Apr 03, 2025

2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

100% Online MBA

Graduate Business Programs
238 Elliott Hall (map)
(248) 370-3287
OUgradbusiness@oakland.edu
http://www.oakland.edu/business/grad

Program Director:
Paul Trumbull
238B Elliott Hall
(248) 370-3287
trumbull@oakland.edu

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Program description

With the Oakland University Online MBA program, you’ll learn from experts. Nearly all of Oakland University’s business faculty members are full-time professors, subject matter experts, and leading researchers in their respective fields. Leaders in the industry participate as part-time instructors, as well as guest lecturers and speakers who bring relevant real-world experience to augment your learning.

Program delivery

The Online MBA from Oakland University offers students access to the same quality curriculum and faculty as the on-campus program with the flexibility to complete coursework anywhere, anytime, at your own pace.

Length of program

The MBA degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of 36 credits in an approved program of study.

Full-time students normally take 9 credits (three courses) in each of the fall and winter semesters and 6 credits (two courses) in the summer semester. The full-time student can finish the complete 36-credit program in less than two years.

Part-time students taking six courses per year can finish the 36-credit program in two and two-thirds calendar years (32 months) in a year-round program.

Satisfactory progress

The MBA program must be completed within six years from the date of entry into the program. The scheduling of MBA classes is based on the assumption that students will be enrolled in a standard part-time program: six courses per year (two courses in each of the 15-week fall, winter, and summer semesters).

In accordance with university regulations, all course credits used to meet requirements of the MBA program must be earned within six years of the date that the MBA is awarded.

Admission terms and application deadlines

Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in The Oakland University Graduate School by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.

Application Term	Deadlines
Fall Semester	July 15
Winter Semester	November 15
Summer Semester	March 1

Application requirements

To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all of the following university and program application documents by the published application deadlines.

Graduate Application Requirements
Additional department application requirements

Curriculum Vitae or Resumé

GMAT Policy

The GMAT/GRE is not required if you meet any of the following criteria:

Earned a master’s degree or higher with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 or Has an acceptable score on the GRE, LSAT, or MCAT entrance exam
Earned a bachelor’s degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 from an AACSB-accredited business school
Earned a bachelor’s degree in any major with an overall GPA of at least 3.2 from a regionally accredited program
Completed a business-related certification such as CPA, CFA, CFP or FRM
Has at least 3 years of relevant professional work experience and an undergraduate overall GPA of at least 2.75
Has completed at least 3 years of service in the US Armed Services
If an applicant does not meet any of the above criteria, it is recommended that they connect with the Graduate Business Programs Office to discuss GMAT preparation and or other options to be considered for admission.

Admission review and assessment

Admission to the 100% Online MBA is selective. In making admission recommendations to the program, the department assesses the potential of applicants for success in the program by examining their graduate records, their experience, and their recommendation forms.

Program requirements

The online MBA degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of 36 credits in an approved program of study.

The MBA program consists of THREE parts: the core program, electives, if necessary, due to course waivers, and, potential electives based on waiver of core courses and/or desired concentration. If core classes are waived, elective courses are required to get up to the 36-credit requirement.

a. Core requirements:

ACC 5110 - Financial Accounting (3 credits)
ACC 5120 - Managerial Accounting Systems (3 credits)
QMM 5100 - Quantitative Methods for Managers (3 credits)
ECN 5210 - Economics for Managers (3 credits)
ORG 5300 - Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
MGT 5500 - Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
MIS 5240 - Enterprise Information Systems (3 credits)
MKT 5600 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
POM 5210 - Operations Management (3 credits)
FIN 5330 - Financial Management ( 3 credits)
MGT 5260 - International Business (3 credits)

Core course exemptions

Students may be exempted from some of the core courses if the applicant passed an equivalent undergraduate course at a regionally accredited or equivalent school with a grade of B- or above within the previous five years. Exemption from a core course will NOT reduce the total credit requirement for the MBA. The minimum for the degree is 36 credits.

