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Today's business leaders must combine expertise in their field with an ability to lead and manage in a complex and constantly changing business environment. The goal of the University of Mary MBA Program is to help students develop skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to excel in this complex and changing environment.     

The accelerated formats provide adult students the opportunity to complete a graduate degree in as few as 18 months while continuing to work. Classes are taught in seminar style, allowing for student participation and discussion and for immediate application in the workplace.     

Class size is limited in all formats to ensure interaction between students and faculty and to maintain high academic standards consistent with the University of Mary. Adult students enroll with a cohort and learn from one another as well as the faculty, a teaching style and learning effective for adults.     

Students in the on-site format meet one night per week for the duration of the program. The curriculum is distributed in a series of learner guides with detailed assignments for each week. The online format has a web-based curriculum that provides adult learners an opportunity to complete a graduate degree from the convenience of their computer. In the blended format, students may take some courses on-site and others online. 

Program Outcomes 

After the successful completion of at least six semester credits of graduate course work and a review of academic progress by the graduate advisor, the student will be advanced to candidacy status according to the following criteria:    

• A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for graduate course work


• All graduate level courses must have a grade of C or higher to count toward the program requirements


• Acceptable personal, academic and professional conduct


• An approved program of study

Students who do not maintain satisfactory academic progress as determined by University policy will be notified of their academic status in writing by the Office of Academic Affairs. Questions regarding academic standing should be referred to the student's academic advisor. The grading scale used for all graduate courses offered through the Gary Tharaldson School of Business is as follows:   

90%-100% A
80%-89% B
70%-79% C
60%-69% D
0%-59% F

Students accepted for the May 2011 cohort and beyond will be required to take an online knowledge assessment in the content areas of: fundamentals of economics; understanding corporate finance; and, financial accounting. Students obtaining a score under 80% in any of the content areas will be required to complete a one credit online, self-study review course in that area(s). Courses students need to enroll in if they get below an 80% in the respective content area are MGT 532 Fundamentals of Economics, MGT 533 Understanding Corporate Finance, and MGT 534 Financial Accounting. In addition, at the completion of the program of study, students are required to participate in university and program assessment of outcome achievement.   

Required Core Courses for the MBA        

The following courses are core content for the MBA and are completed by all MBA students:

MGT 504 Management and Organizational Behavior

MGT 555 Managerial Finance

MGT 571 Executive Economic Analysis

MGT 605 Managerial Accounting

MGT 610 Marketing

MGT 635 Law in the Managerial Environment

MGT 701 Strategic Decision Making

ALU  799 Graduate Assessment