Business B S MBA

BUSINESS - B.S./MBA

Motivated and high-achieving undergraduates in the School of Business can complete both their bachelor's and master's degree through this five-year program. The business B.S./MBA degree puts students on track to influence the business world as leaders in thought and practice.

Why Choose the Business B.S./MBA?

Successful completion of the five-year program leads to the awarding of two degrees:

• A bachelor of science in business (one of seven majors)
• A master's of business administration

This AACSB-accredited program consists of 150 undergraduate and graduate credit hours taken over a five-year period of 10 semesters and one summer session.

Personalization and Partnerships

Class sizes are small. On average, there are fewer than 25 students per class. You will discuss topics face-to-face with your professors, and work on small-group project and computer-based exercises with classmates. Manhattan University is unique in that it is a liberal arts college with excellent technical programs, like engineering and science. The O'Malley School of Business has strong partnerships with these programs. So you will get the chance to research and learn with non-business students and faculty, too. It is a great exercise in teamwork to learn a subject from another’s perspective.

Experiential Learning

Today, employers are looking for experience in addition to conceptual understanding. Manhattan's on-campus program's strong experiential learning component offers a variety of opportunities to apply knowledge in a real-world setting. Two of the 12 required courses for the on-campus MBA program must be experiential in nature. This can include:

• Internships: Students have landed summer or semester-long internships at prominent companies including Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Morgan Stanley and the New York Mets
• International Study Trips: Students traveled to India to visit local businesses and corporations as part of a study on the multinational aspects of BRIC economies
• Business Plan Projects: Students traveled to Frankfurt, Germany, where they prepared a business plan for an emerging energy company, met a vice president of Deutsche Bank and visited the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Entrepreneurial Projects: MBA students worked with chemical engineering students to create and market a natural hair-dye product for L’Oreal and develop markets for new uses of olive oil produced in Palestine
• Research: Students of Manhattan placed second in the Baylor University-USASBE Student Case Writing Competition

What Will You Learn?

As an MBA student at Manhattan University, you will:

• Practice analytical decision-making and risk management
• Develop an understanding of leadership
• Gain an appreciation for ethical behavior in business
• Learn about organizations and the competitive business environment
• Get hands-on career experience and professional development

What Will You Do?

Most upper-level and senior positions within companies require a master’s degree. An MBA puts you on track to lead a department, consult with companies around the globe or even start your own business.