can consist of multiple steps, dependent on each applicant’s overall background as described above.
Step One
Consistent with historic Graduate School admission policy, basic provisional acceptance may be granted when both of the following conditions are met: - At least a 2.5 undergraduate GPA and
- At least 25th percentile in one or more categories of the GMAT.
Students not qualifying for basic provisional acceptance will be denied acceptance and may consult with the dean of the Graduate School for assistance on future admission possibilities.
Step Two
Consistent with requirements established for provisional acceptance to a graduate program in the College of Business, the Graduate Admissions Committee will review all student materials as listed above, in addition to any initial graduate work completed, and determine requirements needed to maintain provisional acceptance (e.g., repeat the GMAT to earn a score comparable to that of students who are currently successful in the program or provide clarification with respect to professional goals). It is expected that students who have provisional acceptance will earn grades of B or higher in all courses.
Step Three
The Graduate Admissions Committee will review materials for all students in Step Two of provisional acceptance at the end of each fall and spring semester and at the end of the second summer session. Depending on student performance as described in Step Two above, the Graduate Admissions Committee may recommend the student be moved to full admission in their elected graduate program in the College of Business. Recommendations for students not meeting the requirements for full admission will be considered on an individual student performance basis and can include recommendation to end provisional acceptance and encourage the student to consult with the dean of the Graduate School for assistance on other program admission possibilities outside the College of Business.
Graduate School Application Materials A complete Graduate School application packet includes the Graduate application, official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions, GMAT scores (as required), and a non-refundable graduate application fee. The complete application packet must be received by the Graduate School by application deadlines to ensure consideration for the semester selected. Application deadlines are August 1 (Fall), December 1 (Spring), and May 1 (Summer).
An administrative “hold” preventing the applicant from enrolling in subsequent semesters is placed on the student’s file if the student has not completed the admission procedure before the end of the first semester of graduate course work.
NOTE: Students must be admitted before being eligible for federal financial aid. Programs may require additional documents for admission. College of Business Application Materials Applicants for the MBA program in the College of Business are requested to provide the associate dean with a copy of their career resume and a statement describing their career goals and how earning a MBA degree will help them achieve those goals. Upon approval by the College of Business Graduate Admissions Committee, a student with provisional acceptance may enroll in a maximum of 12 – 18 semester credit hours of graduate courses selected with the student and the associate dean. The graduate admissions committee will consider students for full admission to a graduate program in the College of Business based on their review of the student’s undergraduate GPA and: - earning grades of B and above on graduate level work completed as a provisionally accepted graduate student in the College of Business,
- submitting a GMAT score that is comparable to successful students in the MBA program,
- providing a resume showing career progress,
- providing a statement of goals and objectives and how attainment of an MBA degree will
- enhance their ability to reach their career goals.
The graduate admissions committee will review progress of students with provisional acceptance at the end of each fall and spring semester and at the end of the second summer session.
M.B.A. Requirements (40 or 49 graduate hours) M.B.A. Foundation Courses (0 or 9 graduate hours) - Students with an undergraduate degree in business administration or a closely related field and a grade point average of 2.8 or higher are not required to take foundation courses.
- Students with an undergraduate degree outside of business administration or an undergraduate degree in business administration with a grade point average below 2.8 are required to take 9 semester hours from the following: ACCT 6300, ECON 6300, IDM 6300, MGT 6300, MKT 6300, FIN 6300, and BUSI 6300. The explicit nine semester hours are determined by the associate dean. In addition, the associate dean may select more than 9 semester hours of foundation courses in special cases where student academic background in business administration, grade point average or work experience are limited.
M.B.A. Core Courses (28 graduate hours) Courses for Emphasis Areas (12 graduate hours) - MBA-General Business*—twelve semester hours of graduate business electives.***
- MBA—Computer Information Systems****— twelve semester hours of IDM courses.
- MBA—Management*—nine semester hours of management courses; three semester hours of elective courses.***
- MBA—Marketing*—nine semester hours of marketing courses; three semester hours of elective courses.***
- MBA—Healthcare Management Emphasis— twelve graduate hours of BUSI 5370, MGT 6370, MKT 6370, ECON 6370, FIN 6370, CIDM 6375/MGT 6375.
*These emphasis areas must include at least three semester hours of 6300-level courses in the College of Business. ***An elective course may be any graduate-level course in the College of Business or, with approval, one elective graduate course may be taken outside the College of Business. ****Students seeking an emphasis in CIS may substitute a 6300-level CIDM elective for CIDM 6310. *****Leveling courses ACCT 6330, ECON 6300, FIN 6300, CIDM 6300, BUSI 6300, MGT 6300, and MKT 6300 are not elective coruses and can only be used to meet leveling requirements as part of degree completion.
