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MBA/Public Administration Concentration
Program of study
- Completely online
- No residency requirements
- Complete the degree in 24 months
- Graduate assistantship available
- TU Alumni receive $1000 Alumni Scholarship
- Four business prerequisites can be achieved through 8-week online workshop - $300 per workshop and $150 of this fee can be applied toward tuition for a MBA course
Graduate Admission Application
Why a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Public Administration from Thomas University?
- It will provide you with a solid Business Administration and Public Administration preparation in one degree.
- It will maximize your career options --
- For advancement in Justice Administration
- For preparation for teaching in Business, Public Administration, and Justice Administration
- For opportunities in business and management
- For career opportunities in federal, state, and local government
- For opportunities in non-profit administration
- It is completely ONLINE with no residency requirement.
- There is no Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) score requirement for admission.
- It is geared for working professionals.
- Projects and topics are applied to your work environment – justice administration, city or state management, non-profit agency administration, etc.
- You can complete the degree in 24 months -- six credits per semester fully online.
- TU alumni receive the $1000 Alumni Scholarship.
Entrance Prerequisites*
BUS 200 Principles of Financial Accounting or MBA 200 Principles of Financial Accounting non-credit workshop
BUS 210 Principles of Macroeconomics or MBA 210 Principles of Macroeconomics non-credit workshop
BUS 320 Principles of Finance or MBA 320 Principles of Finance non-credit workshop
STA 250 Introduction to Statistics (no non-credit workshop available)
*Three of the business prerequisites can be satisfied through 8-week online workshops. Workshops are non-credit bearing, 8 weeks in length, completely online and self-paced, and can be started at any time. Workshops can be completed one at a time or simultaneously (student’s choice). The cost is $300 per workshop; 50 percent of this is applied to the corresponding, credit-bearing MBA courses when students enroll for those. Students may begin taking MBA courses; however, a student may not take a MBA course that requires an undergraduate business prerequisite.
MBA/PA Program Coursework
MBA 600 Applied Economics...3
MBA 601 Organizational Behavior...3
MBA 615 Management Information Systems...3
MBA 619 Business Law...3
MBA 620 International Business...3
MBA 650 Research and Statistics...3
MBA 662 Leadership ...3
MBA 690 Business Strategy and Policy...3
MPA 610 Public Policy...3
MPA 632 Human Resource Management...3
MPA 645 Public Budgeting and Finance...3
MPA 669 Training and Development...3
Total MBA/MPA Concentration Semester Hours...36
