4 + 1 M.B.A. Program with Rochester Institute of Technology

In this program, students earn a baccalaureate from Skidmore and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the year following Skidmore graduation. Under special agreement, students plan their undergraduate programs to include certain foundation courses normally taken in the first year of study in an M.B.A. program. M.B.A. programs typically take two or more years to complete.

Foundation requirements include satisfactory completion of 12 courses:

Foundation Requirements	Skidmore Courses
Accounting	MB 234 - Foundations of Financial Accounting MB 235 - Foundations of Managerial Accounting
Organizational Behavior and Leadership	MB 224 - Foundations of Organizational Behavior plus one of: MB 314 - Organizational Theory MB 316 - Dynamics of Leadership MB 358 - Human Resource Management
Statistics	EC 237 - Statistical Methods MA 204 - Probability and Statistics
Economics	EC 103 - Introduction to Macroeconomics EC 104 - Introduction to Microeconomics
Marketing Concepts	MB 214 - Foundations of Marketing plus one of: MB 337 - Advertising and Promotion MB 317 - Marketing Research MB 344 - International Marketing
Finance	MB 338 - Foundations of Finance plus one of: MB 339 - Investments MB 345 - Global Financial Management

Only courses in which a student earns a B or better will qualify as satisfactory completion.

In addition to completing the foundation requirements, students must meet RIT’s prescribed admissions standards and submit an application to RIT’s M.B. A. program.