Admissions

The first step toward advancing a more humane and sustainable global community is education.  Making the choice to apply for admission to Lawrence Tech's College of Management will futher your educational objectives and make it posssible to achieve both your personal and professional goals.

Each degree program in the College of Management has specific admission requirements.  Those requirements can be found under each individual program listing on the website.  Once you have decided that a business degree from Lawrence Tech's College of Management is right for you, you can check the general graduate admission requirements below to make sure you meet the criteria and then begin the application process.  Applications are accepted year round for admission to Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.


Requirements

Unless indicated elsewhere, applicants to the College of Management graduate degree programs are expected to be either working or work experienced.  Applicants must meet one of the following criteria:

Have earned a masters degree from a regionally accredited institution or
Have earned a baccalaureate degree with a GPA of 3.00 or higher from an accredited institution and/or
Have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited undergraduate program and present an acceptable GMAT socre if GPA is less than 3.0


Accepted applicants may be required to satisfactorily complete courses fundamental to the graduate degree program they have selected.


Transfer Procedure:  Non-Specialty Programs

A petition for transfer credits should be initiated by the student in the form of a letter addressed to Office of the Dean, Graduate Programs, and made prior to completion of the first semester of the graduate program.  Twelve semester credits are the maximum accepted by Lawrence Tech's College of Management for the M.B.A. program and nine semester credits for the other graduate programs.  These courses must be graduate-level courses taken at an accredited college/university.  Each course generally must have been taken within seven years of application for admission.  A grade of 3.00 or better must have been earned--"passed/not passed," "pass/fail," or "pass/no entry" grades are not acceptable.

Students may be required to submit additional evidence (e.g., course syllabi, catalog descriptions and tests/examinations) in order to justify transfer of credits.  The Management Graduate Admissions Committee may require the applicant to demonstrate proficiency in the subject either through an interview or written examination prepared by faculty members who have expertise in the subject/discipline.