Harley Langdale,Jr.  College of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

On Campus Program

 

Program Retention, Dismissal and Readmission Policies

    1. If transferred from an AACSB-accredited graduate business program, up to six semester hours of graduate business courses may be counted toward the requirements for the MBA degree at Valdosta State University. Students wishing to transfer credit must request and receive permission to do so from the Director before beginning the program. This credit must be documented in the form of an official transcript at the time of admission. Transfer credit will be evaluated after admission, by the academic department. To be eligible, credit must be no more than seven years old prior to completion of the degree.
    2. Students will be dismissed from the MBA program if they accumulate three or more academic deficiency points. A grade of “C” equals one deficiency point, but the course will count toward the MBA degree. A grade of “D” equals two deficiency points, and the course will not count toward the MBA degree. A grade of “F” or “WF” equals three deficiency points, and the course will not count toward the MBA degree.
    3. The maximum time allowed for completion of the master’s degree is seven calendar years. All requirements for the MBA degree must be completed within the seven-year period beginning with the student’s first term of enrollment in a graduate course (i.e., a 6000-7000 level course).
    4. No work completed more than seven years prior to degree completion will be accepted toward the degree, except with special permission from the student’s major professor, the Dean of the College of Business Administration and approval from the Dean of the Graduate School.
    5. Students dismissed from the program will not be readmitted.