Mechanical engineering students who have completed 96 credit hours toward the Mechanical Engineering B.S. degree and earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher may elect the MBA option in senior year. To satisfy the Technical Elective Block requirements, students who elect the MBA option are required to take (a) any upper division 3-credit hour math/physics/chemistry/biology course (MATH 3342 Probability and Statistics preferred) and (b) three MBA foundation courses:
ACCT 5312 - Foundations of Accounting 3 sem. hrs.
ECON 5311 - Foundations of Economics 3 sem. hrs.
FINA 5311 - Financial Management Concepts 3 sem. hrs.
Students who plan to elect the MBA Option are encouraged to have summer internship experience before senior year, and will be able to complete an MBA degree study with 2 regular semesters and 1 summer session beyond an Mechanical Engineering B.S. degree study.
Please contact Ms. Sharon Polansky (Sharon.polansky@tamucc.edu) and your Engineering Academic Advisor for more information.