The Part-time MBA Program

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Rutgers Graduate School of Management
business.rutgers.edu
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Rutgers GSM Ranking

• Tier III Business School - Business Week
• The Only Public Institution in the five MBA
  Programs in New-Haven to Philadelphia Corridor
• Thirty-fourth in Research in the Nation -
  Chronicles of Higher Ed
• Top 10 PhD in Management Degree Granting
  Institutions

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The Rutgers Choice

• Member school, American Association of
  Universities
• American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of
  Business
• High Admission Standards
• The State University of New Jersey

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The Part-time MBA Program
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Profile of the Part-Time Student

• Liberal Arts Undergraduate
• Business Undergrad Engineer
• GMAT Score 540 - 580
• Undergraduate GPA - 3.11
• Acceptances/Applications - 70
• Full Time Employee

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Profile of the Full-time Student

• Liberal Arts Undergraduate
• Business Undergrad
• Engineer
• GMAT Score - 610
• Undergraduate GPA - 3.1
• Acceptances/Applications - 37

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Learning Environment

• Student takes responsibility for learning
• In-depth learning encouraged
• Courses concentrated and intense
• Courses build sequentially
• Grades less important than in undergraduate school

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The MBA A New Discipline

• You will learn a new vocabulary capital leases
  options swaps convertible debentures net
  present value.
• You will learn to integrate complementary skills
  management leadership public speaking
  interviewing communications team work
  mathematical modeling making decisions living
  with ambiguity.

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Curriculum Requirements

• Proficiency Requirements
• Core Program 31
• Information Tech. 3
• Design Development of Information Systems (or)
• Computers and Information Systems (or)
• Computer Technology
• Team Consulting 5
• Elective Courses 21Total 60

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Proficiency Requirements

• Communication Skills
• A score of 32 or better on the verbal portion of
  the GMAT examination (mandatory in Fall 2002)
• Calculus and Statistics
• A grade of B or better in an undergraduate course
  in the subject area

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Making up a Deficiency

• Business Communications
• Course must be completed within the first thirty
  credits of course work (2 credits)
• Calculus and/or Statistics
• Courses must be completed during the first
  semester(s) (2 credits each)

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Core Requirements

• Basic Tools
• Functional Analysis
• The Corporate Environment
• Integrative Course Requirements

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Basic Tools

• Decision Models
• Statistical Models
• Managerial Accounting
• Managerial Economics
• Organization Behavior
• Information Technology

George Biddell Airy 1801- 1892
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Functional Analysis

• Operations Management
• Marketing Management
• Financial Management

John Maynard Keynes
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The Corporate Environment

• Aggregate Economic Analysis
• Legal Environment
• International Business Environment

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Integrative Course Requirements

• Team Consulting I II

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Interfunctional Team Consulting

• Requirement after completion of Core -- Requires
  two consecutive semesters
• Consult with Major Institution
• 4-6 Students on Consulting Engagement
• Faculty Mentoring

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Elective Courses

• Choose any 21 credits of electives
• Choose 12 credits for a concentration and take
  the remaining courses as electives
• Take two concentrations of 12 credits each

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GSM Study-Abroad Programs

• Rutgers has 2 programs
• Both 2 weeks in duration
• Each worth 3 credits
• Each of these is under 3,000

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Cambridge University

• Run by Cambridge University and takes students on
  a 4 country seminar (UK, Netherlands, France,
  Czech Republic)
• Study of business conditions in Western and
  Central Europe
• The students actually spend time in Cambridge
  University

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France

• Run by the ESC
• Based in Lille
• Focuses on changing business conditions within
  the Eurozone
• It includes short trips (day trips) to Brugge,
  Belgium.

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The Popular Concentrations

• Finance
• Marketing
• Computers and Information Systems
• Human Resources Management
• Management of Innovation and Technology
• Management Consulting

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New Concentrations

• Pharmaceutical Management
• Supply Chain Management
• E commerce
• Business and the Arts

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More Concentrations

• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Management
• Strategic Management
• Operations management

• Management Accounting
• Economics
• Applied Statistics

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MBA Advanced Standing

• Rutgers will recognize up to 18 credits from a
  variety of sources
• Graduate/undergraduate course work completed with
  a B or better and/or qualifying examination in
  business core areas of study.
• A student may receive two (2) credits for every
  three (3) credits of undergraduate course
• Qualifying examinations for core courses

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MBA Advanced Standing

• Two (2) credits for a three (3) credit elective
  undergraduate comparable to a GSM core course
• CPA receives three credits for the core course in
  accounting
• Ph.D. receives 12 credits of elective course
  work.
• Organizations giving equivalent accreditation may
  be found at the Council for Higher Education
  Accreditation (http//www.chea.org).

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For Students With 18 Credits Advanced Standing

• MBA in 27 months at 6 credits per semester
• MBA in 18 months at 9 credits per semester

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Campus Sites

• Newark
• New Brunswick
• Plainsboro - Merril Lynch Headquarters
• Morristown - Drew U.

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Off-Campus

• Not all courses are offered in every semester -
  Plan ahead
• Off campus faculty have received superior
  evaluations on their teaching

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Principal Contacts

• Student Services Study Abroad Programs - Dean
  Pat Rotonda, PROTONDA_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu
• Advice on curriculum, add and drop courses,
  registration, exceptions to existing rules
• Career Services - Dean Elaine Frazier,
  mbamail_at_business.rutgers.edu
• Career planning, resume writing, interviewing

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Other Principal Contacts

• Other Information - Dr. Douglas Jones, MBA
  Director, dhjones_at_rci.rutgers.edu Exceptions to
  policy on referral from student services
• Department Chair person - Challenge examinations,
  requirements for concentration, advanced standing

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Graduate in the Company of 16,000 Alumni at
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Rutgers GSM List Servers

• http//email.rutgers.edu
• Go to Online mailing list archives
• Click on MBA_NKPT (for Newark students) or
  MBA_NBPT (for New Brunswick students) or
  MBA_OFF_CAMPUS (for off campus students)
• Join the list

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Informational Websites

• This Presentation http//www.rci.rutgers.edu/dhj
  ones
• Rutgers Course Catalogue on Blackboard
  http//fom.rutgers.edu81
• Rutgers Complete Course Descriptionshttp//busin
  ess.rutgers.edu