Admission to the Combined BBA/MBA Program        

In order to be considered for the combined degree program, students should be admitted to the Stetson School of Business and Economics’ Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program prior to or at the beginning of the fall semester of the junior year.   Admission requirements for the BBA program apply.  Click here to apply to the BBA program.

Formal application to the combined degree program is made at the beginning of the fall semester of the senior year for those students already admitted to the BBA program.  In order to be admitted into the combined degree program and into MBA coursework spring semester of the senior year, students must have: 

1.  Prior to the junior year: Earned a minimum of 60 semester credit hours, which must include the following 33 hours of courses or equivalent:

ENGL 105, ENGL 106, INSY 102, COMM 171, COMM 270, MAT 130, MAT 181, ECN 150, ECN 151, ACC 204, ACC 205.  The remaining sixty hours may be comprised of any combination of the following BBA general education (GE) course requirements: one religion course; one literature course; one history course; one lab science course, one social science course; one fine arts, philosophy or foreign language course, three general education electives, and/or up to 15 hours of free electives.   

Any remaining free elective or general education requirements not met in the 60 semester hours prior to the junior year must be met by taking appropriate courses as indicated in item 2 below.  

2.  Prior to the senior year:  Completed the course requirements below, totaling 96 semester hours:  

A. Any remaining free electives as specified below in the “Program of Study for the Combined Degree”.  

B. Course work as specified below in the “Program of Study for the Combined Degree”.  

3.  Earned a minimum grade of C in all business course work (regardless of institution).

4.  Completed a minimum of 30 hours in residence at the Stetson School of Business and Economics and have a minimum overall 3.5 grade point average at Mercer.  Students applying for the combined degree program who meet these requirements and are subsequently admitted and enrolled in the combined degree program will have the GMAT requirement for the MBA program waived for the purposes of graduate course work in the combined degree program.   

ONCE FORMALLY ADMITTED INTO THE COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAM, STUDENTS MUST MEET ALL MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGES AND MINIMUM GRADE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER ACADEMIC POLICIES AS SPECIFIED FOR THE MBA DEGREE IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN THE GRADUATE PROGRAM.

Program of Study for the Combined Degree

The course of study for the combined BBA/MBA degree includes academic requirements at both the undergraduate and graduate level.  Beginning spring semester of the senior year, admitted students will take both graduate and undergraduate level courses together and continue with graduate level work for the subsequent summer semester and fifth year.  Undergraduate matriculation and tuition will extend through the first semester of combined undergraduate and graduate level courses.  Graduate matriculation and tuition will commence with the first semester of graduate level only courses. 

The requirements are summarized below:

Undergraduate  (114 semester hours) 

English Composition I & II (6 hours)

Public Speaking or Writing (3 hours)

Literature course (3 hours)

History course (3 hours)

Religion course (3 hours)

Laboratory Science course, NOT SCIE 100 (3 hours)

Social Science course (3 hours)

Fine Arts, Philosophy, or Language (3 hours)

General Education Electives (9 hours) -- three additional courses from any of the above subject areas for which the student has not already received credit. 

Calculus (3 hours)

Statistics (3 hours)

Introduction to Computers (3 hours)

Business Communication (3 hours)

BBA Core (36 hours)