This five-year B.S./M.B.A. Dual Degree (4+1) program allows a select group of highly motivated and academically gifted students to combine the requirements for the College's Bachelor of Science degree program in Sports Management with the requirements for the College's Master of Business Administration degree program. Students take appropriate undergraduate course work in accounting, economics, computer applications, and mathematics sufficient to waive the foundation-level course requirements of the M.B.A. degree program. Students must complete a minimum of 33 graduate credits to receive the M.B.A. degree.

Admission to the Dual Degree program requires that students first be admitted to the B.S. degree program in Sports Management. Matriculated, full-time Sports Management students in the B.S. degree program must apply to the Dual Degree program no later than by the end of the first semester of their sophomore year. This deadline gives students accepted into the program time to acquire the undergraduate courses necessary to allow the waiver of the MBA foundation-level course requirements. Students must formally apply to the Chairperson of the Business Department and submit two letters of recommendation. Applicants must have a College GPA of at least 3.25. Transfer students will only be considered for this program if they are currently in their freshman year or in the first semester of their sophomore year, have a 3.25 GPA, and submit two letters of recommendation.

The goal of the B.S. degree program in Sports Management is to provide students both a professional and general educational base for a career in sports and recreationmanagement. The goal of the M.B.A. degree program is to produce graduates who are adept at solving strategic problems and trained in the latest multimedia communication technologies. The goals of the Dual Degree program include these as well as the goals fo allowing qualified students to earn the M.B.A. degree in an accelerated period of time and to be more quickly positioned to achieve career goals.

Each student admitted to the B.S./M.B.A. dual Degree program will have the use of a laptop computer for the MBA-level courses. Normally, students will begin taking these MBA courses in the second semester of their senior year, at which time a laptop computer will be made available for their use.

Majors in this Dual Degree program are expected to attend all classes. STudents are responsible for allmaterial covered and for all assignments without exception. Majors in this program may ot take any Career Component or graduate course Pass/Fail. A minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) is required of all Sports Managemnet majors in their Career Component courses.

The average of the grades for all graduate-level courses taken in fulfillment of degree requirements at Medaille must be at least a B (3.0). For further information regarding the policies and procedures governing the M.B.A. portion of this degree program, please refer to the College's Academic Graduate Catalog.

The Sports Management program was developed using the joint accreditation standards of NASPE and NASSM.

Medaille holds memebership in the North American Society of Sports Management and the College Sports Information Directors of America.

The Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and the Master of Business Administration degree in Business Administration are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration Curriculum
Credit Distribution
Bachelor of Science

Computer Information Systems Component
CIS 115	Computer Applications	3
CIS 245	Intermediate Microcomputer Applications	3
	Minimum Computer Information Systems Credit Hours	6

General Education Component
**GEN 110	Ideas and Experiences: Introduction to Critical Thought and Expression	3
GEN 220	Colonial N. America: Case Study in Cultural Interaction	3
GEN 230	Creative Expression	3
GEN 240	Scientific Discovery	3
GEN 410	Baccalaureate Capstone I	3
GEN 411	Baccalaureate Capstone II	3
	Minimum General Education Credit Hours	18

Humanities Component
LIT (Any)	Literature Elective	3
PHI (Any)	Philosophy Elective	3
SPE 130	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
WRT 175	College Writing II	3
WRT 200	Analytical Writing	3
WRT 250	Writing for Business	3
	Minimum Humanities Credit Hours	18

Social Sciences Component
ECO 201	Microeconomics	3
ECO 260	Econometrics I	3
ECO 261	Econometrics II	3
PSY 100	Introduction to Psychology	3
	Minimum Social Sciences Credit Hours	12

Mathematics/Science Component
***MAT 114 or MAT 115	Intermediate Algebra Pre-Calculus	3
MAT 115 or MAT 216	Pre-Calculus Survey of Introductory Calculus and Its Applications	3
***MAT 216 or Career Elective	Survey of Introductory Calculus and Its Applications	3
	Minimum Mathematics/Science Credit Hours	9

Graduate Bsuiness Component		Credit Hours
MBA 600	Multimedia Applications in Business	3
MBA 601	Strategic Human Resource Management	3
MBA 602	Organizational Behavior and Development	3
MBA 603	Mangagerial Accounting	3
MBA 604	Marketing Through New Media	3
MBA 605	Financial Management	3
MBA 630	Advanced Strategy	3
MBA 631	Integrative Case Studies	3
MBA Concentration or Elective Courses		9
	Minimum Graduate Business Credit Hours	33

TOTAL

144

**Students who meet the math competency must substitute a 300/400 level Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective.

***If this math requirement has been fulfilled; students must substitute a Career Elective.

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