Highly-qualified students in the Applied Science, Technology and Innovation concentration have the option of obtaining an accelerated Master’s degree in: Business Analytics or Management.
Business Analytics, MS
Admissions Requirements
Applicants in all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in Graduate Admissions Policies and Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Degree policies. For information specific to this accelerated master’s program, see the Costello College of Business website.
Students will be considered for admission into the BAM pathway after completion of a minimum of 60 credits and additional unit-specific criteria.
Students who are accepted into the BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate-level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits, MSBA 601 (0 credit hour primer course), and course specific pre-requisites.
Accelerated Option Requirement
Students who are accepted into the MSBA BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits and MSBA 601 (0 credit hour primer course).
To maintain the integrity and quality of both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate students interested in taking graduate courses choose from the following:
- MSBA 610 Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making
- MSBA 615 Database Management for Business Analytics
- MSBA 618 Programming for Business Analytics
- MSBA 625 Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization
Admissions Requirements
Applicants to all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in Graduate Admissions Policies and Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Degree Policies. For information specific to this Accelerated Master’s program, see the Costello College of Business website.
Students will be considered for admission into the BAM pathway after completion of a minimum of 60 credits, and additional unit-specific criteria. Full admission requirements can be viewed at the Costello College of Business website.
Students who are accepted into the BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits and all course-specific pre-requisites.
Accelerated Option Requirements
To maintain the integrity and quality of both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate students interested in taking graduate courses choose from the following:
- GBUS 613 Financial Reporting and Decision Making
- GBUS 623 Marketing Management
- GBUS 638 Operations Management
- GBUS 643 Managerial Finance
- GBUS 653 Organizational Behavior
- GBUS 662 Management of Information Technology
Degree Conferral
Students must apply for graduation the semester before they expect to complete the BAS requirements in order to have the BAS degree conferred. Additionally, at the beginning of the student’s final undergraduate semester, students must complete a Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition form. At the completion of MS requirements, a master’s degree is conferred.
How to Apply
When students have earned 60 credit hours and have the required GPA they may apply as a potential Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s student.
An application guide is available here.
Contact
Name: Krystal Dains
Title: Director, Bachelor of Applied Science
Email: [email protected]