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In five years of full-time study, students earn a B.S. in Business Administration with specialization in General Business and an MBA. The program admission is competitive and it is focused on highly motivated freshmen and eligible transfers who have maintained a 3.0 GPA (or equivalent) in both high school and college. Students who are admitted to this program must meet with the Undergraduate Business Administration Chair before enrolling in courses since the program requires a prescribed course sequencing in order to complete the program in five years.

This program is designed to allow students to enter Mercy College as an undergraduate, and by following a very specific curriculum, graduate in summer of the fourth year with a B.S. in Business Administration degree. With an additional year of prescribed graduate study, students will be able to earn an MBA. This is accomplished by following a prescribed sequence of courses in the undergraduate B.S. in Business Administration degree program, which waives the 24-credit MBA general business core. Twelve graduate credits in the MBA program count toward both the B.S. and MBA degrees.

The following pairs of undergraduate courses, if completed successfully, will waive the MBA course listed:

Admission Requirements:

Highly motivated freshmen and eligible transfers who have maintained a 3.0 GPA (or equivalent) in both high school and college may apply for the program. In the fall of their fourth year, students in the B.S./MBA program will be evaluated by the Graduate and Undergraduate Business Administration Chairs for a review of their continued qualifications and matriculation to the MBA program. Students must have a 3.0 overall and major GPA to matriculate to the MBA program in the fourth year spring quarter. Those students who do not meet the GPA requirement will complete 12 credits of open electives in the fourth year spring semester and exit the B.S./MBA program and graduate with a B.S. in Business Administration with specialization in General Business degree in May of the fourth year.

Bachelor of Science

*ECON 125 , ECON 210 , ECON 220 , ECON 221 , and ECON 230 , MATH 116  and MATH 120 /CISC 120  or MATH 131 /CISC 131  are Prerequisites for the major and must be used to fulfill general education requirements.