4.  International Students must meet English proficiency requirements for Graduate admission to the University for foreign application. 

       a.  Have taken all education from at least the ninth grade through the twelfth grade (equivalent) in a country where English is spoken and is the language and medium of instruction.

       b. Spent four years in, and graduated from an undergraduate program in a college or university in a country where English is the spoken language and is the medium of instruction.  

       c. Achieve a minimum score of 550 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 213 on the computer-based test, or 79 on the Internet-based test. (SWAU's TOEFL school code is 6671)

       d. Obtain a minimum score of 80 on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB).

5.   Students must complete the Graduate Management Admission Test, GMAT, (verbal, quantitative, and critical reasoning) within five years of application to the program and have their score submitted to the Graduate Studies office (SWAU’s GMAT school code number is 6604).  

6.  Students be admitted with regular acceptance based on the following formula: GPA x 200 + GMAT > 950. 

Submit completed Southwestern Adventist University MBA graduate application and all required documents by April 10 for summer admission, July 10 for fall admission, and by November 10 for spring admission.

Regular Admission with Conditional Acceptance

Applicants not meeting the requirements for regular acceptance may be accepted conditionally under the following conditions:

 1.  Undergraduate business majors of Southwestern Adventist University who:

a) are in their final semester of course work needed for graduation, 

b) are taking less than 10 credit hours to complete their undergraduate degree, and

c) have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher may be conditionally admitted. 

This allows students to start the MBA program during their last semester of undergraduate work, by enrolling in a maximum of two MBA courses (thereby giving them a full academic load).  If the student does not graduate in accordance with the terms of their senior contract, this option may not be repeated.   Classes taken under this option may not count as both BBA and MBA credits.  (Students would not be eligible for financial aid for these graduate classes).

2.   Applicants with a composite score less than 950, but greater than 800, (GPA x 200 + GMAT  =  composite score), may be conditionally accepted.

3.   Applicants who do not meet the conditional acceptance score but who in the judgment of the Graduate Admission Committee have sufficient professional work experiences and qualifications, and /or the capacity to successfully undertake the MBA program will be considered and may be conditionally admitted. 

4.   International Students who have not taken the GMAT may be admitted conditionally, but must complete the GMAT (and attain an acceptable composite score) during the first semester of the MBA program.   

5.  Students who have been accepted conditionally to the MBA program must remove all deficiencies and earn minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 by the time 12 graduate hours are completed. 

Scholarships Available

MBA Scholarship will be given to the regular admittance with the official GMAT score.  

A.  Scholarship ($5400): $450 scholarship dollars per course ($150 per credit)   will be given. 

     Criteria: G. P. A. x 200 points + GMAT score  > 1100 points

B.  $100 per credit) will be given.  

     Criteria: G. P. A. x 200 points + GMAT score  > 1000 points

     Criteria: Maintain G.P.A. of 3.50

The MBA program was founded with the vision of nurturing people to become tomorrow’s leaders and managers. We provide an interdisciplinary graduate business education (MBA) to full-time students and working professionals as a means of enriching their professional capabilities and expanding their career opportunities.

The objectives of the MBA program include providing students with the knowledge and skills that will help them excel in areas of teamwork, communication, creative thinking, change and development, diversity management, decision-making, and more importantly, trustfulness.  Our goal is to make a difference in the preparation of future business leaders. 

MBA Course Requirements

A total of 36 credit hours (12 courses) are required for the MBA degree.  The courses are organized into two groups, the core, eight courses (24 semester hours) covering basic business administration topics, and the concentration, four elective courses (12 semester hours) that focus on a particular area, such as accounting, finance, and management/leadership.  Please note that most of the MBA courses have pre-requisites, undergraduate courses, which must be completed before starting the particular graduate class and are called Foundation Courses.  

 MBA Course List: 

 Foundation Courses

Foundation courses serve as the foundation for advanced study, and are often referred to as the common body of knowledge that college graduates of a business program are expected to have completed.  Foundation serve as pre-requisites for certain graduate courses and are listed below:

ACCT 211 Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 212 Principles of Accounting II

ECON 212 Microeconomics or ECON 211 Macroeconomics (choose one)

MKTG 343 Principles of Marketing

BUAD 321 Business Finance

BUAD 301 Principles of Management

MATH241 Introduction to Probabilities and Statistics