Master of Business Administration (MBA)

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The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is designed as a modular program. The module topics surface in everyday activities and long-term planning for all organizations. Many programs provide stand-alone courses in these topics. Our approach is to integrate these topics throughout the core modules with repeated emphasis from a variety of perspectives.

The MBA is available at Hamline University’s Saint Paul and Minneapolis campuses as a cohort program. (A cohort is a group of students who start and finish a program together.)

All students in the MBA program are required to complete forty-eight academic credits. This includes core and elective courses in six modules, completed over 24 months.

Due to the uniquely integrated nature of the MBA curriculum, transferred course work may not be used in place of required core courses.

MBA Degree Requirements (48 credits and 3.0 GPA):

Module 1 (8 credits): Leading People with Integrity and Purpose

Module 2 (8 credits): Managing Financial Resources

Module 3 (8 credits): Leveraging Organizational Resources

Concentrations

There are four concentrations within the master of business administration (MBA) program. Concentrations can be earned by completing three elective courses within the same subject area. Each allows a student to focus more deeply on one area of interest. Students may select three electives within their chosen concentration, but concentrations are not required. Currently, students may complete concentrations in business analytics, finance, leadership and change management, or marketing.

Elective Courses

A range of elective courses are available for students.

Business Analytics

Three analytics courses. Examples include:

Data Management and Communications
Analytical Methods for Business
Data Mining

Finance

MBA 8020 - Corporate Finance
MBA 8021 - Financial Institutions and Markets
MBA 8022 - Finance Theory & Applications
Investments and Portfolio Construction

Leadership and Change Management

MBA 8010 - Negotiation
MBA 8011 - Leading Through Change
MBA 8012 - Perspectives on Conflict and Change
Project Management

Marketing

Time Limit

The MBA is a 24-month cohort program; however, 7 years is the allowed maximum.

MBA Application Requirements

Online application (no fee for U.S. residents). Application available at: www.hamline.edu/business/mba/admission-requirements/.
A personal statement, up to three pages, answering the following:
- Why are you choosing to pursue graduate studies at this time in your career, and what are you hoping to accomplish by doing so?
- What makes the Hamline graduate program you have chosen appealing to you? What skills do you seek to strengthen; what challenges do you seek to overcome?
- At Hamline, we believe in the power of teams. Thus, we teach and have students practice teaming skills throughout the program. Please describe a team experience–either excellent or difficult–that you have had and what you learned from the experience.
A résumé.
Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate work. If your transcripts are in a language other than English, you must submit both the original and an official or a certified course by course English translation. The Hamline University School of Business reserves the right to require applicants to have their academic records evaluated by an academic credential evaluator.
Two recommendation forms detailing your qualifications to pursue advanced study written by people unrelated to you who are familiar with your academic and/or professional history. These forms will be sent to recommenders you identify as part of your online application.
Writing sample of your academic or work-related writing, typewritten, at least three pages in length, written in the last two years, and written solely by you.