Program: Business Administration (MBA) - University of Memphis

May 31, 2025

2025-2026 GRADUATE CATALOG {Editing in Progress}

An MBA is designed for those students who are interested in managerial careers – for those with leadership aspirations and abilities. After completing this program, students will acquire managerial-level knowledge in the core areas of business, and managerial-level skills for data driven decision making, leadership and analysis of the global implications of all business decision making.

Admission Standards and Procedures

All MBA applicants must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university.

There are no prerequisites for the core MBA curriculum. However, students entering the MBA programs are expected to be fluent in the language of business, with a working understanding of key concepts in economics, finance, and accounting. In addition, students are expected to have a working proficiency in statistics.

International applicants will need to satisfy additional requirements, available here: https://www.memphis.edu/graduateadmissions/international/add_requirements.php

For more information about the admission criteria, admission procedures, requirements, and deadlines; program-related expenses, and program details, please visit our MBA website here.

Transfer Credit

Transfer credit is accepted from accredited institutions for at most half of the credit hours required for the MBA degree. Our MBA requires 36 hours of coursework; therefore, we can accept a maximum of 18 hours of transfer credit after an evaluation of the course syllabi.
If transfer credits are from a completed graduate degree, up to 15 credit hours may be transferred.
To be accepted for transfer credit, courses must be similar enough to other courses offered by the Fogelman College that satisfy the MBA degree requirements. You can find the guidelines for transfer credit here.
Grades earned at another institution will not be computed in the University cumulative grade point average, nor will they be accepted for transfer, unless they are “B” (3.0) or better.
Please note: There is an 8-year limit on graduate coursework taken at the University of Memphis and transfer credit from other universities. Unless you are submitting transfer credits from a completed degree, then all Graduate Coursework will expire if it exceeds 8 years (per calendar year).

Program Requirements

Each candidate for an MBA degree must complete a total of 36 credit hours (12 courses) as follows:

30 hours of MBA Core courses (10 MBA core courses)
6 hours of elective courses (2 elective courses)

MBA Core Courses (30 hours)

Required Core Classes

ACCT 7080 - Financial/Managerial Acct Mgrs ** Credit Hours: (3)
BA 7501 - Impactful Leadership** Credit Hours: 3
ECON 7100 - Econ for Global Executive ** Credit Hours: (3)
FIR 7155 - Global Financial Mgmt ** Credit Hours: (3)
MIS 7650 - Info Syst Global Enterprise ** Credit Hours: (3)
MKTG 7140 - Global Strategic Marketing ** Credit Hours: (3)
SCMS 7313 - Supply Chain Operations Mgmt ** Credit Hours: (3)
SCMS 7110 - Intro to Business Analytics: Concepts, Models, Methods & Technologies** Credit Hours: 3
BA 7503 - Advanced Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 7160 - Global Strategic Mgmt ** Credit Hours: (3)

Note:

SCMS 7110 must be completed before a student enrolls for BA 7503.
MGMT 7160 must be taken during a student’s last semester of enrollment.

Elective Courses (6 hours)

Students are required to take two elective courses (six hours).
Graduate-level courses offered by the Fogelman College of Business and Economics (courses with prefixes ACCT, BA, ECON, FIR, MGMT, MIS, MKTG, and SCMS) can be counted as elective courses.
Students may not receive credit for a 6000-level course if they have credit at the 4000 level.
Courses outside the Fogelman College require approval.

Experiential Learning Credit

Students are allowed to request a maximum of 6 credit hours of experiential learning credit for the purposes of meeting their degree requirements.

The experiential learning 6 credit hours will apply toward the required elective credit hours.
To request consideration for the credit hours, students must submit a portfolio for review by following the guidelines of the Center for Teaching and Learning.
For more information about their guidelines, refer to the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Experiential Learning Credit website: (http://www.memphis.edu/innovation/elc/portfoliodevelopment.php).

Internships

An internship is a temporary position consisting of a work assignment of at least 200 hours designed to provide exposure and experience in a particular field.
Students may receive 3 credit hours to be counted towards their MBA degree as elective course credit.

Requirements to receive credit

Necessary conditions to receive credit are:

Enrolling for BA 7800 during the semester of completion of the internship,
Completing the full internship assignment as described in the offer letter, and
Satisfactorily fulfilling the BA 7800 course requirements.

Eligibility

To be eligible for BA 7800, a student must satisfy the following criteria:

Be registered as a student at the University of Memphis MBA program,
Be in good academic standing (3.25 GPA or higher),
Have completed at least 18 credit hours of course work.
International students on an F-1 visa must have completed at least one academic year (2 semesters) in valid F-1 status in the MBA program, as per the Curricular Practical Training (CPT) eligibility requirements.
For information about CPT eligibility and application process, please visit the International Student Services website (opens in new window).

General Information

Graduation Requirements

Fulfill the program requirements.
Must be enrolled in the term of intended graduation (Fall, Spring or Summer).
Must follow the process outlined by the Graduate School by the stipulated deadlines
Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all graduate coursework.
No more than 7 hours of “C+,” “C,” or “C-” will be counted towards the degree.

Program Retention

Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0 to continue in the program. In accordance with the Graduate School guidelines, any student not meeting this requirement will be placed on probation.
Students on probation must adhere to an academic plan outlined by their advisor in their next semester of enrollment.
A second consecutive semester on probation can result in suspension and may lead to termination.

Termination

Students may be terminated from a graduate program based on:
1. academic or professional performance where termination from a graduate program does not terminate a student from the University and, therefore, students may be eligible to apply for alternative graduate programs; or 2. academic misconduct where students may be suspended or expelled from the University by virtue of an action of the Office of Student Accountability for conduct violations of the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities.
The process for termination based on academic performance may be reviewed here.
Termination of a student on an F1 VISA will be reported to ISS so that they can advise the student regarding immigration issues.