Degree Requirements for the
Fourth-Year Bridge Global MBA Program

The Fourth-Year Bridge Global MBA Program is an academic program designed to meet the needs of international students whose baccalaureate degrees were completed in three years (the equivalent of fewer than 120 semester credit hours) rather than four years. Students in the Fourth-Year Bridge Global MBA Program are required to meet all University Admission requirements as well as the School of Business Administration MBA general requirements. Bridge students will not be allowed to enroll in MBA core and elective courses until they have satisfactorily completed the Fourth-Year Bridge. The only exception to this rule will be that a student with a UHV GPA of 3.0 or higher may file a Course Credit Petition to complete the final hours for the Bridge and begin the regular MBA courses simultaneously. The petition form is available in the Office of Admissions and Records, or on the web at www.uhv.edu/oar under Forms.

The following courses are required for completing the Fourth-Year Bridge Global MBA Program (students should refer to individual course descriptions for information on course prerequisites):

FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE REQUIREMENTS (34 HOURS)
Requirement (Prerequisite*)
ENG 3430 Professional Writing
HUM 4322 Ethics
MGT 3312 Legal Environment of Business
ECO 6351 Economics for Managers
MGT 6351 Management and Organizational Behavior
QMS 6351 Statistics and Research Methods (Business calculus)
BUS 6351 Business and Society
ACC 6351 Financial Reporting and Analysis
MGT 6352 Management Information Systems (basic computer literacy)
MKT 6352 Strategic Marketing Management
FIN 6352 Financial Management (ACC 6351, ECO 6351, and QMS 6351)

REQUIRED SPECIFIC BUSINESS COURSES (18 HOURS)
Requirement (Prerequisite*)
MKT 6377 International Marketing (MKT 6352)
FIN 6367 International Finance (FIN 6352 or concurrent enrollment in FIN 6352)
ECO 6367 Global Economics (ECO 6351)
MGT 6367 International Operations Management (QMS 6351 and MGT 6352)
MGT 6377 International Management (MGT 6351)
MGT 6369 International Business Strategy (ECO 6367, FIN 6367, MGT 6367, MGT 6377, MKT 6377)
*Students should refer to individual course descriptions for additional information on course prerequisites.

Finance: Bridge Global M.B.A. students may complete 12 semester hours chosen from the following electives to achieve a concentration in Finance:

• FIN 6361 Investments
• FIN 6362 Financial Institutions and Markets
• FIN 6363 Financial Modeling
• FIN 6364 Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities
• ACC 6377 International Accounting
• Study Abroad (May be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.) Limit one, if outside of concentration area.

Management: Bridge Global M.B.A. students may complete the following 12 semester hours to achieve a concentration in Management:

• MGT 6353 Management of Diversity in Organizations
• MGT 6354 Leadership and Organizational Change
• MGT 6371 Contemporary Management Issues
• MGT 6374 Human Resource Management
• MGT 6387 Comparative Management
• Study Abroad (May be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.) Limit one, if outside of concentration area.

General Business: Global M.B.A. students may choose to complete 12 hours of graduate business electives without designating a concentration. One study abroad course may be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.

Accounting: Global M.B.A. students may choose to complete one of the two options to achieve a concentration in Accounting:

• Four accounting electives or
• Three accounting electives plus one finance, economics, or study abroad elective (Study abroad course may be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, or Economics.)

Marketing: Global M.B.A. students may choose 4 of 7 electives listed to complete a concentration in Marketing:

• MKT 6371 Seminar in Consumer Behavior
• MKT 6372 Marketing Research
• MKT 6373 Seminar in Business to Business Marketing
• MKT 6374 Seminar in Services Marketing
• MKT 6375 Seminar in Integrated Marketing Communication
• MKT 6376 Seminar in Advertising
• MKT 6378 Seminar in E-Marketing
• MKT 6300 Selected Topics in Marketing (may be repeated up to twice, provided subject matter is different)
• Study Abroad (May be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.) Limit one, if outside of concentration area.

Entrepreneurship: Global M.B.A. students may choose 4 of 7 electives listed to complete a concentration in Entrepreneurship:

• EDE 6350 Introduction to Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
• EDE 6351 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• EDE 6352 Developing the Business Plan
• EDE 6353 Nurturing and Growing the Fledgling Venture
• EDE 6354 Growing the Successful Venture
• EDE 6355 Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Finance
• Study Abroad (May be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.) Limit one, if outside of concentration area.

Economic Development: Global M.B.A. students may choose 4 of 6 electives listed to complete a concentration in Economic Development:

• EDE 6350 Introduction to Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
• EDE 6355 Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Finance
• EDE 6356 Methods in Economic Development
• EDE 6387 The Practice of Local Economic Development
• EDE 6358 Theory and Practice of Regional Economic Development
• Study Abroad (May be completed in Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or Accounting.) Limit one, if outside of concentration area.

TOTAL FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
FOURTH-YEAR BRIDGE REQUIREMENTS	34 hours
CORE REQUIREMENTS	18 hours
ACADEMIC CONCENTRATION	12 hours
TOTAL	64 hours

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Please refer to the General Requirements for MBA students in the previous section on MBA Degree Requirements.