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Pre-MBA Program (Dual Degree)

Advisor: N. Wilkinson

Five-Year Dual Degree Bachelor/MBA Program

The combination of a technical undergraduate degree and a graduate degree in business has been cited by many experts as the ideal educational preparation for a career in private industry. For that reason, the Department of Management offers the opportunity for obtaining dual degrees (i.e., the Bachelor degree in engineering or science and the Master of Business Administration, MBA). The dual-degree program can be completed within five years, however, the program is demanding, and curriculum planning with the student's advisor and the Department of Management should start by the beginning of the student's third year at WPI at the very latest.

Only registered WPI undergraduates majoring in an engineering (excluding Management Engineering) or science area may enter the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program. A separate and complete application to the MBA program must be submitted. Admission to the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program is determined by the faculty of the Department of Management. The student should begin the curriculum planning process as early as possible in his/her undergraduate program, but no later than the beginning of the third year, to ensure that all of the required undergraduate courses are completed within the student's four years of undergraduate study. It is recommended that the MBA application be submitted during the student's Third Year of undergraduate study. A student in the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program continues to be registered as an undergraduate until the bachelor's degree is awarded.

Students wishing to do a combined Bachelor/MBA must complete the following courses while an undergraduate:
ACC 1100 Financial Accounting
FIN 2200 Financial Management
OBC 2300 Organizational Science
MA 2611 Applied Statistics I
MA 2612 Applied Statistics II
OIE 3400 Production System Design
MKT 3600 Marketing Management
MIS 3700 Information Systems Management
ECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics
ECON 1120 Introductory Macroeconomics

To obtain a bachelor's degree via the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program, the student must satisfy all requirements for the bachelor's degree, including distribution and project requirements.

To obtain an MBA via the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program, the student must satisfy all MBA degree requirements. In addition to the prerequisite undergraduate courses listed above, the student must complete the following graduate courses:

OBC 511 Interpersonal and Leadership Skills for Technological Managers
MKT 512 Creating and Implementing Strategy for Technological Organizations
OIE 513 Creating Processes in Technological Organizations
ACC 514 Business Analysis for Technological Managers
BUS 515 Legal and Ethical Context of Technological Organizations
BUS 516 Graduate Qualifying Project (GQP)
12 Elective Credits

A student in the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program may, with prior approval, apply the equivalent of a maximum of 12 graduate credits from the same courses toward both the bachelor's and MBA degrees. Students in the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program may not take graduate-level management courses prior to their Fourth Year of undergraduate study, and then only provided the corresponding prerequisites have been satisfied.

The Department of Management may make other requirements as it deems appropriate in any individual case. These requirements take the form of a written agreement between the student and the Department of Management, and must be filed with the registrar before the student may be matriculated in the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program.

The Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program is a full-time program of study. Once admitted to the Dual-Degree Bachelor/ MBA Program, a student must register every fall and spring semester until the MBA is completed. A student in the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program who has no registered activities during a given fall or spring semester is automatically terminated from the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program, and may only be readmitted to the Dual- Degree Bachelor/MBA Program by the Department of Management's Graduate Policy and Curriculum Committee and the Committee for Graduate Studies and Research via petition showing extenuating circumstances. Termination from the Dual-Degree Bachelor/MBA Program does not affect a student's ability to continue toward the bachelor's degree.

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