MBAL Scholars Program

The MBAL Program is an accelerated program for talented high school graduates who want to move quickly through their undergraduate program and enter directly into the University's Master of Business Administration and Leadership (MBAL) program (3 years undergraduate plus 18 months MBAL).

The program is academically rigorous, challenging students to meet the high expectations of the faculty and local business leaders with whom they come in contact through experiential studies.

Students receive focused advising to assure they maintain their eligibility for entry into the graduate program. At the end of three years, they receive a B.S. degree in Business Administration and move directly into the MBAL graduate program. Students who maintain and overall 3.0 GPA are assured a seat in the MBAL program.

Admission Requirements

To enroll as an MBAL Scholar, students must first gain general admission to the University of Charleston and meet the following criteria: 

 

• Freshmen must have a 3.5 GPA in college preparatory high school curriculum
• Score of 24 or higher ACT composite score or 1100 on SAT
• Successful completion of undergraduate admissions interview by MBAL faculty 

 

Contact our admissions office for more information.

Note: All Scholars Program students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 throughout the three-year undergraduate degree.

Learn more about Transfer Student requirements below.

What You Will Study

The MBAL Scholars Program curriculum is highly structured and allows for no deviation. By the final semester, students will begin taking graduate-level courses.

Year 1

SEMESTER 1			SEMESTER 2
Course	Title	Credits	Course	Title	Credits
BUSI 151	Intro to Business	3	BUSI 231	Business Law I	3
ACCT 201	Prin. Accounting I	3	ACCT 202	Prin. Accounting II	3
BUSI 201	Micro-economics	3	BUSI 202	Macro-economics	3
NSCI 105	Issues in Biology	4	HUMN 1xx	Humanities course	3
UNIV 101	Orient. To University	1	UNIV 102	The University Experience	1
MATH 121	College Algebra	3	HIST 212	World Cultures II	3
				Additional course	1
Total		17	Total		17
COMM 101*	Fresh. Writing I	3	COMM 102*	Fresh Writing II	3
UNIV 111	Micro-processing	3	COMM 103*	Oral Communication	3
YEAR 1 TOTAL					46

* Indicates a portfolio course. Portfolios can be completed in the following courses:

• COMM 101 can be obtained in UNIV 101, NSCI 105, HUMN 110, or SSCI 105
• COMM 102 can be obtained in HUMN 110, NSCI 105, or SSCI 105
• COMM 103 can be obtained in UNIV 102, HUMN 110, NSCI 105, or SSCI 105
• UNIV 112 can be obtained in UNIV 102

Year 2

SEMESTER 1			SEMESTER 2
Course	Title	Credits	Course	Title	Credits
MGMT 311	Prin. of Management	3	MRKT 321	Prin. of Marketing	3
FINA 312	Business Finance	3	MGMT 420	Org. Behavior	3
BUSI 316	Quantitative Methods	3	BUSI 317	Business Statistics	3
ENGL XXX	Literature Course	3	PHSC XXX	Phys. Sci. elective	4
	Major electives	6		Major electives	6
Total		18	Total		19
YEAR 2 TOTAL					37

 

Year 3

SEMESTER 1			SEMESTER 2
Course	Title	Credits	Course	Title	Credits
UNIV 459	Senior Capstone	3		Major electives	3
BUSI 407	International Business	3		MBAL, 4 courses*	16
BUSI 450	Business Policy	3
	Creativity course—nonliterature	3
	Major electives	6
Total		18	Total		19
YEAR 3 TOTAL					37

*The four MBAL course offerings can be evaluated to match the major‘s electives. Students not desiring the MBAL can take electives in their majors.

Three-year total = 120 (permits the awarding of the B.S. degree) 

Transfer Student Requirements

Transfer students would need to demonstrate the completion of an equivalent of the core courses, as a minimum, to enter the MBAL. Another option would be completion of an assigned “boot camp” to bring about the core courses equivalent.

Example for Accounting Major
Year 2	ACCT 301, ACCT 42, ACCT 302, ACCT322
Year 3	ACCT 412, ACCT Elective, ACCT 448

Students wishing to sit for the CPA exam would need 3 additional accounting courses. 

Example for Finance Major
Year 2	ACCT 301, FINA 361, FINA 350, FINA 405
Year 3	FINA 406, ACCT 42, FINA 313

Example for Business Administration Major
Year 2	MGMT 318, BUSI 241, BUSI 460, BUSI 232
Year 3	MRKT 402, Any area, MRKT 401