Georgia College and State University » J. WHITNEY BUNTING COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
J. WHITNEY BUNTING COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Matthew Liao-Troth, Dean
Lynn Hanson, Director of Graduate Programs in Business
E-mail address: lynn.hanson@gcsu.edu
REGULAR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission is limited to holders of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution. It is expected that admission will be granted only to students showing high promise of success in graduate study. The candidate's performance on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and the candidate's undergraduate work will be used to determine admission status. The median GMAT score for currently admitted students is 510. If a potential student has taken the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) within the past three years, please contact the Director of Graduate Programs in Business to determine if the GRE can be substituted for the GMAT. Please see the specific degree program pages for additional admission requirements.
CONDITIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants who apply too late for full consideration for admission and/or have not submitted all required documents for evaluation may be assigned conditional admission status. While in this status a student may register for one semester only, by completing a Georgia College & State University Conditional Registration Agreement for Graduate Students. This form requires the signatures of both the student and the graduate coordinator. Students may take ONLY foundation courses while in conditional status. Any student who registers under this agreement must be admitted the end of the first semester of enrollment to continue taking courses in the degree program.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS POLICY FOR PROGRESSION
Any student in the MAcc, MBA, or MMIS program whose institutional grade point average falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. If the grade point average falls to or below the equivalent of 6 hours of uncompensated C's, the student will be academically dismissed from the degree program. An uncompensated C is one letter grade below a B where there is not an A to bring the grade point average up to a 3.0. For example, one C without an A equals one uncompensated C; one D without an A would equal two uncompensated C's. Academic credit towards a graduate degree will not be granted for any grade below a C. However, these grades will be used in determining the institutional grade point average for courses that have not been repeated.
A student who has been academically dismissed and wants to be considered for readmission to a program must petition the Director of Graduate Programs in Business and be approved by the Dean of the College of Business. In order to be considered for admission into a different degree program, the student must petition the degree graduate coordinator and be approved by the Dean of the school in which the program resides.
GRADUATE DEGREES
Georgia College & State University, through the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business, is nationally accredited by, and is a member of, AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business for the offering of these degree programs:
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting (M.B.A.)
Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Health Services Administration (M.B.A.)
Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Management Information Systems (M.B.A.)
Liberal Arts Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)