To pursue the MBA/Telecom Joint Degree, you must apply and be admitted separately by both the Kelley School of Business and the Department of Telecommunications, within the College of Arts and Sciences.
If your initial matriculation is through the Department of Telecommunications, you must be accepted into the MBA Program and begin the joint program no later than the fall semester following your first year of study, provided no more than 24 telecommunications credits have been completed.
If you matriculate initially through the MBA Program, you must be accepted into the Telecommunications Program and begin the joint program by the fall semester following your first year in the MBA Program.
The program requires 27 credit hours for the Master of Arts or 33 credit hours for the Master of Science and 42 credit hours in business for graduation. Non-joint study for the Master of Arts degree requires 30 credit hours and the Master of Science 36 credit hours for graduation while the MBA requires a minimum of 54 credit hours.
Of the 42 credit hours required for joint-degree students in the MBA program, 21 of these hours represent required courses. With the remaining 21 credit hours, you are able to develop a specialization, pursuing any one of our standard 15 credit-hour majors required for graduation, along with additional electives.
Summer school in telecommunications during the first or second summer of the joint program is encouraged to help the joint candidate attain increased credit hours and ease potential scheduling conflicts between the two schools.
Students must earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 on all work taken in the Department of Telecommunications and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on all work taken in the Kelley School of Business.
Students pursuing the MBA/Telecom joint degree must complete all requirements for both programs for graduation and file separately with both the Telecommunications Department and the Kelley School of Business. To take advantage of the credit hours reduction for the MBA/Telecom joint degree, the degrees must be awarded on the same graduation date.
Every MBA/Telecom joint degree student must complete 42 hours as a regularly admitted and enrolled MBA student; no transfer credit is ever given to joint candidates. Graduate business course work at Indiana University completed before MBA admission does not count toward the degree. Graduate business coursework cannot apply towards both the MBA and Telecommunications requirements.
The MBA flat tuition fee and MBA program fee will be assessed for all semesters in which you are enrolled exclusively in MBA courses. Similarly, you will pay the Department of Telecommunications per-credit-hour tuition fees during the semesters in which you are enrolled exclusively in Telecommunications courses. Information about the fee structure during semesters in which students are enrolled in both programs will be provided after matriculation.
Joint candidates may apply for fellowships or scholarships from either the Department of Telecommunications or the Kelley School of Business. The MBA Program has a financial aid program, which consists of graduate assistantships and fellowships awarded on the basis of academic merit. MBA graduate assistantships entail working 5 or 12 hours per week in return for a partial fee remission. An assistantship may be continued for a total of four consecutive semesters. However, if a leave of absence is taken you must reapply for the assistantship for the semester in which you will be returning.
The MBA/Telecom Joint Degree Program consists of a mixture of required and elective courses, providing a core of knowledge of the two areas of study and the flexibility to take courses that meet your specialization goals. Students pursuing this joint degree typically begin their first year of studies exclusively in the MA or MS program in Telecommunications, followed by a full year in the Kelley MBA Program. Students spend their third and final year dividing their enrollment between the two schools in order to complete coursework in their particular specialization.
Grade point averages in both schools are computed separately. Continuation in the joint program requires that the student meet passing requirements in each school. A student failing in one school but meeting passing requirements in the other, and desiring to complete his or her degree in the other school, may do so as long as they maintain a passing average. Students who do not complete the joint program are required to meet the regular degree requirements, which were in effect when they entered the joint program.
The
Graduate Career Services office at the Kelley School of Business and the
Telecom Resource Room in the Department of Telecommunications offer a full range of job search support for students.
