Lincoln University offers a unique practical training program in which international graduate students are allowed to work in full-time employment in local American companies while studying for their master degrees. This kind of program is sometimes known as a "co-op" or "internship" program, and is only available at the Oakland, California (San Francisco Bay area) campus.

The MBA at Lincoln University is a professional degree. It is designed to develop broad managerial competence to enable graduates to cope with a wide variety of business situations appropriate to their diverse backgrounds. The Lincoln MBA program upholds a strong international focus. In order to fulfill the overall objective, emphasis is placed throughout the program on the development of the individual through the concentration on basic disciplines and skills as well as specific subject areas. The following objectives have been identified and judged appropriate: 

1. use of analytical tools from the quantitative and behavioral sciences; 
2. coverage of the basic functional areas of business with stress on their inter-relationships; 
3. the building of flexible adaptability to changing environments; 
4. the development of the student's ability to evaluate social, political, and economic values; 
5. advancement of skills in group cooperation and decision-making; 
6. development of communication skills; 
7. development of a sense of professional responsibility; 
8. the multinational aspects as related to all the subject areas. MBA 

Lincoln University offers a Graduate Co-op program in Masters of Business with concentrations in:

• International Business
• Financial Management & Investment Banking
• Human Resource Management

 Each quarter when a new "cohort" of students starts, only one of these four concentrations will be officially offered (on a rotating basis throughout the year).   However, no matter what the concentration may "officially" be in the quarter that a student begins, the student may also select or substitute courses in any of the other concentrations that he/she may have interest in.    Elective courses may be chosen to supplement the concentration and may be in different areas.  A personal concentration may be created by a student with the permission of the Dean and an Academic Adviser.

MBA GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 

          The MBA is designed for those qualified students, regardless of area of undergraduate preparation, who have the motivation to pursue graduate-level work in business administration. The required courses are limited to the traditional "foundation" and "core" areas in order to permit students the widest possible electives choice to tailor the program to individual needs. This approach is consistent with the previously stated educational objectives. The availability of a representative selection of courses in related areas of computer science, economics, social science and humanities extends the opportunities for matching the curriculum with individual background and interests. Students with an undergraduate major other than business or economics will be required to take foundation courses. 

 

UNIT REQUIREMENTS 

          The MBA requirements include 21 units of core courses, 12 units of concentration courses, 3 units from a research project or graduate internship, and up to 21 units of foundation subjects, making a total of up to 54 units for those students with Bachelor's degrees in areas other than business or economics. Those with business or economics degrees will require a minimum of 36 units. Appropriate adjustments, based on individual background, may lead to somewhat different requirements. 

FOUNDATION COURSES 

          Students with Bachelor's degrees in areas other than business or economics may be required to complete a foundation program in the following areas: accounting, economics, statistics, finance, management, marketing, or computer science. Students, who have not already completed this foundation program before coming to Lincoln are required to do so during the first 21 units of credit earned at the undergraduate and/or foundation graduate level (courses with 300s numbers) with a GPA 2.7 or better. This program will be individually determined based on initial assessment by the Dean or an Academic Adviser. 

 

RECOMMENDED GRADUATE FOUNDATION COURSES * 

   

    BA300A  Macro/Micro Economics Foundation

    BA300B   Financial/Managerial Accounting Foundation

 

*The credits received in this program are not included to the MBA transcripts. Special transcripts can be issued by a student  request. 

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