5-Year MBA - Combined Program

5-year Combined Program Requirements:

In addition to the undergraduate program and graduation requirements, the minimum requirements for the 5-year combined program are:

• Junior standing or an upper-division honors student,
• Has a grade point average of 3.2 or higher, with a 3.5 GPA in LCOB coursework,
• Has completed 75 semester hours, with at least 15 semester hours of LCOB coursework completed,
• Has earned a B or higher in FIN 3403,
• Transfer students must have completed a minimum of one semester (15 hours) at FGCU,
• Has completed at least 50% of required service learning hours, 
• Carries a course load of no more than 15 semester hours when enrolled in a graduate course, 
• A minimum grade of B is required for each graduate course taken while enrolled in the undergraduate program, and
• Has prior approval of the Graduate Programs Coordinator prior to registration for the graduate course.
• Application must be submitted by the second semester of the junior year.
• A total of up to (9) credit hours will be double-counted for both the undergraduate and graduate programs and will replace free electives within the undergraduate major. The student will take (9) graduate credits from the following list of approved courses with prior approval from the LCOB Graduate Programs Coordinator:
  • ACG 6075 Managerial Accounting
  • ECP 6705 Managerial Economics I
  • FIN 6406 Financial Management
  • MAR 6805 Marketing Management
  • QMB 6303 Data Driven Decision-Making
    
    * A minimum grade of B is required for each graduate course taken while enrolled in the bachelor’s degree.

* Admission to Florida Gulf Coast University and the undergraduate business major does not guarantee acceptance into the 5-Year MBA Program.

Individual Program Requirements:

Full program requirements for each bachelors's degree program offered in the combined program:

• Analytics and Informatics (B.S.)
• Computer Information Systems (B.S.)
• Economics (B.S.)
• Finance (B.S.)
• Management (B.S.)
• Marketing (B.S.)
• Supply Chain Management (B.S.)

Full program requirements for the Master of Business Administration (MBA):

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Candidates for the combined program will apply during their junior year to the Lutgert College Business (LCOB) Graduate Programs Coordinator. A committee of MBA faculty will review combined program applications. Students accepted into the combined program will meet with the LCOB Graduate Programs Coordinator to plan course schedules. The LCOB Graduate Programs Coordinator arranges for the student to be registered in the approved graduate courses. Students will remain classified as Undergraduates until the bachelor's degree is awarded. Graduate courses will not be applied to the undergraduate degree requirements.

Each student is responsible for completing application materials for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) within one semester of graduation from the BS program to ensure continuous enrollment under the current catalog. Students who do not successfully complete the application to the MBA program within one semester of graduation from the BS program will be dropped from the combined BS/MBA program. Students will be accepted into the MBA program if they have fulfilled all of the requirements for admission. Upon acceptance into the graduate program, students will be classified as Graduate. Students will complete an additional 18 graduate credits to satisfy the MBA program as outlined in the catalog. Graduate credits taken while an Undergraduate will be counted to reach the 30 required credits for the MBA program.

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