As an MBA student, you will study the essential areas of business, learning the most advanced theories and skills required in today’s hyper-competitive environment. The curriculum includes nine core courses covering the functional areas of business — accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing — along with ethics, leadership, organizational behavior, legal issues, global business, and strategy. You then choose one of the following concentrations to complete your MBA degree:

• Finance: Prepare for financial leadership roles in corporations, investment banks, or financial planning firms by gaining an understanding of markets, institutions, investments, and financial planning.
• Human Resource Management: Become qualified for executive roles in human resource management by learning skills in leadership, training and development, and compensation and benefits.
• Ministry Leadership: Gain skills that pertain to ministry leadership roles within a church and para-church organization while achieving overall personal and spiritual growth by studying a practical, biblical, and theological understanding of ministry.
• Organizational Management: Prepare to be a leader, executive, and agent for change in your organization by developing a wide range of skills in human resource, operations, and change management.

MBA

• Ethical Leadership
• Managerial Economics
• Organizational Behavior
• Marketing Management
• Legal Issues in Management
• Global Business
• Strategic Management
• Corporate Finance
• Managerial Accounting

Finance

• Investments
• Markets and Institutions
• Financial Planning

Human Resource Management

• Strategic Programming in Human Resource Management
• Training and Development
• Performance and Reward Systems

Ministry Leadership

• Change Management
• The Church in the 21st Century
• Pastor as a Person

Organizational Management

• Strategic Programming in Human Resource Management
• Operations Management
• Change Management

Admission Requirements

Although we try to keep our admissions process as straightforward as possible, our knowledgeable staff is always available and happy to help you. Once you have completed and submitted your application materials, the Graduate Business Admissions Committee will determine your acceptance status.

Admission requirements include:

• Baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution with a GPA of at least 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale).
  • Students with an undergraduate cumulative GPA below 2.8 may be accepted on academic probation.

Applicants from countries and U.S. territories in which English is not the primary language must also provide recent evidence of proficiency in English by scoring 80 or above on the Internet-based TOEFL with subscores in writing, reading, speaking, and listening of at least 20; or scoring 550 or above on the written TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with subscores in both writing and reading of at least 50. All tests of English proficiency must have been taken in the last 2 years to be considered for acceptance.

Transfer Credits

Students may transfer up to 6 semester hours of graduate business course work, provided that the courses were earned from a regionally accredited institution, a grade of B or higher was earned, and they are applicable to MVNU's program. Transfer credit is evaluated on a course-by-course basis and must be approved by the program coordinator for the student's intended graduate business degree. Prior learning credit cannot be awarded for a graduate business degree.

How to Apply

1. Complete your application.
2. Request all official transcripts to be sent to MVNU from each college or university you have attended to date. Please have your transcripts sent to: