Program Admission

Minimum Graduate School Requirements

For full admission, applicants must have 1) Earned a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a non-U.S. institution, 2) a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale, or 3.0 in the last half of the undergraduate program. Conditional admission may be available to applicants not meeting minimum admission requirements.

Applicants must also meet the following program requirements. Requirements may be more stringent than the minimum graduate school requirements.

• A cumulative GPA of 2.75. 
• A well-written Personal Statement indicating background and purpose for applying.
• An up-to-date resume.
• GRE/GMAT requirement: ​​The GRE/GMAT requirement is waived for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 applicants (applicants must satisfy all other requirements). Therefore, emailing the Graduate Program’s Office requesting a waiver is unnecessary for those seeking admission for Fall 2023 or Winter 2024. A score of 450 or greater in the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), with at least 20 in the verbal section and 24 in the quantitative, OR an overall score of 297 or greater in the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), including scores of at least 143 in verbal reasoning and 140 in quantitative reasoning. The GMAT/GRE requirement will be waived by email request to the Graduate Programs Office (cob_graduate@emich.edu) for applicants who meet any one of the following five criteria.
  • Have a master’s or terminal degree from a university with an AACSB-accredited college/business school (the MBA curriculum committee must approve degrees from other institutions).
  • Have at least five years of managerial experience as determined by the MBA curriculum committee (e.g., experience managing both people and budget).
  • Have earned a cumulative 3.5 GPA from all six courses in the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration  and/or approved equivalent courses (maximum of two).
  • Have earned any other bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
  • Have earned an AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Business Administration degree (minimum 60 credits)., with a Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and an average GPA of 3.0 in statistics, accounting, and finance courses.
• Applicants whose native language is not English must submit a TOEFL score of 80 overall, with at least 20 in reading, writing, listening, and speaking sections, or an IELTS score of 6.5 overall, with at least 6.5 in reading, listening, and speaking; and at least 6.0 in writing.

Application

Your application will be submitted using BusinessCAS, a Centralized Application Service (CAS) hosted by Liaison. After reviewing the admission requirements, please review the application instructions  and select the appropriate application below.

• 2023-2024 Application
• 2024-2025 Application

Domestic Applicants Domestic applicants are required to submit only the transcript from the institution granting their bachelor’s degree if either of the following criteria is met: 1) Lists 30 or more credit hours with an overall GPA of 3.0 or over OR 2) Lists 60 or more credit hours with an overall GPA between 2.7 and 2.99. Within the application, follow the instructions to submit an official transcript. The University may ask applicants to submit additional transcripts after applying.

International Applicants Before applying, applicants must review the international application/process deadlines at emich.edu/international as they may differ from general program requirements.

For additional information regarding the application process, please see Graduate Admissions or International Admissions.

Advisor Information

Graduate Programs Office, 102 Hill Hall, 734.487.4444

Foundation: 18 hours

All six foundation courses (18 credits) may be waived for students with an earned BBA from an AACSB-accredited school. However, all students, including those with a BBA from an AACSB-accredited school, must earn a grade of ”B” or above in a FIN 502  equivalent, or a grade of ”C”or above in a FIN 350  equivalent, and completed within the past 5 years at the time of taking FIN 620 .

• ACC 501 Accounting Principles 3 hrs
• DS 501 Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business 3 hrs
• ECON 500 Foundations of Economics Analysis 3 hrs
• FIN 502 Corporate Finance 3 hrs
• MGMT 505 Organizational Theory and Behavior 3 hrs
• MKTG 510 Marketing Management 3 hrs

Degree Requirements: 36 hours

To graduate, students must complete 18 credit hours of cross-functional/core skills coursework and another 18 credit hours in a concentration of their choice. The concentration is noted on the student’s transcript but not the diploma.

Critical Graduation Information

Each graduate student is responsible for fulfilling the requirements or equivalents of the Eastern Michigan University catalog in force at the time of their initial registration or a subsequent catalog, including the one in effect at the time of their graduation.

Master’s degree requirements must be completed within six (6) years of first enrollment in the master’s degree program.

In the event a student does not complete the master’s degree requirements within six years of the date of their original registration, the student may be required to have their credits re-evaluated by the academic department(s) of their degree in keeping with catalog requirements in force during the year of their graduation.

The following are minimum requirements for all master’s degrees awarded by Eastern Michigan University. Some programs require more than the minimum in one or more areas below.

• A master’s degree must require a minimum of 30 credit hours.
• No more than six credits of independent study courses and no more than 12 credit hours of special topics and independent study courses combined may be applied to a graduate degree.  
• Residency Requirement:
  • For students admitted to master’s degree programs of 36 or fewer required hours, at least 24 new graduate hours beginning the semester of acceptance and enrollment into the degree program must be earned at EMU. The remaining program requirement hours may be met through transfer or prior degree credit (EMU or elsewhere). 
  • For students admitted to master’s degree programs of 37 or more required hours, at least 30 new graduate hours beginning the semester of acceptance and enrollment into the degree program must be earned at EMU. Minimum degree hours must still be met for graduation. The remaining program requirement hours may be met through transfer or prior degree credit (EMU or elsewhere).
  • Residency and enrollment in multiple programs: Students enrolled in multiple master’s/specialist degree programs must have 24 unique credit hours in each degree program.
• Only credits from one completed graduate certificate may be applied to a master’s or specialist degree in a relevant field of study, as determined by the Graduate School and with the approval of the degree-granting academic department, and be included in the residency hours above.
• Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA in all graduate-level courses taken at EMU and in their program of study to remain in good academic standing and be eligible for graduation. Students do not need to be registered for classes during the semester of graduation.
• The Graduate School does not permit the use of undergraduate courses (499 and below) to meet degree requirements on graduate programs of study.
• Some master’s programs require a thesis; others require a special project or internship; others require students to pass a final exam. See the Graduate School website for Thesis and Dissertation Manuals, all forms, and information about research and human subject approval. Every completed thesis or dissertation must be submitted to Digital Commons. Any form of graduate student work submitted to Digital Commons must first be approved by a faculty advisor and the Graduate School.