Program Overview

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Asper Master of Business Administration Program

The Asper Master of Business Administration is a tightly integrated 60 credit hour program, led by internationally-recognized academics and professionals, and conducted in an interactive and dynamic face-to-face learning environment.

Admission Information

Admission to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Application and Admission Procedures are found in the Academic Guide. Admission requirements for Master's students are found in the Master's Degrees General Regulations section of the Guide.

Asper MBA Admission Requirements

The Asper MBA program has two intakes: January and August. Applicants require:

• At least a 3-year Bachelor degree from a recognized educational institution in any discipline
• 3.0 GPA on the last 60 credit hours of university level study. Under circumstances where managerial and/or professional work experience and/or community involvement have demonstrated strong business leadership potential, a lower entry GPA, but not one below 2.5, may be considered for regular admission
• 2 years professional work experience required
• minimum GMAT score of 550*
• Asper MBA Language Proficiency in English requirements are (one of):
  • IELTS 7.0 (no band score less than 6)
  • TOEFL 100 (internet)
  • MELAB 85
  • CAEL 60
  • PTE (A) 65
  • CanTEST 4.5 in all four sections
  • AEPUCE 85%, if entering AEPUCE with an IELTS of 6.0

*MBA applicants who graduated from the B.Comm. degree program at University of Manitoba in the last 5 years with a degree GPA of 3.5 are exempt from the GMAT requirement.

Degree Requirements

Boot Camps and Workshops

Mandatory preparatory boot camps and workshops help develop the necessary skills to succeed in the Asper MBA program and in the business world. The Asper School of Business MBA has three regularly offered pass/fail auxiliary courses (X):

• SCM 5110 (Math Boot Camp) – online number crunching primer (challenge exam option available).
• MIS 5120 (Information Technology Boot Camp) – online course that provides you with the basics of common productivity software packages used in the business world, with particular focus on Excel (challenge exam option available).
• IDM 5120 – develop the "soft skills" you need to advance your career, such as business etiquette, networking, resume-building and behaviour-based interview skills.

Program Core

The Program Core consists of 30 credit hours of business fundamentals and strategy, and a foundation in leadership, decision-making methods, and contemporary themes that inform decisions in today's business world.

Business Foundations

Course List

• GMGT 7200: Critical and Creative Thinking (1.5 credits)
• ACC 7010: Accounting Fundamentals (3 credits)
• FIN 7000: Managerial Economics (1.5 credits)
• FIN 7020: Corporate Finance (3 credits)
• GMGT 7220: Managing People in Organizations (3 credits)
• MKT 7010: Marketing Management (3 credits)
• SCM 7120: Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
• ACC 7020: Managerial Accounting (1.5 credits)
• MIS 7120: Management Information Systems (1.5 credits)
• GMGT 7210: Strategy (3 credits)

Leadership

Course List

• IDM 7510: Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7000: Leadership and Practical Ethics (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7002: Executive Leadership and Responsibilities- the CEO Course (1.5 credits)

Business Themes

Course List

• IDM 7130: Contemporary Themes in Business (1.5 credits)

Concentrations and Themes

Tailor your MBA to your passion, your experience and the career you want. Half of the program (30 credit hours) is made up of electives, allowing a world of options to customize your program. Focus your studies on two functional areas, two themes, or a combination of area and theme. You can earn up to two concentrations/themes – the choice is entirely yours. Students can obtain a concentration by taking 12 credit hours of electives in that area or theme.

• Specialized Concentration: Financial Analyst
• Functional Concentrations:
  • Finance
  • Leadership and Organizations
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management
• Themed Concentrations:
  • International and Emerging Markets
  • Sustainability
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Interdisciplinary Concentrations:
  • Health Administration
  • Management of Public Enterprises
  • Individual Interdisciplinary Studies
• General Management Option: Choose any combination of Asper MBA electives to suit your personal and professional goals.

MBA Co-op Program

MBA students have an option to enrol in the MBA Co-op Program and complete a co-op work term as an elective in their program (IDM 7140 – 3 credit hours). The course consists of a work term assignment of a minimum of 420 hours in business, industry, or government.

Expected Time to Graduate

• Full Time: 12 months or up to 2 years.
• Part Time: Take up to six years (the average is three).

Regulations

Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and BFAR documents as approved by Senate.

• All students must maintain a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+.
• Meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum course requirements.
• Meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum time requirements (in terms of time in program and lapse or expiration of credit of courses).

Courses

Entrepreneurship

• ENTR 7240: Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation (1.5 credits)

General Management

• GMGT 7060: Readings in Business Administration (3 credits)
• GMGT 7070: Administrative Studies Research Project (6 credits)
• GMGT 7080: Research Methods (3 credits)
• GMGT 7090: Organizational Decision-Making (3 credits)
• GMGT 7100: Interpersonal Processes (3 credits)
• GMGT 7110: Business and Its Environment (3 credits)
• GMGT 7120: Organizational Power and Politics (3 credits)
• GMGT 7200: Critical and Creative Thinking (1.5 credits)
• GMGT 7210: Strategy (3 credits)
• GMGT 7220: Managing People in Organizations (3 credits)
• GMGT 7230: Negotiations (3 credits)
• GMGT 7350: Administration: Selected Topics (3 credits)
• GMGT 7360: Organizational Behaviour and Self Development (3 credits)
• GMGT 7370: Managing Innovation (3 credits)
• GMGT 7400: Readings in Organizational Behaviour (Ph.D.) (3 credits)
• GMGT 7410: Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Behaviour (Ph.D.) (3 credits)
• GMGT 7440: Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Theory (Ph.D.) (3 credits)
• GMGT 7510: Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5 credits)
• GMGT 7520: Issues in Managerial Communication (3 credits)
• GMGT 7530: Selected Topics (3 credits)
• GMGT 7540: Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods (Ph.D.) (3 credits)
• GMGT 7710: Managerial Communication (1.5 credits)
• GMGT 7720: Business Conditions Analysis (1.5 credits)
• GMGT 7740: Business/Government Relations (1.5 credits)

Human Resources Management / Industrial Relations

• HRIR 7140: Topics in Industrial Relations/Human Resource Management (3 credits)
• HRIR 7162: Staffing (3 credits)
• HRIR 7164: Training and Development (3 credits)
• HRIR 7166: Compensation (3 credits)
• HRIR 7168: The Management of Labour and Employee Relations (3 credits)
• HRIR 7460: Collective Bargaining (3 credits)

Interdisciplinary Management

• IDM 7000: Leadership and Practical Ethics (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7002: Executive Leadership and Responsibilities- the CEO Course (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7010: Industry Project (3 credits)
• IDM 7020: Managing for Sustainable Development (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7030: Social and Community Awareness Project (0 credits)
• IDM 7040: Leadership and Personal Development Seminar (0 credits)
• IDM 7050: International Study Trip (3 credits)
• IDM 7070: Fundamental Professional & Leadership Seminar (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7080: Professional and Leadership Seminar (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7090: Interdisciplinary Management Topics (3 credits)
• IDM 7092: Interdisciplinary Management Topics (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7130: Contemporary Themes in Business (1.5 credits)
• IDM 7140: Co-op for Professional Graduate Programs (3 credits)
• IDM 7510: Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5 credits)

International Business

• INTB 7030: Comparative Management (3 credits)
• INTB 7032: Comparative Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (3 credits)
• INTB 7040: International Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)
• INTB 7730: International Business (1.5 credits)