Students who have earned a business-related undergraduate degree from WPU can earn advanced placement credits toward their MBA degree for five courses (15 credits) by passing the proficiency essay assessment. Students in the 4+1 MBA program who have passed the assessment take nine graduate business courses that are each six weeks long and complete a capstone project (27 credits), spanning one year of study.
Courses eligible for advanced placement credits (15 credits):
- BUS 501A | Leading Diverse, High-Performing Teams | 3 credits
- BUS 603A | Behavioral Economics and Strategy | 3 credits
- BUS 606A | Managerial Accounting and Financial Strategies | 3 credits
- BUS 607A | Strategic Marketing | 3 credits
- BUS 610A | Leading in a Global Environment | 3 credits
Required MBA graduate coursework (27 credits):
- BUS 500A | Foundations for Successful Graduate Studies | 3 credits
- BUS 502A | Technology Trends in Business Culture | 3 credits
- BUS 503A | Corporate Finance | 3 credits
- BUS 505A | Managing Change | 3 credits
- BUS 600A | Business Ethics | 3 credits
- BUS 604A | Business Innovation | 3 credits
- BUS 608A | Project and Operations Management | 3 credits
- BUS 609A | Business Analytics | 3 credits
- BUS 613A | Research Methods Workshop | 1 credit
- BUS 614A | Strategy/Capstone | 2 credits
Graduate students in the 4+1 MBA program complete a research-based master’s thesis as their capstone project, based on a real-world problem in their workplace or that they would like to solve in society. Previous students’ projects have ranged from setting up a microloan training program for women in West Africa, to creating a road map for artistic professionals in the music industry to help them navigate racism, to designing a streamlined call center process for a supply chain business.
View the course catalog for more information about the MBA 4+1 program.