BUSINESS GRADUATE PROGRAM · COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Pursuit of 2nd Degree

Already hold the MBA or the MPA? Here’s how to add the other degree — admission steps and the 18 graduate credit hours required for each path.

MBA → MPA MPA → MBA
Path One

MBA: 1st degree · MPA: 2nd degree

After completing the MBA, a student wishing to complete the MPA must submit an application for the MPA along with three letters of recommendation from MBA professors.

If admitted for the second degree, the student must complete all undergraduate accounting prerequisites before completing the following 18 graduate credits in Accounting:

MPA as second degree — 18 graduate credits in Accounting
CourseTitle
ACC 541Advanced Accounting Theory
ACC 565Seminar in Government & Non-Profit Accounting
ACC 575Research in Taxation
ACC 557Advanced Auditing
ACC ElectiveAccounting elective
ACC ElectiveAccounting elective
Path Two

MPA: 1st degree · MBA: 2nd degree

After completing the MPA, a student wishing to complete the MBA must submit an application for the MBA along with three letters of recommendation from MPA professors.

If admitted for the second degree, the student must satisfactorily complete the following 18 credit hours:

MBA as second degree — 18 credit hours
CourseTitle
MNGT 502Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
MKT 530Managerial Marketing
ECO 530/512Managerial Economics
MNGT 560Business Policy
MBA ElectiveMBA elective (ENTR, MKT, ECO, MNGT, FNGB)
MBA ElectiveMBA elective (ENTR, MKT, ECO, MNGT, FNGB)
Next Step

Develop your plan of study

Students wishing to pursue the dual degree path or the second degree must contact the MBA academic advisor, the MPA academic advisor, or the graduate program director to develop the appropriate plan of study and ensure timely completion of curricular requirements.

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Business Graduate Programs

Location
Business Graduate Programs
College of Business
Suite 531, 3rd Floor
1400 J. R. Lynch Street
Jackson, MS 39217
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 17067
Jackson, MS 39217
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