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Rutgers Graduate School of Management

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Rutgers GSM Ranking

• Tier III Business School - Business Week

• The Only Public Institution in the five MBA Programs in New-Haven to Philadelphia Corridor

• Thirty-fourth in Research in the Nation - Chronicles of Higher Ed

• Top 10 PhD in Management Degree Granting Institutions

The Rutgers Choice

• Member school, American Association of Universities

• American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business

• High Admission Standards

• The State University of New Jersey

The Part-time MBA Program

Profile of the Part-Time Student

• Liberal Arts Undergraduate

• Business Undergrad Engineer

• GMAT Score: 540 - 580

• Undergraduate GPA - 3.11

• Acceptances/Applications - 70%

• Full Time Employee

Profile of the Full-time Student

• Liberal Arts Undergraduate• Business Undergrad• Engineer• GMAT Score - 610• Undergraduate GPA - 3.1• Acceptances/Applications - 37%

Learning Environment

• Student takes responsibility for learning

• In-depth learning encouraged

• Courses concentrated and intense

• Courses build sequentially

• Grades less important than in undergraduate school

The MBA: A New Discipline

• You will learn a new vocabulary: capital leases; options; swaps; convertible debentures; net present value.

• You will learn to integrate complementary skills: management; leadership; public speaking; interviewing; communications; team work; mathematical modeling; making decisions; living with ambiguity.

• Proficiency Requirements• Core Program 31• Information Tech. 3

– Design & Development of Information Systems (or)

– Computers and Information Systems (or)

– Computer Technology

• Team Consulting 5• Elective Courses 21

Total 60

Curriculum Requirements

Proficiency Requirements

• Communication Skills– A score of 32 or better on the verbal portion

of the GMAT examination (mandatory in Fall 2002)

• Calculus and Statistics– A grade of B or better in an undergraduate

course in the subject area

Making up a Deficiency

• Business Communications – Course must be completed within the first

thirty credits of course work (2 credits)

• Calculus and/or Statistics– Courses must be completed during the first

semester(s) (2 credits each)

Core Requirements• Basic Tools• Functional Analysis• The Corporate

Environment• Integrative Course

Requirements

Basic Tools

• Decision Models• Statistical Models• Managerial Accounting• Managerial Economics• Organization Behavior• Information Technology

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Functional Analysis

• Operations Management

• Marketing Management

• Financial Management

John Maynard Keynes

The Corporate Environment

• Aggregate Economic Analysis

• Legal Environment• International

Business Environment

Integrative Course Requirements

• Team Consulting I & II

Interfunctional Team Consulting

• Requirement after completion of Core -- Requires two consecutive semesters

• Consult with Major Institution

• 4-6 Students on Consulting Engagement

• Faculty Mentoring

Elective Courses

• Choose any 21 credits of electives

• Choose 12 credits for a concentration and take the remaining courses as electives

• Take two concentrations of 12 credits each

GSM Study-Abroad Programs

• Rutgers has 2 programs

• Both 2 weeks in duration

• Each worth 3 credits• Each of these is under

$3,000

Cambridge University

• Run by Cambridge University and takes students on a 4 country seminar (UK, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic)

• Study of business conditions in Western and Central Europe

• The students actually spend time in Cambridge University

France

• Run by the ESC

• Based in Lille

• Focuses on changing business conditions within the Eurozone

• It includes short trips (day trips) to Brugge, Belgium.

The Popular Concentrations

• Finance

• Marketing

• Computers and Information Systems

• Human Resources Management

• Management of Innovation and Technology

• Management Consulting

New Concentrations

• Pharmaceutical Management

• Supply Chain Management

• E commerce

• Business and the Arts

More Concentrations

• International Business• Entrepreneurial

Management• Strategic Management • Operations

management

• Management Accounting

• Economics• Applied Statistics

MBA Advanced Standing

• Rutgers will recognize up to 18 credits from a variety of sources

• Graduate/undergraduate course work completed with a B or better and/or qualifying examination in business core areas of study.

• A student may receive two (2) credits for every three (3) credits of undergraduate course

• Qualifying examinations for core courses

MBA Advanced Standing

• Two (2) credits for a three (3) credit elective undergraduate comparable to a GSM core course

• CPA receives three credits for the core course in accounting

• Ph.D. receives 12 credits of elective course work.• Organizations giving equivalent accreditation may

be found at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (http://www.chea.org).

For Students With 18 Credits Advanced Standing

• MBA in 27 months at 6 credits per semester

• MBA in 18 months at 9 credits per semester

Campus Sites

• Newark

• New Brunswick

• Plainsboro - Merril Lynch Headquarters

• Morristown - Drew U.

Off-Campus

• Not all courses are offered in every semester - Plan ahead

• Off campus faculty have received superior evaluations on their teaching

Principal Contacts

• Student Services & Study Abroad Programs - Dean Pat Rotonda, PROTONDA@andromeda.rutgers.edu– Advice on curriculum, add and drop courses,

registration, exceptions to existing rules

• Career Services - Dean Elaine Frazier, mbamail@business.rutgers.edu– Career planning, resume writing, interviewing

Other Principal Contacts

• Other Information - Dr. Douglas Jones, MBA Director, dhjones@rci.rutgers.edu Exceptions to policy on referral from student services

• Department Chair person - Challenge examinations, requirements for concentration, advanced standing

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Rutgers GSM List Servers

• http://email.rutgers.edu• Go to Online mailing list archives• Click on MBA_NKPT (for Newark

students) or MBA_NBPT (for New Brunswick students) or MBA_OFF_CAMPUS (for off campus students)

• Join the list

Informational Websites

• This Presentation: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dhjones

• Rutgers Course Catalogue on Blackboard: http://fom.rutgers.edu:81

• Rutgers Complete Course Descriptions:http://business.rutgers.edu