{"id":4625,"date":"2016-06-15T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:30","slug":"missouri-western-will-offer-mba-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/06\/15\/missouri-western-will-offer-mba-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"大象传媒 Western will offer MBA in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The 大象传媒 Coordinating Board for Higher Education has authorized the Craig School of Business at 大象传媒 to begin offering its first Master of Business Administration degrees. MBA classes will begin in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very important development in the evolution of our university,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s president. \u201cThis is a true community partnership with St. Joseph and beyond. In particular, the letters of support we received for this degree from our community leaders reflected overwhelming justification for this program. It will provide a wonderful continuing educational opportunity for many local leaders and business people in our community and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Providing letters of support were Representative Pat Conway, the 139th<\/sup> Airlift Wing of the 大象传媒 National Guard, AgriLabs, Ltd., Altec industries, Inc., BioZyme, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, Commerce Bank, Herzog Contracting Corp. and the News Press & Gazette Company.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mike Lane, Dean, Craig School of Business<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI want to thank those local leaders for their support of this new program,\u201d said Dr. Mike Lane, dean of the Craig School of Business, adding that 大象传媒 Western\u2019s accreditation by AACSB International is evidence that the program will be of top quality. \u201cAACSB International is the most prestigious business accreditation organization in the world, with fewer than five percent of business schools globally earning their accreditation, and we are very excited to be able to offer an AACSB-accredited MBA program for the first time in St. Joseph.\u201d<\/p>\n

大象传媒 Western will offer three concentrations within the MBA program: forensic accounting, enterprise resource planning, and animal and life sciences. Each concentration will require 18 credit hours of core courses in finance and accounting, marketing, management, analytics and communication, and 12 hours in the concentration area. Classes will be offered in the evening for the convenience of working professionals aiming to advance their careers by earning an advanced degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs with all of our graduate degree programs, the emphasis of the MBA program will be to provide very practical educational opportunities that will equip our students for the workforce of the St. Joseph region,\u201d said Dr. Ben Caldwell, dean of 大象传媒 Western\u2019s Graduate School.<\/p>\n

The MBA program will be the second graduate degree of the Craig School of Business. The school began offering a Master of Information Management in Enterprise Resource Planning in 2014 and enrollment has exceeded expectations, with more than 40 students enrolled last semester. For more information on the Craig School, visit www.missouriwestern.edu\/business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The MBA is 大象传媒 Western\u2019s 17th<\/sup> master\u2019s degree program. The Graduate School also offers 7 graduate certificate programs. For more information on 大象传媒 Western\u2019s advanced degrees, visit www.missouriwestern.edu\/graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 大象传媒 Coordinating Board for Higher Education has authorized the Craig School of Business at 大象传媒 to begin offering its first Master of Business Administration degrees. MBA classes will begin in 2017. \u201cThis is a very important development in the evolution of our university,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s president. \u201cThis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,27,38,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}