MA in Management with an emphasis in Faith and Business (MAM-FB)

Master of Arts in Management With an Emphasis in Faith and Business (MAM-FB)

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MA in Management: Faith & Business Emphasis

About the program

The online Master of Arts in Management with an emphasis in Faith and Business provides you with the skills and knowledge necessary to live faithfully as a Christian business professional.

The program enhances your past academic work and professional experience, preparing you to become more effective in current responsibilities or to open opportunities for new responsibilities. It is intended primarily for business professionals who seek to live faithfully in the marketplace and to serve the common good through business activities.

Seattle Pacific鈥檚 School of Business, Government, and Economics (SBGE) is committed to providing you with an applied, experiential, and collaborative learning environment in which business and Christian faith, ethics, and character are integrated. The objectives of the program are to develop your abilities to do the following:

Provide values-based leadership to organizations.
Evaluate the effects of business and organizations with regard for fostering human flourishing (i.e., provisioning; providing meaningful and creative work; respecting the dignity of persons; acting with justice and integrity in relationships; stewardship/caring for creation; and caring for the poor and disadvantaged).
Apply in-depth knowledge of marketplace theology to real-world management problems.
Communicate effectively, work in teams, use information technology, and self-assess personal abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.

Curriculum

The MAM-FB program develops readiness to act as a purpose-driven leader, using business to serve the common good. The 45 credit curriculum consists of advanced courses and elective courses. All MAM courses are 3 quarter credits. A minimum of 45 credits must be completed for the degree with at least 36 credits completed at SPU.

Advanced and specialized courses

The advanced leadership and behavioral skills and the ethical perspectives courses prepare you for acting as a responsible leader. The specialized faith and business integration courses prepare you to align business practices with Christian faith. You may not fulfill these courses by undergraduate coursework; transfer credit from other institutions will be given only for graduate-level courses covering the same body of knowledge.

Prerequisite foundation courses and skills

Prerequisite business foundation coursework includes 27 credits 鈥� BUS 6110, 6120, 6130, 6132, 6140, 6150, 6164, 6170, 6171. This coursework may be satisfied by prior coursework or may be completed at SPU. Possession of the Microsoft Office庐 User Certificate in Excel庐 is also a prerequisite.

Many students have covered some or all of this subject matter in an undergraduate program. In the following circumstances, coursework completed at the undergraduate level prior to admission to the program may fulfill one or more foundations prerequisite courses.

If you completed a bachelor鈥檚 degree within seven years* prior to admission to the program, that included courses covering the same body of knowledge as foundations courses:

Courses in which you earned a minimum grade of 鈥淏鈥� may fulfill foundation courses with comparable content.
A course taken for pass/no credit cannot fulfill a foundation course requirement.

If you completed a bachelor鈥檚 degree more than seven years prior to admission to the program, or if the grade in the undergraduate course is below 鈥淏鈥� but not below 鈥淐+鈥�:

You may take a competency examination in the subject.
Competency tests must be completed within the year following your date of admission to the program.
If the competency examination is successfully completed, the applicable foundation course will be considered fulfilled.
If you do not successfully complete the competency exam, you must take the graduate course or complete it via credit by examination for which tuition and an examination fee are charged.

Graduate certificates

In addition to the degree these graduate certificates will be awarded upon completion of each certificate鈥檚 courses at SPU with at least a B in each course.

Foundations: Financial Reporting and Analysis (BUS 6130, 6132, 6120)
Foundations: Creating and Distributing Value (BUS 6150, 6164, 6170)
Foundations: Understanding Business Contexts (BUS 6110, 6140, 6171)
Responsible Leadership (BUS 6201, 6202, 6260, 6266)

Admission requirements

Generally, you must have at least a 3.0 GPA in your undergraduate studies and evidence of at least one year of continuous, full-time, substantive work experience after receipt of the bachelor's degree on your r茅sum茅. GMAT or GRE test scores are not required for applicants who demonstrate strong alignment with the program鈥檚 goals and who have at least a 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA. (Scores may be requested from those who do not meet the minimum requirements for admission.)

Applicants must submit the following:

and $50 application processing fee.
Current r茅sum茅 as evidence of a substantive work experience. You will need at least one full year, continuous full-time, post-bachelor鈥檚 degree experience at the time of application. More is preferred. This is a significant factor in the admission decision process. Applicants with less than one-year of post-baccalaureate professional work experience, but who are otherwise strong candidates and are currently employed in a meaningful professional role may be considered.
Official transcript(s) from colleges or universities attended. Include the transcript from the institution that granted your bachelor鈥檚 degree with the posted degree appearing on the transcript. Also send official transcripts for all institutions attended following your undergraduate degree, as well as any other schools where you earned credits that may be used to request waivers of business foundation courses.
Personal statement (3鈥�4 pages) responding to the essay questions listed in the online application.
Two professional letters of recommendation listed in the online application (optional).

Language Proficiency

SPU considers you to be a native English speaker if both your primary and secondary education took place in Australia, Canada (other than Quebec), Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, or the United States (other than Puerto Rico).

If you are a non-native English speaker, you will need to demonstrate English proficiency, regardless of English language studies or academic history.

To demonstrate language proficiency, submit:

an official score of at least 86 on the iBT
an official score of at least 6.5, or
an official Duolingo score of 110.

Otherwise, strong applicants with a TOEFL score of 68-85 (IELTS 6.0) may be probationally or conditionally admitted with the requirement to successfully complete SPU approved ESL coursework prior to or at the outset of enrollment and continuing as needed.

You may be exempted from the English proficiency testing requirement if you have earned baccalaureate or advanced degrees at 葫芦娃视频, at another regionally accredited college or university in the U.S., or at an accredited university in Australia, Canada (other than Quebec), Great Britain, Ireland, or New Zealand.

International student applicants

The The MAM-FB program is delivered largely in the online format. It is available for international students who plan to learn while remaining in their home country. It is not available for students seeking to attend in the U.S. on an F-1 visa.

In addition to the requirements above, international students must submit a course-by-course transcript evaluation for any non-U.S. transcripts from or . (A course-by-course evaluation is needed to determine if any pre-requisite foundations have been satisfied.)

All official transcripts must be submitted in English. International applicants are responsible for all costs associated with translation.

Prequalified students

Qualified individuals may take up to five courses if they have an undergraduate degree (as evidenced by an Official transcript(s) from an accredited institution); a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0; and a minimum of one year full-time post-baccalaureate work experience (as evidenced by a current r茅sum茅).

Prequalified students must apply for admission to take additional courses. Prequalified status does not guarantee full admission at a later date.

Application deadlines

Your application for admission, application fee, and personal statement must be received by the dates listed below. Recommendation letters, transcripts and test scores must arrive before an admission decision can be made.