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Professional Master of Business Administration - Dominican Republic

Next start date is January 2013.

Our top-ranked Chapman Graduate School of Business, in partnership with Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), offers a Professional MBA (PMBA-DR) program for busy management professionals who seek an MBA degree on a convenient schedule in the Dominican Republic.

This accelerated, lock-step, twenty-month MBA program (offered on UNIBE’s campus in Santo Domingo) features a cutting-edge, comprehensive curriculum that will enhance your business knowledge as well as strengthen the leadership qualities you already possess. Our goal is to prepare you to succeed and provide you with opportunities for professional advancement.

Highlights

Intended for the working management professional with a minimum of four years of relevant work experience, the top-ranked Chapman Graduate School of Business’ Professional MBA is a fast-paced, stimulating MBA program featuring outstanding faculty and the unique opportunity to interact with your peers in a dynamic learning environment. You’ll be assigned to a study team that functions as a support group throughout the program. Our accelerated twenty-month program for managers in Santo Domingo allows you to complete your MBA without interrupting your career. In addition to building your business expertise, our program helps you clarify your careers goals. Through the program's professional development workshops, you will enhance your leadership, team building, oral and written presentation skills, and career preparation

Unique Features

As a student in the Professional MBA-DR program, you’ll find you’re earning a degree from one of the top MBA schools in Florida and in the U. S. and enjoying a unique learning environment that enables you to: Interact with world-class faculty and business specialists. Experience a high level of personal service and support. Build a lasting network of friends. Attend class on Friday evenings and Saturdays in a convenient location. Complete the program in twenty months. All courses offered in English.

Curriculum

Our Professional MBA-DR curriculum consists of high-level graduate business courses specially designed for management professionals.

Operations Management
Legal Environment of Business
Accounting for Managers
Competitive Strategy
Marketing Management
Corporate Finance
International Business
Global Financial Strategy
Organization Information Systems
Organizational Behavior
Strategic Management
Financial Reporting and Analysis
Corporate Simulation
Elective

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Outcome 1: Evaluate the financial position of organizations through the examination of balance sheets, cash flow statements, and budgets.
  • Outcome 2: Use team building and collaborative behaviors to accomplish group tasks.
  • Outcome 3: Recognize and analyze ethical problems/ choose and defend resolutions for situations that occur in business.
  • Outcome 4: Critically analyze complex business issues and recommend sound solutions, in local and global environments.
  • Outcome 5: Demonstrate competency in IT as an enabler of business strategies in all functional areas.
  • Outcome 6: Make decisions that meet expectations and requirements of an organization’s stakeholders.

Schedule

  •  
    • Thirty-six credit hours of coursework
    • One course every four weeks
    • Classes are held at Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo on Friday evenings and Saturdays
    • Time to program completion 20 months

Admission Requirements

All applicants must have the following qualifications:

  • Good standing with all previously-attended colleges and universities
  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • Have four years of professional work experience
  • A grade point average of 3.0 or better based on upper-division coursework. Applicants with less than a 3.0 may be considered.
  • Official transcripts from all previously-attended universities (undergraduate and graduate) in an envelope sealed by the degree-granting institution(s).
  • Official proof of degree—a copy of the original diploma is required if the degree is not posted on the official transcript.
  • For international transcripts needing translation, applicants must request two sets of transcripts: one for the translation agency and another one for us.
  • Applicants whose native language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS.) They must obtain a minimum score of 213 on the computer-based TOEFL (CBT), 550 on the paper-based TOEFL (PBT), or an 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT). Applicants taking the IELTS must score a minimum of 6.3 overall. To obtain information about the TOEFL exam, please contact the English Language Institute 305-348-2222, or visit www.toefl.org. To obtain more information about the IELTS, visit www.ielts.org.

Application Process

Be sure to submit your application materials to the International Programs office, even though you are applying online using the university’s graduate online application form.  Doing so will expedite your application process.

All materials need to be sent to:

ATTN:

Erik Perez or Gindy Cid Almonte
Gazcue, Av. Francia 129 
Apartado Postal 22333 
Phone: (809) 689-4111, Ext. 1185
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 
Email: pmbafiu@unibe.edu.do

or

Chapman Graduate Admissions Office 
Professional MBA DR
Chapman Graduate School of Business
Florida International University 
11200 S.W.  8th Street—CBC 201
Miami, FL  33199-0001

To apply:

  • Complete the online graduate programs admissions form.
  • Have official transcripts, proof of degree, relevant test scores, and other documentation sent to the Chapman Graduate School Admissions Office.
  • Submit a current resume of your professional experience (four years of work experience are required).
  • Provide a statement of purpose—a one-page essay describing your professional goals and reasons for  pursuing a master’s degree at Florida International University.
  • Provide two letters of recommendation. If you would like, you can provide your references with the recommendation letter format we have prepared for this purpose.

Apply now.

Tuition

Tuition for the Professional MBA-Dominican Republic program for management professionals is $21,000. Tuition is paid to UNIBE, according to a set payment schedule. All fees are subject to change.

For more information

For information, or to apply to the Professional MBA, please contact 305-348-1987.