Learning Objectives for the MBA Program Goal 1: Professional Communication: Objectives:
1.1 Professional Writing: Demonstrate capacity to employ written presentation channels to effectively communicate with different levels of personnel and meet organizational goals.
1.2 Oral Communication: Demonstrate capacity to employ oral presentation channels to effectively communicate with different levels of personnel and meet organizational goals. Goal 2: Leadership: Objectives:
2.1 Capacity to Lead: Demonstrate understanding of the leadership skills necessary to foster team effectiveness for making decisions.
2.2 Goal Setting: Demonstrate capacity to establish and evaluate organizational goals. Goal 3: Business Environment: Objectives:
3.1 Business Ethics: Demonstrate capacity to recognize and evaluate ethical dimensions of business decisions and the effects on stakeholders.
3.2 Global Business Environment: Demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in conducting business in a diverse, global environment. Goal 4: Business Integration: Objectives:
4.1 Decision Making: Demonstrate capacity to integrate quantitative and qualitative techniques from functional business areas to analyze business alternatives.
4.2 Strategic Planning: Demonstrate capacity to formulate strategies that are feasible, understandable, and foster long-term sustainability within the context of achieving organizational goals and social responsibilities. MBA Learning Goals, Objectives, and Rubrics
Contact Information For information, contact: Dr. LaVelle Mills, associate dean at 806-651-3866 or email lmills@wtamu.edu.
Graduate Level Course Offerings Spring 2012: (* = MBA Core Course) 1. ACCT 5311-01 (Federal Tax Accounting II) Dr. Pulliam; Wed. (hybrid), 4:00 – 6:25 p.m. 2. ACCT 6309-01 (Seminar in Tax Research) Dr. Pulliam; Mon. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 3. ACCT 6320-70 (Seminar in Professional Accounting) Dr. Pulliam; (online) 4. ACCT 6321-01 (Ethics in Accounting) Dr. Kreissl; Tues. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 5. *BUSI 6105-70, 71, 72 (MBA Portfolio) Dr. De’Armond; (online) 6. *CIDM 6305*70, 71 (Quantitative Analysis in Business) Dr. Shao; (online) 7. CIDM 6320-01 (Econometrics) Dr. Landrum; Wed. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 8. CIDM 6325-70 (Electronic Commerce and Web Development) Dr. Jafar (online) 9. CIDM 6340-01 (Networking Management and Information Security) Dr. Babb; Mon., 6:30-9:10 p.m. 10. ECON 5355-61/62 (Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) Dr. Rosa; Wed, (ITV), 6:30-9:10 p.m. 11. *ECON 6306-61/62 (Seminar in Advanced Macroeconomic Theory) Dr. Pjesky; Wed, (ITV), 6:30-9:10 p.m. 12. *ECON 6306-70 (Seminar in Advanced Macroeconomic Theory) Dr. Pjesky (online) 13. ECON 6312-01 (Seminar in Money and Banking) Dr. Hogan; Tues. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 14. FIN 5321-01 (Portfolio Management) Dr. Macy; Tues/Thurs, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. 15. FIN 5321-70 (Portfolio Management) Dr. Macy (online) 16. FIN 5328-01 (Futures and Options) Staff; Mon/Wed, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. 17. FIN 6300-01 (Managerial Finance) Dr. Wang; Tues. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. (Leveling Credit Only) 18. FIN 6300-70 (Managerial Finance) Dr. Wang; Leveling Credit Only; (online) 19. *FIN 6320-01 (Seminar in Finance) Dr. Owens; Mon. evenings, 6:30 - 9:10 p.m. 20. FIN 6322-70 (Security Analysis) Dr. Macy (online) 21. MGT 5333-01 (Diversity & Cross-Cultural Management) Dr. Li; Tues. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 22. *MGT 6318-01 (Strategic Management) Dr. Cooley; Tues. evenings, 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. 23. *MGT 6334-70 (Seminar in Organizational Behavior) Dr. Mills (online) 24. MGT 6370-70 (Seminar in Biotechnology and Healthcare Management) Dr. Xiao (online) 25. MKT 6319-70 (Seminar in International Business and Marketing Strategy) Dr. Anwar (online) 26. MKT 6350-70 (Contemporary Issues in Marketing-Achieving Services Excellence) Dr. Racherla (online) Graduate Level Course Offerings Summer 1 2011: (* = MBA Core Course) Classroom Format
1. ACCT 5332-01 (Advanced Accounting) Dr. Pulliam; Mon. and Wed. evenings 6:30 – 10:05 Online Format
2. ACCT 6310-70 (Seminar in Auditing); Dr. Friske
3. *BUSI 6105-70 (e-Portfolio; to be taken as close to the final semester as possible) Dr. De’Armond
4. CIDM 5310-70 (Decision Support/Artificial Intelligent Systems)
5. *CIDM 6310-70 (Information Technology Management) Dr. Abdullat
6. *ECON 6341-70 (Seminar in International Economics and Econ. Development); Dr. Pjesky (international core option)
7. *FIN 6320-70 (Seminar in Finance) Dr. Owens
8. MGT 6350-70 (Leadership and Career Development) Dr. Mills
9. MKT 5346-70 (Sales Management) Dr. De’Armond
10. *MKT 6340-70 (Seminar in Marketing) Dr. Gerlich Graduate Level Course Offerings Summer 2 2011: (*= MBA Core Course) Classroom Format
1. *CIDM 6305-01 (Quantitative Analysis in Business) Dr. Landram; Tues. and Thurs. evenings 6:30 – 10:05 p.m.
