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MBA PROGRAM SEMESTER CONVERSION PLANNING GUIDE

Welcome to the MBA Program semester conversion planning guide. Here you will find information on Wright State’s conversion to semesters starting Fall 2012 and how it may affect your program of study. We are here to help! Schedule an appointment with an advisor to ensure you will graduate with the fewest number of credits required. Also, check out our Course Planning Page to find out when your required courses will be offered this year.

*Weekend cohort students will not be affected by the change to semesters as all of the required classes are already scheduled under each cohort section.

Oval: Step 1 Planning to graduate AFTER the switch to semesters?
Use the table below to find out how many courses you will have left to complete your MBA program after the switch in Fall 2012, then go to Step 2. If you have already taken MBA 740, MBA 770, or both, skip Step 2 and move on to Step 3.

IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO TAKE ____ OF 600 OR 700 LEVEL (NON-FOUNDATION) COURSEWORK UNDER THE QUARTER SYSTEM, ENDING SUMMER 2012…	THEN READ THE FOLLOWING IN ORDER TO GRADUATE WITH THE FEWEST NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR YOUR MBA…
4 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (10 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
8 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (9 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
12 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (8 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
16 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (7 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
20 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (6 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
24 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (5 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
28 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (4 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
32 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (3 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
36 credit hours	Avoid taking MBA 740 and MBA 770 if you were admitted before spring 2012. You may take any course under the Quarter System for which you meet the prerequisites and finish your program under semesters. (2 more 700-level semester courses to finish the degree)
40 credit hours	Register for MBA 740 and MBA 770 during the fall and winter quarters. Be sure to register for your concentration courses when they are available. In fall 2012, take the Capstone course and the remaining Core course.
44 credit hours	Register for MBA 740 and MBA 770 during the fall and winter quarters. In fall 2012, take the Capstone Course.
48 credit hours	As long as you’ve taken all of your required MBA coursework, you will graduate under the Quarter System.

The minimum number of semester credits that transitional students need to graduate is 30 SEMESTER CREDITS. A transitional student is one who completes classes under the quarter system and the semester system.

To calculate this for yourself, take the number of credits you will complete under the Quarter System, multiply it by .67 to convert it to semesters, and then subtract that number from 30. If the resulting number is not a multiple of three, round up to the next highest multiple of three. This is the minimum number of credits under the Semester System you will need to graduate.

For example,
12 x .67 = 8
30 – 8 = 22

The next highest multiple of three is 24, so you would have 24 more credits to finish the MBA.
24 credits = 8 courses

Semester courses are three credit hours each, so in this case you would have eight more courses.

Oval: Step 2 What classes do I still need to take?
All students must complete the MBA core courses listed on the right or their equivalents listed on the left. Equivalent coursework for the MBA core is color-coded. Match up the courses you’ve taken, and then complete the remaining foundation, core, and concentration courses on the right. For the MBA concentration, any combination of courses listed under the Quarter System or Semester System is sufficient for graduation. Make sure the number of courses you have left matches the number from the table in Step 1.

Note: Students who begin the program before Fall 2012 are not required to take MBA 5400 Survey of Business Law.

Quarter System		Semester System
	Hours		Hours
I. Prerequisites	16	I. Prerequisites	13.5
MBA 510 Survey of Accounting	4	MBA 5100 Survey of Financial and Managerial Accounting	3
MBA 520 Survey of Economics	4	MBA 5200 Survey of Economics for MBA’s	3
MBA 530 Survey of Finance	4	MBA 5300 Survey of Finance	3
MBA 580 Survey of Quant. Bus. Analysis	4	MBA 5800 Applied Statistics in Business	3
		MBA 5400 Survey of Business Law	1.5

