Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology

Special Programs
Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration
One of the most appealing career preparations is the combination
of a Bachelor’s degree with the Master of Business
Administration (M.B.A.) degree. IIT students who complete
the necessary undergraduate business courses may
earn both the Bachelor’s degree and the M.B.A. degree in
about five years, rather than the usual six years. (See previous
page for B.Arch./M.B.A. program.) Undergraduate
courses, when included as part of the Bachelor’s degree program,
replace graduate courses that are part of the M.B.A.
program. This allows students to complete the M.B.A. with
as few as 16 courses.
Students who are considering the Bachelor/M.B.A. program
should consult with the Stuart School of Business undergraduate
programs advisor as early as possible in their
academic career in order to plan a program enabling them
to receive the maximum number of advanced standing credits
toward their M.B.A. Formal application to the M.B.A.
program, which includes a Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT) score, should be submitted prior to the
completion of the seventh semester of the Bachelor’s program.
Bachelor of Science/Master of Public Administration
Qualified students who are interested in careers in the
public sector may complete their Bachelor’s degree and
Master’s degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) in five
or fewer years.
The requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Political
Science and Master of Public Administration are often
completed in four-and-a-half years. Requirements for a
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science can be combined
with an M.P.A. degree and usually take somewhat
longer, depending on the student’s load each semester and
his or her total program. Students interested in this option
submit their request to the M.P.A. program after their
fourth semester. Qualified students are granted provisional
admission to the program and begin taking the graduate
level M.P.A. courses, usually at the rate of one per
semester. When the student has completed substantially
all the requirements for the Bachelor’s degree portion of the
program, the student applies for regular admission to the
graduate program. The decision about regular admission
will be based on the work the student has completed at the
time of his or her request for regular admission. By then,
the student will have completed the M.P.A. foundation
courses. Students in this program receive credit toward
their Bachelor’s degree electives for two M.P.A. courses
and with the approval of the academic director, may receive
credit toward their M.P.A. degree for up to six hours
of relevant undergraduate coursework.
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