Enrolling now for a fall 2008 start
Other Requirements
In addition to regular Graduate Center application requirements listed on the application form, MBA applicants are requested to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). Submission of GMAT/GRE scores serves to demonstrate your commitment to this program. Test scores are also evidence of the importance the Marlboro MBA places on analytical and quantitative thinking, consistent with graduate business school standards. They assist us to collect data for our analysis of the correlation between standardized test scores, academic performance, and career achievement.
Outstanding candidates with work or educational experience that demonstrates competence in analytical reasoning and quantitative skills may not need to submit GMAT/GRE scores, pending the approval of the MBA Program Director.
Please contact Admissions to discuss whether submission of GMAT/GRE scores is required or advisable in your unique case.
Details of GMAT testing and the opportunity to register are online at: www.mba.com. Details of the GRE are online at: www.ets.org.
All applicants for masters programs at the Graduate Center must write a Statement of Intent, outlining the goals they hope to achieve by attending the Graduate Center.
MBA applicants will also need to submit an essay in response to the following:
"In 1000 to 1500 words, define 'sustainability' from your perspective and explain its relevance to managers and entrepreneurs, now and in the future."
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Schedule of residential sessions: While our existing graduate degree programs meet on site every two weeks for a day and a half, the MBA will meet monthly, from Thursday through Sunday - (note that there are two sessions in both September and June).
This schedule will help to create the strong sense of a dynamic learning community that is essential to the knowledge and trust in one’s colleagues that makes action learning most effective. It will also allow for more time between classes while students are on site to accommodate guest speakers, field trips, and the like. Finally, it will make the program more accessible to students and faculty who live far enough from the Brattleboro campus that the time and cost of traveling to these sessions might otherwise create a barrier to participation. |
The MBA Academic Calendar is as follows:
SPRING 2008
May 2 Spring 2008 Trimester begins
May 9-11 Intensive #1
June 6-8 Intensive #2
June 20-22 Intensive #3
Aug. 9 Spring 2008 Trimester ends; grades due
Term begin and end dates match the other Grad Center programs.
FALL 2008
Sept. 5 Fall 2008 Trimester begins
Sept. 10-14 Orientation & Intensive #1
Oct. 10-12 Intensive #2
Nov. 7-9 Intensive #3
Dec. 12-14 Intensive #4
WINTER 2009
Jan. 9 Winter 2009 Trimester begins
Jan. 16-18 Intensive #1
Feb. 27 - March 1 Intensive #2
March 27-29 Intensive #3
April 18 Winter 2009 Trimester ends; grades due
SPRING 2009
May 8 Spring 2009 Trimester begins
May 15-17 Intensive #1
June 12-14 Intensive #2
June 26-28 Intensive #3
Aug. 15 Spring 2009 Trimester ends; grades due
FALL 2009
Sept. 4 Fall 2009 Trimester begins
Sept. 9-13 Orientation & Intensive #1
Oct. 9-11 Intensive #2
Nov. 20-22 Intensive #3
Dec. 11-13 Intensive #4
Dec. 12 Fall 2009 Trimester ends; grades due
Program Scope & Duration: This sixty-credit program will require a minimum of two years to complete on a trimester basis; thus it has twice the scope and duration of our current trimester masters programs. We believe this is necessary to achieve the goals of the program given the fact that we will be delivering all of the core content of a traditional MBA, plus new perspectives on sustainability, project management, change management, ethics, and the triple bottom line.
| Curricular Design Process: Design of the MBA curriculum is being informed by outside experts and the public. This process includes extensive survey of the literature, research on similar programs, a long series of informational interviews with opinion leaders, a structured process of qualitative and quantitative market research, and ongoing guidance by a steering committee composed of subject matter experts, educators, students, and Marlboro participants. |
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As confirmed by our analysis of programs in the area we have concluded that larger discussions around the subjects of social responsibility and sustainability need to happen across the whole curriculum, and not be restricted to one or two courses only. To this end, our faculty will stay connected and share discussion points and their own perspectives. At the Gradcenter we have a great deal of experience in facilitating discussion between students and faculty and among the faculty body. Each monthly face to face session will include faculty collaborative sessions, and the faculty will be provided with online collaborative areas and tasked to maintain an ongoing discussion around the general program tenets as an integral part of their duties.
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