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Business Administration for International Students (MBA) - Requirements & Policies

  1. Minimum credit hour requirement for the MBA degree: 36 Maximum credit hour requirement for the MBA degree: 48
  2. Candidates may transfer a maximum of six semester hours of approved graduate work toward their Fontbonne MBA degree. Only graduate level courses taken within the last four years, subject to limited exceptions, at an accredited institution, with a letter grade of B or higher, will be considered. All transfer credit must be approved on a course-by-course basis by the department of business administration. BUS 589 Administrative Policy and Strategic Planning and BUS 595 Applied Business Research Project must be taken at Fontbonne University.
  3. A letter grade of C- or better is required for all courses in the PREPARATORY CORE. Students receiving less than a C- in a PREPARATORY CORE course must retake the course and earn a grade of C- or better. However, students receiving a grade less than C- in two or more PREPARATORY CORE courses may be dismissed from the program notwithstanding a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the REQUIRED CORE.
  4. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for the REQUIRED CORE. Any students receiving a grade less than B- in two or more courses or an F in one course in the REQUIRED CORE may be dismissed from the program notwithstanding a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
  5. Satisfactory completion of all components of AEN. A satisfactory grade is defined as a Passing (P) grade if the course it taken on a P/NP basis or a grade of C- or better if the course is taken for a letter grade.
  6. The minimum time for the completion of the program is 10 months. The maximum completion time is six years beginning on the date of the first class of the first REQUIRED CORE course.