5 Year (4+1) BS/MBA: Fast Track MBA Program


4+ 1 MBAEarn Your Bachelor’s Degree and MBA in Just Five Years

In just five years you can earn your bachelor’s degree in any of GMercyU’s business majors, along with your MBA.
As a senior business major, you will take graduate level courses – as part of your undergraduate tuition. This prepares you for your fifth year where you will complete your MBA degree in a unique hybrid format that combines face-to-face and online courses.

The GMercyU Difference

Discover what sets GMercyU’s 4+1 MBA degree apart from other MBA programs in PA.

As a 4+1 Master of Business Administration student, you’ll polish your business skills while working with other students and 教师 who will challenge you and prepare you for the business world.

As a student in GMercyU's 4+1 MBA Program, you will:

  • Work with 教师 members who have professional business experience 
  • Take 12 graduate-level credits as a senior as part of your undergraduate tuition
  • Put yourself on a faster path to your graduate degree in business
  • Skip the need to take a graduate entrance exam, such as the GRE

With GMercyU’s 4+1 fast track MBA program, you can earn a bachelor’s degree in business and an MBA in just 5 years. Do the math!

  • 4+1 = 2 度
  • 4+1 = 89%  Employment rate for U.S. grads with an MBA*
  • 4+1 = $105k Median salary for grads with an MBA*
  • 4+1 = 150  Accounting majors can satisfy the 150 credit-hour requirement toward earning your CPA

*2018 Graduate Man年龄ment Admissions Council Report


Undergraduate 未成年人 

Increase the value of your BS/MBA degree by adding an undergraduate minor that best meets your personal and professional goals.
 

Curriculum

Once you’ve completed your business bachelor’s degree requirements, you will complete the following 4 + 1 MBA program courses. The first four courses below will be completed during your senior year as part of your undergraduate tuition. In your fifth year, you will complete the remainder of your core courses on our Gwynedd Valley campus and your concentration courses in an online format.

Core 课程 – 21 credits

600年工商管理硕士 Ethical Decision Making and Corporate Social Responsibility
610年工商管理硕士  Strategic Man年龄ment 
620年工商管理硕士 Accounting for Decision Makers
630年工商管理硕士 Marketing Planning 
640年工商管理硕士 Managing Business Operations
650年工商管理硕士 Man年龄rial 金融 
660年工商管理硕士 Capstone Business Plan


Select one of these two options: 

Strategic Man年龄ment and Leadership – 9 credits 

700年工商管理硕士 Organizational Theory & 设计
710年工商管理硕士 Global Man年龄ment 
720年工商管理硕士 Managing Human Capital 

健康 Care Administration – 9 credits 

730年工商管理硕士 健康 Care Budgeting, Planning, and 金融 
740年工商管理硕士 Managing 健康 Care Delivery Systems 
750年工商管理硕士 健康 Care Information Systems

 
Credit Requirements

A minimum of 125 credits is required for the bachelor’s degree in business.

An additional 30-credits are necessary to complete the 4+1 MBA degree. To review course descriptions, please refer to the graduate catalog.

 

Interested in the 4+1 MBA? 

Juniors in one of our business programs (Accounting, Digital Communications, 金融, Man年龄ment, Marketing, or Sports Man年龄ment) can apply for the 4+1 MBA. Please speak with your 教师 advisor before the end of your junior year — the earlier, the better.