Master of Business Administration (full time, evening & executive
programs): Applicants must contact the Whittemore School of Business and
Economics directly for the specific application materials, deadlines and brochure.
Application Requirements
Test Scores: GMAT
Special Instructions: Requires their own special
application, contact the department directly for more details.
The Whittemore School of Business and Economics offers
a program leading to the M.B.A. in formats designed for full-time
students, part-time evening students, and practicing managers in a
weekend executive program. Each program includes a sequence of required
courses and opportunities to take electives. While each program is
offered in a different format, the basis of each program is to provide
students with an introduction to business practices through theoretical
and applied opportunities. All three models are professional and
nationally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business (AACSB), making these programs the only AACSB-accredited
executive and part-time models in New Hampshire.
Admission Requirements
The Whittemore School welcomes applicants with an
above-average academic record in any undergraduate specialty. The
crucial requirement for admission into the M.B.A. program is a history
that demonstrates that the applicant has the potential and desire for
graduate study in business. Consequently, a portfolio approach to
admissions is adopted, in which an applicant’s work and military
experience along with other indications of maturity, motivation, and
self-discipline are considered in addition to the applicant’s test
scores and academic record. All applicants are required to take the
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Applicants are expected to
have successfully completed one semester of calculus, statistics, or
have demonstrated proficiency in quantitative reasoning. Interested
applicants are encouraged to contact George T. Abraham, Director of
Graduate and Executive Programs, Whittemore School, 15 College Road,
Durham, NH 03824-3593.
Degree Requirements
Full-time M.B.A. Degree
Requirements The Whittemore School curriculum for the one-year intensive full-time
program begins with online foundation work in the summer. Students
formally begin the program at the end of August with a weeklong
orientation and continue together through the academic year. The
48-credit program comprises ten required core courses, electives, and an
international residency; the course culminates with a corporate
consulting project. In addition, students are required to participate in
the M.B.A. Experience held throughout the year. The M.B.A. Experience
offers seminars on topics such as presentation skills, team dynamics,
and career development to help students. Electives can be taken in such
areas as marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, supply chain management,
leadership, and general management. Students with less than three years
of professional work experience complete an internship as one of their
electives.
Part-time M.B.A. Degree
Requirements Part-time, evening students typically begin the program in the fall
term, although a January admission with a reduced course load may be
possible. Offered on both the Durham and Manchester campuses, the degree
is comprised of ten required core courses and six electives. The
schedule is designed to permit students to complete the degree in two
years although a reduced pace is also possible. Specializations are
available in marketing and supply chain management, entrepreneurial
venture creation, financial management and general management.
Course Waivers Students in the part- or full-time M.B.A. program may petition to waive
up to three core courses. A waiver is typically granted if the student
possesses a major (five to six courses) in a core area earned within
five years of matriculation, e.g., a student with a major in marketing
may petition to waive the core course in marketing.
Part-time M.B.A. Specializations
Marketing and Supply Chain
Management This specialization covers such topics as market research and
analysis and new product and services development. A
cross-functional approach is utilized to teach students how to
manage fundamental value processes involved in the production and
marketing of goods and services. The specialization is unique in its
integrative emphasis on meeting customer and market needs in an
effective and efficient manner given technological and operational
constraints.
Entrepreneurial Venture
Creation This specialization is designed to promote an environment that
produces an entrepreneurial culture and promotes learning through
experiential, real-world, real-time learning. It provides a basis to
learn about the high-growth entrepreneurial venture process of value
creation through an application of technology in a dynamic
environment and is appropriate for students who intend to start a
high-growth business, work for a new venture, become involved in a
new venture creation within an established organization, or are
interested in the field of venture capital.
Financial Management This specialization is designed for the student who wants to take a
coherent set of finance courses offered within the general framework
of the M.B.A. The study of finance provides students with
opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines including banking,
insurance, corporate finance, investment management, and risk
management.
Executive M.B.A. Degree
Requirements The curriculum for practicing managers comprises 17 courses, which
include 12 core courses as well as a required Integrative Management
Seminar taken each term. The curriculum is tailored and scheduled to
meet the needs of individuals working full time at managerial-level
jobs. The program emphasizes general management and provides for
broad-based exposure to the functional areas of finance and accounting,
human resources management, marketing, operations, and strategic
management. In the second year, all students take a year-long track in
International Business and choose between a second track in either
Entrepreneurial Venture Creation or Managing Technology and Innovation.
The program is offered in Durham at the New England Conference Center.
The 19-month program begins in early September with a week in residence.
Thereafter, classes are held twice each month in all-day Friday and
Saturday sessions. The program concludes with a required 10-day
international residence taught as part of the International Management
Course.
