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Achieve Your Stackable MBA Online at Kent State University

Do you want to increase your business knowledge, but are not sure you are ready to take on a full master’s program? Our stackable certificate pathway to the MBA degree may be right for you: build your degree one step at a time.

Start by completing one certificate program at a pace that works for you. If you are motivated to continue, you can start another certificate program. As you progress, your certificates accumulate, helping you work toward your stackable MBA from Kent State University.

Earn Your Stackable MBA

If you are working through our stackable business certificates and decide that you want to earn your MBA degree, you can apply for the MBA program and work with your advisor to ensure that you complete the full set of MBA program requirements. Upon graduation, your transcript will indicate certificate completion as well as the MBA degree.

STEP 1

Obtain the Quantitative Business Management and the Leadership and Management Certificate.

STEP 2

Complete the capstone requirements.

Start Stacking Your Business Certificates

Our two stackable certificates contain 20 of the 28 required credits to complete the MBA. In addition to the remaining 8 credits of required courses, there are a required 9 credits of electives. The courses in these two certificates are offered 2-3 times during the calendar year. The courses may be taken online.

Online education makes it possible for you to work from wherever you choose, allowing you to incorporate learning into any environment. The following discusses the curriculum and layout of how our stackable business certificate, giving you an overview of your MBA path.

CURRICULUM

All courses are 100% online, allowing you to achieve your stackable MBA from wherever you choose.

Quantitative Business Management Certificate: 10 Credit Hours

Analytics for Decision Making (2 Credit Hours)
Managerial Economics (2 Credit Hours)
Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (2 Credit Hours)
Financial Accounting for Decision Making (2 Credit Hours)
Managerial Finance (2 Credit Hours)

Leadership and Management Certificate: 10 Credit Hours

Leadership and Managerial Assessment (2 Credit Hours)
Law & Ethics (2 Credit Hours)
Human Resource Management (2 Credit Hours)
Globalization & Technology Strategy (2 Credit Hours)
Marketing Management (2 Credit Hours)

Capstone Requirements for Online MBA: 16-17 Credit Hours

Operations, Service & Supply Chain Management (2 Credit Hours)
Global Conditions & Macroeconomics Policy (2 Credit Hours)
Business Strategy (3 Credit Hours)
Business Professional Development (1 Credit Hour; optional for students with 2+ years career work experience)
3 Elective Courses (3 Credit Hours each; option to choose a concentration)

Quality Matters Certification

All courses in the certificate programs are Quality Matters Certified; the QM review process has assured that each course meets QM rigorous standards of quality.

Other than the elective courses, the Capstone Requirements courses are also QM certified.

Admission Requirements

Using your stackable business certificates to achieve your stackable MBA is designed to be less complicated than the standards for the normal MBA program. Note that the admissions requirements for both certificate programs are simplified: they DO NOT include several requirements that are standard for MBA program applications, such as a GMAT/GRE score, letters of recommendation, and the statement of goals and objectives.

Requirements for our stackable MBA include:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university for admission
Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale for admission
Official transcript(s)
English language proficiency – all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning one of the following:
- Minimum 550 TOEFL PBT score (paper-based version)
- Minimum 79 TOEFL IBT score (Internet-based version)
- Minimum 77 MELAB score
- Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
- Minimum 58 PTE score