2. *ECON 6305-61 (Advanced Micro-Economic Theory) Dr. Rosa; Mon. and Wed. evenings 6:30 – 10:05 p.m.; Canyon Campus
3. *ECON 6305-61 (Advanced Micro-Economic Theory) Dr. Rosa; Mon. and Wed. evenings 6:30 – 10:05 p.m.; Amarillo Campus
4. MGT 6320-01 (Entrepreneurship); Dr. Cooley; Mon. and Wed. evenings 6:30 – 10:05 p.m. Online Format
5. CIDM 6390-70 (Project Management for the Enterprise; also can be taken as MGT 6390)
6. *MGT 6318-70 (Strategic Management; needs to be taken in the last half of the program) Dr. Xiao
7. MKT 6370-70 (Marketing of Biotechnology/Healthcare Management) Graduate Level Classroom Course Offerings Fall 2011: (*= MBA Core Course) Classroom Format
1. ACCT 5391-01 (Governmental/Non-Profit Accounting) A. Upshaw; Mon. evenings 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
2. *ACCT 6305-01 (Accounting for Decision Making) Dr. Kreissl; Tues. evenings 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
3. ACCT 6306-01 (Seminar in Accounting Theory) Dr. Friske; Wed. evenings 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
4. CIDM 5331-01 (Production and Operations Management) Dr. Shao; Tues. and Thurs. 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.
5. CIDM 5360-01 (Object Oriented Analysis and Design) Dr. Jafar; Mon. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
6. *CIDM 6305-01 (Quantitative Analysis in Business) Dr. Shao; Mon. and Wed. 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.
7. *CIDM 6310-01 (Information Technology Management) Dr. Abdullat; Tues. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
8. CIDM 6362-01 (Advanced Business Forecasting) Dr. Landrum; Wed. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
9. *ECON 6305-01 (Advanced Micro-Economic Theory) Dr. Meredith; Thurs. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
10. ECON 6352-01 (Environmental Policy Issues) Tues. Dr. Rosa; 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
11. ECON 6362-01 (Advanced Business Forecasting) Dr. Landrum; Wed. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
12. FIN 5320-01 (Investments) Dr. Macy; Tues. Thurs. 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
13. FIN 5323-01 (International Finance) Dr. Wang; Tues. Thurs 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
14. *MGT 6334-01 (Seminar in Organizational Behavior) Dr. Li; Thurs. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
15. MGT 6336-01 (Advanced Human Resources Management) Dr. Brock; Tues. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
16. MGT 6338-01 (Cultural Intelligence) Dr. Mills; Tues. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
17. MKT 5340-01 (International Marketing) Dr. Anwar; Mon. Wed. 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
18. MKT 5342-01 (Principles of Advertising) Dr. De’Armond; Mon. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m.
19. *MKT 6340-61 (Seminar in Marketing) Dr. Anwar; Wed. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m., Canyon Campus
20. *MKT 6340-62 (Seminar in Marketing) Dr. Anwar; Wed. 6:30 – 9:10 p.m. Amarillo Campus Online Format
21. ACCT 6300-70 (Accounting leveling course; cannot be counted as elective or core course) Dr. Friske
22. *ACCT 6305-70 (Accounting for Decision Making) Dr. Kreissl
23. BUSI 6300-70 (Business Law; counts for leveling credit only; cannot be counted as elective or core course) Dr. Rider
24. CIDM 6350-70 (Database Development for Business Applications) Dr. Jafar
25. FIN 5311-70 (Corporate Governance and Ethics) Dr. Owens
26. FIN 5320-70 (Investments) Dr. Macy
27. FIN 5323-70 (International Finance) Dr. Wang
28. FIN 6350-70 (Seminar in Financial Planning) Dr. De’Armond
29. FIN 6370-70 (Financial Management of Biotechnology and Healthcare Management) Dr. Macy
30. *MGT 6330-70 (International Management) Dr. Xiao (international core option)
31. MKT 5342-70 (Principles of Advertising) Dr. De’Armond
32. *MKT 6340-70 (Seminar in Marketing) Dr. Gerlich | 
