MBA
The MVNU School of Graduate & Professional Studies is proud to offer a Master of Business Administration degree program that is intentionally designed for ambitious adults to get a high-quality education while maintaining personal and professional responsibilities.
All of our graduate business degrees offer students an engaging curriculum that will equip them with the skills necessary to become competent, confident, and informed leaders in today's marketplace — leaders who are able to plan projects, achieve goals, and meet the expectations of today's business world with integrity.
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.
Graduate Business Core
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Credit Hours
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Ethical Leadership | 3 |
Managerial Economics
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3 |
Organizational Behavior
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3 |
Marketing Management
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3
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Legal Issues in Management |
3
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Organizational Behavior | 3 |
Global Business | 3 |
Managerial Accounting | 3 |
Corporate Finance | 3 |
Strategic Management | 3 |
Total Program Hours | 27 |
Finance | |
Graduate Business Core | 27 |
Investments | 3 |
Markets and Institutions | 3 |
Financial Planning | 3 |
Total Program Hours | 36 |
Human Resource Management | |
Graduate Business Core | 27 |
Strategic Programming in Human Resource Management | 3 |
Training and Development | 3 |
Performance and Reward Systems | 3 |
Total Program Hours | 36 |
Ministry Leadership | |
Graduate Business Core | 27 |
Change Management | 3 |
The Church in the 21st Century | 3 |
Pastor as a Person | 3 |
Total Program Hours | 36 |
Organizational Management | |
Graduate Business Core | 27 |
Strategic Programming in Human Resource Management | 3 |
Operations Management | 3 |
Change Management | 3 |
Total Program Hours | 36 |
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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 70 or above on the Internet-based TOEFL with subscores in writing, reading, speaking, and listening of at least 20; or scoring 525 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
- Complete your application.
- 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:
Official Electronic Transcripts should be sent to GPSApplications@mvnu.edu.
- Complete a Registration Agreement form.