Business Master's Bridge Certificate Requirements
The Business Masters Bridge certificate program offers qualified international students, holding the equivalent of a 3-year undergraduate degree, a pathway for admission into the MBA graduate program. This certificate program provides conditional graduate admission to UW-Whitewater. Upon satisfactory completion of the 30-unit certificate requirements, students are fully admitted as MBA graduate students.
Admission to the Business Masters Bridge Certificate Program (BMBC)
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Students apply to the MBA program with all required materials (English proficiency scores, GMAT or GRE scores, transcript and transcript evaluation, financial statement, graduate application fee, etc.) and apply to the BMBC.
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If academically qualified for admission to the MBA program and possessing a minimum 2.50 undergraduate GPA, the School of Graduate Studies provides the BMBC students with a letter of conditional admission, contingent upon successful completion of the BMBC and Undergraduate Admissions will provide a full admission letter for the BMBC.
Advising and Good Standing
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Business Masters Bridge Certificate students will be advised primarily by the College of Business and Economics graduate advising office.
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Students may not enroll in more than one on-line course per semester.
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BMBC students must maintain a 2.50 cumulative GPA each semester to remain in good standing. They may be dismissed, pending appeal to the college Graduate Associate Dean, if they are not in good standing.
Certificate Achievement and Graduate Studies Admission
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BMBC students who complete the 30-unit program with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher and satisfying any additional program specific requirements will be admitted to the MBA program in good standing.
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BMBC students who complete the 30-unit program with a cumulative GPA of between 2.50 and 2.74 and satisfying any additional program specific requirements may be admitted to the MBA program on probation.
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Students admitted to the MBA program will receive a letter of full admission.
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Completion of 30 units of UW-Whitewater coursework and a 2.50 UW-Whitewater cumulative GPA are required to earn the certificate.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Business Core | 18 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | ||
| BUSINESS STATISTICS | ||
| BUSINESS FINANCE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | ||
| Breadth Requirement | 9 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| WORLD OF IDEAS | ||
| Breadth Elective | 3 | |
| Chose one from the following US History, Politics and Culture courses | ||
| MODERN BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS STUDIES | ||
| NATIVE NORTH AMERICA TODAY: PEOPLE, CULTURE AND SURVIVAL | ||
| MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 | ||
| AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 | ||
| RACE, ROCK & ROLL AND AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CHICANX STUDIES | ||
| AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| AMERICAN MINORITY POLITICS | ||
| ASIAN AMERICANS IN U.S. POLITICS | ||
| RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE | ||
| RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS | ||
| ASIAN AMERICANS | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY AND FILM | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES | ||
| WOMEN IN AMERICAN CULTURE | ||
| If any course is waived from business core or breadth requirement areas, electives should be chosen in consultation with your program coordinator preferably from the listed US History, Politics and Culture, Communications, or Personal and Social Responsibilities courses to reach 30 credits total | ||
| Communication | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND TEAM BUILDING | ||
| PERSUASION | ||
| CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION | ||
| TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING | ||
| Personal and Social Responsibility | ||
| TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES | ||
| BUSINESS ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS | ||
| Total Units | 30 | |