Rutgers Graduate School of Management
business.rutgers.edu
Rutgers GSM Ranking
• Tier III Business School - Business Week
• The Only Public Institution in the five MBA
Programs in New-Haven to Philadelphia
Corridor
• Thirty-fourth in Research in the Nation Chronicles of Higher Ed
• Top 10 PhD in Management Degree
Granting Institutions
The Rutgers Choice
• Member school, American Association of
Universities
• American Assembly of Collegiate Schools
of Business
• High Admission Standards
• The State University of New Jersey
The Part-time MBA Program
Profile of the Part-Time Student
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Liberal Arts Undergraduate
Business Undergrad Engineer
GMAT Score: 540 - 580
Undergraduate GPA - 3.11
Acceptances/Applications - 70%
Full Time Employee
Profile of the Full-time Student
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Liberal Arts Undergraduate
Business Undergrad
Engineer
GMAT Score - 610
Undergraduate GPA - 3.1
Acceptances/Applications - 37%
Learning Environment
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Student takes responsibility for learning
In-depth learning encouraged
Courses concentrated and intense
Courses build sequentially
Grades less important than in undergraduate
school
The MBA: A New Discipline
• You will learn a new vocabulary: capital
leases; options; swaps; convertible
debentures; net present value.
• You will learn to integrate complementary
skills: management; leadership; public
speaking; interviewing; communications;
team work; mathematical modeling; making
decisions; living with ambiguity.
Curriculum Requirements
• Proficiency Requirements
• Core Program
31
• Information Tech.
3
– Design & Development of Information
Systems (or)
– Computers and Information Systems
(or)
– Computer Technology
• Team Consulting
• Elective Courses
Total
5
21
60
Proficiency Requirements
• Communication Skills
– A score of 32 or better on the verbal portion
of the GMAT examination (mandatory in
Fall 2002)
• Calculus and Statistics
– A grade of B or better in an undergraduate
course in the subject area
Making up a Deficiency
• Business Communications
– Course must be completed within the first
thirty credits of course work (2 credits)
• Calculus and/or Statistics
– Courses must be completed during the first
semester(s) (2 credits each)
Core Requirements
• Basic Tools
• Functional Analysis
• The Corporate
Environment
• Integrative Course
Requirements
Basic Tools
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George Biddell Airy
1801- 1892
Decision Models
Statistical Models
Managerial Accounting
Managerial Economics
Organization Behavior
Information Technology
Functional Analysis
• Operations
Management
• Marketing
Management
• Financial
Management
John Maynard Keynes
The Corporate Environment
• Aggregate Economic
Analysis
• Legal Environment
• International
Business
Environment
Integrative Course
Requirements
• Team Consulting I &
II
Interfunctional Team Consulting
• Requirement after completion of Core -Requires two consecutive semesters
• Consult with Major Institution
• 4-6 Students on Consulting Engagement
• Faculty Mentoring
Elective Courses
• Choose any 21 credits of electives
• Choose 12 credits for a
concentration and take the
remaining courses as electives
• Take two concentrations of 12
credits each
GSM Study-Abroad Programs
• Rutgers has 2
programs
• Both 2 weeks in
duration
• Each worth 3 credits
• Each of these is under
$3,000
Cambridge University
• Run by Cambridge University and takes
students on a 4 country seminar (UK,
Netherlands, France, Czech Republic)
• Study of business conditions in Western and
Central Europe
• The students actually spend time in
Cambridge University
France
• Run by the ESC
• Based in Lille
• Focuses on changing business conditions
within the Eurozone
• It includes short trips (day trips) to Brugge,
Belgium.
The Popular Concentrations
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Finance
Marketing
Computers and Information Systems
Human Resources Management
Management of Innovation and Technology
Management Consulting
New Concentrations
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Pharmaceutical Management
Supply Chain Management
E commerce
Business and the Arts
More Concentrations
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial
Management
• Strategic Management
• Operations
management
• Management
Accounting
• Economics
• Applied Statistics
MBA Advanced Standing
• Rutgers will recognize up to 18 credits from a
variety of sources
• Graduate/undergraduate course work completed
with a B or better and/or qualifying examination in
business core areas of study.
• A student may receive two (2) credits for every
three (3) credits of undergraduate course
• Qualifying examinations for core courses
MBA Advanced Standing
• Two (2) credits for a three (3) credit elective
undergraduate comparable to a GSM core course
• CPA receives three credits for the core course in
accounting
• Ph.D. receives 12 credits of elective course work.
• Organizations giving equivalent accreditation may
be found at the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (http://www.chea.org).
For Students With 18 Credits
Advanced Standing
• MBA in 27 months at 6 credits per semester
• MBA in 18 months at 9 credits per semester
Campus Sites
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Newark
New Brunswick
Plainsboro - Merril Lynch Headquarters
Morristown - Drew U.
Off-Campus
• Not all courses are offered in every
semester - Plan ahead
• Off campus faculty have received superior
evaluations on their teaching
Principal Contacts
• Student Services & Study Abroad Programs
- Dean Pat Rotonda,
PROTONDA@andromeda.rutgers.edu
– Advice on curriculum, add and drop courses,
registration, exceptions to existing rules
• Career Services - Dean Elaine Frazier,
mbamail@business.rutgers.edu
– Career planning, resume writing, interviewing
Other Principal Contacts
• Other Information - Dr. Douglas Jones, MBA
Director, dhjones@rci.rutgers.edu Exceptions
to policy on referral from student
services
• Department Chair person - Challenge
examinations, requirements for
concentration, advanced standing
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Rutgers GSM List Servers
• http://email.rutgers.edu
• Go to Online mailing list archives
• Click on MBA_NKPT (for Newark
students) or MBA_NBPT (for New
Brunswick students) or
MBA_OFF_CAMPUS (for off campus
students)
• Join the list
Informational Websites
• This Presentation:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dhjones
• Rutgers Course Catalogue on Blackboard:
http://fom.rutgers.edu:81
• Rutgers Complete Course Descriptions:
http://business.rutgers.edu