The Ageno School offers three MBA programs designed to give you full flexibility. Choose from our traditional open-format MBA program, an executive MBA program, or a professional MBA program. In addition, we offer an accelerated JD/MBA program in partnership with the Golden Gate University School of Law.
Our MBA curriculum combines the theoretical and practical elements of management. You’ll study the theories and concepts important to managing business, and spend an equivalent amount of time discussing and applying them in a hands-on, case study framework, the method of choice for today’s top business schools. Your classroom experience will often resemble actual management experience. We’ll encourage you to examine problems, explore alternatives and apply theories and concepts to derive solutions. The approach helps you hone your critical-thinking, logic and problem-solving skills, preparing you for the daily challenges in the business marketplace.
The course of study is broken down into three modules: the foundation program; the advanced program core courses; and the advanced program area of concentration. The foundation and advanced programs focus on the fundamentals of business operation and management techniques, and provide a general, but critical, knowledge of business functions in the twenty-first century. You will study accounting, finance, business policy and strategy, information systems, marketing and operations, the changing context in which business operates, and the critical role that managers play in multinational organizations. The concentration component of our MBA allows you to select an area of interest from 11 different concentrations or select a general course of study. Each concentration presents an in-depth examination of a particular area, how it functions and how it should be managed.
Requirements for the MBA
GMAT Requirement
Applicants to the master of business administration degree program are required to take the GMAT. Some exceptions to this requirement exist. For further information, see Graduate Admission Criteria on p. 89 in the GGU catalog.
Graduate Writing Proficiency Requirement
Students admitted to the master of business administration degree program must meet the graduate writing proficiency requirement. Students may meet this requirement by satisfying one of the screening criteria listed under the heading “Proficiency in Mathematics, English and Computer Skills Required for All Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degrees” on p. 115.
Computer Proficiency Requirement
Applicants are expected to demonstrate a working familiarity with computers and software applications appropriate for graduate studies. Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet analysis and network access capabilities are included for evaluation. Deficiencies in computer proficiency may require additional work as determined by the faculty.
Math Proficiency Requirement
Students admitted to this program are expected to possess a level of mathematical skill at least equivalent to College Algebra (MATH 30). Students may meet this requirement by satisfying one of the screening criteria listed in section “Proficiency in Mathematics, English and Computer Skills Required for All Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degrees” on p. 115.
Foundation Program — 18 Units
The six-course foundation program provides the groundwork for the advanced program core and concentration courses. Some, or all, of the foundation course requirements may be waived if you have previously completed comparable undergraduate courses at a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of Cor better. For further information, refer to section “Proficiency in Mathematics, English and Computer Skills Required for All Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degrees” on p. 115. You may be admitted to advanced program courses before completion of the entire foundation program, but you must complete the foundation program by the time six units have been earned in the advanced program.
ACCTG 201* Accounting for Managers
ECON 202 Economics for Managers
ITM 225 Management Information Systems MGT 204 International Business and Strategy MGT 210 Management Theory and Communications MATH 240 Data Analysis for Managers
*Not required for students who are taking an MBA with a concentration in accounting
Advanced Program — 30 units
Core Courses — 18 units
The six core courses in the advanced program are taken by all MBA students. This ensures that all MBA graduates have an understanding of the important skills for effective management and an integrative knowledge of the core areas of business, regardless of their area of concentration. Although you are required to choose either a concentration or a general concentration when you apply for admission, the common core allows you to rethink your concentration (or general concentration) decision, and to change it with minimum course penalty (for further information, refer to “Change of Program” on p. 93).
MGT 300
FI 300A MKT 300 OP 300 MGT 345 MGT 362
Managerial Analysis and Team Dynamics
(Must be taken as part of the first six units of
the advanced program.)
Managerial Finance
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Contextual Environment of Business
Developing Strategies for Competitive
Advantage (Must be taken as part of the final
six units of the advanced program.)
General Concentration Courses — 12 units
The four concentration courses in the advanced program allow you to develop expertise in a specialized area of business. The concentrations include required and elective courses. Currently, GGU offers 11 MBA concentrations. Or, you can choose a general concentration. Courses listed carry three semester units of credit unless otherwise noted.
For those students who wish to develop on-the-job experience in the program, you can develop hands-on experience through our internship program by taking three units of an internship course in your field of interest. For three months, under the supervision of GGU faculty, you will work for a business or nonprofit organization, applying your Golden Gate education to real-life circumstances.
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