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Admission. For admission to the master's program, the student must satisfy
the general requirements for admission to the Graduate School (see pages
105-107). Admission to 500 courses may, however, be restricted to students with a
grade-point average of 2.75 or higher. Formal admission to candidacy for a master's
degree is granted only after a qualifying examination following the student's
first term of graduate study.
Core Programs. The first year of the master's program includes a series of
core seminars and two terms of work in Principles of Economics, planned especially
for students whose undergraduate studies have been in fields other than
business administration. For these students, the first-year core program is required;
all or part of the requirement may be waived for students who have
had equivalent instruction as undergraduates at the University of Oregon or another
institution. The first-year core requirement is as follows:
Term Hours
Accounting in Administration (Ac 511, 512)........................................... 6
Statistics for Business Decisions (BS 511) 3
Financial Environment (FBE 514)............................................................................ 3
Financial Management (FBE 516) 3
Legal Environment of Business (FBE 517) 3
Industrial Administration (PIM 511).................... 3
Administration of Marketing Function (MIT 511) 3
Principles of Economics (Ec 201, 202)........................................................................ 6
The second year of the master's program also includes a group of core
courses, providing an understanding of management science and of the utilization
of functional areas of business in the application of management principles. The
second-year core courses are:
Term Hours
Theory of Business Organization (PIM 531).... 3
Administrative Controls (Ac 540)....................................... 3
Managerial Economics (FBE 530) 3
Problems in Business FInance (FBE 522) 3
Seminar: Legal & Social Philosophy of Business (FBE 507) ...... 3
Seminar: Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions (BS 507)........................ 3
Master of Business Administration. The program leading to the M.B.A.
degree emphasizes the development of breadth of understanding of business problems
and of general management skills; the program is especially adapted to the
needs of students who have earned their bachelor's degree in the social sciences,
humanities, sciences, or engineering.
The requirements are: (I) completion of the first-year core program or
equivalent; (2) completion of the full second-year core program; (3) a maximum
of 18 term hours in a field of business specialization. A thesis is not required; if
the student elects to submit a thesis, thesis credit (9 term hours) is counted as
part of the 18-hour maximum in his field of specialization.
All candidates for the M.B.A. degree are required to take a final written
comprehensive examination, covering (I) the second-year core program and (2)
the field of specialization.
Portland M.B.A. Program. Candidates for the M.B.A. degree may complete
the 18-hour second-year core program in the Portland Continuation Center of
the Oregon State System of Higher Education. They may also satisfy in Portland
the 18-hour specialization requirement, in fields in which faculty and library resources
are available. Candidates who complete their course work in Portland
are required to write a thesis, in consultation with advisers on the Eugene campus.
Instruction providing the equivalent of the first-year core program is also
offered in the Portland Center.
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