Welcome to the Advising Corner

This Advising section has been created to help you in planning your courses in the UMass Amherst Part-Time MBA Program.

The suggested curriculum guide is based on several factors:

1. Prior Undergraduate Coursework - One factor that often directs students is whether they have an undergraduate degree in business or not. Students with an undergraduate degree in business have met our program pre-requisites. Students without a business degree, will be required to satisfy our Program Prerequisites or the equivalent.
   
   A Part-Time MBA student has two suggested paths to choose from based upon his/her undergraduate degree:
   
                    1. Business Undergraduate
                    2. Non-Business Undergraduate
   
   
2. Accelerated or Non-accelerated - Students can proceed quickly (accelerated) through the program or in a more deliberate pace (non-accelerated).
   
   
3. Fall, Spring, or Summer Start -Depending upon when you begin, our guides assist you with course suggestions. Fall and Spring are 14-week semesters and Summer is a compressed 8 week semester.

Quantitative and Qualitative Courses (View handout in PDF format) - In the Part-Time MBA Program, there are quantitative and qualitative core courses. Generally, quantitative course are more individual in nature, while qualitative courses require more team projects, threaded discussions, case work, etc. For students taking an accelerated approach to the program, we recommend selecting a qualitative and quantitative course to balance the workload.
 

Curriculum Guide

Students may take take up to two courses (6 credits) before formally applying to the program. Upon matriculation (formal acceptance in the program), those non-degree credits taken within three years of acceptance with a grade of B or better will be transferred to your graduate transcript.    

To aid in course planning, the Part-Time MBA Degree Requirements Checklist is useful in providing an outline all the required courses to complete the Part-Time MBA program.

Schedule an Advising Session

Formal one-on-one advising sessions are offered to all Part-Time MBA students prior to every semester. Dates for these sessions are located here. Please contact our office to schedule your 15-minute phone advising session with one of our Graduate Advisors. We can be reached at 413-545-5608 (M-F. 8:30am - 5:00pm EST) or you can email us at gradprog@som.umass.edu

Prior Undergraduate Coursework

One factor that often directs students is whether they have an undergraduate degree in business or not. Students with an undergraduate degree in business have met our program prerequisites. Students without a business degree, will be required to satisfy our program prerequisites or the equivalent.

More information about our prerequisites.