PROFESSIONAL M.B.A.

Program

The Professional M.B.A. (P.M.B.A.) program is designed for those individuals who want to enhance their current career progression without leaving the workforce. The program is six (6) consecutive terms over 24 months with evening and Saturday morning classes. During the first three terms, required core courses help develop a strong foundation in fundamental business principles. To build on this foundation, students may choose electives to gain expertise in a specific area or choose a more broad-based selection of electives. Each 16-week term is divided into two 8-week modules, A and B, with each module course earning 2 credit hours.

Students must remain with their entering class and cohort section for all required core courses, which are offered Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings on the Dallas campus and Monday and Wednesday evenings on the Plano campus. Most of the elective courses are held one time per week at the Dallas campus, Monday through Thursday evenings with limited offerings on Saturday mornings and at the Plano campus. Students are required to take the scheduled required core courses each term because of the prerequisite sequencing. One elective course during the P.M.B.A. program is required to be an international business course.

The Cox School of Business seeks candidates who show a strong potential for success in today’s global business environment. Candidates who demonstrate analytical capabilities, leadership experience, interpersonal and communication skills and personal commitment and motivation are invited to apply. The Admissions Committee seeks candidates who possess outstanding academic achievement and potential, leadership qualities and management potential. To assess these characteristics, the Committee will look to the following elements to help identify a candidate’s potential to succeed in our program: GMAT scores, previous academic records, recommendations that speak to a candidate’s professional performance and self-evaluation essays. For complete details and an application packet, please visit our Web site at coxpmba.com or contact the SMU Cox Admissions Office: telephone 214-768-1214 or 1-800-472-3622; fax 214-768-3956; mbainfo@cox.smu.edu.

Curriculum

P.M.B.A. Class 62: Entry, January 2008 / Graduate, December 2009
P.M.B.A. Class 61: Entry, August 2007 / Graduate, August 2009
P.M.B.A. Class 60: Entry, January 2007 / Graduate, December 2008
P.M.B.A. Class 59: Entry, August 2006 / Graduate, August 2008
P.M.B.A. Class 58: Entry, January 2006 / Graduate, December 2007
P.M.B.A. Class LM03: Entry, January 2006 / Graduate, December 2007

Total Credit Hours: 48

Credit Hours Summary for P.M.B.A. Program

20 credit hours of required courses
28 credit hours of elective courses**

48 credit hours total for Cox M.B.A. Degree

+Students select the second Accounting course that is required for their concentration: either ACCT 6202 Financial Accounting II or ACCT 6205 Managerial Accounting I. Students should consult the Concentration listing for specific information on which second accounting course is required for each concentration.

^ Business Presentation Techniques (MNGT 6003), a zero credit course, is a requirement of the P.M.B.A. degree that earns the grade of Pass or Fail. All P.M.B.A. students MUST complete this course.

**Of these elective courses, students complete one concentration. Each concentration requires 12 to 14 specific credit hours. (Please see Concentrations section.) One elective must be an international business course.

International Programs for P.M.B.A. Students

Understanding major political and economic trends outside the United States is critical to success in today’s business environment. Through the P.M.B.A. International Programs, Cox provides P.M.B.A. students with the chance to study and experience these trends first-hand by attending a course and earning two to four credit hours over a 7- to 21-day program.

Students may participate in international programs after completing all core required courses. In order to apply for the international programs, students must be in good academic standing with 3.2 or better cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.). Participants are selected on a first-come, first-served basis, with graduation date and cumulative G.P.A. holding precedence. (Please note: Hours earned by participation in an International Program will not count toward a student’s concentration requirements. For assistance in reviewing academic plans students should meet with the Associate Director for Professional M.B.A. Program early in the planning process.)

Students enrolled in an international Professional M.B.A. course taught at a partner school cannot be concurrently enrolled in a course at Cox.

For students participating in an international program, tuition is paid to SMU, while registration fees are paid to the partner school. In addition, travel plans and other miscellaneous costs are the students’ responsibility. Financial aid will be handled as though the student is studying at Cox.

The M.B.A. Global Programs Department reserves the right to decline anyone whose behavior at Cox indicates that they might jeopardize our exchange relationship and thus prevent future Cox M.B.A. students from going on exchange to a particular school.

Cox’s P.M.B.A. international agreements limit the number of participants; therefore spaces are limited. For more information visit the Cox P.M.B.A. Web site.

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