II. Required Courses	36	II. Required Courses	24
MBA 710 Strategic Cost Accounting	4	MBA 7100 Accountings Role in Strategic Value Creation	3
MBA 720 Analysis of Global Economic Conditions	4	MBA 7520 International Business: Operations & Environments	3
MBA 730 Financial Analysis & Decision Making	4	MBA 7220 Economics for Managers	3
MBA 740 Legal & Ethical Decision Making	4	MBA 7300 Financial Analysis & Decision Making	3
MBA 750 Leading Teams & Org.	4	MBA 7500 Leadership and Ethics	3
MBA 755 Developing & Implementing Competitive Strategies	4	MBA 7550 Business Strategy	3
MBA 760 Marketing Strategy	4	MBA 7600 Strategic Marketing Mgt.	3
MBA 770 Information Tech & Business Transformation	4	MBA 7800 Supply Chain Management	3
MBA 780 Supply Chain Management	4

III. Concentrations	12	III. Concentrations	9
Economics		Economics
EC 715 Applied Microeconomics	4	EC 7150 Applied Microeconomics	3
EC 717 Applied Macroeconomics	4	EC 7170 Applied Macroeconomic Analysis	3
Any 600-700 Econ course	4	Any 6000-7000 Economics course	3

Finance		Finance
FIN 710 Investment Management	4	FIN 7120 Investment Management	3
FIN 742 Seminar in Financial Mgt.	4	FIN 7240 Seminar in Financial Mgt.	3
FIN 790 Seminar in International Financial Management	4	FIN 7250 Seminar in International Financial Management	3

International Business		International Business
MGT 721 International Management	4	MGT 7210 International Management	3
FIN 790 Seminar in Int. Fin. Mgt.	4	Choose 2 of the following:
MKT 716 International Marketing	4	MKT 7160 International Marketing	3
		FIN 7250 Seminar in Intl. Fin. Mgt.	3
		EC 7190 International Economics	3
		MBA 7577 Short-Term Study Abroad	3

Management, Innovation & Change		Management, Innovation & Change
MGT 706 Org. Development & Change	4	MGT 7060 Org. Development & Change	3
MGT 721 International Management	4	MGT 7660 Managing for Creativity & Innovation	3
MGT 766 Managing Creativity & Change	4	MGT elective - any 7000-level MGT course	3

Marketing		Marketing
MKT 705 Advertising & Sales Promotion	4	MKT 7800 Marketing Simulation and Return on Investment	3
MKT 707 Marketing Research & Analysis	4	MKT 7500 Marketing Research & Analysis	3
MKT 716 International Marketing	4	Choose 1 of the following:
		MKT 7700 International Marketing	3
		MKT 7300 Entrepreneurship	3

Project Management		Project Management
MGT 770 Fundamentals of Project Mgt.	4	MGT 7710 Fundamentals of Project Mgt.	3
MGT 772 Project Contract Management	4	MGT 7720 Project Contract Mgt.	3
MGT 773 Project Management & Control	4	MGT 7730 Project Planning, Evaluation and Control	3

Interdisciplinary Business		Investments
12 Hrs of 600-700 courses from the Raj Soin College of Business	12	FIN 7120 Investing in Securities	3
		Choose 2 of the following:
		FIN 6120 Fixed Income Security Analysis
		FIN 6130 Derivatives	3
		FIN 6220 Corporate Financial Information	3

		New Venture Creation
		EC 7280 Economics of Innovation	3
		MKT 7300 Entrepreneurship	3
		IHE 6410 Technology-Based Ventures	3

		Health Care Management(SOM)
		CMH 6500 Health Resource Mgt. and Policy	3
		CMH 7540 Strategic Leadership in Healthcare Organizations	3
		FIN 7500 Financial Mgt. of Healthcare Organizations	3

		Interdisciplinary Business
		Three 6000- or 7000-level courses from the Raj Soin College of Business	9

Total Hours without prerequisites	48	Total Hours without prerequisites	33

Oval: Step 3

Schedule an Advising Appointment

Your advisor will officially verify the classes you need to complete the program. Call 937-775-2437 to schedule an appointment.

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