MBA

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Dr. Patrick T. Kelly, Faculty Director
Koffler Hall 214
401.865.1266

Jaqueline Elcik, Assistant Dean for Graduate Program
Koffler Hall 115
401.865.2333

School of Business Mission Statements

Overarching Mission: To provide a values-based business education integrated with the liberal arts and grounded in the Catholic Dominican tradition.

MBA Student Admission Mission: 1.) To enroll motivated full- and part-time students, of above-average ability, capable of completing their degree requirements and contributing to the learning experiences of other students, and 2.) to accommodate the needs of Providence College undergraduate students wishing to complete an MBA with one extra year of study.

For additional components of the Mission, please refer to the Providence College Web site: www.providence.edu/Academics/School+of+Business/Mission.htm.

The Graduate Studies Program in Business Administration offers a curriculum of study leading to the master’s degree in business administration (MBA). The management-oriented program provides knowledge and experiential learning to those seeking advancement in their business careers and to others who seek an advanced degree before entering the business community. The program is designed to develop the decision-making ability of the student in analyzing and solving business problems and to provide students with practical courses that can be used to improve their job performance. While the core of the MBA curriculum provides breadth of knowledge, students can develop depth of knowledge in a particular area through the completion of an elective concentration in accounting, finance, management, or marketing or by concentrating in one of two interdisciplinary elective concentrations–international business or nonprofit organizations–that cut across the business disciplines. The Management concentration focuses on leadership and social entrepreneurship.

The Providence College MBA Program gives consideration to responsibility and social purpose as well as to the technical aspects of business. In short, Providence College recognizes the critically important challenge of “humanizing” business administration programs. The Providence College MBA Program fosters an interdisciplinary approach to the problems facing Rhode Island, American, and international business organizations. Faculty are drawn from the business disciplines and related academic fields, as well as from the business world and professional communities.

Admission requirements

• A completed admission application form and application fee
• Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate course work (No previous business background is required.)
• Personal statement
• Two letters of recommendation, preferably one from an academician and one from an employer familiar with the student’s potential for graduate study
• Results of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) (Any applicant already possessing a graduate degree is exempt from this requirement.)
• Interview
• Approval by the Committee on Admissions
• Once accepted, no one will be allowed to enroll as a full-time (9 credits) graduate student without submission and completion of an Immunization Form, available from the program director.

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