BBA or Bachelor of Science in Business to Master of Business Administration Fast Track
About This Program
Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Science in Business to Master of Business Administration (MBA) Fast Track enables outstanding senior undergraduate students in the College of Business to satisfy degree requirements leading to MBA while completing their undergraduate studies. Pathways are available from any undergraduate degree in the College that includes the required fast track foundations courses.
Associated Programs
International Business BBA (Chinese)
International Business BBA (French)
International Business BBA (German)
International Business BBA (Korean)
International Business BBA (Russian)
International Business BBA (Spanish)
Admissions Criteria
An undergraduate Business student will apply:
- within 30 hours of completing a bachelor's degree
- upon completion of at least 30 hours at UTA, achieving an overall UTA GPA of 3.3 or better
- with an overall GPA of 3.3 or better in all college courses (at all schools), and
- with a UTA Business GPA of 3.3 or better.
Additionally, a candidate must have completed at UTA Arlington 12 hours of undergraduate fast track foundation courses with a minimum GPA of 3.5:
- ECON 3310 MICROECONOMICS or ECON 3312 MACROECONOMICS
- FINA 3313 BUSINESS FINANCE
- MANA 3318 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
- BSTAT 3321 INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS or BSTAT 3322 ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS
For automatic admission to the MBA, students must complete the following graduate courses:
- OPMA 5361 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- MANA 5360 LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS or MARK 5311 MARKETING
- A graduate elective chosen approved by advisor.
An undergraduate student who successfully completes the fast track graduate coursework with grades of B or better will graduate with the undergraduate degree and will be automatically admitted to graduate study. The student will not be required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), will not have to complete the normal Graduate School application for admission, and will not have to pay the related application fee.
Curriculum
| Baccalaureate Program | ||
| Complete non-elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following used to determine eligibility for the fast track: | 96 | |
| MICROECONOMICS | ||
or ECON 3312 | MACROECONOMICS | |
| BUSINESS FINANCE | ||
| MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | ||
| INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | ||
or BSTAT 3322 | ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | |
| Complete elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following, which also count toward the MBA: | 24 | |
| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | ||
| LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS | ||
or MARK 5311 | MARKETING | |
A graduate elective approved by advisor. | ||
| MBA Foundations | ||
| FINA 5311 | BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| ECON 5313 | DECISIONS AND STRATEGY | 3 |
| ACCT 5307 | MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISION-MAKING | 3 |
| MANA 5336 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Select all of the following not completed in the BBA/BS: | 3 | |
| MARKETING | ||
| LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS | ||
| MBA Electives | ||
| Select 12 hours. | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 147 | |