ADDITIONAL Information ABOUT MBA

Cost

Tuition for in-state graduate students is approximately $1,858 for six hours or two graduate courses. You can expect to spend approximately $11,714 for the entire program, including tuition ($10,219), fees ($395), and textbooks ($1,100). Tuition for out-of-state students will be approximately $20,895; the total estimated cost for international students is approximately $30,000. Tuition and fees may change, so please ask for current information at the time of application.

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Financial Aid

Each year, we offer a limited number of graduate assistantships on a competitive basis. You may apply for one by submitting a resume directly to Dr. Dan Sherman, Associate Dean, in the Office of Academic Assistance, Business Administration Building Room 102. Student loans and other sources of financial aid also are available. For more information, please contact the UAH Financial Aid Office, UC 212, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, (256) 824-6241.

Generally, assistantships are not available to international students during the first year of study at UAH . In order to apply for a student loan, you must have a green card.

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Schedules

Because most of our students work full time, flexible schedules are essential. Each of our courses meets one night per week, from 5:30 to 8:20 p.m. (except summer). So, if you want to take two courses, you need only come to campus two nights per week.

We have developed course sequences for every need. Whether you start in the Fall, Spring, or Summer, whether you want to take 1, 2, 3, or 4 courses per semester, whether you need foundation courses or not, we have worked it out.

The sequences consider the best order to take classes, needed prerequisites, and scheduled offerings.

Sequences and current schedules are available in the Office of Academic Assistance in Room 102 of the Business Administration Building. If you need to deviate from a course sequence, let us know. We'll help you design a new one.

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Student Profile

Our students are more mature than traditional full-time students. Most have been out of school and employed full-time from 5 to 15 years. They find they need a master's degree to get ahead and the M.B.A. degree is most suited to their needs, or their previous education needs to be supplemented with new ideas and tools.

Students bring with them a variety of educational backgrounds -- business, engineering, science, liberal arts. The program is about evenly split between men and women.

Our typical student enrolls in 2 courses per semester and attends year-round.

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Examples of Faculty Research

Our faculty has published extensively in MOT. A sampling of titles is included below:

  • "Managing the Development of New Products and Technology"
  • "Transferring New Technologies from R&D to Manufacturing"
  • "A Model for Socially Responsible New Technology Decisions"
  • "Simultaneous Engineering: Innovation or Resurrection?"
  • "A Knowledge-based Decision Support System for Payload Scheduling"
  • "Career Management of Technical Professionals"
  • "The Effects of Matrix Organizational Size and Number of Project Assignments on Performance"
  • "Empowering Innovative People"
  • "Imbedding Artificial Intelligence Concepts Within Manufacturing Systems"
  • "Causes of Crises: The Behavioral Accident"

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Career Services

The Office of Career Services offers a variety of career resources from helping students select a career path to best suit their needs to bringing employers on campus to interview potential employees. Available are books on job searches, salaries, company literature, employer directories, etc. The office conducts workshops on resume writing, interviewing skills, and job search skills.

Make the best use of the office by discovering early the services you need. Call the office at 824-6612 or visit in room 117 in the Engineering Building.

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Cooperative Education

The Cooperative Education program was founded because real life work experience can't be gained in a classroom, and students need work experience when they enter the work force. Most of our students already work full-time. If you are a traditional student who recently graduated with your bachelor's degree, consider the Co-op program. The Co-op office is responsible for placing qualified students with qualified employers and making sure both parties are satisfied. The Co-op office is also responsible for making sure that students make satisfactory progress toward their degrees, receive work experience related to their majors, and earn competitive wages for the work they perform. The office has over 200 active co-op students working for over 60 companies. Students work for such firms as Adtran, Motorola, NASA, MICOM, Intergraph, CSC, etc.

To learn more, contact the Co-op office at 824-6741. The office is located in room 117 in the Engineering Building.

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