To receive regular admission to the Professional MBA program, you need a combination of satisfactory grades and a satisfactory score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). You can achieve provisional admission if your grade point average is 3.0 or higher or you have earned a suitable GMAT score; if you complete 12 units as a provisional student with a GPA of at least 3.0, you can move to regular status.

La Sierra’s Professional MBA comprises between 48 and 64 quarter units of work. You may waive pre-requisite/foundation courses (*) ACCT 507, ACCT 508, ECON 537 or MGMT 547 on the basis of prior academic work or documented, significant professional experience. Each course is offered 6-10 p.m. one night each week for six weeks with one additional Sunday session.

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FALL 2012

1st Session
	MGMT 544 Business Ethics
	MGMT 545 Workplace Spirituality
2nd Session
	MGMT 536 Health Care Management

Winter 2013

1st Session
	MGMT 609 Health Care Operations
2nd Session
	MKTG 695 Contract Management
	MGMT 546 Social Entrepreneurship

Spring 2013

1st Session
	MKTG 538 Marketing Management
2nd Session
	MGMT 666 Legal Issues in Health Care

Summer 2013

1st Session
	MGMT 695 Health Care Policy
2nd Session
	MGMT 568 Conflict Resolution

Fall 2013

1st Session
	MGMT 608 Leadership Development
2nd Session
	FNCE 521 Financial Management

Winter 2014

1st Session
	FNCE 665 Health Care Finance
2nd Session
	MGMT 691 Management Strategy

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Click here for a simple guide to courses from other institutions we accept as equivalent to certain waivable requirements in our programs.

Students who have completed previous undergraduate or graduate academic coursework in business areas may be able to waive certain classes in the MBA program, including Foundation classes (which would reduce the overall number of units required to complete the program), and certain course-specific requirements of regular (non-Foundation) degree requirements (which does not reduce the overall units required, but allows a student to advance his or her knowledge by taking different coursework in its place).

La Sierra University has determined the course equivalency of certain undergraduate business classes offered at other Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities to the undergraduate classes offered at La Sierra University. These classes, or combinations of these classes, may be used to waive MBA program requirements.

To view a chart indicating which undergraduate classes at other SDA institutions are accepted as equivalent to those offered at La Sierra University, please CLICK HERE.

If a student wishes to use one or more of these classes listed on the equivalency chart, she or he should email such a request to the MBA Advisor indicating which class(es) is/are suggested for waiver of the La Sierra requirement(s).

MBA Advisor
Mrs. Heather Miller
Email: hmiller@lasierra.edu

If a student wishes to request a waiver based on previous coursework that does not appear on the equivalency chart, she or he will need to make a formal request of the program coordinator in that area, and provide appropriate supporting documentation (syllabus of the course(s) being requested as waivers, and copy of a transcript showing units and grade earned), and copy the MBA advisor on the request. Below is the name and contact information for the program coordinators and for which areas each is responsible:

Requests for classes in Accounting, Economics and Finance:
Dr. Lee Reynolds
Email: profreynolds@sbcglobal.net

Requests for classes in Management and Marketing:
Dr. Elias Rizkallah
Email: erizkall@lasierra.edu

MBA Advisor
Mrs. Heather Miller
Email: hmiller@lasierra.edu

Please note that a student must have earned a grade of C or above in any class she or he wishes to have considered for waiver.

Please CLICK HERE. to access a waiver request form.

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If you experience any difficulty in opening the form, please first open "Adobe Reader" on your computer, then click on "File" and then "Open." Input the following complete address into the filename box: http://goo.gl/T0gvS

Once you have completed the form, save it and e-mail the .pdf and supporting documents to the appropriate contact(s) listed below.

If a student wishes to use one or more of these classes listed on the equivalency chart., she or he should email such a request to the MBA Advisor indicating which class(es) is/are suggested for waiver of the La Sierra requirement(s).

MBA Advisor
Mrs. Heather Miller
Email: hmiller@lasierra.edu

If a student wishes to request a waiver based on previous coursework that does not appear on the equivalency chart, she or he will need to make a formal request of the program coordinator in that area, and provide appropriate supporting documentation (syllabus of the course(s) being requested as waivers, and copy of a transcript showing units and grade earned), and copy the MBA advisor on the request. Below is the name and contact information for the program coordinators and for which areas each is responsible:

Requests for classes in Accounting, Economics and Finance:
Dr. Lee Reynolds
Email: profreynolds@sbcglobal.net

Requests for classes in Management and Marketing:
Dr. Elias Rizkallah
Email: erizkall@lasierra.edu

MBA Advisor
Mrs. Heather Miller
Email: hmiller@lasierra.edu

Please note that a student must have earned a grade of C or above in any class she or he wishes to have considered for waiver.

If a student wishes to have previous graduate coursework considered as units to be transferred into the 48 degree units of the MBA program, that student will need to make a formal request of the program coordinator in that area and copy the MBA Advisor, by writing a request and providing appropriate supporting documentation for each class being considered.

Please refer to the Waiver and Transfer information sheet for complete details by CLICKING HERE.

Requests for classes in Accounting, Economics and Finance:
Dr. Lee Reynolds
Email: profreynolds@sbcglobal.net

Requests for classes in Management and Marketing:
Dr. Elias Rizkallah
Email: erizkall@lasierra.edu

MBA Advisor
Mrs. Heather Miller
Email: hmiller@lasierra.edu

Please note that a student must have earned a grade of B or above for any class she or he wishes to be considered for transfer.
If you need more direction on how to request coursework be considered for waiver or transfer credit, please consult with the MBA Advisor.