2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Master of Business Administration Program
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Graduate Director: Matt Rutherford
Phone: (540) 568-7031
Email: mba@jmu.edu
Website: http://www.jmu.edu/mba
Accounting Program
Associate Professor
I. Scott
Economics Program
Professors
V. Bhatt, W. Grant
Finance and Business Law Program
Professors
J. Fink, Q. Liu, E. Semaan, H. Sono, C. Ullrich
Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics
Professors
M. Busing, C. Guo, R. Pal
Associate Professors
D. Babik, J. Ezell, L. Novoa, R. Syler, E. Torabi, B. Vaziri
Management Program
Professors
L. Leduc, F. Mousa, M. Rutherford
Associate Professors
D. Peterson, E. Stark
Assistant Professors
S. Dmytriev, R. Ross
Marketing Program
Professors
I. Clarke, T. Clarke, M. Tokman
Associate Professors
T. Ozcan
Master of Business Administration Program
Adjunct Graduate Faculty
H. Bromley, J. Lantzy, B. O’Roark, B. Charette, B. Kolodinsky
Admission Criteria
The GMAT or GRE is required unless the applicant holds another master’s level degree or advanced degree (e.g., M.D., Pharm.D.), a CPA, and a GMAT waiver has been approved. These instruments measure aptitudes important to the study of business and must be taken prior to admission. Applicants are required to have at least two years of post-baccalaureate work experience prior to pursuing Innovation or Information Security concentrations, and a minimum of five years of post-baccalaureate work experience prior to pursuing the Executive Leadership concentration.
To apply, students should complete the online application and submit the application fee at http://www.applyweb.com/apply/jmug/index.html. In addition, students must submit a current resume, unofficial transcripts from colleges/universities attended, a one-page personal statement, and reference letters supporting the work experience listed on the resume through the application site.
Admitted students must also submit the following materials directly to The Graduate School (James Madison University, MSC 6702, Harrisonburg VA 22807):
- Official transcripts sent directly from all colleges/universities you have attended.
- An official report sent directly from GMAC of the applicant’s GMAT score or from ETS of the applicant’s GRE score.
The university encourages applicants with degrees in all major fields of study from accredited institutions. No specific undergraduate courses are required; however, students with non-business baccalaureates are required to complete the following three prerequisite courses:
- Financial Accounting
- Statistics
- Economics (Microeconomics is preferred; Macroeconomics is acceptable)
Students must notify the M.B.A. program office upon completion of each prerequisite course.
The final deadline for an application is July 1. However, a rolling admission process is used. All applications submitted by April 15 will be considered. Applications after April 15 will be considered only if the program has an opening.
Mission
The M.B.A. program within the College of Business at James Madison University emphasizes excellence and continuous improvement in graduate learning by stressing knowledge and technical, interpersonal and experiential skills in the development of managerial decision-making. The mission statement of the MBA program is as follows: We provide our students with exceptional educational experiences, support the professional development of our faculty, provide opportunities for the JMU MBA community to engage with new perspectives and ideas, and help to raise JMU’s national profile.
The Master of Business Administration program is fully accredited by the AACSB and received reaffirmation in the spring of 2022.
The College of Business offers three specialized Master of Business Administration concentrations. All three concentrations are designed for part-time students and utilize a blended teaching approach that integrates the classroom experience with various online techniques.
The Executive Leadership MBA concentration takes 28 months to complete. A cohort of students takes fourteen 8-week courses, one course at a time. Each course meets face-to-face for four hours at the beginning and four hours at the end of the session on a Saturday in McLean, Virginia. Instruction between face-to-face sessions is online in the evening, using synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods.
The Information Security MBA concentration takes 28 months to complete. A cohort of students takes fourteen 8-week courses, one course at a time. Each course meets for four hours at the beginning and at the end of the session on a Saturday in McLean, Virginia. Instruction for the eight weeks between the face-to-face meetings is online in the evening, using synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods.
The Innovation MBA concentration takes 21 months to complete. A cohort of students takes sixteen 8-week courses, two at a time in a block format. In this program, students will meet face-to-face with faculty on a weeknight approximately twice every 3 weeks on-campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and online the other weeks utilizing a synchronous format, or other advanced asynchronous teaching instruction, such as simulations or multimedia cases.
Programs
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