MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
ADMISSION AND PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
ACCELERATED Tech MBA®
The Accelerated Tech MBA program is open to all high achieving undergraduate students
at Michigan Tech. It allows students to apply up to six course credits toward both the
Bachelor’s and MBA degree (double counting). Appendix A below provides examples of
courses that can be double counted.
Students who are accepted to the Accelerated Tech MBA program are considered to be
graduate students upon completion of their bachelor’s degree. All graduate students must
adhere to the continuous enrollment policy, along with all other Graduate School and
University policies.
Admission Requirements
1. All bachelor’s degree seeking students from Michigan Tech with a cumulative graduating
GPA of 3.0 or higher are eligible to enter the Accelerated Tech MBA program.
2. Students with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher can apply for admission to the Accelerated
Tech MBA program any time upon attaining junior class standing, but must apply prior
to being awarded their bachelor’s degree.
3. Students already enrolled in a graduate program may not retroactively enroll in the
Accelerated Tech MBA program.
4. GMAT or GRE is required, however, an applicant may petition for a waiver if they can
demonstrate prior academic excellence in both quantitative and writing courses.
5. The standard Graduate School and Tech MBA admissions process applies.
 Two letters of reference
 Resume
 Transcripts (non-Michigan Tech only)
 Student Statements
 Prerequisite courses (Appendix B below)
6. Upon acceptance, each student must meet with the Tech MBA director and academic
advisor to document the specific double-counted courses and allowed senior rule courses.
Program Requirements
1. The Accelerated Tech MBA degree requires 36 credits of approved course work.
2. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher is required for graduation.
3. All coursework must be completed within 5 years from admission to the Michigan Tech
Graduate School and the Accelerated Tech MBA program.
4. Under Senior Rule, a student may take up to 6 credit hours of the credits toward the
Accelerated Tech MBA degree while an undergraduate. Senior rule credits are
independent of double-counted credits.
5. All double-counted courses applied to the Accelerated Tech MBA must have a grade of B
or higher. See Appendix A for a list of courses that can double count.
Appendix A: Double-Counted Courses
Any two of the following courses can double count towards a Michigan Tech bachelor’s
degree and the Accelerated Tech MBA program. Applicants may suggest other courses
for double counting; the suggested courses will be evaluated and approved on a case-bycase basis.
Table 1: Suggested Courses
Undergraduate Course
EC 3400: Economic Decision Analysis
MBA Course
EC 5300: Managerial Economics
MEEM 4655: Production Planning
MET 4510: Lean Mfg & Production
Planning
BA 5610: Operations Management
MGT 3800: Entrepreneurship
BA 5720: Entrepreneurial Ventures
MGT 4600: Managing Innovation and
Technology
BA 5740: Managing Innovation and
Technology
Appendix B: Prerequisites Courses
Students should ensure that they complete two of the following prerequisite courses
during their undergraduate study:
EC2001: Principles of Economics
And one of the following statistics courses:
BUS 2100 - Business Statistics
BE 2110 - Statistical Methods for Biomedical Engineering
MA 2710 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
MA 2720 - Statistical Methods
MA 3715 - Biostatistics
PSY 2720 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
CE 3710 - Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering
CM 3825 - Sampling, Statistics, and Instrumentation
MA 3710 - Engineering Statistics
MA 4760 - Mathematical Statistics I