Students exempted from a core course will be required to complete a graduate business elective. If the core course waived is ACC 5120 , MIS 5240 , MKT 5600 , POM 5210 or FIN 5330 , the graduate business elective must be in the same rubric. (For example, if you are waived from FIN 5330 , you will be required to complete an upper-level FIN course such as FIN 5720 - Advanced Financial Management or FIN 5700 - International Financial Management, etc). If you are waived from the core course MGT 5260 , you must complete a graduate business elective that includes international or global topics. Any course that fulfills the International Business Concentration will satisfy this requirement (see “Optional Concentrations”).

Exemptions from core courses are determined by the Office of Graduate Business Programs after an evaluation of the student’s transcript. A student will be allowed to take a core course from which he/she had been exempted only with prior written approval from the Office of Graduate Business Programs. Repeating waived courses may increase a student’s MBA program beyond the minimum of 36 credits.

b. Electives

Students will be required to select graduate business electives if waived from core courses to satisfy the minimum 36 credit hour requirement. As noted in “core course exemptions” some electives may be in designated rubrics if waived from ACC 5120 , MIS 5240 , MKT 5600 ,POM 5210 , FIN 5330 , and/or MGT 5260 . If you have three or more electives, you may earn a concentration. See “Optional Concentrations”.

c. Optional concentrations

An MBA student may earn a concentration along with their MBA by completing a structured set of electives from one of the MBA concentrations. Each concentration requires three elective courses (9 credit hours). Students who are waived from at least three core classes may be able to complete a concentration within the 36 credits. Students who are not waived from core classes may earn a concentration by taking three electives in addition to their 36 credit MBA program. A maximum of two concentrations can be noted on their transcripts. An elective course cannot count toward more than one concentration.

Human Resource Management (online)
Marketing (online)
Management Information Systems (online)

These concentrations can be completed with a mix of online and face-to-face classes:

Business Analytics
Business Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Production/Operations Management
Supply Chain Management

d. Capstone:

The integrative business policy course (MGT 5350) draws on all the coursework in the core of the MBA program in the analysis of real world cases in a team setting. This course is required of all MBA degree candidates.

MGT 5350 - Policy, Strategy and Goals (3 credits)

Satisfactory academic progress

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is the term used to denote a student’s successful completion of coursework toward a certificate or degree. Federal regulations require the Office of Financial Aid to monitor Satisfactory Academic Progress for all financial aid recipients each semester.

Students who fall behind in their coursework, or fail to achieve minimum standards for grade point average and completion of classes, may lose their eligibility for all types of federal, state and university aid. Contact the Office of Financial Aid for additional details.

Good academic standing

All graduate students are expected to remain in good academic standing throughout the entire course of their graduate program. To be in good academic standing , a graduate student must make satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements, including the completion of critical degree milestones as set forth by the academic program. The student must also maintain a minimum semester and overall GPA of 3.0 (B) or better.

Good academic standing is a requirement for:

Holding a Graduate Assistantship
Receiving a fellowship or scholarship
Advancing to candidacy for a graduate degree
Going on a leave of absence
Obtaining a graduate certificate or degree from Oakland University.

Additionally, graduate students must meet all department academic standards which may be more stringent than the minimum set forth by the University.

Graduate students who are not in good academic standing for any reason are subject to probation and/or dismissal from further graduate study.

Related program information

Plan of study

All accepted applicants, in consultation with their assigned faculty program adviser, must develop a plan of study that details specific courses the students will use to satisfy their degree requirements. The plan of study must be approved by the faculty program adviser and submitted by the student to Oakland University Graduate School.

Master’s and graduate certificate students must submit a department-approved plan of study by the end of their first semester of graduate coursework. Doctoral students must submit an approved plan of study prior to completion of the first year of coursework. (See the Graduate Student Responsibility section of this catalog.)

Note: Credit granted for successful completion of a course toward an undergraduate degree program may not be repeated for a graduate degree. If a substitution is approved, the minimum number of program-approved graduate credits will be required. A Petition of Exception - OU Course Waiver/ Substitution requesting the substitution must be approved.

Time limits
All graduate certificate students are expected to complete their degree within the time limit established by the University .