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MBA/MA in International Relations Program

MASTER OF ARTS, MAJOR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Students have the opportunity to obtain a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Arts with a major in International Relations (INR) as part of a joint degree program offered by the Graduate School at Creighton University . The program is a cooperative venture between the College of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences. Both degrees can be earned in 54/57 credit hours (excluding foundation courses). Were the degrees pursued separately, 66/69 credit hours would be necessary. The specifics of the program are as follows:

  1. Students must make separate application to each program and meet all admission requirements for each program.
  2. Students must apply to the second program while actively enrolled in the first program (or apply to both programs simultaneously).
  3. Within the 33-hour MBA program that includes 24 hours of core classes and nine hours of electives, the MBA program will accept six hours of 600 or 700 level INR course work as MBA electives.
  4. Within the INR program there is a 33 hour thesis option and a 36-hour non-thesis option. Both options have 15 hours of core classes, with the thesis option having 12 hours of electives and six hours of thesis work. The non-thesis option has 21 hours of electives. For either option, the INR program will accept six hours of 700 level MBA course work as INR electives.
  5. Only courses with a grade of B or better may be accepted from one program to the other.
  6. MBA/INR students must take all MBA foundation courses in the required manner before taking 700 level MBA courses. INR students must have completed the prerequisites before enrolling in any 700 level MBA course.
  7. Case based MBA courses with INR students enrolled should include international cases in GS04_61-197 8/26/04, 1:06 PM 138 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 139 the course requirements in order to meet the needs of INR students.
  8. A MBA/INR student enrolled in INR 799 must include at least one College of Business faculty member on his/her committee.